Beverly Perdue regrets making a joke about "beer and party money."
The candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination told reporters at a water forum that she did not intend to downplay a proposed $200 tuition increase 15 years ago.
Laura Leslie has the scoop on her Hunter's Tavern blog:
Perdue also said she "deeply regrets" her 1993 quip equating a $200 tuition increase to "beer and party money" for college students. "I may have been thinking of my own son. He was at Carolina at the time... But it was unfair."
The quote has recently shown up in an attack ad from Perdue rival Richard Moore.
Perdue added that she didn't know the joke would be "thrown back" at her years later.
Update: According to the birthdates listed on this biography, Perdue's sons, Garrett and Emmett, would have been 16 and 13 in 1993.
Comments
Re: Opposition research
March 26, 2008 - 6:36am — FFC1304democrats LIE so routinely, its difficult for them to guard against it...
Re: Opposition research
March 25, 2008 - 10:32pm — ryanteaguebeckwith (author)Actually, the source of the info was me.
I wrote the profile of Perdue that included her kid's birthdates (precisely because this sort of thing comes up in campaigns).
All they did was send me (and Laura) a link to my own profile, which I should have checked when I wrote the post.
— RTB
Opposition research
March 25, 2008 - 10:04pm — AnglicoYou didn't mention, as Laura Leslie did, that the source of the info on the kids was the Moore campaign.
The candidates are coming to BlueNC for a debate next Monday. I wonder how many people will want to ask why they spend so much time on crap like this.
Re: Perdue regrets 'beer' quip
March 25, 2008 - 3:30pm — liamThat reminds me of a great headline from the Onion:
Hillary Clinton: "I would never have voted for the war had we known it would become unpopular."
Re: Perdue regrets 'beer' quip
March 25, 2008 - 3:07pm — FFC1304Apologize for something meaningful Perdue...like all the CORRUPTION that emanates from your OPPRESSIVE 'party' in NC!!!