Missouri and Medicare. The STUPID PARTY rides again
Many years ago, columnist George will coined the phrase “The Stupid Party” to describe the GOP establishment and its stupefying habit of taking a situation — tailor made for the
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Tag: North Carolina
Emails from Speaker Tillis, other lawmakers raise suspicions of lobbyist shakedowns
Some lobbyists recently received an email from the reelection campaign of House Speaker Thom Tillis asking for money. State law prohibits lawmakers from soliciting lobbyists for
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Janet Cowell & Erskine Bowles: Quid Pro Quo on Facebook fiasco?
After our recent post on Facebook’s woes potentially impacting the race for North Carolina state treasurer, I got a call from a faithful reader of this site
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Veteran outside-the-beltline GOP leader expresses concern over NCGOP’s election tactics
I had an interesting talk today with an individual who is (1) a well-known name in North Carolina Republican circles and (2) a battle-tested veteran of decades of political combat:
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Facebook’s woes may blow back on NC treasurer, become election issue
State Treasurer has typically been one of those races that stays below the political radar. Everyone seems to focus all of their attention on more
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Secretary of State debate on Thursday
Anything hosted IN THE TRIANGLE at a UNITARIAN CHURCH by THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS and THE NC CENTER FOR VOTER EDUCATION looks like sure trouble for a Republican candidate.
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The N&O: Playing ‘Gunga Din’ for Walter Dalton
Reading the News & Observer these days, you can almost sense the panic among the stenographers in the newsroom. Just yesterday, the paper ran an item about
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Simon Says: Pull Your Pants Up!
Pants on the ground Pants on the ground Lookin’ like a fool with yo pants on the ground With yo gold in yo mouth Hat turned sideways, pants hit the
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The Pilot’s op-ed page keeps the false statements / lefty propaganda coming
Our thrice-weekly Pulitzer Prize winning, Nobel Prize-nominated local paper here in Moore County is at it AGAIN. (The good thing about it is that Congressman Joe Wilson gets to pay
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GOP campaigns frustrated with ‘lone wolf’ mentality at McCrory & NCGOP HQs
I’ve had some eye-opening discussions recently with two political pros with close ties to GOP candidates on the November ballot in North Carolina. ( They’ll be
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