Gov candidates pledge to be open

As a candidate for House seat 33 I can only comment on the fact that I support Pat McCrory, I have personally donated to Pat Mccrory, and I will be voting for Pat McCrory.

The Democrats do not allow debate, admendments, or open floor votes on just about everthing they do not agree with. They only passed Jessica's Law because it would have been political suicide to delay it any longer than the three years they have.

We do need "REAL CHANGE" here in North Carolina.

Paul Terrell III
http://terrellforhouse33.blogspot.com

...."Bev has been on the Board of Education along with your friends Kathy Taft and others......"

YIKES! A "Kathy Taft" mention. That is one hottie Baby Boomer. Dumpling would never appear in the same photo op with KT .... I disagree w/ pretty much everything Kathy believes but that gal sure is "a looker".

Speaking of photo ops .... I want one of Ditzy Dumpling clogging w/ Randy Parton in Roanoke Rapids .... I vote we refer to Bev as Dumpling as often as possible til November. It can't hurt.

I would dearly love a reason to change my mind and vote for Perdue.

I have never voted Republican, and it pains me to think that the day might arrive that I should prefer even a smart, personable, obviously effective GOPer to any Democrat.

But . . . everytime I think of Beverly Perdue I recall her holding up that jar of pennies and it's just omg, icky poo, saccharine gooey, blech~ No one saw her "debate" with Richard Moore one evening long ago (I think the program competed with Jeopardy or something) but he absolutely and yet with considerable restraint whupped her dumpling butt.

So I've pretty much assumed she would refuse to debate McCrory, who needn't be as chivalrous as Moore was (and Moore wasn't *that* chivalrous), which means she'd be absolutely toasted. She's going to get her money without having to expose her vulnerabilities, so why debate?

She has no reason to do so unless there are a lot of people like me out there who really do want "change" (as Obama might say) but would dearly love to vote for her if our consciences would permit. Maybe she could show us something.

Bev is not going to speak out against King and Queen Easley. Everything she does and says is scripted. She is not allowed to go outside the script. She says McCrory is "whining" when he talks about Perude not debating more. That's typical Bev. You will never hear her talk about
Easley, Rand, Basnight and the rest of the gang. They are holding the taxpayers of NC hostage and enjoying a good life. They have a good gig going. They have state employees and teachers duped. Why agree to debates and run the risk of being exposed?

During the last 8 years NC has been void of "excellent leadership. economic growth and stability." Bev has been part of the problem. Thomas Paine you should know that. We now have 30%+ drop out rate in the schools in your home county of Pitt. Bev has been on the Board of Education along with your friends Kathy Taft and others. They certainly have not provided any leadership. It is not until Bev is running for governor that she talks about having "world class schools". Bev and her friends only make education their trumpet every election season. Where's the LEADERSHIP? She refuses to openly discuss the issues. Refuses to debate in all parts of the state. She only wants to hide behide slick expensive 30 second commercials. She is turning her backs on her employees...the voters/taxpayers of NC. Come on Tommy....quit drinking the Kool Aid!

It may not be so hilarious when that trooper gets popped in Federal Court for freedom of speech violations! If the NCHP doesnt reprimand him, then to Federal Court we may go!

Patrick,

I think you have accidentally coined a fantastic new moniker.

Correction: it's "Perdue", not Perude.

Presume that's a typo ... or is "Perude" the new nickname?

— RTB

It is a shame that Perude is continuing to “lead” in arrogance by refusing to have a simple debate with Pat McCrory in Western North Carolina. I guess the news media and the people of North Carolina have a lot of nerve to challenge her on her views. She’s only running for the top office in one of the fastest growing states in the country. North Carolina needs a leader that will reject the failed policies of the Easley-Perdue administration and end this culture of arrogance.

Patrick Sebastian

*Note: I am the nephew of Pat McCrory. My views do not necessarily reflect the views of the Pat McCrory campaign. I am just a devoted supporter, obviously.

Is there anyone in Asheville who has a video of FFC getting kicked out? How freakin' hilarious!

