Tag: North Carolina

Obama’s (and the Democrats’) problem personified

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’re getting hit by polls in the mainstream media suggesting that Obama is leading Romney, or that the race is too-close-to-call. I had an eye-opening chat

Did you eAt MoR ChiKin today?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Today was the day Chik-fil-A was supposed to ‘pay the piper’ for angering the gay gods. Today was to be part of a great boycott featuring such pleasant sights as

City of Fayetteville continues with thuggish tactics against local businesswoman

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Jackie Pfendler is trying to prove the person wrong who said “You can’t fight city hall.” The City of Fayetteville has stomped all over her Fourth Amendment Rights, and

Campaign 2012: The great tax backfire in NC GOV race

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I swear I saw this coming. The Pat McCrory campaign, NCGOP and national GOP all jumped on a WECT TV interview where Democrat nominee Walter Dalton would

NC House district 92 GOPer Jeter: I’m no Thom Tillis puppet!

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Charles Jeter, the winner of the July 17 GOP runoff for NC House district 92, says he wants to clear the air about his

The Pilot ignores facts, accepts leftist spin on poverty

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thrice weekly local newspaper here in Moore County — which some say was first brought down the mountain on stone tablets by Moses — is no stranger

Analyzing the Civitas polling for NC GOV

Posted on July 26, 2012July 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The right-leaning Civitas Insitute dropped a poll this week showing Pat McCrory (R) leading Walter Dalton (D) by 47% to 37%, with Libertarian Barbara Howe polling at

Is THIS what we’re going with? Really?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It seems the NCGOP and the McCrory campaign are going after Walter Dalton on the tax issue. The GOP campaign is taking the Lt. Governor to task for his

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

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