Tag: Walter Jones

Media SOOOOOOOOO Wrong on NC-03, post-Jones

Posted on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s one thing to smack around the drivebys for being stupid and inaccurate. It’s a travesty when the folks allegedly on OUR SIDE are doing the same. Case in

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

#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

NC-03: Going really really really really LOW …

Posted on January 26, 2019February 1, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I’ve seen some despicable, low-down things in my time around politics. But spreading false rumors about the death of someone struggling with a serious illness ranks right down there

NC-03: More vultures?

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Brant Clifton

While incumbent congressman Walter Jones recovers from an injury and the resulting surgery, a number of Republicans are already jockeying to replace him. We’ve heard from perennial candidate Phil Law.

NC-03: Walter Jones A-OK following surgery. Vultures disappointed. (Film at 11.)

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Tongues were wagging all up and down the Third Congressional District as word spread about congressman Walter Jones being rushed to the hospital the other night. (We’re hearing reports about

#nc-03: Walter Jones not done yet with Scott Dacey

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The votes may be counted and the results finalized for the May primary. But the first place finisher in the 3rd district GOP congressional primary, Walter Jones, is not quite

Walter Jones to Scott Dacey: ‘See You in Court.’

Posted on May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The bloody primary for the 3rd congressional district GOP nomination is over. But it sounds like there will be further discussions, involving lawyers and judges, between two of the campaigns

#NC-03: John Boehner backs Scott Dacey

Posted on May 3, 2018May 3, 2018 by Brant Clifton

That’s what the folks at Bloomberg say: Add former Speaker John Boehner to the list of Washington names piling on against Rep. Walter Jones. Jones (R-N.C.) is being challenged in

Wheels coming OFF on Scott Dacey’s Soros fantasy?

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Lying and obfuscation are such an integral part of American politics that we often accept it and / or become immune to it. But sometimes, the bovine fecal matter gets piled on