The 2022 After-Party
*That ‘Red Wave’ was SOMETHING, eh?*
I don’t see how ALL those alleged GOP leaders keep their jobs after this one. (But Raleigh and DC have astounded me before.)
We’re told to be cheery about the court results and the US senate race. Trey Allen is wholly unqualified to be on the state Supreme Court. How about local traffic court, first?
Baby Berger is also unqualified — a political hack who would be welcoming you to Wal-Mart if his daddy was not who his daddy is. Tamara Barringer was regularly the most liberal Republican in the state Senate. Now, we’re told, her presence on the state Supreme Court is to be celebrated as a conservative victory of some kind.
Ted Budd started to grow on me in the US House. Dan Bishop took him under his wing and kept him on the straight and narrow path. But Team Tillis got a hold of young Ted during the Senate campaign and tried HARD to blow it. It had to be one of the worst, most uninspiring GOP campaigns I’ve seen since, well, 2020.
I believe Cheri Beasley was a carrot on a stick dangled in front of black voters as sort of a GOTV move. If she won, it would be an unexpected bonus for the lefties. At worst, it meant the GOP holding a seat they already had. But Beasley was there to fire up the black preachers and jack up the black turnout. For the most part, in a lot of the down-ballot races, it worked.
My hope is we’ve done more than just change the last two letters in a last name (BuRR to BuDD). Hopefully, our senator Ted will stick close to the other senator Ted, Rand Paul, Mike Lee and their gang.
Let’s look at the miscreants on Jones Street. We’ve been told for so long to WAIT for that super-majority. (Never mind that we’ve seen it before, and got little to nothing for it.)
There are 50 total seats in the North Carolina Senate. Three-fifths is the minimum needed for a veto-proof majority. Thirty was the magic number needed. Daddy Berger and the gang got 33. So, that majority is SUPER. (*Buckle up and brace yourself for all the conservative legislation to come.*)
The state House has 120 total members. The magic number needed there for a super-majority is 72. As of right now, the GOP has 72 seats. One seat, House district 9 in the Greenville area, has Republican Timothy Reeder leading Democrat incumbent Brian Farkas 15,069 to 14,607. The number 72 holds if Reeder’s victory stands. If that margin reverses in canvassing (or after a recount / absentee counting / etc.), the GOP falls short of the veto-proof margin by ONE vote.
So, if these results stand, the GOP cannot afford to lose even ONE vote in trying to override a Cooper veto. (Or they need to pull over one or two Dems.) There are a lot of RINOs in the GOP House caucus, so defections are quite possible.
There were some real missed opportunities out there. The GOP could have taken advantage of nationwide anger over the sexualization of children. East Carolina University has been openly working to advance “gender-norming” (read: sex-changing) of pediatric (read: KIDS) patients. The university had three employees tied to that operation — NC House candidate Reeder, and two Pitt County school board members — finish out on top in Tuesday’s vote.
Congressman Greg Murphy, a physician, has had professional ties to ECU Medical School AND the school’s hospital.
Neither the NCGOPe nor the drive-by media had BOO to say about this horrid scandal before the election. We uncovered the fact that former legislator (and speaker’s office employee) Nelson Dollar is employed by a sector of the UNC Med School closely tied to the pediatric ‘gender-norming’ operation in Chapel Hill. We also told you about a Tim Moore pal romping around in UNC administration. All of those cases may have had something to do with all that NCGOPe silence.
Another missed opportunity came in Cabarrus County’s House district 73, currently held by the retiring conservative stalwart Larry Pittman. Social and fiscal conservative Brian Echevarria finished Tuesday 425 votes behind Black Lives Matter supporter Diamond Staton-Williams. The NCGOPe parachuted their groupie Catherine Whiteford into Cabarrus County to try and get her elected to the House. (*She had already lost in Wake County. Maybe a new location would help.*)
She and Echevarria were the leaders in the GOP primary for that House seat. Raleigh-based GOPe supporters of Whiteford leaked some garbage during the primary campaign alleging Echevarria had a lengthy criminal record. Their ‘dirt’ was actually dealing with another individual and NOT Echevarria. Everyone worked hard to quash that garbage, and it was thought to be long gone.
