The Charlotte Observer’s editorial board has once again shown their true colors. We all know these people are just one Che Guevara shirt way from calling for a revolution, so we shouldn’t be surprised when they try to redefine a radical candidate as moderate. The candidate in question is Erica McAdoo, a former Wake County resident, who just moved into conservative Alamance 18 months ago and is running for office. Does that raise an eyebrow? It does mine.
We all know the Democratic party’s M.O.: They accuse Republicans of tactics they employ. In this case, they accused the NC GOP of propagating opposition research in an attempt to smear Mrs. McAdoo’s character. Here is an excerpt from their editorial:
The GOP sure has the goods on Erica McAdoo. On Thursday, NC House Republicans released a 35-page report — known as “oppo” to political insiders and observers — on the NC House 63 candidate from Alamance County. “Meet Erica McAdoo,” the @NCHouseGOP account said in a midday tweet with a photo of McAdoo holding a beer (gasp!) and having a good time at an outdoor event with friends. That same photo was in a news release that described the Democrat’s “radical agenda” and invited people to click an ominous red button to “learn more about Erica McAdoo.”
We did, and we have to say we’re not sure McAdoo will recover from the revelation that she (checks notes) got a speeding ticket 15 years ago.
Yep. That’s the dirt. See for yourself.
Well, I did see for myself and this “oppo research” clearly stated that there was no significant problems in the McAdoo’s background. Surely, the editorial board at the Charlotte Observer read that? It was in the fourth paragraph. The GOP didn’t try to hide their findings in some obscure passage in the middle or end of this “massive hit piece." But let’s continue:
As for McAdoo’s politics, the report affirms what McAdoo gladly displays on her website and social media: that she’s a middle-of-the-road Democrat. She attended the Women’s March and thinks the NCGOP is trying to “suppress” voters with restrictive laws. She opposes the Trump administration policy of separating children from parents, and she calls for “sensible gun laws” and expanding Medicaid as most states have done. The report did note that she posted a picture and supported a local veteran who was selling T-shirts with guns on them. “We shouldn’t be tearing each other apart,” the report quotes McAdoo saying later about that post. “I support our veterans and I support local businesses.”
How radical.
Once again, you have to read the GOP’s opposition research and use some common sense. Mrs. McAdoo is an anti-gun radical who doesn’t know what she’s talking about. She called a semi-automatic gun (I owned a .22 semi-automatic when I was 12 years old) a semi-assault weapon. When a liberal says they want “sensible gun laws,” they mean ban weapons they don’t like, which is pretty much all of them.
Mrs. McAdoo also wants to expand the welfare program called Medicaid. And how does Mrs. McAdoo plan on paying for that? She doesn’t. Logic would tell you that the state would have to raise taxes or incur massive amount of debt. A better idea would be to force the healthcare industry from a third-party payer system into a market based one. Let the patient/customer know the cost and let him decide what is in his best interest and let insurance be used for catastrophic purposes. The federal government’s policies monopolized this industry. The end result being higher prices and less competition which translates into crappy service. But that kind of out-of-the box thinking is too radical for statist Democrats.
Mrs. McAdoo also supports raising the minimum wage. How is that working out in Seattle and all those other libtard cities? Not too good. She is also supported by Planned Parenthood and big labor. This young lady also wants to throw more money at education while denying choice. And she signed a Progressive Pledge which is state imposed coercions that would make a true American recoil. But hey, according to the Charlotte Observer, there’s nothing to see here:
All of which got a good chuckle on social media late Thursday, turning the oppo report into a political self-own. Still, there’s a good chance most of the GOP’s intended audience didn’t actually click on the “learn more about Erica McAdoo” button. They saw the beer photo and all the references to “radical” and just assumed the rest. Which was exactly the idea.
It’s another example of how sour political discourse has become, and how much of it is untrustworthy. Make no mistake: There’s nothing unusual with doing oppo on a candidate. It’s also common to go public with damaging stuff because, well, that’s the point of trying to find it. But to release the oppo when it shows nothing, yet characterize it in an ominous way? That shows how little NC House Republicans think of voters, and how little they think of the truth.
This is Alamance County, I’m sure very few people object to drinking a beer. However, being lectured to by a bunch of Marxist at the Charlotte Observer while passively being called a bunch of hayseeds should raise some ire in this heavily patriotic district. Deflect much Charlotte Observer?
Source:
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article216432000.html
https://nchouserepublicans.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/08/HD63_McAdoo_Research_Packet.pdf
https://ballotpedia.org/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives_District_63
