Democracy for America’s “Heroes and Villains: Southern Edition” is in its final round of voting, and North Carolina’s own Gov. Pat McCrory (formerly known as Crown Town’s Mayor Pat) is among the nominees, though apparently “villain” is his only option … and he’s this close to winning. (OK, he’s in third place.)
According to the website:
Democracy for America’s Heroes and Villains competition allows our members to identify and support their favorite progressive politician while simultaneously singling out a villainous incumbent who has proposed dangerous and disastrous right wing legislation.
Last I checked, McCrory had 610 votes. His competition for top villain in the country includes Florida’s Gov. Rick Scott (860 votes), Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (701 votes), Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (527 votes), Tennessee Sen. Stacey Campfield (204 votes) and Louisiana’s Gov. Bobby Jindal (194 votes).
The winner “will incur the wrath of DFA and our million member firepower,” according to the website … which apparently includes working to boot them out of office.
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Pat McCrory took office with the promise that he would not sign into law any attempt to limit a woman’s right to choose in his state. He has since gone back on his word and said he would sign a bill that made it through the NC house that would make it more difficult for women in his state to get the healthcare they need. In addition to this, McCrory is a loud advocate of voter ID legislation which would make it more difficult for many North Carolinians to vote. Public education didn’t escape McCrory’s wrath either as he is a proud advocate of private school vouchers. North Carolina deserves a strong, honest governor and Pat McCrory does not fulfill this need.
Democracy for America brands itself as “the country’s only people-powered political action committee, with one million members across the country guiding the work we do every day.”
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This article appears in Aug 7-13, 2013.
Glad NC is the laughing stock of the country…
Monet:
What is really sad is the number of people who actually think that is a good thing. That, too, adds to the country’s laughing.
Rhiannon, would like a little cheese with that whine?
Monet, no one cares what is happening in NC. Don’t be so vain. If anything, Detroit has been awarded that title. That is the road we were headed down after decades of Liberal rule.
Sorry Rhianana, the Laughing Stock of the Country is vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard this weekend rubbing bellies with a bunch of other 1 Percenters.
Khan:
Contrary to what you hear on right wing talk radio, the President is not the one the world is holding in contempt, nor is he the one who has kept the legislature from accomplishing anything meaningful.
DLP,
You might want to check poll numbers from around the world. From Pakistan to Yemen to Germany, this guy’s being exposed as a cross between Nixon and Dubya, a paranoid psychopathic warmonger.
From Der Spiegel:
“It wasn’t all that long ago that US President Barack Obama could take credit for having repaired a trans-Atlantic relationship that had taken a hit under his predecessor, George W. Bush. Early in his first term, some 78 percent of Germans saw the US as “a country that could be trusted.”
Following revelations of large-scale US spying in Europe and vast Internet surveillance, that trust has taken a hit. A survey released late on Thursday found that only 49 percent of Germans now view the United States as trustworthy, the lowest level since Bush was in the White House.”
That discontent is even growing among demographics that used to support him at home:
Obama’s disapproval rating has been on the rise for months, increasing from 51 percent in January to 54 percent in April and 57 percent in June.
“The drop in Obama’s support is fueled by a dramatic 17-point decline over the past month among people under 30, who, along with black Americans, had been the most loyal part of the Obama coalition,” CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said in the news agency’s release of the findings.
Pat the hero!
Garth:
Do you seriously believe that it would be any different if the Republicans had won the White House? Which party members keep screaming for us to send even more troops to even more countries in the Middle East?
DLP,
I didn’t vote for Republicans for either President or Governor. Why do all of your posts reek of simpleton partisanship?
Furthermore, I thought Mr. Obama campaigned on “change”. So why is your retort that he is behaving like a Republican.
Oh, and the answer to your final question is “Not Rand Paul, bitch.”