But, hark, a last minute ad featuring Roy Cooper attacking Echevarria surfaced in the general. It featured a bogus mugshot alleged to be of Echevarria and the false info that had been leaked — and discredited — during the primary. The Cooper ad ran ad nauseum during the last days of the general election. The NCGOPe put out a release calling Cooper “racist” (?) for tying himself to an ad featuring a fake mug-shot. But the governor’s false smear ad was only using the FAKE info leaked during the primary by Raleigh-based GOPe sources.
The Dems had all the money in the world to run the false ad. Echevarria’s campaign did not have the funding to adequately combat the last-minute smear. So, we ended up with an apparent 425-vote Democrat victory in a winnable NC House district. And Cabarrus County goes from conservative representation to a Black Lives Matter radical.
In the races for US House, Democrats now have the most seats from North Carolina they’ve held since 2010. They finished Tuesday with a 7-7 split with the GOP.
In 2010, the Dems had a 7-6 split with Republicans. In 2012, the split went to 9-4 in favor of the GOP. In 2014, the GOP widened their lead to 10-3.
There was a complete failure to define Cooper and his minions for the socialist deviants they are. No real solid case for drastic change was made. The lefties were well-organized. ‘Our side’ was not. The Other Folks had their superstar in ol’ Roy. We have NO ONE on our side in-state who has the appeal to our base that Cooper does to theirs.
I don’t know HOW Tim Moore, Phil Berger, and Michael Whatley keep their jobs after this spectacle on Tuesday.
Couldn’t disagree more with the comment about Trey Allen. Having experience in “Traffic Court” doesn’t prepare one for the NC Supreme Court. Having knowledge of the NC Constitution does. Allen is more than qualified.
Excellent, on point recap of the most milquetoast pathetic election season ever waged by male imposters Moore/Gurley, Berger, Whatley and I fear Budd, “Taxes,” they screeched as if this were 1988.
Not a single one of these pansies clearly defined Democrats’ goal of on demand abortion, addressed CRT (remember when Moore/Gurley tabled Parents Bill of Rights), rabid anti-White hate in UNC system, illegal immigrants choking our schools (but the Afghanis! Moore/Gurley screeched) or frankly ran on the Covid insanity that locked down our state for two years (because these man-children are in on it).
Not sure where we go from here as NC is devoid of ANY inspiring candidates and filled with weak, backstabbing RINOS, who are estrogen rich, testosterone light.
God help us.
I lied. I do know where we go from here… Likely preaching to the choir but here goes/some thoughts to consider.
We are at war.
The enemy lives next door. Every single solitary Democrat, progressive, liberal including your yoga mat toting next door neighbor is your enemy. Treat them as such.
Balkanize. The NCGOP will betray us (when have they not?). Stop worrying about Raleigh and take back your county. Get involved at the micro-level. Start running for the city, county positions and/or school board. Send money to https://www.edfirstnc.org/. If you are blessed to live in a red area, hold these folks accountable. There can be no compromise, no kumbaya, not one millimeter. Nothing. Look at where Moore/Gurley/Berger/Bell/Perry compromise has gotten us.
Support White boys. Yes, folks, it is all about race and the target is on the backs of White boys.
See this? https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/how-business-giants-get-lower-interest-rates-for-meeting-diversity-quotas/ Just the tip of the iceberg. Take a White boy under your wing. Mentor, hire, champion him and only him at your company. Go tribal.
Tithe at your peril. Do you really know where your money is going? If ‘social justice’ is in its description, not to you, likely to your mortal enemies!
Get healthy (SUPER important and likely the most difficult). If you took the vaccine, you have a problem and need to attempt to detoxify your body of spike proteins. Look to Mercola, McCullough, FLCCC, Malone on how to do this. And for the love of God, do not give that vax to your kids (convince your college kid to say no too!). Lose weight (get those Covid 19 lbs off of your body!), get fit, be strong. We continue to be fat, pill addicted, doughy at our peril. And frankly by design.
No society survives without strong men. And we are way too weak, way too timid for battle.
Peace.
A must read!
None of the above will matter UNLESS this sh$t is ended:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1590446073213952000.html
And, Moore/Gurley, Berger, Bell, Perry , Whatley AND McConnell, McCarthy, McDaniel MUST BE PURGED from leadership. Mediocre to outright DISASTROUS results thank to these flipping losers, who spend more time back-stabbing, lining their own pockets than doing anything to even stop the bleeding. The worst of the worst.
These losers have no intention of stopping the ballot harvesting. They need to GO.
Granted, for the US House races the NC SC drawing the lines there had the largest effect. In my district of pure red Johnston county we got lumped into pure blue southern Wake county to get that scum Nickel elected….not that Hines would be a prize though.
