NC Gov. McCrory Blames Liberals for 'Orwellian' Orchestration of HB2 So a Dem Could Take His Job

[KamaAina]

Not The Onion!!

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/gov_mccrory_blames_liberals_for_orwellian_orchestration_of_hb2_so_a_democrat_could_take_his_job

Republican North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says that even though he personally called for lawmakers to take action against Charlotte's nondiscrimination ordinance, even though Republicans initiated a special one day legislative session to do so, even though Republicans drafted and pushed HB2 through both chambers, even though every Senate Democrat walked out making the bill's passage by Republicans unanimous, even though he personally signed HB2 less than 12 hours after it was first introduced last month in the General Assembly, and even though he staunchly has defended HB2 every day since, liberals are to blame for it.

"This hornet’s nest, he argued, was first kicked not by him, but by the Democratic City Council in Charlotte, which passed a nondiscrimination ordinance in February allowing transgender people to use men’s or women’s bathrooms," The New York Times reports. "Before it passed, he said, he emailed the Council to warn it that if it changed 'basic restroom and locker room norms,' he would be forced to support a state law overriding them."

"On Thursday," the Times report continues, "he said he suspected that the entire matter had been orchestrated by Democrats and the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights group, to give Democrats an advantage in a tight governor’s race."

"The backlash, he said, has allowed for no dialogue on 'a very complex issue.' Dissenters to the left-wing position, he said, were being intimidated. Mr. McCrory used the word 'Orwellian' twice."

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. this is neither a smart or able person. he needs to go..

peter principle personified.

[47of74]

25. Yeah well the job description for Republican elected officials includes neither...

...smart or able. They just have to have enough brain cells to rub together to do as their billionaire sugar daddies say.

[cstanleytech]

29. "They just have to have enough brain cells to rub together" I think you are being optimistic if you

think they have more than 1 active brain cells.

[47of74]

30. Good point.

[Roy Rolling]

38. A Darker Element

He is projecting. He can only conceive of such a hare-brained scheme because he and the GOP have been doing it for years. That is the method of driving support HE uses, so he thinks others are just as slimy and low.

[blm]

34. He's evil AND dumb. Koch puppet.

.

[hollysmom]

2. this governor of NC was the mayor of charlotte before being elected to higher office.

When in Charlotte he governed as a moderate, no crazy anti gay stuff, no crazy anti abortion stuff. Basically no crazy. But after running as a moderate, he went totally tea evangelical nutso.

So why should we take anything he says seriously? not to mention this is an ignorant argument.

[mwooldri]

3. My guess he's having to get his future money from somewhere.

I somehow don't think Duke Energy will be having a major role for him on their payroll. And since the GOP is completely nuts he's just going where the bread appears to be buttered.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

4. Strike the law down, or continue to suffer. We don't need to hear your excuses.

[jpmonk91]

5. omg I hate McCrory

[gratuitous]

6. An argument I'd find inadequate from a four-year-old

I can only conclude that Gov. McCrory is an only child. Nice electing, North Carolina.

[silverweb]

7. Orwellian?

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The one thing orwellian about this is McCrory's use of double-speak.

[2naSalit]

8. Seems he's missing

a garment...

[silverweb]

10. LOL

[Skittles]

9. it's NOT a complex issue, asshole

IT'S NOT AN ISSUE TO ANYONE BUT TRANSPHOBES WITH TINY MINDS

[mnhtnbb]

11. Dialogue on a "very complex issue"? What a joke.

He and his merry band of bigots weren't concerned about dialogue when they rushed HB 2 through in 12 hours in a special session
of the legislature.

They made me do it! They made me do it!

What a tired old Republican excuse for not taking responsibility for his own actions and actions of hostility
do have consequences.


Great Op/Ed piece today in the Raleigh NewsObserver from a UNC Law professor that the motivation for
HB 2 had nothing to do with bathroom "safety" and everything to do with hostility toward LGBT people.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027783046

These bigots don't like being called out for their bigotry and are really pissed at being called out for it.
They just can't stand the truth.

[Hortensis]

12. The usual projection manipulation. Cons always

claim liberals or Democrats "did it" or are the ones "for it" when something they did comes back to bite them.

Gov Schmuck may not be overly intelligent, but this is a trick even the dullest GOP pol practices regularly. Apparently that "backlash" is smacking him right in the face. Good.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. Wow

I don't even know where to start with this......

[GOLGO 13]

14. Mmmm your tears are delicious Gov. McCrory

Your crying, bloviating & excuses entertain me as well. Please continue Gov.

[tclambert]

15. Ha! And you fell for it, McCrory!

That makes you an Orwellian double-plus idiot.

