host of our issues. how are people in north carolina, your constituents reacting to this proposal? and is there a sense of indignation around it? well, people are absolutely upset about what is going on. and they re demonstrating their displeasure about that. on monday they are coming to the general assembly, en masse, thousands have come, almost 800 people have been arrested already. and this is really the last draw. this voter intimidation act, which is exactly what we call it. we have not had an issue in north carolina with the voter bill. and this bill goes too, too far, creating all kinds of obstacles for people. they actually looked at ways people have been successful in
budget that sends the message that north carolina is moving backwards when we have always been a state that led the nation. the general assembly may have been satisfied with a state in reverse, but i am not. therefore say it with me at home i veto this bill. nice change of pace from the faux conciliatory do nothingness of washington, isn t it? and that s not to say it always works out for bev perdue, not like her veto stamp is magic or something. republicans have promised to her vetoes, and so far, they are making pretty good progress. this week, the north carolina house overrode her veto of the package of new abortion restrictions, both the house and senate voted to override her veto of the budget, and the house failed this week to get enough votes to override the voter bill. that s one veto that might still stand, but the point is it s not
voter bill. that s one veto that might still stand, but the point is it s not like it s some kind of easy, peasy, stand up if you have a spine and everything will turn out right. there s a lesson in bev perdue, what bev perdue means is that if you do stand up, then it is on the record what these policies really mean and what they are really designed to do. what you re doing with a bev perdue style giant veto stamp accompanying statements for every extreme policy is to make clear what the opposition is up to so you can give voters a choice, so when they stand up, they know where you stand versus where the other folks stand. i do want this test, it s been the big decision maker toll me since i became governor. does it move us forward or move
budget that sends the message that north carolina is moving backwards when we have always been a state that led the nation. the general assembly may have been satisfied with a state in reverse, but i am not. therefore say it with me at home i veto this bill. nice change of pace from the faux conciliatory do nothingness of washington, isn t it? and that s not to say it always works out for bev perdue, not like her veto stamp is magic or something. republicans have promised to her vetoes, and so far, they are making pretty good progress. this week, the north carolina house overrode her veto of the package of new abortion restrictions, both the house and senate voted to override her veto of the budget, and the house failed this week to get enough votes to override the voter bill. that s one veto that might still stand, but the point is it s not