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(North Carolina RAT governor) Mike Easley campaign returning money from topless club owner
News & Observer ^ | 2/03/05

Posted on 02/03/2005 5:00:30 PM PST by Libloather

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"We're going to return all the money..."

...one dollar at a time. Ba-dum-bump...

1 posted on 02/03/2005 5:00:31 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Why? He's probably a Platinum member at the local nudie bar.


2 posted on 02/03/2005 5:04:56 PM PST by jsmith48 (www.isupatriot.com)
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To: jsmith48

I think he did the right thing and I'm glad I voted for him. Sometimes I think we are too quick to criticize our elected officials. Some public officials really believe in what they are doing and try to do what they believe is right. Why would anyone even want to run for public office?


3 posted on 02/03/2005 5:28:00 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: Libloather

Let me guess ... all one dollar bills, kinda crumpled and a little wet, with a slight odor of shoe leather.


4 posted on 02/03/2005 5:39:23 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
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To: Libloather

Sort of reminds me of the headline in the Enquirer, "Headless Man Found in Topless Bar".


5 posted on 02/03/2005 5:48:29 PM PST by Shisan (Dyspaerunia is better than no paerunia at all.)
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To: TaxRelief; Constitution Day

I don't see what the big deal is. Why would he return the money?


6 posted on 02/03/2005 6:05:44 PM PST by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/blackconservatism.htm)
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To: traviskicks

I don't really have a terribly negative opinion of Easley, but I wish the Republicans would have gotten a true Conservative to run against him last election...


7 posted on 02/03/2005 6:07:29 PM PST by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/blackconservatism.htm)
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To: traviskicks; Constitution Day; Helms; 100%FEDUP; 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; ~Vor~; A2J; ...

NC *Ping*

Please FRmail Constitution Day, TaxRelief OR Helms if you want to be added to or removed from this North Carolina ping list.
8 posted on 02/03/2005 7:24:27 PM PST by TaxRelief (Support the Troops Rally, Fayetteville, NC -- March 19, 2005)
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To: Libloather
You just gotta love that headline...

Mike Easley campaign returning money from topless club owner

Was it an owner of a topless club, or a club owner who was topless?

9 posted on 02/03/2005 7:51:11 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina (OK, Congress is back in session -- Where's my tax cuts for the rich? )
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To: TaxRelief

OH ... MY ... GOD!

!!!!!!


10 posted on 02/03/2005 8:07:06 PM PST by Tax-chick (Wielder of the Dread Words of Power, "Bless your heart, honey!")
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To: Libloather
Campaign finance reports at the State Board of Elections show Baucom gave $8,000 to Easley during the 2004 election cycle.

What was his margin of victory?

The problem with these post-election funds returns is that, by the time they are returned their purpose has been served.

-PJ

11 posted on 02/03/2005 8:15:08 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
I wonder how many dollars he kept from owners of abortion mills and lottery operators.
12 posted on 02/04/2005 2:27:17 AM PST by Tom D. (Beer is Proof that God Loves Us and Wants Us to be Happy - B. Franklin)
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To: mlc9852

Why did you for for Tax Hike Mike?


13 posted on 02/04/2005 6:25:27 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: Phantom Lord

I think he has done a good job under the circumstances.


14 posted on 02/04/2005 6:48:46 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852

Well that was an informative answer.


15 posted on 02/04/2005 6:50:38 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: Phantom Lord
Okay - a more detailed explanation. He tried his hardest to protect jobs from going overseas but there is only so much a governor can do. He has worked hard to finance improvements for community colleges, has used tobacco settlement money for bio-tech training, worked hard on getting companies to relocate to the state (although not necessarily in my area of WNC), believes in the death penalty, pro-guns. But I do disagree with him on the lottery. He thinks it would be a good source of revenue for education. Coming from So. Fla, I can tell you it isn't. And he's a native North Carolinian, went to college here, wife teaches at college in NC. And I think he cares about the state.
16 posted on 02/04/2005 7:15:49 AM PST by mlc9852
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has used tobacco settlement money for bio-tech training

Yes. In direct contradiction to the proscribed used of the pay out. It was to be used for anti-smoking measures.

And he's a native North Carolinian, went to college here, wife teaches at college in NC.

Well, if there is a reason to vote for someone, there it is.

17 posted on 02/04/2005 7:18:34 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: Phantom Lord

Who did you vote for?


18 posted on 02/04/2005 7:20:04 AM PST by mlc9852
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I voted for Barbara Howe. I knew she had no chance of winning when I cast my vote.

Also, I know someone who was on Hunt's staff and Easley retained him. Neither he or his wife voted for Easley.

19 posted on 02/04/2005 7:23:00 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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It's too bad the Libertarian Party has never gotten very far. However, I don't believe in wasting my vote. If I didn't think the person I was voting for had a chance, I probably wouldn't bother. And in voting for Easley, I never said he was my perfect choice. There is no perfect candidate so I vote for the person I feel is the best choice. But truthfully, I think NC is a weird state anyway.


20 posted on 02/04/2005 7:33:51 AM PST by mlc9852
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