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Friday, May 09, 2003

# Posted 5:15 PM by Patrick Belton  

NOTE TO FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES: Namely, don't go into politics in North Carolina. That is, not unless you are both fond of NASCAR car racing (already going beyond two out of three OxBloggers; David, however, was an young afficionado after finding out at an early age he could set speed records due to the 4th Street-intersecting-11th Street-anomaly in the West Village) , and a better practitioner than North Carolingian Governor Mike Easley - who in an attempt today to impersonate a NASCAR racer, wrecked a racing car against a track wall while driving an estimated 165 mph.

"It was fun for about four or five laps, but the last part wasn't too good," said the Governor, adding "I was pushing and the car was running tight and it got loose on me and I wrecked," apparently attempting to salve his racetrack credibility by substituting competence in racing jargon for competence in the thing itself. Grasping a fading chance to commit yet one final paroxysm of gubernatorial judgment, he autographed the crumpled Chevrolet as it was towed away.
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