Pat McCrory

The line between being coy and outright deception is pretty thin:

Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, the presumptive Republican nominee for North Carolina governor and favorite for the office in November, brought this issue to the forefront recently when he said he won't release his tax returns this year. He says that he'll release all of the financial data required under state ethics laws but that his return is private.

So much for running on a platform to eradicate the "culture of corruption" in State Government. And this idiotic statement had me laughing outloud:

I wish I could talk to each of our Democratic women legislators right now, especially those who have decided not to run for reelection. I know they are discouraged and worn out, but the truth is we need them more than ever. Yet even without them, I am optimistic that we can stop the Republican Party from turning women into second-class citizens in North Carolina.

Why the optimism? It's simple. The women I know are fed up with men in government trying to interfere in their personal choices. What's more, they are speaking out and acting up like never before. From concerns about contraception and family planning to abortion rights an dequal pay, women are gearing up to push back against Republican over-reaching. And they are going to turn out in droves this fall.

At the Oriental Shrine Club in Greensboro last week McCrory told the audience:

“We will create jobs as a government by getting into the energy-exploration business, both offshore and underground.”

Let's face it. McCrory is a professional politician in the sleaziest sense of the term. For years, Duke Energy funded his never ending campaign for governor. And now his sugar daddy is the well-connected law firm, Moore & Van Allen. Nice "work" if you can get it.

The only thing "broken" about North Carolina is the Republican-controlled General Assembly. So with all due respect, thanks-but-no-thanks Mr. McCrory. We can do just fine without more Tea Party ideas for fixing government.

I guess 1.5 million buys a lot of nasty:

“It’s going to be a rough and tumble game, and I’ve got to recognize that and not walk in like it’s good old Charlotte politics, which has always been clean,” he said.

It must have been all that "clean" politics that helped you get your tax increases passed:

I think the Democratic party needs to do a better job this election of connecting Art Pope to the Republican party and how his money is winning elections. This was completely ignored in the mid-terms and allowed the Republican right wing to gain charge in North Carolina.

Am I the only person moved to nausea watching Pat McCrory "smile" after denigrating black elected officials?

The best way to figure out what Pat McCrory stands for is to look at the company he keeps as he continues running and running and running for governor. Be careful watching this video. It'll turn your stomach.