Oh, to be as, um, *wise* as John Hood ..
North Carolina’s very own ‘Alex P. Keaton’ — and living, breathing caricature of conservatism — John Hood never ceases to amaze. He’s about my age, can snootily quote 14th century
Continue readingNCGOP asst secretary behind anti-Hasan smear mailers?
That’s what it looks like. A lot of you got nasty mailers like this in your mailboxes this week: You can click on the image to enlarge it.
Continue readingIs the NCGOP convention in violation of the 24th amendment to the US Constitution?
It’s an interesting question being asked by more than one of our loyal readers. As you may know, the current hubbub over the state party chairman focuses, partly, on a
Continue readingNCGOP HQ whipping NC House members to attend April 30 showdown over Hasan
Legislators saved the necks of David Lewis and Dallas Woodhouse the last time around. This time, the Jones Street crowd is being called on to help deep-six NCGOP chairman Hasan
Continue readingMoore County’s Miriam Chu to challenge Fisher for NC’s RNC post
She’s been the fearless leader of Moore Tea Citizens — the largest Tea Party group in North Carolina. She’s been out front in defending and supporting besieged NCGOP chairman Hasan
Continue readingPolitifact: *Gay mafia? What gay mafia?*
Politifact wants us to repeat after them: Republicans lie. Democrats tell truth. This time, this Orwellian bunch is targeting Gov. Pat McCrory’s claim that the gay lobby is more
Continue readingNC Drive-bys: All gay stuff. ALL THE TIME.
Talk about being out of touch with your audience. The average person — residing outside of Orange County — is not devoting 1/10000th of the energy to HB2 that the
Continue readingRichard Burr. The MARYLAND US Senate primary. Gay stuff.
Our senior US senator told us he wasn’t getting into that gay “crap,’‘ but apparently that gay “crap” has found HIM: North Carolina’s Richard Burr apparently has a pick in
Continue readingThe NCGOPe and ‘weasel words’
I have a friend who introduced me to the concept of weasel words. That’s a slang term for verbage that leaves the speaker with a lot of wiggle room. Kinda
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: ConnectNC bond ballot language edition
The GOPe and the rest of the Raleigh cartel have just now finished their high fives and victory laps after successfully conning the people of North Carolina out of TWO
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