Pat’s Hot Summer
2013-08-23 - by
Governor McCrory is having a bad summer. He probably thought life would be better with the legislature gone. But that just put the heat right on him. And he doesn’t look like he’s having fun.
People in the know say the Governor is sensitive about his media coverage. If that’s so,his blood pressure must go up every time the paper lands on his porch.
The legislature threw him a string of controversial bills, and he gets blasted every time he signs one: the public school-decapitation budget, the abortion restrictions he promised never to sign and the most draconian voter-suppression laws since Democrats disenfranchised black voters at the beginning of the 20th Century.
For a week now, the biggest political story has been the big raises he approved for inexperienced former campaign aides – and the lack of any raises for teachers and other state employees.
No wonder his approval ratings are melting like ice on a hot sidewalk.
So the Governor and his aides had a brilliant idea to turn it all around: Find a couple of bills to veto. Show that he’ll, as he likes to say, stand up to both parties.
One problem: It looks like the legislature is going to override his vetoes. So then, on top of everything else, he’ll look weak.
The Governor could use a vacation. And a nice cold one on the beach.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Republicans
Pat’s Hot Summer
2013-08-23/
Governor McCrory is having a bad summer. He probably thought life would be better with the legislature gone. But that just put the heat right on him. And he doesn’t look like he’s having fun.
People in the know say the Governor is sensitive about his media coverage. If that’s so,his blood pressure must go up every time the paper lands on his porch.
The legislature threw him a string of controversial bills, and he gets blasted every time he signs one: the public school-decapitation budget, the abortion restrictions he promised never to sign and the most draconian voter-suppression laws since Democrats disenfranchised black voters at the beginning of the 20th Century.
For a week now, the biggest political story has been the big raises he approved for inexperienced former campaign aides – and the lack of any raises for teachers and other state employees.
No wonder his approval ratings are melting like ice on a hot sidewalk.
So the Governor and his aides had a brilliant idea to turn it all around: Find a couple of bills to veto. Show that he’ll, as he likes to say, stand up to both parties.
One problem: It looks like the legislature is going to override his vetoes. So then, on top of everything else, he’ll look weak.
The Governor could use a vacation. And a nice cold one on the beach.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Republicans