Now Beverly Perdue’s new TV ad talks about her support for Smart Start.

I take great pride in this. Not that I had anything to do with Governor Hunt developing the program. But I did come up with the name.

I didn’t steal it from the cereal. Our Smart Start came first. In fact, I’m thinking of suing Kellogg’s for copyright infringement. I’m sure I stole it from somewhere else, but I don’t remember where.

Anyway, it’s now 16 years later. Seven years after Hunt left office. And Democrats are still bragging about Smart Start.

That’s brand power.

Over 16 years, I wrote millions of words for Hunt. Speeches, papers, op-ed articles, statements, news releases, etc., etc.

Those are the best two words I wrote.

A footnote: Hunt always said watching his grandchildren grow up showed him the importance of early childhood programs. Carolyn Hunt is said to have retorted that, if he’d been home when his children were growing up, we might have had Smart Start his first term.

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