Bev Purdue just issued an Executive Order...

[ProfessionalLeftist]

(via email)

‎"Bev Perdue stunned the GOP leadership today by issuing an Executive Order for the immediate release of federal unemployment benefits to 47,000 out of work North Carolinians.

The order ends nearly two months of deadlock during which Republican legislators employed the jobless as pawns in budget negotiations with her office. Finally, these unemployed – our friends, family and neighbors – will have help paying bills, mortgages and putting food on their tables.

In a statement moments ago, the Governor explained that she had finally had enough of the GOP's petty political games and the very real suffering they were causing:

"Just yesterday, they voted down a measure to separate this issue from their budget. Enough is enough. They continue to use desperate people as leverage to extort my support for an ideologically-driven budget that needlessly cuts millions from our public schools and inflicts millions of dollars more in damage to our universities, pre-school programs, community colleges, job creation efforts and vital health care services. I will not stand for it and I will not sit by idly as the legislature continues to play these games and deny the jobless the unemployment benefits they need."

[zazen]

1. she's standing up to these thugs!

I've been marveling at it myself the past few days, even before this afternoon's announcement.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x605890
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[ProfessionalLeftist]

3. My vote went to the right person...

...at least from what I've seen from her lately.

[zazen]

4. well the alternative was awful, of course

And I just remembered, the Repub state convention is in Wilmington this weekend.

Hahahahahaha! They're going to have to drink heavily to suppress the shame of the little "mike" incident.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

5. I really hated that NC ended up with a majority Repub legislature

for the 1st time in ~100 years. But I'm grateful for a governor that stands up to those jerks (and that the jerks are evidently such idiots). May they all have really bad hangovers. :evilgrin:

[nclib]

2. Good for her!

[nkt35500]

6. +1