Category: campaign 2022

A hostile takeover of our state’s judiciary

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Brant Clifton

News of takeovers is all over the place. There’s ol’ Vlad in The Ukraine and Elon Musk and Twitter, among others. It’s beginning to look like the special

Pat McCrory’s “crappy” campaign

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Brant Clifton

So. It’s ALL come down to this. Poo-poo. Number Two. Pinched loaves. From the mind of campaign savant Paul Shumaker comes a television ad decrying silliness and perceived untruths

Election-Year Tremors in Onslow County

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It appears that a sizable revolt is going down among Republicans in Onslow County. The meat and potatoes of the fight can be found in this Facebook video. Viewers

Pat McCrory appointee brought CRT to North Carolina schools

Posted on April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 by Brant Clifton

(Who needs Democrats when you have Republicans like this?) According to the US edition of The Spectator (UK) magazine, that headline is the God’s-honest truth: GOP Senate candidate Pat McCrory

’22 primaries a target-rich environment for RINO-hunters

Posted on April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Every two years, primary elections give evidence that a species conservatives would like to see go extinct is alive and well — even in conservative habitats. I’m talking about

Tillis, Timmy & Phil all backing Cawthorn primary opponent

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Brant Clifton

All of you trying to convince us of Chuck Edwards’s conservative bona fides — get a load of this: Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is throwing his weight behind

Revenge of the RINOs

Posted on March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Remember this story? Well, we’ve got a follow-up (and it’s NOT pretty). It seems that Mr. Whatley and the boys in Raleigh were none too pleased about (1) efforts

Just HOW LOW will the NCGOP establishment go?

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

They beat up on a black man. Now they’re smacking around a young guy in a wheel chair. What’s next? What do Mark Robinson and Madison Cawthorn have in

Poll: NC voters not really paying attention in the two major statewide 2022 races

Posted on March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

A new poll sponsored and released by NC Values shows the US Senate GOP primary in a dead heat and the state Supreme Court GOP primary as a toss-up.

#ncga : A primary for the pro tem

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Brant Clifton

I hear an awful lot of griping out there about the caliber of people we have “representing” us in Raleigh and DC. We’ve got primaries coming up in May.