Tag: media

Deep Thoughts: FBI probe target’s cash & the NCGOP

Posted on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 by Brant Clifton

After our last story, some knowledegable folks in the areas of law enforcement and the practice of law asked some questions of us (likely rhetorical, methinks). The drivebys

Keepin’ it Classy: NCGOP using Walter Jones funeral to harvest email addresses for fundraising

Posted on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Yep. Grandpa Hip-Replacement and his crew on Hillsborough Street just keep the hits coming. Look at what showed up in email inboxes this week: For those of you who

NCGOP’s Short Memory Caucus

Posted on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Mark Martin, the Republican chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, recently announced he was bailing out of that particular sinking ship to take a lucrative opportunity at

Woodhouse: It was a mistake to spend even ONE DIME on Justice Robert Edmunds in 2016.

Posted on February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 by Brant Clifton

So says, until recently, Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jackson : “Dallas stated that the party had spent $350K on Justice Edmunds race and his only regret was spending anything

Womack is BACK.

Posted on February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Robin “Hip Replacement” Hayes WILL INDEED have a competent, credible challenger in the 2019 race for NCGOP state chairman. Sources tell us Lee County GOP chairman Jim Womack will

NCGOP: One flaming-hot MESS

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The NCGOP hierarchy had meetings this weekend. Here’s SOME of what we learned: Party chairman Robin Hayes pretty much told the party’s Personnel Committee to pound sand. Hayes informed

#ncpol: Walter Jones, RIP.

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I’ve been on a roller coaster ride over the years with Walter Jones. In the early 90s, while in DC, a fellow North Carolinian started telling me about this rebellious

#ncga: Tim Moore, innocent victim.

Posted on February 10, 2019February 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

In the Speaker Joe Hackney era, you use campaign funds to buy yourself some new suits and you get bounced out of the House. Do it in the Tim

Deep Thoughts. On blackface.

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I have what you might call an off-color, politically-incorrect sense of humor. Lots of other folks do, too. We used to, in this country, be able to laugh at

“Renee Ellmers for North Carolina”? (Ewwwww!)

Posted on February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 by Brant Clifton

This campaign consultant is circulating the following: This info sure doesn’t come up on our Facebook searches. (*Of course, we might be blocked. We’re well-known fans of this particular