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The folly of accepting the lefty narrative

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Brant Clifton

On a daily basis, I try to wrap my head around the “logic” being employed by the GOP establishment in Raleigh and DC.  The media and its leftist allies tell

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Media, Moore County, NC legislature, NCGOP, Obama, Palin, Politics, Renee Ellmers, Tea Party
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Educrats say the darndest things ….

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        When you’ve spent 40 years inside the state bureaucracy, it’s understandable that your world-view might be a little disjointed. DPI secretary June Atkinson never ceases to

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campaign 2014, Education, Media, NC State Government, Politics
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*Surprise, Surprise!* Robert Brawley gets primaried.

Posted on December 7, 2013December 7, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Moore County’s Richard Morgan set the standard for hard-nosed vindictive political tactics during his tenure in the NC House.  If a legislator dared to “cross” him, Morgan would personally seek

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campaign 2014, Congress, McClatchy, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Heritage: Raise the minimum wage? O-Care has ALREADY done it.

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    The mainstream media has been dutifully regurgitating the lefty press releases demanding that the minimum wage be doubled immediately.  We even got PR events showing the paltry Thanksgiving

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Media, ObamaCare, Politics

NC-02: Frank Roche hits the ground running in primary bid against Ellmers

Posted on December 6, 2013December 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  Wake County Republican Frank Roche has launched a web site promoting his 2014 primary challenge to incumbent congresswoman Renee Ellmers. You may remember Roche from his 2010 primary bid

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campaign 2014, Congress, Moore County, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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#NCSEN: Are Dems giving Thom Tillis the “Todd Akin Treatment”?

Posted on December 6, 2013December 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Until now, it’s been easy to draw comparisons between the 2014 US Senate GOP primary  in North Carolina and the 2010 Kentucky GOP Senate primary, featuring a

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Mark Harris, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Teacher turnover totals TRICKERY

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Brant Clifton

It appears something sneaky may be going on at NC DPI and the state board of education with this teacher turnover report. The sycophant mainstream media in our state has

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campaign 2014, Economy, Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Editorializing-under-the-influence: Homeschooling begats child abuse ???

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Brant Clifton

            You can always count on the editorial page of our local Arab Journalism Award-winning thrice, um, twice-weekly local paper here in Moore County to

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Education, Media, Moore County, Politics
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THREE STRIKES: Wake County schools aspire to be like NYC

Posted on December 3, 2013December 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Three strikes and you’re out.  That’s been the rule of thumb in the game of baseball.  It’s been the law in a lot of states’ judicial systems.

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Education, Law & Order, Media, NC State Government
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#NCSEN: Flynn, Grant taking the low budget route

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      GOP US Senate candidates Heather Grant and Bill Flynn need to step it up if they want to have enough money on hand to pay the filing

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics

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