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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Campaign Lowjinks In Pamlico County

There are some things that should be out of bounds in election campaigns. Threatening phone calls to a candidate's wife fit in that category.

I have spent my life in defense of democracy. I believe every citizen should vote. Every citizen should feel free to express political opinions. I wish those opinions related to the substance of political differences rather than "nyaah, nyaah I don't like you!" That's worse than childish.

Everyone in the county seems to know about a threatening phone call to a candidate's wife, reported yesterday in the Sun Journal.

In an unrelated Facebook entry, the former minister of the Oriental Methodist Church offered the following suggestions:


Not bad advice.
David Cox at 10:24 PM
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