NC paper takes back endorsement after candidate 'embarassed himself' questioning Obama citizenship [View all]
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North Carolina's largest newspaper rescinded its endorsement in a congressional primary Thursday, saying the Republican candidate "has done nothing but embarrass us and himself" since receiving their backing less than a week ago.
Noting recent "birther" comments Jim Pendergraph made shortly after receiving their nod last Saturday, The Charlotte Observer said in an editorial there are "at least two better choices" among the nine GOP contenders seeking to fill the vacant 9th district seat.
Pendergraph -- a former sheriff who also served in the Army military police and is a commissioner of North Carolina's Mecklenburg County -- drew the Observer's rebuke after questioning the citizenship of President Barack Obama at a weekend campaign event, according to the paper.
"I have reason to be suspicious," the Observer quotes him as saying on Saturday. "But I don't know. I haven't seen the facts. I think there's a lot of smoke and generally when there's smoke there's got to be fire somewhere."
"I've been around long enough to know people can forge anything," Pendergraph continued, the paper said.
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