Category: Pat McCrory

Whipping up stuff and calling it NEWS (BEEP BEEP)

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

So far, this campaign cycle, Pat McCrory is The Roadrunner, and the alleged mainstream media is Wile E. Coyote. Just like ol’ Wile E., the media keeps trying

Charlotte pol lays blame for city’s “decline” at feet of Mayors McCrory, Foxx

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Don Reid has never been one to mince words. The former four term Republican Charlotte City councilman (1991-1999) established a record of fiscal conservatism while in office. Since leaving

Boom Boom is 1st choice for SE NC Dems in 2012 NC GOV race

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The word I am getting from well-placed sources within the Democrat machine in southeastern North Carolina is that Bobby “Boom Boom” Etheridge is leading the Democrat field for NC

Campaign 2012: Big lead for McCrory against each of top three Dems in Civitas poll

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The right-leaning, Raleigh-based Civitas Institute has released polling apparently showing Republican Pat McCrory in the driver’s seat for the 2012 race for NC governor. (Remember, it

NC Campaign 2012: Our stupid, biased mainstream news media

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got record unemployment, an economy in the tank, underperforming public schools, crime problems, and rampant corruption in Raleigh. The mainstream media gets all three main Democrat gubernatorial candidates together,

Tea Party displeasure with SC’s Haley an omen for NC voters considering McCrory?

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Tea Party activists in South Carolina had such high hopes for state legislator Nikki Haley while she was running for governor of The Palmetto State. She had

Where will Pat McCrory draw a line in the sand, stand his ground, and FIGHT?

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Former Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory TALKS a good game on the need to cut taxes and government. But during most of his reign in Charlotte, The Queen City was

An option for NC conservatives with heartburn over the race for governor

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A lot of my fellow conservatives are grumbling about being force-fed a healthy dose of Pat McCrory by the “wise men” in Raleigh. Those folks DO have at least

Charlotte conservatives quiz, consider Pat McCrory

Posted on March 24, 2012March 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Charlotte attorney Tom Ashcraft — a former US attorney and aide to Senator Jesse Helms — is a conservative leader in the Charlotte area who has been

WRAL Poll: The masses are NOT wowed by their governor choices

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you need any further evidence of how foolish Pat McCrory’s run-out-the-clock, sit-on-a-lead strategy is for NC Republicans, you have to look no further than the WRAL / SurveyUSA