Category: NC State Government

Did the GOP learn ANYTHING from 2008? 2010?

Posted on May 23, 2012May 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

“Give me something to believe in …” — Poison We’re already getting a preview of November. The Democrats are already talking about “killing” Mitt Romney and “eviscerating” Pat McCrory.

A Charlotte Observer op-ed, a bunch of attorneys, and gay marriage. (Grab a seat. Get comfy. Pass the popcorn.)

Posted on May 16, 2012May 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

An op-ed in The Charlotte Observer this past weekend has quite a few tongues wagging within Charlotte’s legal and political communities. David Jones, a Charlotte attorney and marriage amendment

Loyalty Oaths for the NCGOP?

Posted on May 15, 2012May 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you thought the Democrat convention in Greensboro was fun, it’s looking like the June NCGOP convention might be trying to compete with its opposite number. UNITY

What? Vote fraud in good ol’ NC?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The General Assembly TRIED to get voter ID laws passed this session, over the loud vehement protests of Lame Duck Bev and her leftist cronies. We were told that

Feds turn off the money spigot for long-term unemployed in NC

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Remember when those highly compassionate souls — Bev Perdue, Barry Obama, et. al — told us that unemployment benefits NEEDED to be extended by 20 weeks (even though we have

An excellent read from Campbell law scholars on NC marriage amendment

Posted on May 12, 2012May 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you want to cut through the nonsense being spouted by our dingbat governor, her accomplices in the mainstream media, and the sour-grapes granolas in Orange County and other assorted

Mecklenburg official calls for changes in county policy in wake of marriage amendment vote

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In the debate over the marriage amendment, Charlotte and Mecklenburg County were heralded by leftist amendment opponents for their “enlightened” stances on domestic partner benefits. Now, in the wake

We look like Mississippi? (Well, YOU look like Joan Rivers.)

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Well, our bumbling incompetent boss lady’s “tolerance” is showing in the wake of the marriage amendment vote. She sounds like she has been hitting the Wild Turkey hard. (Can someone

Bev’s tax “deal” really 3-card monte scam taking NC taxpayers for a ride

Posted on May 12, 2012May 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Gov. Bev Perdue and GOP agree on gas tax — Raleigh News & Observer headline, May 11 2012 So, Lame Duck Bev’s steno pool in the N&O newsroom want us

The GOP establishment and primaries

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The GOP ruling class had NO qualms about sticking their noses into Republican primaries at the local, legislative, and congressional levels this year . However, we had ONE primary —