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Thunder on the Left: SEANC opens fire on Janet Cowell

Posted on July 12, 2013July 12, 2013 by Brant Clifton

We normally don’t see eye-to-eye with State Employees Association director Dana Cope, but his recent activities certainly have us intrigued. Cope has lashed out against the zip-tied rabble erroneously named

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics

DC’s GOP Powers-That-Be examining ALL options in NC’s 2014 US Senate race

Posted on July 12, 2013July 12, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      It’s been the conventional wisdom that State House Speaker Thom Tillis was national Republicans’ odds-on favorite to take on incumbent Democrat US Senator Kay Hagan in November

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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So THIS is what the underside of the bus looks like

Posted on July 11, 2013July 11, 2013 by Brant Clifton

An awful lot of us on the right worked hard to get Pat McCrory into the governor’s mansion in Raleigh.  There was  a lot of excitement in 2012 about the

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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Senator Sock Puppet talks out of both sides of her, um, stitching

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      McClatchy is bending over backwards to promote Senator Kay Hagan for her praise of Big Barry’s decision to delay the implementation of a portion of ObamaCare: […]In

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP
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Senator-wannabe Mark Harris needs some questions, scrutiny

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Brant Clifton

A LOT of my Tea Party friends from the Charlotte area are just cooing over the potential US Senate candidacy of Baptist pastor Mark Harris.  (I dont know much about

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NC politics takes a detour through the OB-GYN’s office

Posted on July 9, 2013July 9, 2013 by Brant Clifton

If you believe McClatchy and Bill Barber’s zip-tie crowd (or the “eye candy”  pictured with this post), the GOP-dominated state legislature is preparing to strip North Carolina’s women of their

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McClatchy-Raleigh taking the MSNBC route

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

At one point, MSNBC saw that it was getting bludgeoned in the ratings by CNN, Fox News, Bugs Bunny cartoons, Ginsu knife infomercials, and test patterns.  The network decided it

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campaign 2014, Economy, Media, NC legislature, Politics
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A RINO and a lefty walk into a Starbuck’s …. (STOP ME if you’ve heard this one before)

Posted on July 8, 2013July 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, a group of GOP legislators has been meeting on the down-low  with reps of Bill Barber’s zip-tie crowd.  Never mind that Big Bill’s group is composed mostly of (1)

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campaign 2014, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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We beg to differ, Mr. Chairman …

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

We’re just rolling back in to Haymaker HQ after a long relaxing, enjoyable Independence Day weekend.  Over the weekend, we noticed that NCGOP chairman Claude Pope commented on our post

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Craven Co. GOP – Thom Tillis spat MAY cost Craven GOP chairman HIS JOB

Posted on July 2, 2013July 2, 2013 by Brant Clifton

You may recall our previous coverage of efforts by Craven County Republicans to censure state House Speaker Thom Tillis.   What is behind all of this? Well, local activists have long

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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