On vacation last weekend, Gov. Bev Perdue said she read a book that reminded her of North Carolina.
"I don't know about you all but when I continue to watch what's going on in North Carolina I feel like I'm in Alice and Wonderland," she said. "It's like being in a different country."
Perdue made the remark came in response to a reporter's question Tuesday morning about the Colbert report clip on the state.
And she dispelled GOP rhetoric pushed by Pat McCrory that she is the driving force behind the negative attacks attacking his gubernatorial campaign. The ads are funded by the Democratic Governors Association, where Perdue is vice-chairwoman.
"I have no involvement at all," she said. "I think the ads are very truthful, for the most part, and very good for the most part."
Perdue lamented the political chatter and incessant ads this early in the campaign season. "No wonder there is such cynicism in this country if you have to hear this negativism for the next six months from Republicans and Democrats," she said.
As for Republican ads tying her to Dalton, Perdue said it's the same ole political tactics. "As you know this is the history of politics in North Carolina," said Perdue, then-lieutenant governor during her campaign. "When I ran for governor, I was linked with the current governor. ... There is no tie. We run separate and apart."
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Is Bev Alice...........or is Bev Wonderland?
June 5, 2012 - 12:57pm — inandohIn the book Alice says:
"I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!"
Sound familiar?
Is it Alice"In" Wonderland or is it Alice "And" Wonderland?
Do they have elections there?
Bev has disengaged from running the state
June 5, 2012 - 11:15am — concerned53I think that Bev has been on vacation for at least the past 5 months, which is probably better for the state.
"Very truthful, for the most part", which in political speak means the ads against Pat are full of lies as they take the events out of their actual time line, i.e. in reality, he wrote the letter as a part-time mayor supporting Lending Tree, 3 years before he was ever on their board (and when they were under different management).
Dalton, the owl, is cut from the same slimey cloth as Easley and Bev....