NC Gov. McCrory lashes out at Atty. General over questioning voting rights law

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

NC Gov. McCrory lashes out at Atty. General over questioning voting rights law
By Arturo Garcia
Monday, October 21, 2013 17:05 EDT

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s (R) debate with state Attorney General Roy Cooper (D) over the state’s restrictive new voting laws continued on Monday, with McCrory warning Cooper over expressing his own conflicted feelings over defending the legislation against a lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department.

“Regarding the attorney general, my only comment regarding this is he can have his personal opinion but as a lawyer he should not publicize your personal opinion if you’re going to be defending the people who are promoting this common-sense law,” Talking Points Memo quoted McCrory as saying on Monday. “Good lawyers don’t do that.”

McCrory has not confirmed whether he will run for re-election in 2016, but his campaign would face a challenge from Cooper. WTIN-TV reported on Oct. 7 that Cooper has been meeting with Democratic Party supporters in the state and planning his own campaign.

The Justice Department has been openly critical of the state’s new voting regulations, which include a mandate for separate voter identification cards, greater opportunities for “poll observer” groups to station themselves at polling sites and bans on same-day registration and voter registration drives run under the state’s auspices.


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/21/nc-gov-mccrory-lashes-out-at-atty-general-over-questioning-voting-rights-law/

[jtuck004]

1. LOL. Translation "I'm a fascist dictator who you shouldn't question". Stick it McCrory. n/t

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

4. I do believe.....

.....that you have nailed it on the head.

[chuckstevens]

2. Common Sense Law My Ass!

Yeah, a "Common Sense Law". I wonder if the South used that phrase after the Compromise of 1877 which withdrew Union troops and allowed Jim Crow Law Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests for 80 years. Fuck You McCory and spare me your phony indignation. Some Souther Tea Bagger has recently bragged that eliminating minority voters through voter ID laws will help us win in 2014.

[okaawhatever]

3. McCrory is an evil teabag puppet. I wonder what is common sense about no longer pre-registering

high school seniors for voting? What is common sense about making college kids vote in their parents district or disallowing their in-state tax deduction?
NC is the picture perfect example of what a tea bag world would look like. The voting laws are just the tip of the iceburg.

[mnhtnbb]

5. McCookie can go f$ck himself.