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#NCSEN: HAVE bow tie, WILL prevaricate

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Conservatives have been convinced for some time that mainstream media reporters distort events and outright lie in their coverage of right-leaning figures, organizations, and events.  The N&O’s John Frank (pictured

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#NCSEN: A sock puppet, a shih-tzu, and a buffoon walk into a fundraiser. (Stop me if you’ve heard this one.)

Posted on November 16, 2013November 16, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        Neil Kinnock Joe Biden stumbled into Chapel Hill this week to offer his, um, assistance to our hapless junior US senator. Around Haymaker HQ, we were gleefully

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#NCSEN: Going Rogue in Gates County?

Posted on November 16, 2013November 16, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      One of the Tar Heel State’s smallest counties is speaking pretty loudly this week.  Gates County is on the border with Virginia in the northeastern quadrant of

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When all else fails, BLAME THE CAPITALISTS

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      The folks at Breitbart have delivered to us TWO very interesting pieces of information regarding our junior senator: (1) Hagan KNEW early on that  policy cancellations would

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#NCSEN: IS he or ISN’T he the ‘establishment’s candidate’?

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        State House speaker Thom Tillis went on a Wilmington radio show recently and dismissed charges that he is the “establishment’s candidate” — suggesting that he had

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Tea Party ‘suicide mission’ or FALSE FLAG?

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      As we approach the 2014 vote, the PR stunts, dirty tricksters, and other political slimeballs will start oozing out of the woodwork.  (The staff and I are

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O-Care web site girl “bullied”

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Brant Clifton

          Lefties and their mainstream media friends are bending over backwards to distract from Barry Obama’s mess by sermonizing on “bullying”: So the day has finally

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The politics of pre-school

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        The richest man in North Carolina was in DC to demand even more taxpayer-funded preschool: Jim Goodnight, the CEO of Cary software company SAS, spoke at

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#NCSEN: Court ruling makes Rep. Brawley’s monopoly accusation against Tillis stick

Posted on November 13, 2013November 13, 2013 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Robert Brawley (R-Iredell) made headlines back in May thanks to a confrontation with Speaker Thom Tillis.  That confrontation resulted in Brawley losing his committee chairmanship.  (It’s unclear —

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#NCSEN: Beware of shih-tzu!

Posted on November 13, 2013November 13, 2013 by Brant Clifton

            John Frank — N&O executive editor John Drescher’s attack shih-tzu — is apparently lobbying for a full-time gig in the lap of his master.

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