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A two-fer, as his son, a judge, is going down as well.

I saw the son on TV last night blaming this whole mess on Republicans (or Repuhlicans as he pronounces it). It was priceless.

[Constitution Day]

(or Repuhlicans as he pronounces it)

LOL! I wish I had seen that.

Typical Democrat...he won't take responsibility for anything!

[Constitution Day]

Carolina Journal Exclusives:
Ballances Hear Their Sentences

After leaving a federal courthouse in Elizabeth City, Garey Ballance blamed his woes on “a Republican prosecutor and a Republican judge.” Frank Ballance said U.S. Attorney Frank Whitney and assistant U.S. Attorney Dennis Duffy exaggerated the severity of his crimes. Both Ballances are Democrats.

“There was some misspent money,” Frank Ballance told reporters yesterday. “That’s all this case was about. There’s never been a grand conspiracy.”

The leader of the state Republican Party said that justice was served with the sentencing.

“It is a shame someone trusted by the people would betray that trust for his own personal gain and the gain of his family members.” said state GOP chairman Ferrell Blount in a statement. “The only silver lining to this episode is that he is no longer in a position of public trust.”

State Democratic Party spokesman Schorr Johnson did not provide a statement on Ballance’s sentencing before the publication deadline for this article.