(10-12-2016 08:24 PM)Hood-rich Wrote:  

(10-12-2016 08:22 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  McCrory is a lightweight that ran as a moderate and revealed himself once elected as a puppet of Art Pope that is ignored by the GOP legislature that view him for what he is, insignificant. He is and has been out of his depth from day one.

Lol

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McCrory definitely ran as a moderate. He ran on the fact that he was a republican mayor of a democratic city. I lean democratic and voted for him (I thought my wife was going to kill me). I know several other democrats that voted for him.

He has since proved himself to be anything but a moderate.

Meck county went for red for the first time in years because McCrory ran on his record as Charlotte mayor. I would be shocked if Cooper doesn't overwhelmingly win Meck county which would make reelection for McCrory very difficult.

(10-12-2016 08:22 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  McCrory is a lightweight that ran as a moderate and revealed himself once elected as a puppet of Art Pope that is ignored by the GOP legislature that view him for what he is, insignificant. He is and has been out of his depth from day one.

I don't think they view him as insignificant. He's an important cog in the machine. The problem starts when we realize that he's probably under immense pressure to stay in line with the string pullers in the party. The Pope family have done this stuff for decades. They've weaseled their way into very powerful positions and they're masters of political games. The Popes would've made any GOP candidate into their puppet, not just McCrory.

What's wrong with Art Pope?

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Ok..so McCrory enables employment and public accommodation discrimination against LGBT people.

And now he's upset because he is no longer welcome at a cocktail party?

Ugh.

(10-12-2016 09:46 PM)Hood-rich Wrote:  What's wrong with Art Pope?

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Art Pope is the supposed architect of HB2.

(10-12-2016 09:50 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(10-12-2016 09:46 PM)Hood-rich Wrote:  What's wrong with Art Pope?

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Art Pope is the supposed architect of HB2.

Cool.

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(10-12-2016 09:46 PM)Hood-rich Wrote:  What's wrong with Art Pope?

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He's a puppet master. Unelected, unaccountable but very powerful. Through city and county connections, his family systematically chased away business from my town so their several properties could hold a true monopoly in the tri-county area. Depressed the hell out of the economy, which still hasn't recovered today.

Nobody around there likes the Popes. Art's their spawn.

I've actually come into contact with both McCrory and Roy Cooper several times at work, and I must say both are more approachable than your average politicians. They both sincerely have thanked me for my help, unlike Bev Perdue and Mike Easley, who each acted like they were the most important people in the room.

Despite the hammering HB2 has taken from critics in the media and outside the state, I have a feeling that if it was something that was voted on, it would pass, and for that reason I think McCrory will win the election.