A Voice
2009-07-21 - by
For a long time the North Carolina Republican Party has needed its own ‘voice’ and at last it’s found one.
Whether you opposed or supported Tom Fetzer during his campaign for State Chairman you have to give him credit: He’s not bashful about debating Governor Perdue and he has a gift for it.
There is no weapon in politics more powerful than the spoken word.
Obama’s gift with oratory lifted him past Hillary, who was once touted as unbeatable.
Years ago Winston Churchill’s gift for the spoken word sustained him through fifty years of political ups and downs, misjudgments, three straight lost elections, ten years in the Wilderness and in 1940 saved England.
The point is oratory is the rarest and deadliest political gift and Tom Fetzer is a natural speaker – a gift which couldn’t have come at a better time for Republicans: Because the person he is debating – Governor Perdue – despite the uniqueness of being the first woman Governor is essentially an old-fashioned back room State Senate politician – who’s like a duck out of water in a free-wheeling debate in the media.
Governor Perdue fumbled trying to explain why she tried to shake down lobbyists at a fundraiser in the middle of the budget negotiations; fumbled again explaining why she spent $25 million on a fishing pier while furloughing teachers; and fumbled a third time by trying to raise taxes $1.6 billion then glibly promising she’d give the money back in a couple years.
Tom Fetzer is giving The Republican Party its own voice – and Governor Perdue is giving him plenty to talk about.
A Voice
2009-07-21/
For a long time the North Carolina Republican Party has needed its own ‘voice’ and at last it’s found one.
Whether you opposed or supported Tom Fetzer during his campaign for State Chairman you have to give him credit: He’s not bashful about debating Governor Perdue and he has a gift for it.
There is no weapon in politics more powerful than the spoken word.
Obama’s gift with oratory lifted him past Hillary, who was once touted as unbeatable.
Years ago Winston Churchill’s gift for the spoken word sustained him through fifty years of political ups and downs, misjudgments, three straight lost elections, ten years in the Wilderness and in 1940 saved England.
The point is oratory is the rarest and deadliest political gift and Tom Fetzer is a natural speaker – a gift which couldn’t have come at a better time for Republicans: Because the person he is debating – Governor Perdue – despite the uniqueness of being the first woman Governor is essentially an old-fashioned back room State Senate politician – who’s like a duck out of water in a free-wheeling debate in the media.
Governor Perdue fumbled trying to explain why she tried to shake down lobbyists at a fundraiser in the middle of the budget negotiations; fumbled again explaining why she spent $25 million on a fishing pier while furloughing teachers; and fumbled a third time by trying to raise taxes $1.6 billion then glibly promising she’d give the money back in a couple years.
Tom Fetzer is giving The Republican Party its own voice – and Governor Perdue is giving him plenty to talk about.