Roy Cooper should be sued personally for defamation over that smear ad. While the public figure doctrine protects most speech in politics about candidates, it does not apply when someone says something they know to be untrue, and that seems to be what Roy Cooper did. He needs to be sued for it and explain why a Cabarrus County jurty should not award the victim very substantial punative damages.
Not only should Moore, Berger, and Whatley be shown the door, but Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy as well. We’re in a war, and none of these “men” have the stomach for the fight!
I’ve voted straight-ticket Republican for my entire life. Until Tuesday.
I just couldn’t do it this year. My party – my OLD party – has strayed too far to the left. RINOs run everything! And they can’t even win the races they say they can.
The groomers, the race traitors, closet commies (and worse) – the calls are coming from inside the house now. 110% agreed with the poster above – we have to go tribal. Completely isolate. I’ve cut off contact with a lot of folks I used to be friendly with because that’s what it will take to SAVE AMERICA.
And when they try to chop down Mark at his knees when he runs for Governor – you know they will!!! – we have to be prepared to take up arms.
Dangerous times.
I suspect there will be a GOP primary for Governor. I wouldn’t put my money down until we know who will be running. Rumor has others with a more stellar record may be thinking about running.
The two conservatives names out there are Mark Robinson and Dale Folwell. Robinson would probably be the better candidate but Folwell the better governor. Both would be conservative, but Folwell has a better record of actually handling issues. Robinson can still up his track record on that, however.
The one liberal name is Thom Tillis, and he would be a sure general election loser. There are lots of conservatives who are absolutely through with holding their noses for him.
Good points all. My view on Budd–he has yet to prove himself, but a raccoon in this senate seat would be better than Richard Burr who has totally disgraced himself. Let us never hear his name again! GOP leadership has got to investigate and quit covering up the Nelson Dollar-ECU transgender scandal at the ECU Med School. Why the GOP is both allowing this and covering it up is a scandal in itself. I hear this is getting ready to blow up big time. Let’s hope so. The state party’s collusion in allowing the BLM candidate to win the house seat in Cabarrus County is another scandal that needs to be addressed. And what will become of Berger’s endorsement of a liberal Democrat judge over a loyal conservative Republican candidate?
That child genital mutilation (“trans-gender”) problem at ECU is likely to get worse before it gets better. Pitt County just elected two extreme “woke” radicals to its school board.
What about the “woke” ECU trustees the Republicans put on the ECU Board? What can be done to get them removed?
I really hope someone hops in the 2024 gov race and takes care of business.
My liking is Treasurer Folwell or at least someone like him. He seems to be the only one on a State or Federal level that practices what they preach.
Robinson et al can grandstand all they want but what do they actually accomplish? One of Robinson’s main roles is a spot on the State BOE, and he hasn’t showed up to a meeting in months. Quite a performance for a guy who wants to change so much about our schools.
Having served five years as a political appointee in the Jim Martin administration, I look at governing ability as well as campaign ability in selecting a candidate to support. It appears that Robinson and Folwell are both looking to run and both are good conservatives. As to campaign ability, Robinson is a rock star, while Folwell is about average. As to governing ability, Folwell has proven his savvy and his ability while Robinson has some pluses and minuses. I expect that Folwell will be sharpening his campaign skills and Robinson his governing skills. I am not ready to make a final decision as yet.
I have not had the chance to interact with Robinson’s staff myself, but others I know who have were not that impressed with his early staff, although I hear there have been some improvements. Staff selection, both in the governors office and in departments is critical to a successful administration. It is why Martin, whose team was good at it, cruised to easy reelection, and McCrory, whose team was awful at it, went down to defeat after one term. I would really like to see Robinson get some more really savvy political people around him.
One beginner mistake that has hurt Robinson is his endorsing in GOP primaries. One important rule of politics is to stay out of other people’s primaries. That is likely a staff error, but I hear that a number of his primary endorsements have caused some lingering hard feelings several places in the state. Folwell has avoided that mistake.
It is too early to make a decision between these two good conservatives, but I will be watching for indications of their sharpening their governing skills and campaign skills.
A third possible candidate, Thom Tillis is far behind both Robinson and Folwell on both governing skills and campaign skills, plus being a rather liberal Republican.
Steve, you are dead on target about Robinson and his endorsements! On the advice of the local GOPe, he’s made some ruinous endorsements in my county.