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NO JAIL for David Lewis?

Posted on May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 by Brant Clifton

That’s what it looks like is going down: A longtime North Carolina state lawmaker should not receive active prison time for his guilty plea to charges involving his scheme

Raleigh & DC establishment setting up a Walker -Jackson campaign for US Senate in 2022

Posted on February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 by Brant Clifton

They’re doing it to us again. They’re throwing us a weak-kneed, spineless, lying nominee. And when we dare to balk at voting for this loser, the GOPe collectively

Election Reflections, Part I …

Posted on November 7, 2020November 7, 2020 by Brant Clifton

I’m old enough to remember the Democrat presidential primary of 1988 when the drive-by media came together and ran Joe Biden out of the race — denouncing Biden

GOPe: Throwing Richard Burr under the bus?

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Brant Clifton

It’s one thing to see conservatives and RINOs squabble, but it definitely IS a head scratcher when a RINO-on-RINO fracas breaks out. For instance, take

Is the attempted field-clearing & mud-slinging in the CD-11 GOP field all for the benefit of Wayne King?

Posted on December 21, 2019December 21, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I’ve long been a fan of Mark Meadows. That’s why it’s hard for me to believe that he would aid -and-abet politics-as-usual. Filing for the March 2020

The ‘Lady Parts’ Brigade sets its sights on the 2020 Governor’s Race

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Brant Clifton

They got a Democrat elected governor and a Republican and a Democrat elected senator in North Carolina. (None of those ended up working out very well.) They

The NCGOP 2019 convention: The decline and fall of a political party.

Posted on June 8, 2019June 8, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It had all the chaos of the Venezuelan economy (and every bit of the integrity of that country’s elections). But — once again — the crowd that gave us

Dallas Rising?

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Michele Nix has abandoned ship to run for Congress. Robin Hayes is off napping somewhere — occasionally waking up to guest-star in FBI surveillance operations. So, like Kevin McAllister, Dallas

Ma Cotten, Dallas & Grandpa seeking FBI probe target’s $100K sitting in Chatham GOP coffers?

Posted on February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

A mean old man. A mean old woman. Their clueless grandson. And covert attempts to snag $100K in cash from the target of an FBI probe. Sounds like

A post-mortem on Tuesday. (Look, Ma. We’re goin’ backwards.)

Posted on November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 by Brant Clifton

For Republicans and conservatives across North Carolina, there was not a whole lot to cheer about Tuesday night. Our side got out-hustled, out-strategized, out-raised, out-marketed. *Out-EVERYTHINGED.* To satisfy the folks