Posted on 04/19/2012 6:26:28 PM PDT by Libloather
N.C. Democratic Party Chair David Parker Refuses to Resign
Chairman calls alleged sexual harasser ‘a close talker’
By David N. Bass
Apr. 19th, 2012
RALEIGH — David Parker, the embattled chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party, refused to resign during a Thursday afternoon press conference convened to address salacious allegations of sexual harassment at the party.
With students released for recess at the next-door Catholic day school screaming in the background, Parker said that he would not stand for re-election to the chairmanship and, instead, would request that an election for a replacement be rescheduled from June 17 to May 12.
Notwithstanding Parker’s early departure, the chairman will remain the titular head of the party as Democrats welcome President Obama to North Carolina for an official visit Wednesday and as voters head to the polls in the May 8 primary.
“Throughout all of this, I’ve played by the rules,” Parker said. “I’ve followed my lawyer’s advice. This is an unfortunate incident. It does not change the need to support Democrats in the fall, however.”
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Once a moron always a moron, meeting a moron.
I guess the Dems have their very own Larry Craig.
You can’t shame folks with this spiritual disease.
The NC Democrat party, to paraphrase Churchill, is a seething mass of corruption and criminality. The whole party leadership ought to be jailed- in separate cells, because this is supposed to be punishment.
I am sure the log cabin republicans would welcome him into the fold.
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