McCrory for "governer," part IV

bniolet — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:24:40 -0500

Another twist in the Pat McCrory spelling saga.

Dome just talked to campaign manager Victoria Smith, who said a campaign spokeswoman who said the McCrory campaign misspelled "governor" in a news release e-mailed to reporters this afternoon was wrong.

Smith said again that the campaign was a victim of a hacker who changed "governor" to "governer" in an electronic release announcing McCrory's bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

Smith said spokeswoman Colleen Brannan, who was travelling with McCrory today, has only been working with the campaign to help with today's announcement.

"She only been doing this for six days," Smith said. "She misspoke."

McCrory for "governer," part III

bniolet — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:10:46 -0500

Pat McCrory's campaign for governor just told Dome the misspelled word was their mistake.

Colleen Brannan, a spokeswoman for McCrory, said "governor" was misspelled "governer" on a press release when a designer tried to polish a graphic that would go out with the e-mail, reports Ryan Teague Beckwith, who is with the McCrory campaign in Jamestown.

The designer realized the mistake and fixed it, but not before a handful of people downloaded the incorrect masthead, she said.

"It was a designer trying to help us out and make something look nice, and it didn't work out," Brannan said.