#NCSEN: Draft Mark Meadows for, um, SENATE ????
That’s what the website says. The 11th district congressman has become a hero in Tea Party circles for his resistance to House leadership efforts to abandon conservatism. He had his
Continue readingHey, look everybody. It’s THOMPAC !!!
Yes, you read that right. Our junior US senator has launched his leadership PAC — and it is already passing out the bucks. According to an FEC filing, the PAC
Continue reading#ncga: Taxing & regulating gambling?
That’s an idea that intrigues us. Taxes on gambling are paid voluntarily, as opposed to the current confiscatory practices of our state and federal revenue agencies. Doing something like this
Continue readingNC03: Pouting over a ”missed opportunity”
A celebrity member of the NCGOP establishment sent along to us this article from The Weekly Standard — edited by Bill Kristol, who invested heavily in the 2014 primary challenge against
Continue reading#ncgop: Now THIS is what we’re talking about !
We’re often accused around here of being too tough on the boys and girls at NCGOP HQ. But — with what I saw on Twitter today, from the party’s new
Continue reading#ncpol: An opportunity for Dan Forest?
If you’re like me, you’re probably a bit disheartened by our Lt. Governor. Dan Forest talked a good game on the 2012 campaign trail. He talked directly to frustrated Tea Partiers.
Continue reading#nc11: Meadows gets his committee back. Will he keep his cojones?
Fresh off of being labeled a traitor by a little boy named Patrick McHenry, congressman Mark Meadows has his committee chairmanship back: The second bit of good news is that Rep.
Continue readingPiddling while America is ”rewritten” and “remade”
In 1973, we discovered — thanks to The Supreme Court — that we have a “right” to abortion. In the last week, we’ve learned that we have a “right” to
Continue reading“Real” vs. ”unreal” journalists: One heck of a slippery slope
It’s weird to find myself on the same side as blinkin’ Chris and his comedy web site: Education reporter Lindsay Wagner was kicked out of a North Carolina Business Committee
Continue readingLake Norman chamber jumps into I-77 toll road fray
The proposal to install tolls on I-77 in northern Mecklenburg County — championed by Pat McCrory and Thom Tillis — has turned into quite a political hot potato. A
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