He's an @$$hole. That's part of his appeal.
Char-O delivers a McCrory puff-piece today, no big surprise since they've already endorsed the guy.
A seven-term mayor, McCrory plays political ringmaster, and he enjoys it. And it shows. He literally backslaps, grabs the arm of the person whose hand he's shaking and leans in close to talk. He's a wisecracker who, standing in the back of a room during a speech, tells jokes in a stage whisper to the person next to him. His answers can be sketchy on details, but he also isn't afraid to say “I don't know.”
He also possesses an infamously short temper that has flared in private and public alike. “He does lose it occasionally,” said McCrory's predecessor as mayor, Republican Richard Vinroot. “And sometimes that's not very becoming, and he would admit that. But that's part of his personality and, frankly, part of his appeal.”
There you go. The Charlotte Observer Republican mindset: Pat McCrory is an asshole. That's part of his appeal.
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Only a Republican
could want a hot-headed, thin-skinned person who "loses it" running North Carolina state government.
How sad it that.
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I Understand
Now I know why you were calling him "McCrain!"
Leigh
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Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war. - John McCain
James, James, James
Now you know when you go off like this it makes it seem like you and Pat have something in common.
(Brunette the Pot calling out to James the Kettle)
Of course
Of Course James is a hot head. And James would probably say that he is unqualified to be Governor.
"Keep the Faith"
Yes, BlueSouth
I'm pretty sure he would say that, too. And you'll never catch me running for public office, either.
Exactly
Though I'd be a great mayor of Wasilla ... or maybe even Charlotte. I know my temperament isn't suited to higher office. Too bad Pat doesn't see his own shortcoming when he looks in the mirror.
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Interesting assumption here
that one could be fit for "lower" office and yet not for "higher" office.
I submit that local government concerns are not subordinate to citizens' concerns or investment in state or national issues. I don't accept that we should downgrade standards for leadership based on the relatively smaller jurisdiction that a candidate offers to represent.
I think, in fact, that a person's performance as a mayor or a city councilman or a county commissioner is relevant and ought to be considered as part of what that person claims to offer when/if he or she aspires to so-called higher office.
So, no, if you are prone to hissy fits at the local government level, I'm not going to take your positions any more seriously than I would if you were prone to hissy fits at the state office level.
And vice versa, btw.
It's about the scope of damage
Government, like any enterprise, attracts its share of assholes. That is a fact of life. Figuring out how to mitigate the damage they inflict is important. An asshole running a small town is much less destructive than one running a whole country or a state.
It's amply clear that we do downgrade standards of leadership based on the size of the jurisdiction, but I agree with you that we shouldn't. I should have hair on my head, too, but I don't.
:)
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Scope is relative
There are citizens who feel more directly affected by local government actions than by actions by the President. Their perspective matters, whether or not we agree with it.
The idea that an individual who shouldn't hold office can do less harm in a small town mayor's office than the Oval Office is questionable. At the higher level there are more safeguards in place. At the lower level, a person might operate with very little oversighr -- and accountability can come too late.
It's all relative, of course, but I wouldn't feel comfortable stating categorically where the lines of division that we can live with are laid.
NCDP making hay out of this article
This email just out . . .
OMG. He's George Bush!