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#ncga: GOP’s 2016 appointee to fill Hager seat a 2008 Walter Dalton donor?

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Talk about bi-partisanship.   Driveby media reports indicate that Rutherfordton attorney David Rogers has been selected to fill the unexpired NC House term of majority leader Mike Hager.   (A

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ObamaCare and the GOPe: Failing North Carolina AND America

Posted on August 17, 2016August 17, 2016 by Brant Clifton

In 2010, the GOP got a bunch of new elected soldiers with the mission of staging a full-frontal assault on ObamaCare.  After the election, we got a whole lot of

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#ncga: Let the jockeying begin!

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Mike Hager’s chair is not even cold, but there are already at least two rear ends fighting to sit in it.  The majority leader’s resignation became official today and all

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Stay! (McCrory seeks to preserve Voter ID for November vote)

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Gov. Pat McCrory and his lawyers are looking for a solid from US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts:  Governor Pat McCrory has formally requested U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice

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Campaign 2016: Dudes in the ladies room, religion questions for “refugees”

Posted on August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 by Brant Clifton

You gotta love lefties.  *Seriously.* They create a hubbub about something like, say, reaffirming and further codifying the prohibition against men in women’s restrooms as something harsh and radical.  Never

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Hillary, Death and Taxes

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Brant Clifton

One of Donald Trump’s key issues this year has been abolishing the death tax.  Republicans in DC have paid this lip service before.  Democrats attack the idea as a cozy

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It’s getting’ all FREE up in here

Posted on August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The Cato Institute — the flagship think tank for the nation’s libertarian movement — has some good things to say about the Tar Heel State in its most recent “Freedom

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Pay to play, the Clinton way

Posted on August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 by Brant Clifton

One thing is for sure about Hillary and Bill Clinton:  They are in this politics thing for the CA$H. For nearly four decades, they’ve developed a track record of using

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#ncga: Hager, OUT!

Posted on August 13, 2016August 13, 2016 by Brant Clifton

This is yet another occasion where we hate to have been right.  It appears that state Rep. Mike Hager (R), the current majority leader and unofficial leader of House conservatives,

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Jeter-gram for Mr. Haymaker!

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Oh, look.  Once, again — I’ve got mail:  Date: August 11, 2016 To: Mecklenburg County Republican Party Executive Committee From: Claire Mahoney, Chairman In accordance with the Mecklenburg County Republican

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