Fellow, you must not read liberal newspapers or listen to the liberal TV about all the corruption that has gone on in Raleigh for decades. Just in the past year, we have former Democratic House Speaker Jim Black sentenced to federal prison on bribery charges and one of his cronies, former Democratic Rep. Thomas Wright, sentenced to state prison for fraud. Remember our former Democratic Agricultural Commissioner, Meg Scott Phillips, who spent time in prison, also on bribery charges. And there are dozens of others, all Democrats. I am sick of seeing crooked Democrats elected to office. If the public continues to elect them, we will continue to see more corruption, that is if the liberal media is inclined to ferret out the crooks and report them. Bev Perdue is no leader and shouldn't be elected governor. She climbed the ladder to reach the position she is in now by voting in lock-step with the liberals who run this state, such as Senators Tony Rand and Marc Basnight.

Glad to see someone talking about improved transit options like light rail, even if I never do vote Republican. Maybe Bev should be listening more closely to this topic.

For readers of this post, contact Karen Rindge if you are also interested in joining the new group (Very new!) Capital Area Friends of Transit in care of WakeUp Wake County.

Martha Brock

So if Bev "Easley" Perdue is going to be open, lets hear what she thinks about the Guv and his wife's recent globetrotting. Is she ready to spend our tax dollars on $100 meals and $800 hotel rooms?

After trying to ask question of Sugar Dumplin Perdue today in Asheville, a brazen NCHP trooper, in street clothes, NO UNIFORM, and her big boy handler 6'6" in a gray suit with shaved head and earring, accosted me and made me leave for asking questions and CLARIFYING for HER that 'mortgage bailouts are NOT governmental repsonsiblity'!!!

The TROOPER has been reported to NCHP Internal Affairs, and I await their
decision as his violation of my freedom of speech is a federal crime.
It might become a FEDERAL CASE, depending on the actions of the NCHP. THIS voter will not tolerate this kind of treatment, and Sugar Dumplin's crowd needs to get a clue that they are to be questioned at EVERY appearance!

WHAT's she scared of in MORE PUBLIC DEBATES???????????????????????

Thomas .... have you ever personally observed "Bev" overseeing a GA session or working the hallways of Jones Street? I have. Tony Rand. Marc Basnight and their GOB pals treat her like a cocktail waitress at Sullivan's ..... Repubs did not coin the phrase "Easley in a short skirt"

A Perdue administration will be .... "Here Dumpling; sign this. Don't you be bothering to try and read it, honey, just sign it. That's a good girl."

Bev Perdue has been under-estimated her entire life... and worked here way through the old boys club of state government from freshman senator all the way to to speaker pro tem an ultimately Lieutenant Governor. If you think that was easy... and everyone just bowed down to a lady taking leadership- you know nothing about state government. She had to show leadership and fortitude above and beyond her contemporaries- and she succeeded.
Go ahead... underestimate her. We need leadership in this state, not 'rebranded' George Bush Washington DC policy. We see where that has gotten this country.
North Carolina has been blessed with excellent leadership, economic growth and stability for decades while many states around us have floundered. It has paid off for North Carolina as one of the soundest, progressive growing segments of this country. Regardless of the fact I'm a middle aged white male... I'm not voting to elect a frat brother I'm looking for proven leadership on the state level who will be a good standard bearer and can get things done- and I will proudly vote for Bev Perdue to continue North Carolina on it's vibrant path.

I live in Asheville and fully expected the two candidates to debate while here for the NC Broadcasters Conference. But it is not going to happen! In her remarks at the conference she said she would have "an open government". Why will she not debate McCrory?? What is she trying to hide? Is her defination of open government just a promise to hold scripted news conferences - that she and her handlers are in complete control of?. More and more she sounds like Easley, and it is becoming more and more apparent that if she is elected the only change we will see is a slight modification so that "the good ole boys network" will just become the "good ole boys and girl network".

...."Perdue promised that under her, North Carolina "would be known as the state with open, accessible government." ..... and the only state with a governor called "Dumpling" by all her "uncles" in the General Assembly.

Anyone who thinks "The Easleys" have been a joke .... wait til this ditzy air-head pretends to take-over.

Quoting Dome: "McCrory took the occasion to unveil his energy initiative, a combination of conservation measures, new oil drilling and a push for alternative energy sources including coal and nuclear."

Since when did coal and nuclear qualify as "alternative" energy sources?

Only an ex-power company executive (and very recently ex-, at that) could portray more of the same as a bold new approach.

This seems much like saying, "What's good for Duke's executives is good for North Carolina."