Tag: Joe Biden

STILL kicking the late senator Helms

Posted on June 22, 2019June 22, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Our very own state Republican Party downplays the memory of Jesse Helms — despite the fact that HE was a tremendous force in making the GOP a power player

What a difference 31 years makes.

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I first cut my teeth in big time politics back in 1988 in the early stages of the Bush-Quayle campaign. As a bright-eyed bushy-tailed college kid, I got a

The smell of butthurt in the morning: About that “stolen” Supreme Court seat

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Oh, the butt hurt is epidemic the day after President Trump picks Judge Neil Gorsuch as his first nominee to the US Supreme Court. (Some of you long-time political junkies may

Did Tricia spill Biden’s beans?

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve all gotten to know Tricia Cotham, the — um — *special* young lady filling the seat vacated by convicted felon Jim Black, through her, um, *wisdom* she has been

What a difference 27 years makes.

Posted on August 16, 2015August 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The year was 1988. That was the first national election I was eligible to vote in. As a young, wide-eyed bushy-tailed college kid, I had the great opportunity to watch-and-learn,

#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

A tale of two VP nominees: Biden & Ryan

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The media and the left have told us — again and again — that a vice-presidential nominee MATTERS because he /she will be “a heartbeat away from the presidency” if

Biden: North Carolina. Virginia. Whatever. (Potato. Po-ta-ta ..)

Posted on August 14, 2012August 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The mainstream media tries so hard to convince us that we have two geniuses currently occupying the top two offices in the land. But ol’ Barry and Joe are just

BarryO’s appalling VP

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Late night comedians and the alleged mainstream media have tried to tell us that Republicans Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle, and George Bush are the biggest idiots to ever