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Re: First gardener

CeCeWhite — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:35:45 -0400

This video does a great job of capturing the events at the Executive Mansion a couple of weeks ago! We were thrilled to have Gov. Perdue join the Plant A Row for the Hungry campaign and plant some fall vegetables!

If you want to stay in touch with the PAR campaign in the Greater Triangle visit our blog: http://plantarow.wordpress.com/

CeCe White
Communications Associate
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle
www.foodshuttle.org

Re: A governor and a gardener

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:06:11 -0400

Multiple comments deleted. I'm shutting down this thread.

— RTB

Re: A governor and a gardener

peacenick — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:40:44 -0400

most of y'all are pretty sick puppies. I understand there are some 24 hour vets, I suggest you vis REAL soon.

Re: A governor and a gardener

beachbum3 — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:21:48 -0400

IMPEACH HER NOW AN HELP SAVE THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS STATE FROM HAVING TO CONTINUE TO PAY HER SALARY THANK YOU

Re: A governor and a gardener

beachbum3 — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:19:14 -0400

This governor is a political joke period. if she an her adminstration of kiss as--s would really concencrete on just allowing the poeple within state government to actully perform the duty's of the job descripitions that they were originally hired to do in the first place this states government an it's citizens would be a whole lot better off. as for this governor working in a garden this is a picture thsat i personnaly can't wrap my mind aroundactually seeing her in a garden. in all likelyhood she will never set one foot in this garden herself as that some poor state employees would be designated as gardner in charge of the veggies with responsibilities to furnish her family with it's bounty . thank you

Re: A governor and a gardener

thnkb4uspk — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:49:27 -0400

Good lord...she's such a priss. I wonder how much of my check will be going to pay for her cute gloves, pretty little vegetable gathering baskets,gardening clogs, and adorable sun hat?

Re: A governor and a gardener

arthurb3 — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:11:49 -0400

Whoa, CBROSE- that's funny!

Re: Don't Forget the Sweet Potatoes

Proctor — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:43:03 -0400

The Governor should consider trying to harvest a few sweet potatoes if there's room in the garden patch, for this might help her attract some bipartisan support in the Legislature across party lines from such major sweet potato counties as Nash and Sampson. Oh, and some cucumbers might bring a tip of the hat from those fine truck-crop farmers down Salemburg and Roseboro way.

To keep fellow Democrats happy, Gov. Perdue might try planting some beans and peanutes like they grow up in Democratic-voting Northampton and Hertford counties. One musn't create any needless grumbling about crop priorities around Ahoskie and Jackson.

Okay, okay--we admit it: politics should not only stop "at the water's edge" as in foreign policy; perhaps domestic politics should also stop at the edge of the veggie garden. Still, you can't help wondering what might be said about Tar Heel agricultural politics if vegetables could talk...

David McKnight

Re: A governor and a gardener

tracie4541 — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:19:22 -0400

Maybe she will have one of the lifers in prison for raping a 5 year old child and leaving them tied to the tree, tend her garden. That's what the prisoner who was run over by a tractor at the Caledonia Prison Farm was in for and to think he was out working on the Prison farm.
Does she honestly think telling the public about "her" garden is going to win her any favor? Please!

Re: A governor and a gardener

Alabama01 — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:00:09 -0400

If this woman has the time to tend a garden we are in more trouble than I thought with her in office.

Re: A governor and a gardener

ncoldsalt — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:37:30 -0400

The humble Carolyn Hunt remains the queen of the vegetable garden.

Re: A governor and a gardener

FurbishLousewart — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:16:36 -0400

And as Mitch Hedberg said, "And last night all those people were at my show."

Despite whatever power may be imbued upon your particular flower, I would argue that umm humans are the most important living creatures. At least to me...

Re: A governor and a gardener

Flowerpower — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:29:34 -0400

Growing vegetables is a laudable activity, but if others do the gardening for you, you miss the Zen of gardening: plants are living creatures--the most important of all living creatures--that give off good vibrations when you work among them.
It is disheartening when everything you do is subject to criticism, but as Lincoln said: "you can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but YOU CAN'T PLEASE ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME."

Re: A governor and a gardener

j1c2kp — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:04:59 -0400

Maybe she is trying to be like Michelle Obama. Didn't she plant a garden at the White House?

Re: A governor and a gardener

cbrose — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:40:25 -0400

Hmm. Isn't that more like being a plantation owner?

I know they are criminals but it's not like SHE is actually doing anything.....

Should say INMATES grow vegetables at mansion.