Gov. Bev Perdue's statement -- issued hours after she refused to comment on Party Chairman David Parker. (See blog posts below.)
"I have spoken with David Parker several times today and told him that he had lost the confidence of Democratic leaders, and I asked him to step aside for the good of the Party. I told him that the Party had to get back to focusing on our core values: strengthening schools, creating jobs and expanding opportunities for all North Carolinians.
"When my team first heard of the personnel matter at the State Party late last year, they promptly relayed these rumors to the party officials responsible for handling personnel matters -- the Chairman and the party’s legal counsel, who were already aware of the issue.
"The Democratic Party will continue to fight for the things that matter to working families across North Carolina: strong schools for their children, access to careers or college and good jobs."
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Telephone ringing.............
April 18, 2012 - 5:47am — inandoh(Telephone ringing)
Operator: 911, what is your emergency?
Caller: They're throwing me under the bus!
Operator: Who is throwing you, sir?
Caller: The big shots.
Operator: Where are you located?
Caller: At party headquarters.
Operator: Have you been partying?
Caller: No, they're throwing me under the bus.
Operator: Can you see the bus?
Caller: Not really, its a figure of speech.
Operator: About this party.
Caller: No, not that kind of party, a political party.
Operator: Sir, I'm transfering your call to the state capitol police.
Caller: No, not them. I need somebody else.
Operator: Can you see the bus yet?
Caller: You don't understand.
Operator: Just calm down.
Caller: You're asking me to calm down? They're out to get me.
Operator: Who is out to get you?
Caller: The big shots.
Operator: Bigfoot?
Caller: No, big shots. Government officials.
Operator: Stay where you are. Stay on the phone. I'm sending Barney and Sheriff Taylor.
Caller: Please hurry!
Operator: Wait a minute. Is this a joke? Is this Otis?
Caller: What?
Operator: Is this Ernest T. Bass?
Caller: What?
Bev ain't the democratic state party
April 17, 2012 - 10:16pm — OffTheRecordSorry Gov. Perdue but the handful of counsel of state elected democrats are, what, ten people? There's a whole lot of us other democratic party officers who feel differently. You guys may have lost your so called "confidence" in Chair David Parker but the majority of us haven't. What happen? Did Jerry Meek tell you what to do again? Good thing you're not running again because many of us wouldn't vote for you after what you've done to Parker today.
Bev is guilty of being involved in coverup
April 17, 2012 - 9:51pm — concerned53I love it when she says that her "team" first heard about this late last year. Again, taking no personal responsibility, which has been her MO for the past 3 years. Bev is either really stupid, totally unaware of what's going on under her leadership or she was totally involved in the cover-up (since she was then running for governor). I bet on some combination of 1, 2 and 3.