looks like they should have cast him to play Boss Hogg in that Dukes of Hazzard movie
He is a huge ego in a huge body.
I went to a Get out the Vote meeting early in 2000 when there was considerable Republican enthusiasm in Maryland for the candidate GWB. The room was packed, many had to stand in doorways trying to hear the speakers. Pipken stood in this hallway talking loudly to various people, and preventing many people from hearing what the presenters of the program were saying.
He was so unaware of anyone else in the vicinity, or the reason why we were there, that I realized then that I would never contribute to his campaign again. (He is not in my district, but I get his literature.)