That loud little cartoon character running the NCGOP has outdone himself again: A North Carolina Republican leader was accused of “boasting about skirting campaign finance laws and laundering money” through the party’s treasurer, but he said his comments were taken…
Category: Politics
Grade Suppression: Making Public Education, um, “Great” again
I caught this little gem buried deep in a story reporting on a recent Robeson County board of education meeting: […] In other business, the school board: […] — Approved a grade suppression policy. Under the policy certain eligible students…
#ncga: Soros gang sets their sights on NC House
FlipNC, a spinoff of the George Soros front Indivisible, is laying out their plans for retaking the NC House — or at least killing the GOP super-majority in 2018. Here’s what they’re thinking: The North Carolina General Assembly has 120…
#ncpol: Dallas’s fastball right down the middle …
In baseball, a fastball down the middle is a gift — begging to be smacked out of the ballpark. THAT, we argued earlier, is what Dallas Woodhouse’s “history” lesson was for the dog-whistle Left. Case in point: As noted in…
#ncga: Reading the redistricting tea leaves
Will you keep your “honorable,” or get yourself a “new” one? Court-mandated redistricting has placed this question on many a mind inside and outside Raleigh. Here’s one interesting driveby take on the matter. Here are the maps –complete with county…
#ncpol: The Lesson of Robeson County
Robeson County is one of the most diehard Democrat counties in the state. Republican presidential, gubernatorial, legislative and congressional candidates regularly get their feelings hurt there at election time. But that has changed dramatically in recent years. Especially in November…
#ncpol: History 101 with Professor Woodhouse
Once again, NCGOP executive director has opened his mouth in public. And, once again, grassroots Republicans are experiencing a face-palm, WTF moment. North Carolina Democrats took to Twitter to celebrate the Voting Rights Act, and Dallas had to get involved:…
#ncga: I KNOW I left that $17K laying around here SOMEWHERE!
The House majority leader is a busy guy. Sometimes, all of that bookkeeping and keeping track of money stuff can get in the way. Just look at this from his campaign consultant: […]Dear Sir or Madam, After completing our 2017…
#ncga: Paying yourself to campaign for, um, YOURSELF.
After six years of observing these folks on Jones Street, I don’t get surprised anymore. They’ve all got campaign funds stocked mostly by lobbyists with needs from the General Assembly. If you’re in the majority, you get a lot more…
#ncpol: Um, Party Disloyalty?
WRAL ran this cutesy item about one Charlotte mayoral candidate getting some help from the other side of the aisle: […] State Sen.Joel Ford‘s mayoral bid in Charlotte got a boost from colleagues across the aisle. State Sens.John Alexander, R-Wake,…