Bev Perdue, mistress of the art of budget-busting …

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Madame Governor has apparently been reading the polls, which all show her losing to the former GOP mayor of Charlotte (who has yet to even announce his candidacy). So, she

LaRoque fires back on loan controversy …

Posted on August 17, 2011August 17, 2011 by Brant Clifton

NC State Rep. Stephen LaRoque (R-Kinston) called a press conference this week to counter ethics questions raised against him by a left-leaning public interest group: Rep. Stephen LaRoque on Tuesday

Vote early, vote often …

Posted on August 13, 2011August 13, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The story about vote fraud charges filed this week by Wake County’s district attorney is continuing to snowball into the weekend. The number of suspects in the case has expanded

Felony charges make The Left, media eat a little crow

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Felony charges filed against four Wake County residents for vote fraud are surely making the state’s Left and their friends in the alleged Main Stream Media (MSM) eat a tad

Renee Ellmers “grows in office” …

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

That spells BIG trouble for us, fellow taxpayers. You see, The New York Times — like The Raleigh News & Observer — does not care for ANYTHING even remotely conservative.

Bev Perdue: The JOBS governor ???

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Seriously? She likes to call herself THAT? Gov. Bev Perdue, who likes to call herself the jobs governor, will get to talk about jobs some more. She has has been

North Carolina’s “Monty Hall” Republicans in Washington …

Posted on August 8, 2011August 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The new majority in the state legislature has been a pleasant surprise for North Carolina conservatives, who have stewed for years about the spending smorgasbord on Jones Street. We have

And the lies from DC keep falling apart …

Posted on August 6, 2011August 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I hate to say I told you so, but …. Standard & Poor’s announced Friday night that it has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time, dealing a symbolic

Passing the smell test …

Posted on August 5, 2011August 5, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I had such high hopes for state Rep. Stephen LaRoque (R-Kinston). When he first came to the legislature, he was joined at the hip with former state Rep. Richard Morgan

The lies about the debt ceiling increase start to fall apart …

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Brant Clifton

How do you tell when a politician is lying? When their lips are moving. A lot of politician lips have been flapping during the recent debt ceiling debate — resulting

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