That Was Then, This Is Now
April 8, 2013 - by
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You can rationalize doing what you said you’d never do, but it’s still hypocrisy.
To wit, this from Bruce Siceloff in Under the Dome:
“During his first campaign for governor in 2008, Republican Pat McCrory hammered his opponent, Bev Perdue, on her ties to major Democratic Party fundraisers on the state Board of Transportation. McCrory vowed repeatedly in 2008 that he would never appoint his campaign fundraisers to the transportation board if he was elected governor.”
Last week, McCrory appointed campaign fundraisers to the board.
Mike Smith of Raleigh, one of the DOT appointees, reported that he personally collected $106,000 for McCrory’s 2012 campaign. A second appointee, Wilmington lawyer Mike Lee, reported raising $500.
Kim Genardo, the governor’s communications director, defended the indefensible: “The spirit of the governor’s comments five years ago were to condemn unethical behavior on the state Board of Transportation, not to impede people’s rights to participate in the democratic process.”
You see, it’s the “spirit” that counts. Indeed.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Republicans
That Was Then, This Is Now
April 8, 2013/
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You can rationalize doing what you said you’d never do, but it’s still hypocrisy.
To wit, this from Bruce Siceloff in Under the Dome:
“During his first campaign for governor in 2008, Republican Pat McCrory hammered his opponent, Bev Perdue, on her ties to major Democratic Party fundraisers on the state Board of Transportation. McCrory vowed repeatedly in 2008 that he would never appoint his campaign fundraisers to the transportation board if he was elected governor.”
Last week, McCrory appointed campaign fundraisers to the board.
Mike Smith of Raleigh, one of the DOT appointees, reported that he personally collected $106,000 for McCrory’s 2012 campaign. A second appointee, Wilmington lawyer Mike Lee, reported raising $500.
Kim Genardo, the governor’s communications director, defended the indefensible: “The spirit of the governor’s comments five years ago were to condemn unethical behavior on the state Board of Transportation, not to impede people’s rights to participate in the democratic process.”
You see, it’s the “spirit” that counts. Indeed.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Republicans