You’ve got to give it to the Democrats they’ve got ‘hutzpa.’ Last summer, Governor Easley’s minions in state government arranged a cruise around Beaufort Harbor (with a steel drum band, shrimp, lobster and plenty of liquor) to see the tall ships, spending $30,000 of taxpayers’ money. But that’s not what took ‘hutzpa.’ This is: Now, the Democrats have dubbed their soiree ‘The Booze Cruise,’ and they’re attacking Republican legislator Nelson Dollar for accepting their invitation to go along with them. Dollar, of course, was foolish. But you’d think Democrats would be too embarrassed by the whole imbroglio to even bring it up, much less put it in a political ad. This attack should win an award for hypocrisy. Governor Easley’s minions sponsor ‘The Booze Cruise,’ pay for it with taxpayers’ money, then run ads blaming a Republican legislator as if the whole thing was his idea.

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