Apr 16 2008
Pro-Perdue Group Breaks Positive Pledge
RALEIGH — Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue said last week that her campaign would stop negative attack ads, but at least one key ally has let slip one last hit on her opponent in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
The N.C. Association of Educators and the National Education Association sent a one-page mailer attacking Treasurer Richard Moore, questioning his management of retirement funds and suggesting he favored cutting Social Security.
Both educator groups have backed Perdue and paid for a radio ad that touted Perdue’s accomplishments this year.
In all fairness, this can’t be put on Perdue. It is not her campaign that broke the pledge and she can’t really control what her supporting PACs may do. She can certainly come out and condemn the negativity of the ad, but it doesn’t seem all that negative to me anyway. I don’t even understand why the NEA would mention Moore’s alleged position on Social Security since it has absolutely nothing to do with being Governor of North Carolina anyway. So, I suppose in that respect it can be viewed as a negative cheap shot.
I don’t like the NEA anyhow. They don’t give a damn about any child’s education. They only care about enriching themselves.
