You made the bed. Lay in it.
My patience is running out with all of these low-T folks blaming Donald Trump for Tuesday. Trump WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT.
The Republican establishment made no changes since 2020. They just sat on their hands and said ‘Wait til this red wave comes.’
I remember the big GOP takeovers of 1994 and 2010. I was a drive-by in 1994, and an observer / participant in 2010. NO ONE saw those two coming. No one had any idea that they were coming or how big they would be. How in the hell could you sanely predict one THIS YEAR and its size?
The NCGOPe did not change the voting rules ol’ Roy and the gang instituted during the COVID lock-down. Their rules changes and others similar to them really helped Dems here and across the country.
In Raleigh, we barely got a supermajority in the Senate. In the House, the GOP came up one seat short. Ironically, it appears that screwups at NCGOP HQ ‘bigly’ cost us the seat currently held by retiring Rep. Larry Pittman. Winning that seat could have been a real game-changer.
It MAY still happen.
So, thanks to the amateurs at the state party, we’re still at the mercy of ol’ Roy’s veto pen.
People want to hear more than ‘Biden Sucks.’ They KNOW that. They want to know WHAT you are going to do to clean up his mess. Unfortunately, the GOPe here and in DC have so watered down what being a Republican means. It no longer means “Like Jesse Helms” or “Like Ronald Reagan” or “like Barry Goldwater.” Basically, it means inserting a letter R in parentheses after your name. That’s IT.
We’ve had Republican majorities where spending AND debt increased. We’ve had GOP majorities create new government bureaucracies, instead of cutting government. Outrageously enough, we’ve had NO COMMENT from the NCGOPe over state hospitals pushing sex changes on minor children. *Thank God Nelson Dollar has a job.*
It’s hard to make someone change a lifelong habit (like voting for the D). You have to say more than “Here’s an R. Give me that D.” You have to be able to credibly tell them: “We’re going to cut taxes, cut the size of government, crack down on crime, secure the border, and give you more power to make decisions about your and your family’s lives.”
One of the bright spots on Tuesday was the school board races. Angry, conservative leaning parents all over the state snatched seats from lapdogs for the bureaucracy. (Meanwhile, the GOP political establishment dumped all kinds of cash into races in those lost causes known as Wake and Mecklenburg. And earned nothing to show for it.)
The stories about grooming, ‘gender-norming,’ political brain-washing, and gay porn in the library resonated with the public. You know, the kind of stuff the professional pols tell us all to run away from.
Listen to the people. Communicate to them that you feel their pain. Tell them how you’re going to help. It’s amazing how well, and how often, that works.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results each time. We’ve seen the Tim Moore/ Phil Berger/ Michael Whatley / Mitch McConnell / Kevin McCarthy / Ronna McDaniel Show before. It wasn’t pleasant before. It’s not likely to get better in reruns. In private business, people who fail as badly as they have generally have the decency to resign in disgrace.
Really hard times are still coming. They’re right around the corner. We need to stop the political jockeying / kabuki theatre and figure out how the hell the blow on this county and its people can be softened.
I’m leaving for South Carolina.
Good Plan but the reality is moving states does not make the USA not a failed nation we cannot escape the doom coming to us as a person that lives in this nation
What Patrick said. There’s no where to run to. 2023 is gonna be a rough year. We need to concentrate on holding the Republicans that did get elected accountable, and preparing for 2024. To blame this fizzle on DJT is absurd. Follow the money. McCarthy, McConnell, and McDaniel have to go. That would be a good start.
Right, the state that elected Graham and Scott, two of the biggest globalists on the planet, will save you. And, Mace. Wake up.
The GOP leadership in every corner of every state must be purged. Out with all of them. In with folks who will fight, ballot harvest, stop claiming we have laws, take down the system. Folks who do not give an F if they are called racist, misogynist, homophobic. Honestly not sure how it happens. And that is what keeps me up at night.
We need a Franco. I hope one rises from the ashes.
In the meantime, get YOUR house in order. Get fit, lose weight, do NOT take that jab, detox if you did. We are a pill addicted, weak, doughy people for a reason, by design. Fix yourself now.
You nailed it. The GOP’s failed leadership at the state and national level gave us this disaster. Crooked election rules from 2020 are still in place in many states and need to be ended. GOP “leaders” in Congress and the General Assembly failed to use their positions to sharpen the issues for the voters which was inexcusable. They should all resign due to their failures, but they are all seeking reelection to the positions in which they have failed so miserably. We should be concerned if rank and file Congressmen, Senators, and state legislators do not toss them all out of office and replace them with REAL leaders.
In partimcular Mitch McConnell, Phil Berger, and Tim Moore have all colluded with Democrats to pass leftwing legislation and they all should be run out of office on a rail for that. Kevin McCarthy is not quite as bad on that, but he has been a weak leader on fighting the Democrats.
Apparently the “dark Brandon” speeches of Biden motivated some of the Democrat vote that came out. Where was the pushback for that? There was not any! There was no demand for equal time or a broadcast response to these clearly political speeches. There were no sharp responses from our “leaders” pointing out that the real extremists and real authoritarians were the Biden Democrats. There was plenty of ammunition to fight back on that issue but absolutely nothing was done.
