Do some politicians come across as stupid because they actually are or because they feel the people at large are? This is the very question I asked myself after reading North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory's latest quote on early voting in the state.
With McCrory as North Carolina's Governor, the state has seen a number of changes when it comes to voting. These changes include: Needing a government-issued photo ID, not allowing same-day registration or pre-registration for 16- and 17-year olds whom will be 18 come election day, and reducing early voting from 17 days down to 10.
When asked about these changes by Chuck Todd on MSNBC, McCrory said this:
"First of all, we didn't shorten early voting, we compacted the calendar. But we're going to have the same hours in which polls are open in early voting, and we're going to have more polls available. So it's going to be almost identical. It's just the schedule has changed. The critics are kind of using that line when in fact, the legislation does not shorten the hours for early voting."
"We didn't shorten early voting, we compacted the calendar."
I was speechless upon first reading that sentence. I'm not sure whether to believe Governor McCrory is dumb enough to actually think he's making sense and telling the truth or that he simply feels the people of the Tar Heel state are too dumb to understand that his statement is almost comical, it's so ridiculous.
In either case, based on this statement by McCrory, I have to believe he either already has or will utter the following lines:
- "We don't completely deny global-warming, we just don't think it exists."
- "We didn't ban same-sex marriage, we condensed marriage options."
- "We didn't take away women's right to choose, we illegalized abortion. I'm not sure if illegalize is a word, but I'm going to stick with it."
- "We didn't raise taxes on the poor, we just increased their level of obligatory financial contribution to the government."
- "We don't usually think before we speak, we, well, I guess I can't think of anything else to add to that, so that's going to have to work for now."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/20/pat-mccrory-early-voting_n_4309509.html
With McCrory as North Carolina's Governor, the state has seen a number of changes when it comes to voting. These changes include: Needing a government-issued photo ID, not allowing same-day registration or pre-registration for 16- and 17-year olds whom will be 18 come election day, and reducing early voting from 17 days down to 10.
When asked about these changes by Chuck Todd on MSNBC, McCrory said this:
"First of all, we didn't shorten early voting, we compacted the calendar. But we're going to have the same hours in which polls are open in early voting, and we're going to have more polls available. So it's going to be almost identical. It's just the schedule has changed. The critics are kind of using that line when in fact, the legislation does not shorten the hours for early voting."
"We didn't shorten early voting, we compacted the calendar."
I was speechless upon first reading that sentence. I'm not sure whether to believe Governor McCrory is dumb enough to actually think he's making sense and telling the truth or that he simply feels the people of the Tar Heel state are too dumb to understand that his statement is almost comical, it's so ridiculous.
In either case, based on this statement by McCrory, I have to believe he either already has or will utter the following lines:
- "We don't completely deny global-warming, we just don't think it exists."
- "We didn't ban same-sex marriage, we condensed marriage options."
- "We didn't take away women's right to choose, we illegalized abortion. I'm not sure if illegalize is a word, but I'm going to stick with it."
- "We didn't raise taxes on the poor, we just increased their level of obligatory financial contribution to the government."
- "We don't usually think before we speak, we, well, I guess I can't think of anything else to add to that, so that's going to have to work for now."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/20/pat-mccrory-early-voting_n_4309509.html
As a North Carolinian, I wish the voting public would compact the calendar on McCrory's term in office.
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