NC Democrat Hits Wrong Button, Passes NC Fracking Veto Over-ride

July 3, 2012 – 6:46 pm

The Lonely Conservative goes with “LOL!” I have to go with “bwahahahahahahahahah-snort-hahahahahaha!”

(WRAL) State House lawmakers have apparently accidentally legalized fracking in North Carolina, due to a deciding vote one Democrat says was a mistake.

Rep. Becky Carney, D-Mecklenburg, says she did not intend to cast the key vote that overrode the governor’s veto of the bill.

The vote was 72-47, exactly the number needed for an override. Without Carney’s vote, the veto would have been sustained.

Carney characterized her vote as “very accidental.” (snip)

Under House rules, members can change their vote if they’ve made a mistake – unless the change would affect the bill’s passage

Obviously, Democrats pitched a hissy fit

Carney tried to reverse her vote but Republicans blocked it. Democrats called the move “disgraceful.”

No, disgraceful was the way Obamacare was passed.

House Speaker Thom Tillis said he was comfortable with the process. “There’s a green button and a red button; they should know which one to push,” he said.

You’d think that would be easy to understand, but, we are talking about Democrats.

More: LauraW: When Democrats totally screw up, they end up doing the best thing for their state and the economy at large. Funny how that works, eh.

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9 Responses to “NC Democrat Hits Wrong Button, Passes NC Fracking Veto Over-ride”

  1. Gumball_Brains says:
    July 3, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    Wait, is the green one good for me or bad for America?

  2. NC Democrat 'Accidentally' Votes Yes On Fracking - The POH Diaries says:
    July 3, 2012 at 9:53 pm

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  3. The Watcher says:
    July 3, 2012 at 11:14 pm

    Wait…red button, green button? Just wait – she’ll be claiming color-blindness in 3…2…

  4. Gumball_Brains says:
    July 3, 2012 at 11:29 pm

    That’s racist for pointing out color-blindness

  5. Steve says:
    July 4, 2012 at 4:12 am

    Did she move from Florida to North Carolina after voting for Buchanan in 2000?

  6. William Teach says:
    July 4, 2012 at 8:06 am

    She probably voted for fracking in order to tell her constituents that she was pro-energy with the thought that the veto override would fail (much like how Ron Paul installs earmarks then votes against the bill), then realized that “oh, crap, my vote will pass the override”.

  7. LOL! NC Democrat Accidentally Voted to Allow Fracking | The Lonely Conservative says:
    July 4, 2012 at 11:34 am

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  8. david7134 says:
    July 4, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    What has happened to NC? I thought it was a decent state, but to outlaw drilling? Sounds like California.

  9. William Teach says:
    July 4, 2012 at 9:15 pm

    The NC GA, controlled by Republicans, passed legislation allowing fracking. Dem Gov Bev Perdue vetoed it. The vote over-rode that veto.

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