Bush coming to Raleigh for McCrory

FFC

From my website:

My name is James Protzman. I'm a freelance writer who has lived in Chapel Hill since 1977, when I left the Navy at Camp Lejeune. I graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1972 and the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 1980. I'm working on two novels, which I tuck in between my writing and blogging.

Just in case you're math- and reading-challenged, that means I've lived in North Carolina more than 30 years, and served as an officer in the Navy, working with the Marine Corps.

So who the heck are you?

Bush/McCrory picture v.s. Obama/Bev Picture in an ad show down, which hurts more?

I vote Obama

Protzguy...you must be one of the current totally ingrained democrackkks in NC...after moving back to NC homestate, Im slowly relearning 'who's who' ...are you a native imbecile, or RTP import lieberal? STRIVE to be SMARTER than a democrackkk...

Isaac--You're a funny guy.

Points for that.

"Our campaign will concentrate on the state of North Carolina and the problems the state has — from corruption, to mismanagement, to a high tax rate," he said. "That has very little with what is going on at the national level."

From Corruption

In response to the outcry raised by Enron and other scandals, Congress passed the Corporate Corruption Bill, which President Bush signed on July 30, 2002, amid great fanfare. Bush declared that he was signing the bill because of his strong belief that corporate officers must be straightforward and honest. If they were not, he said, they would be held accountable.

Ironically, the day Bush signed the Corporate Corruption Bill, he and his aides were enmeshed in an orchestrated campaign to trick the country into taking the biggest risk imaginable--a war. Indeed, plans to attack Iraq were already in motion.

To Mismanagement

OPEC, rebuffing calls from U.S. President George W. Bush to increase oil output, cited "mismanagement" of the American economy as a major factor driving prices up.

Record prices are suddenly creating the sharpest tensions in years between the oil cartel and the United States, the world's largest oil consumer. Two days after the president called for more oil on the global market, OPEC members, meeting in Vienna, Austria, chose to leave their production levels unchanged, declaring that the market has plenty of oil already.

That has EVERYTHING to do with what's going on at the national level!

Oh, taxes....NC has 3rd lowest business taxes in U.S. as of May 2, 2008 when Ernst & Young and the Council on State Taxation released their study.

Well, call it sheer coincidence, but I think Protzman is correct about Bush, and I'm kind of surprised anyone would disagree.

"It's comments like those that are making Protzman increasingly irrelevant in NC Political circles."

I'll freely admit that I'm easily impressed, and I can be entertained for hours watching two kittens playfight with each other. But the last time I went to the Protzman home for a casual get-together a little over a month ago, there were so many candidates there I didn't even attempt to count them. It was like a candidate buffet, and I had to bounce around nibbling so I could save enough room to try everything.

As far as a Bush visit is concerned, North Carolina Republicans should be horrified that an Executive who presided over our national debt burden surpassing nine trillion dollars, and had to scramble to find his damn Veto stamp that he hadn't used at all for six years, is coming here to lend his advice and support to the GOP candidate for Governor. They should at least buy Pat a haz-mat suit so he won't get infected by poor judgment and fiscal irresponsibilty.

I hope Obama steers clear of photo-ops with the Perdue hen.

As an Obama supporter, I can say for a fact that many voters would prefer that he steer clear of Perdue and Hillary.

Two old bumbling sycophantic hens.

You actually think that any governor's race this year won't be colored by the national policy debate? You actually think that being associated with Bush and McCain will help McCrory beat Perdue?

James

PS I've never considered myself "relevant" in NC political circles, so "increasingly irrelevant" is a probably a step up. Thanks!

It's comments like those that are making Protzman increasingly irrelevant in NC Political circles

But Hawke said national issues will have little impact on the governor's race.

While local races may not be nationalized this year, McCrory is already feeling the burden of the worst president ever. That would be the president who has played havoc with the North Carolina National Guard. That would be the president who has failed to deliver anything even remotely resembling a national energy policy. Or an immigration policy. Or a climate change policy. Or a mercenary army policy. These are North Carolina issues and they are national issues that Bush's incompetence has exacerbated every step of the way.

There's no doubt the money will come rolling in from Realtors, Big Energy and other corporate interests. I just hope somebody's there shooting video for Perdue's campaign commercials.