And Perdue thanked teachers right back.

Submitted by mainchapel on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 11:48pm.

It was a classy touch, I thought, that the first people that Bev Perdue thanked in her remarks tonight were North Carolina's teachers. Especially given all the attention to her record on education over the past few months, it was an appropriate acknowledgement. Over on UNC-TV, I caught the tail-end of Andrew Taylor's comment that credited teachers for promoting Perdue, too. While I kept tabs on the News & Observer's website for updates, I saw this note in the AP story: "In her speech, Perdue thanked the powerful N.C. Association of Educators, who endorsed the lieutenant governor early in the campaign..."

Which reminded me all over again of the videos that teachers put on YouTube. I watched a few of them again and, in tonight's new context, thought they added a note of civility and encouragement for the race just ended and the one that's coming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0no2U0eFc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gpgj-TaRuE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po2Cqw9TTr0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHb8N11P4-c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPpmMB2eyXo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeOD1TCo1lM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3s45AyZNXw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnKSeIYX6u4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TGsFciykJQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yaRxp2nnbM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_YLw7gFmaQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kHNOwE6l2g

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Thanks mainchapel

Submitted by Betsy Muse on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 11:52pm.

This will be a nice way for those who didn't support Bev to take a second look at her.

Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.

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Arguably, Ronald Reagan's Helms enabled win in the 1976 NC primary was all the encouragement he needed to try again in 1980, setting the stage for the Reagan Revolution and synergistic escapades like this one...

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