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Re: Hinton to step down Dec. 31

billybo — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:14:01 -0500

Reggie is resigning because someone has put a bug in his ear about not being retained.

Re: Who on Easley's Cabinet might stay?

woggie1 — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:59:46 -0500

Here we go again.Seems like Pat McCrory's ad about status quo Bev. was right on the mark!With problems in so many state agencies,why would she want to keep the same cast of characters?Health and Human Services has huge problems(poorly trained staff,etc.),and of course DOT(remember the survey that they tried to cover up the results from the media-the people at the top didn't like the findings(poor oversight of costs,poor inspection procedures-meaning contractors getting by with less than top quality work.)Come on Gov. elect,clean house and start over!!! Woggie1

Re: Tippett's ambiguous response

FFC1304 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:22:28 -0500

he's good at ambiguity.

it was funny as heck when he got cornered by an unexpected radio reporter/talkshow host over at Lake Junaluska last year! he was really ambiguous that day with his responses on air! he did NOT mean to be caught like that!

Tippett is the highest paid NONelected official in NC. WHY?

Re: Who on Easley's Cabinet might stay?

FFC1304 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:38:26 -0500

hopefully, Tippett will get a clue and scram.

Re: Perdue getting ethically dirtier by the minute

concerned53 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:34:05 -0400

Perdue and her left wing bloggers are just hoping that this will go away as they like the status quo too much, whatever the price. But even the majority of democrats deserve better.

Remember, where there is smoke, there is often fire. If the reporters will follow-up & dig like they should, they will find a lot more corruption that can be directly attributable to Perdue and Easley and not just their cronies who are being scapegoated.

Re: Sewell resigns from transportation board

tangoz — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:59:23 -0400

Where are the left wing blog posters? Why aren't they posting on this entry to Under the Dome? Come on guys, you are being hypocritical by not posting here about how outraged you are at this corruption. Or do you approve of this corruption?

Perdue getting ethically dirtier by the minute

concerned53 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:43:28 -0400

Let's see, among Perdue's major fundraisers are Sewell, Betts and the guys caught up in the ethanol bribery situation (one of them was also a strip club owner that probably gave you over $200). We also have the members of the Ethics Commission contributing to Perdue at the same time that they have acted inappropriately on behalf of Beverly (after her lawyer was allowed to review/change her "ethics" filings in private).

There seems to be a real trend here and it smells big time of corruption by insiders like Beverly. For Beverly to say that she is not a member of the corrupt status quo should be an ethics violation by itself as she is obviously lying.

Beverly, tell us how much campaign money has been raised by and from Sewell, Betts, and the Ethanol guys as well as what you have promised in return for their tainted money! Somehow, everyone around Easley and Perdue are following like dominos. But the real ringleaders appear to be Easley and Perdue and they too ought to leave their current positions disgraced.

Re: Sewell resigns from transportation board

MeckDeck — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:24:40 -0400

Lyndo Tippett still at large. Film at 11.

JAT

Re: Sewell resigns from transportation board

CarltonH — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:51:34 -0400

Another one bites the dust! My word North Carolina aren't you tired enough of this mess and the roads, schools, and ethics not being where they should? Time to elect Pat McCrory and then we can have true, real, and meaningful change in Raleigh. It's time to throw the bums out, not promote one from Lt. Governor to Governor.

Re: Sewell hosting Perdue fundraiser

scharrison — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:25:47 -0400

"Real America: you are the most simple minded person on this board."

On the contrary, personal insults like this are debate tactics used by simple-minded people, and most who read this understand that. When you lead with something like this, all of your points that follow are tainted by it.

Re: Sewell hosting Perdue fundraiser

CitizenOpinionated — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:48:04 -0400

Real America: you are the most simple minded person on this board. Please explain a few statements to me or do you not have the ability to think for yourself.

RealAmerica
"McCain and Palin lie constantly in their desparate attempt to get elected and maintain the GOP grip on our economic policy (disaster), domestic policy (disaster), foreign policy (disaster)."

