After brief appearance in front of TV cameras, Pat leaves town during crisis – even riding a car in a parade hundreds of miles away

Sinclair Broadcast Group, which includes WLOS in Asheville and WXLV in Greensboro, announced it has pulled the Republican Governors Association’s false negative ad off the air.

While Bev Perdue has consistently outlined detailed plans and a specific vision to help North Carolina’s middle-class families, Pat McCroy continues to come up short on substance in debates and poli

With students headed back to school across the state, Pat McCrory has finally admitted his real education agenda: vouchers, vouchers and vouchers.

Pat McCrory is the only gubernatorial candidate in America campaigning with George Bush

RALEIGH -- As the AP reported this morning, George Bush is actively campaigning for only one candidate for governor this year: Pat McCrory.

"There are 11 governor races this year. Bush has been tapped to help only Pat McCrory, the GOP candidate in North Carolina." [AP, 8/15/08]

It’s no secret why – because Pat McCrory is one of George Bush’s closest allies when it comes to both politics and policy. McCrory supports President Bush’s private school voucher schemes, his opposition to stronger clean air standards, and his failed economic policies.

Pat McCrory’s first TV commercial of the general election continues his pattern of making untruthful claims about Bev Perdue.

Bev Perdue has consistently said that she supports offshore drilling, urging oil companies to use some of their record profits to immediately begin drilling in the untapped 68-million acres currently under lease, almost half of which are located offshore.

Bev Perdue has consistently supported drilling off America’s coast:

• “Well I’m not against offshore drilling per se… you know we’ve got 68 million acres that are already under lease in America right now, and if oil companies would start drilling there right this very minute then the question of what comes about from drilling would be answered.” [WWNC 570AM in Asheville, 8/8/08]