The Daily Haymaker

Pundits misread runoff results

Posted on July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I never cease to be amazed at how little understanding the Raleigh political establishment has about life outside of The Raleigh beltline. I was watching the pundits on NC Spin

Army court-martial proceedings @ Ft. Bragg attracting Race Pimps

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The suicide of Private Danny Chen is a real tragedy. He was reportedly harrassed to the point of killing himself by eight of his fellow unit

The Pilot’s op-ed page keeps up the scare tactics

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thrice weekly local paper — whose first edition was reportedly brought down the mountain on stone tablets by Moses — does a nice job of scaring its readers

Lazy media STILL beating that dead horse re: runoffs

Posted on July 22, 2012July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I swear. Listening to mainstream media types whine about the poor participation in last week’s runoffs is a lot like asking asking a bartender for a beer,

Campaign 2012: The cost of doing business in North Carolina

Posted on July 22, 2012July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The N&O’s senior stenographer, Rob Christensen, has a piece in today’s paper about how North Carolina’s business climate is playing a role in this year’s governor’s

Movies don’t kill people. Troubled people kill people.

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In the wake of that horrible, horrible, horrible event at the midnight screening of the new Batman movie, we have ALL kinds of politicos stepping forward to use

Liberal media bias: Where it ALL begins

Posted on July 21, 2012July 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you want to explore the roots of leftist bias in North Carolina’s mainstream media, look no further than The UNC School of Journalism — which has trained a great

McCrory “pleased” with Thom Tillis

Posted on July 21, 2012July 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Yep. You read that right. The Charlotte Observer has the details: The response by House Speaker Thom Tillis to the indictment of a fellow Republican

NC Republicans: Talking the talk, but not walking the walk on ObamaCare

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

All of our Republican members of Congress have been telling us — since 2010 — that they are dead set against Obamacare and committed to killing it. Well, it is

Stop this woman before she spends AGAIN!