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Re: George Bush Groupie

tommybyrd — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:28:33 -0400

I hope you didn't spill any of that pitcher of Cool-Aid you're drinking on your shirt . . . . Try some bleach!

George Bush Groupie

ThomasPaine — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:01:47 -0400

Anything said by McCrory has the same credibility (or lack there of) as his hero- George Bush. When McCrory decided to quit his Charlotte job for Duke Energy he ran a bee line to Washington DC and sat at the feet of Bush and Rove. I won't stand for wBush's failed Washington DC policies which McCrory now spouts to find a new home in our state. No Thanks. When McCrory needed money last month he flew in George Bush to fill his pockets. That's all I need to know about him.

Re: Small business group endorses McCrory

AwakeReader — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:13:05 -0400

Government mandates (read demands) damage business and the economy. Stop adding burdens and the economy will grow. Government is the problem.

Small business group endorses McCrory

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:12:37 -0400

The National Federation of Independent Businesses endorsed Pat McCrory today.

At a press conference at the Frantz Automotive Shop in Cary, the small-business group announced that its Save America Free Enterprise political action committee was backing the Republican gubernatorial candidate.

Before 60 onlookers, McCrory spoke about his father's small business. Though Mr. Mac's Concrete Fix eventually was sold at hardware stores such as Lowe's, McCrory said his father struggled to provide health insurance for workers and dealing with regulations.

"He had a very difficult time," he said. "Our house was mortgaged to the hilt."

As governor, McCrory said he would expand a tax credit for small businesses providing insurance coverage and work with the NFIB and other groups to create insurance consortiums.

He also said he would make it easier to dismiss lawsuits, saying they represent "almost a blackmail situation" that can "paralyze" a small business owner.

"It's time that state government treated small businesses as a customer, not just another taxpayer," he said.