Westmoreland for McCrory
Responding to our call for multimedia, Melissa Westmoreland sends us both a blog post and video.
Westmoreland found herself at the final debate among the Republican candidates for governor last night - what is this, like 112 total? - but without her choice in the election on stage. From her blog entry on the event:
Now, common sense should tell you that with a race as close as this one, McCrory would not CHOOSE to miss the last debate, especially with his opponents attacking him every chance they get. No, you see, Pat McCrory has a JOB. He is mayor of Charlotte, and he has city council meetings to attend. Early on in this race, McCrory made it known that he would not be missing city council meetings, because when he does, the Democrats control the meetings. He stood by that promise last night.[snip]
The debate opened with an actual question, but rather than answer it right off the bat, Fred Smith took the opportunity to address the crowd and scold Mayor McCrory for not attending. I have the spectacle on tape, and I'll be uploading it tomorrow so you can all see what it looks like when the pot calls the kettle black.
In all honesty, I don't entirely remember what Smith said because it was completely dwarfed by Bob Orr's comment. When it came time to answer the question, Orr again chose not to address the issue and instead told the crowd that McCrory "needs to decide whether he wants to be a mayor or run for governor."Seriously?
So let me get this straight – for starters, you absolutely have to be independently wealthy to run for governor. That's what I'm going to take from that comment, because Orr obviously wants his gubernatorial candidates to be jobless.
Melissa is also posting some video on her own YouTube channel like this one:
So, what's stopping you? Send along your campaign pictures, video, audio and thoughts to mbinker@news-record.com and/or gwitt@news-record.com.
