Perdue, Newspaper Reporters, and Adultery
2010-01-11 - by
It’s hard to get your arms around but Bev Perdue has surpassed Hunt when it comes to taking stands on both sides of issues. Our Governor’s taken firm stands on both sides of spending cuts. Tax increases. Offshore drilling. Negative political ads. And now – oddly enough – adultery.
It seems our State Highway Patrol Commander had an affair 25 years ago – a fact the Governor knew (and said didn’t matter) when she appointed him four months ago. In fact, at the time, she got a bit testy and preachy with reporters, telling them, “I will have to be very honest with you. I never once in any interview for any position asked anyone about their sexual preference, their sexual orientation or their past marital history. I didn’t figure it had a thing to do with the job they could do for the people of North Carolina.” News and Observer, 1/08/10
That was clear enough.
Until the other day.
When another wandering Highway Patrolman was caught having an affair – and demoted.
Which, naturally, led the newspaper to ask, why this patrolman’s infidelity mattered and the Chief’s didn’t.
The Governor, without missing a beat, shot back that she never said the Chief’s affair was irrelevant; then she got preachy again (on her blog) and added, “I would never condone an extramarital affair.”
The News and Observer took that in stride and, apparently, decided to ask the obvious question: ‘Okay, so the Chief’s affair does matter. Will you just explain one thing: How?
But, as they say in the entertainment biz, Elvis had left the building. The Governor had vamoosed and signed off the Internet – she wasn’t answering anymore questions.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Democrats
Perdue, Newspaper Reporters, and Adultery
2010-01-11/
It’s hard to get your arms around but Bev Perdue has surpassed Hunt when it comes to taking stands on both sides of issues. Our Governor’s taken firm stands on both sides of spending cuts. Tax increases. Offshore drilling. Negative political ads. And now – oddly enough – adultery.
It seems our State Highway Patrol Commander had an affair 25 years ago – a fact the Governor knew (and said didn’t matter) when she appointed him four months ago. In fact, at the time, she got a bit testy and preachy with reporters, telling them, “I will have to be very honest with you. I never once in any interview for any position asked anyone about their sexual preference, their sexual orientation or their past marital history. I didn’t figure it had a thing to do with the job they could do for the people of North Carolina.” News and Observer, 1/08/10
That was clear enough.
Until the other day.
When another wandering Highway Patrolman was caught having an affair – and demoted.
Which, naturally, led the newspaper to ask, why this patrolman’s infidelity mattered and the Chief’s didn’t.
The Governor, without missing a beat, shot back that she never said the Chief’s affair was irrelevant; then she got preachy again (on her blog) and added, “I would never condone an extramarital affair.”
The News and Observer took that in stride and, apparently, decided to ask the obvious question: ‘Okay, so the Chief’s affair does matter. Will you just explain one thing: How?
But, as they say in the entertainment biz, Elvis had left the building. The Governor had vamoosed and signed off the Internet – she wasn’t answering anymore questions.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Democrats