More good reading.....
Lawmaker says Perdue like Maddox:
"Opening the news conference by comparing Perdue to Maddox, Fort said the new governor ousted every major department head who was a minority except one, and he worked to weaken a consumer protection law that had been designed in part to protect minorities from predatory lending practices.
His support for changing the state flag during his campaign last year played on racial tensions, Fort said.
'Governor Perdue ran a racist campaign. I'm not saying that he is a racist. Only he knows what is in his heart. But we believe that he ran a racist campaign'
Dean said an idea Perdue floated recently to tie HOPE scholarships to SAT scores is an 'absolutely shameful' proposal.
'When we were notified that the (HOPE) program was in trouble, the governor said we ought to support those programs that deal with kids who come to college ready. We know what the governor was saying - that we ought to cater to the rich, we ought to cater to the white community,' he said"