The Daily Haymaker

WHO ARE YOU? I’m Bob Etheridge, and I’m BACK !!!

Posted on October 27, 2011October 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The guy most closely associated with the question “Who Are You?” — besides Roger Daltrey — appears to be putting out feelers on the question of a congressional

Campaign 2012: GAME OVER for Congressman Miller

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Yes, Congressman Brad Miller (D, NC-13), that is the sound of a very large woman singing. Miller, of Raleigh, has been trying hard to establish himself as the most

The new Texas Hold-’em: “I’ll see your 9-9-9, and raise you 20”

Posted on October 26, 2011October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, seeing the popularity of Herman Cain’s flat tax proposal, has introduced a similar idea in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: The folks

Creative jurisprudence 101

Posted on October 26, 2011October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The abortion lobby, worried about the effect of a new NC state law on their government cash cow, shopped around and found a federal judge to

Why stop at Wall Street? Think bigger!

Posted on October 26, 2011March 3, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Southern Pines 2011: The Pilot makes a good call

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Kudos to Moore County’s thrice-weekly Pulitzer Prize winning local newspaper for its endorsements Sunday in this November’s Southern Pines municipal elections. The Pilot endorsed the reelection of longtime veteran

Herman Cain lays out solid defense of 9-9-9

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

GOP presidential frontrunner Herman Cain, under attack from BarryO, Hillary, his primary opponents, and the alleged Mainstream Media has released a simple primer detailing key points of

Pinehurst 2011: Howard and …… JOAN??????????

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Yes, like many Moore Countians, I had to do a double take at that picture in the Sunday edition of The Pilot (of course, after wiping up the mouthful of

The eloquence of the ‘Occupy’ Movement

Posted on October 24, 2011October 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

After watching the interview with this woman, this whole ‘Occupy’ thing is making soooooooo much more sense. (I personally think she needs to go occupy a seat in

Where’s Walter? NC’s barely-there Lt. Governor

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Is it just me, or did Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton simply vanish after the 2008 elections? This guy has got to be one of the most low-key statewide politicos we’ve