In the State House, quisling Tim Moore refused to put forward a bill that would have exposed the Democrats as enemies of parents rights in education, an important issue. So what if Comrade Cooper vetoed it? The key point was to get the issue out there for the election. Was Tim Moore just grossly incompetent or was he deliberately colluding with the Democrats? Either way, he needs to be tossed out of office.
The GOP ignored a huge kitchen table issue, the climate cult, which is about to send out electric rates the same place our gas prices have gone, into the stratosphere. In Washington, Biden’s fake “Inflation Reduction” bill was a prime target for this, but the GOP “leadership” was asleep at the switch. Even worse, the “Republican leadership” rammed through a radical climate bill, NC’s Green New Deal, HB 951, in our General Assembly. Berger and Moore not only failed to raise a key issue, they actually out-Democrated the Democrats on it.
The list of failures on issues could go on and on. What we have is badly failed leadership at all levels and unless they are replaced, the future of our country does not look very good.
UNLESS McConnell, McCarthy, McDaniel ARE REMOVED from leadership, tells me R’s want to lose and lose and continue to lose. THAT Ronna HAS A JOB TODAY is telling.
I’ll vote local and state; count me out voting nationally for any R UNLESS massive, major changes.
Trump or not Trump is 2Y down the road. To me, a has-been and needs to go away. I certainly don’t tune into him daily and long ago turned off his massive ego, narcissism.. Saw an ad yesterday, supposedly from him ‘supporting’ Walker in Ga runoff. Caveat was, 90% goes to Trump and 10% to Walker…..who’s surprised by that.
Waiting to see if wasted vote on Budd. WHO he votes leader, tells me all I will need to know.
Hey, Ted Budd, we are watching what YOU do on getting the McConnell poison out of our Senate leadership. Your first vote will tell us if you are one of us or one of them.
McC’s are deadly to the GOP – McCain, McCarthy, McConnell.
And while you’re at it, one might ask Broyhill and Brassington why they haven’t raised the roof over McDaniel’s failure to resign on the spot, the day after Election Day and why they still support her incompetence even now.
I see a lot of criticism but I don’t see any solutions, other than fire the rats. The problem is a lot more involved than just throwing out Whatley and Company, although it’s a good start. By the way, he has filled the NCGOP with so many of his minions that, unless the next chair totally cleans house, like Whatley did, his influence will be felt long after he’s gone. He has some of the most incompetent people appointed to key positions within the party. The Central Committee and Executive Committee are stacked. One thing is clear. Whatley is a great politician. That’s not a compliment. What is the solution? Get rid of Whatley and sweep up after he’s gone. I doubt it will happen soon. On a side note, could someone educate me on the money NCGOP provided to Wake County?
I’m seeing a lot of the NCGOPers in Raleigh, who lost a golden opportunity for a supermajority this year, cry and whine and try to blame this disastrous cycle on MY PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP.
NO THANK YOU TO THAT.
When these gutless RINOs in Wake and Mecklenburg try to smother Trump’s 2024 campaign before it launches – OR MARK’S – WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION. These men are the ONLY way out of the mess we’re in.
Make America Great Again – and mean it!
We need to call Senator Ted Budd’s congressional office at 202-225-4531 and urge him to vote to replace Mitch McConnell, also to support delaying the vote on McConnell until the Georgia runoff is held.
There is an email function on Budd’s congressional website to email his office, but you have to give a zip within his congressional district for it to work, If you don’t live there look up a zip code that works.
Mitch McConnell’s actions and lack of action are a big reason we did not win control of the Senate. Our party deserves better than his awful leadership.
There is a new poll out showing that only 7% of Americans have a favorable view of Mitch McConnell and 81% have an unfavorable opinion of him.
https://civiqs.com/results/favorable_mitch_mcconnell?uncertainty=true&annotations=true&zoomIn=true
This guy is a dead weight on our candidates when he is one of the top faces of the Republican Party. He needs to go.
I plan on uniting the conservatives elected officials in Moore County to send a message to Tim Moore that he is not welcome in Moore County, and will not be getting either our support or money, until either he is gone or he stops acting like a Democrat.
It is inexcusable that a Republican General Assembly would abandon School Boards on social issues, funnel $40+ millions of our money to millionaire/billionaire track owners, and build a courthouse in his own district.
Conservatives and citizens deserve much better leadership in the GA than we currently have.
If I have to, I will be standing outside protesting every appearance Moore makes in our county.
My thoughts are a little different. I just wanna use my brief time here to tell folks – If you want to see how it’s done – Come to Moore County.
Yes – We are a Republican county. When you combine the Democrats and the Unaffiliated against us – They win. THAT is exactly what a few tries to do. It did not work. We won every race – EVERY race.
Even a few months ago there was no way that was supposed to happen.
How did it happen? A strong Republican leadership, brilliant school board campaign work by David and Lisa Hensley, hours of phone calls by volunteers, door knocking and MOST IMPORTANTLY – Angry moms.
Moore County decided not to put up with the crap we had endured for decades.
We now have a conservative dream team on our County Commission and School Board.
Oh – And you know what – If you don’t have a local conservative radio talk show – Get one.
Congratulations to all of Moore County. Especially to teachers and students. In spite of what the hateful fear mongers tell you – You’re gonna love it here.
As a Christian I say – Glory to God – Always – Glory to God