Meddling in Primaries: Rules for Thee, but NOT FOR US !!!

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It’s amazing that ALL of the alleged ‘wise men’ of the NCGOP live in localities (Wake and Mecklenburg) that have some of the lowest GOP elected representation in the state?

But, I digress.  It seems like just yesterday that NCGOP ‘wise men’ were lecturing the peons in fly-over country (the areas between Murphy and Manteo and outside Charlotte city limits and the Raleigh belt-line) about the naughtiness of getting involved in primary elections while holding a party office. 

Meanwhile, we have DC- and Raleigh-based thuggery intimidating voters, party officials, vendors, drive-by media, consultants and the like into staying much more than six feet away from GOP US Senate candidate Don Brown. 

The state and national GOP have already gone public announcing that they’re going to pretend that there won’t actually be a primary for US Senate in North Carolina.  Their hand-picked choice, “Schlub” Whatley, will go ahead and get every bit of financial, political, and other logistical assistance the party organizations can muster.  (*What primary?*)

This is not just a predicament affecting the US Senate race.  It’s bled over into statewide judicial races. The Pauls – Newby and Shumaker – have issued a public decree identifying the only acceptable registered-Republican judge candidates.  Oh, someone else could jump into the GOP primary.  But the party of their registration will ONLY be assisting the names IDed on The Pauls’ ticket / decree.

As a matter of fact, someone not listed on The Pauls’ ticket — state administrative judge Michael Byrne — has announced his candidacy for the state Court of Appeals. That means there will be a primary for the GOP nod for Court of Appeals.

But that’s not stopping NCGOP officials / office-holders from openly taking sides in the judicial primary.  Check THIS out:

 

As you can see from above, Collins has been blessed by The Pauls. So, it’s apparently A-OK to do whatever you want with him (even if you are an official within the NCGOP). 

Some of you may remember Collins as the big loser to political rebel Hasan Harnett in the 2015 NCGOP chairman’s race.  Collins was the establishment’s ‘Whatley’ well before anyone had ever heard of the current one. While the establishment went to work torturing Harnett as revenge for the defeat of Collins, Collins was awarded with all kinds of political appointments — including an appointment to a judicial seat.   Who knows?  Perhaps this current run for Court of Appeals is still part of making amends to Collins for the 2015 ‘tragedy.’

It’s nice to get actual conservatives – with a healthy respect for what The Constitution actually says — elected to the bench. But stuff like this — judges and a senator ignoring written rules and policies – just isn’t going to fly.

The rules apply to either EVERYBODY or NOBODY.