From the Statesville Record & Landmark
By Jim McNally
Published April 11, 2010
Billy Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for the 5th U.S. Congressional District seat, said he sees the backlash against Democrats now as part of a cycle.
"The Democrats make all the positive steps," he said. "Then we let the Republicans back in and they take us back some of those steps. Then we have to get in and clean their messes back up again."
Without mentioning the name of the person he will most likely be running against in November — incumbent Rep. Virginia Foxx — Kennedy said, "My opponent is not only an embarrassment to North Carolina, but to the whole nation."
For comments like that, Kennedy received the only standing ovation of the day.
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