Posted on 11/10/2008 3:43:16 AM PST by CriticalJ
In the mid-1990s, Marc Basnight, one of the state's most powerful politicians, personally recruited two young lawyers to run for the North Carolina Senate.
Neither of them had ever held elective office, but Basnight, the Democratic leader of the Senate, persuaded them to run. Their names were Kay Hagan and Walter Dalton, and with Basnight's help, they quickly rose through the legislative ranks.
Around that same time, Basnight personally picked another up-and-coming state senator, appointing her to a powerful post as a key budget writer. Her name? Bev Perdue.
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I mentioned that Bev Perdue was as dumb as a box of rocks and my 10y shot back:
“Her brain would rattle around in a flea’s skull.”
Wow. I’m not quite ready to relinquish my household throne...
There’s a reason Perdue limited her time with the media.
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