[lagomorph777]

16. Awesome. Our scheme is working!

Buh-bye Guv'nor Pottybrain!

[Bad Dog]

17. He's a real man of principle.

His people are blessed.

[KamaAina]

18. As in "Why, bless your li'l ole heart!"?

[Bad Dog]

20. Not with my vernacular.

I've got too much of a glottal stop, but it seems to work your side of the pond.

[KamaAina]

21. That phrase is a thinly veiled insult in the southern U.S.

It's basically a way of telling people like McCrony to fsck off.

[Bad Dog]

31. Thank you.

I didn't know that.

[DinahMoeHum]

19. Sheesh, what a crybaby.

[Eleanors38]

47. Yep, he put it in Wimp-O-Matic™ drive.

[AlbertCat]

22. to give Democrats an advantage in a tight governor’s race."

That...


....and to show what a bunch of yahoos you and your stupid legislature are.

Boy.... was it easy!

I mean, just look how you completely fell for it...and are falling for this blame game too!

Dumbass!



(hell... let Dems take the credit for ridding the state of your ilk, even tho' you did it mostly by yourself, and still are!)

[NCjack]

36. Gov. McCrory fell into his own trap. The purpose of HB-8 is to draw angry RWers to the polls to vote

Republican for the purpose of preventing the DEMs from repealing it. Guv is now in a vise, and his best play is to lead the Republicans in repealing HB-8, to salvage the growth of the NC economy.

[Dont call me Shirley]

23. McCrory is a mirror image of Big Brother from Orwell's 1984.

[Eleanors38]

46. And Orwell was a socialist.

[IronLionZion]

24. If he's so scared of liberals then maybe he should resign from office

Governing is clearly too difficult for him.

[sinkingfeeling]

26. Thought the GOP was all for 'personal responsibility'.

[SwankyXomb]

27. McCrory's argument boils down to this

"Now look what you made me do!"

[ReRe]

35. Which reminds me of...

... Barney Fife.

[Thespian2]

28. I am a NC retiree...

McCrory is a national, if not international, embarrassment for North Carolina...getting his ass off the governor's chair as soon as possible is imperative...

[blm]

42. Exacty - I work GOTV in NC and I keep trying to tell

the advocates of not-voting Busters that it just isn't an option in a purple state like NC where every single vote matters. Our work is already made 3 times more difficult than other states thanks to gerrymandering and onerous voter restrictions.

[Thespian2]

49. Good for You!

The work is, indeed, difficult...the goal is worthy...

[liberal N proud]

32. If he knew this, he could have nixed their Orwellian plan with a Veto

But he didn't do that so Orwellian plan or not, he is fucked.

[neeksgeek]

33. Oh, please.

We've wanted a Democrat to take your job since the day you announced you were running for the office!

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Napoleon Bonaparte

[houston16revival]

37. Confession of Incompetence and Mental Illness

So inept those Libs - LIBS!! - had him outfoxed

and he was cornered! Paranoid I tell you, paranoid!

They had CONTROL of him! He was FORCED!!!

[IkeRepublican]

39. All proud of it until it backfired

Goes and sounds even dumber for fabricating it was all bait and that he was stupid enough to take it.

Circle the drain, loser. Circle the drain.

[TygrBright]

40. Gee, I missed the webinar on Skeery Librul Mind Control techniques. Someone send me a link... n/t

[joeybee12]

41. Up is down, right is left...

In his Palin-esque sized brain.

[Angry Dragon]

43. just one more stupid republican that takes no responsibility for their actions

[KamaAina]

45. "stupid republican" is a tautology.

Like "yummy bacon".

[Angry Dragon]

48. I am not much of a bacon fan ---- you may have mine

[Eleanors38]

44. "Mommy, I didn't break the window, it was the baseball bat!"

[PatrynXX]

50. thats alright. Thanks to republicans

we have Gay Marriage. They refused to allow Same Sex Civil Unions to have the same right , especially in Life or Death areas. So they were forced to go for the Marriage option. thus Republicans fault .

[Warpy]

51. Stupid asshole got what his hateful religion wanted

and he's stunned to find out it's unpopular.

I would love to see all those nasty, narrowminded, censorious dimwit Republicans turned out of office, but I know that state all too well. They'll get back in just so they can keep pissing off them college boy slickers from New York City.

I used to live there. I know the mindset.

[Jeb Bartlet]

52. A typical Republican

blaming people not being stinking bigots for his disgusting act of bigotry. Fuck him and fuck the Republican party, they are scum of the earth and should be removed by any means necessary.

[Jeb Bartlet]

53. He supported this law

he actively pushed lawmaker for it and he signed it in near record time and now this hypocrite is crying about it like the baby he is. God I do so hope he gets voted out of office in disgrace.