Tag: NCGOP

Of beams and splinters

Posted on October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the splinter from the eye of your brother. — Matthew 7:5

Um — Heil Buckwheat?

Posted on October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We’re decidedly not Michele Nix cheerleaders around these parts. But we do think she is getting a raw deal in the latest hit piece by the NC Democrat Party and

#ncga: Lucky to hold on.

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Brant Clifton

I had the opportunity to connect this past weekend with some political players who have been very influential in recent years regarding cash and strategy for North Carolina General Assembly

#ncga: Bobby Hanig, “your opioid attic friend in spot.”

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Maybe it’s some kind of local Outer Banks slang. (To the rest of us, it sounds like nonsense.) But THAT is how NC House candidate Bobby Hanig described himself in

#ncga: Pasquotank voter hits Bob Steinburg with TWO ethics complaints

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Bob Steinburg (R-Chowan), currently running for state senate, has been quite a frequent target for this site. From his foul-mouthed voicemail, to his per diem reimbursements, to his

#ncga: Speaker Timmy getting inspected by the SBI

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Brant Clifton

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. The NCGOP doesn’t have a brand problem. It has a leadership (er, lack of) problem. Too many of the most party’s

#ncpol: Dale Folwell v. BIG HEALTH CARE (Ready to Rumble?)

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Brant Clifton

In the NC House, Dale Folwell demonstrated over and over that he didn’t come to Raleigh to join the clique and make nice. Here in the age of Trump, Folwell

#ncpol: We are seeing the future. (And it looks like Georgia.)

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Well, lookee here: The Education Department said Wednesday that it is investigating whether a Georgia school district’s policy allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice created a

#ncpol: House Republican caucus poo-poos concept of spending cuts

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Brant Clifton

There are so many bizarre things happening this political season, I am expecting to start hearing voice-overs from Rod Serling. It wasn’t long ago that General Assembly Republicans were boasting

#ncpol: Dallas is, um, NOT embarrassing.

Posted on October 6, 2018October 6, 2018 by Brant Clifton

That’s what some NCGOPe types appear to be insinuating amidst their gloating over a Twitter mini-scandal at NC Dem HQ: […] “While I’m sure everyone has said something that they