First of all, DEMOCRATS ARE TO BLAME FOR THE ECONOMY.

http://townhall.com/Common/PrintPage.aspx?g=8bafcc31-eb71-40c6-baf9-75b3f31e293b&t=c

WHAT DOMESTIC PROBLEMS ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT?

AS FAR AS FOREIGN POLICY - The Administration's surge is working, so what is wrong with that.

Also, in case you have only been watching CNN - the surge in Iraq is working BUT Obama is the one trying to meet with Iraqi officials and ask them to sabotage the surge.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09152008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/obama_tried_to_stall_gis_iraq_withdrawal_129150.htm

RealAmerica:
"Liddy Dole is part of the problem. She is a do-nothing and yet amazingly ineffective no-show senator from Kansas/DC who fails to represent NC and who has no energy or vision for the future."

Dole sits on the banking committee and the armed services committee - North Carolina's largest employers are the military and the banking community.

Is Liddy Dole getting the money that Obama is from Frannie Mae or Freddic Mac?

Elizabeth Dole wanted to fix that problem, but the DEMOCRATS stopped it.

http://www.elizabethdole.org/docs/articles/Dole-Called-For-FannieFreddie-Reforms-Years-Ago.html

I think that is vision.

Speaking of special interest. There are few union jobs in NC and we should fight to keep it this way, but KAY HAGAN HAS SOLD HER SOUL TO CHUCK SCHUMER AND THE LEFT WING LIBERALS, AND WILL SELL OUT NORTH CAROLINA TO THE UNIONS.

http://www.elizabethdole.org/docs/articles/Hagan-Says-No-To-Secret-Ballot-Yes-To-Labor-Unions.html

READ AND EDUCATE YOURSELF.

Re: Just refuting RAT lies

MattM — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:34:10 -0400

RAT's easier to type, so that's what I'll use.

I have no problem voting the bums out, RAT. The bums that control the General Assembly, the Governor's mansion, and the current Congress.

Iraq was a starting point to change the middle east. If you have done your research, which I'm sure you have, you'd know about the Blessed July and when Saddam opened up his facilities for any terrorist group that wanted to use them. Were the Iraqi people going to say anything? Of course not, they were threatened every minute of their lives. Prior to the invasion, most of what you call "lies" were actually weapons moved to Syria with the help of Russia, and I know GIs that have returned and knew this information first hand. Their complaints were that President Bush didn't use this information when it was found. Democrats you seem so fond of wanted to pull the troops and pull the money from Iraq since 2006 - before the surge. Now that the surge has worked so well, how many New York Slimes stories have there been on Iraq and why doesn't war coverage lead the evening news shows anymore? It wouldn't be because things are (gasp) improving now, would it? Now we have Afghanistan becoming the latest rally cry from Democrats. I think more than anything else, the trouble in Afghanistan shows why we can't rely on other nations to stay vigilant in trouble spots. They allowed the country to deteriorate and now we're going to have to clean it up. Maybe the Democrats will want to win this battle for a change.

Finally, methinks you only talk about the foreign policy since you don't really know much about North Carolina. Whoever sent you - one of the lefty blogs, I'm presuming - needs to feed you some more local talking points since that's the focus of this blog. Maybe the BlueNC guys can help you out in the meantime.

Re: Sewell hosting Perdue fundraiser

MattM — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:11:38 -0400

Military bases are pretty much federal government decisions, I don't think Bev Perdue could walk and chew gum at the same time without asking an adviser if it was ok. Funny how McCrory "took Duke Energy paychecks" when that is usually what happens between an employer and employee. Maybe he had direct deposit. It's pretty handy. Mayoral jobs are still "part-time" jobs in NC, although one could argue a city like Charlotte or Greensboro or Raleigh could easily be a full-time job. Maybe McCrory should have just secluded himself in a house, held meetings in secret, and make bribery deals like our esteemed current Governor. Bev Perdue's sure had some great role models in Jim Hunt and Mike Easley. The same old hands running the same old campaign. Be honest, there is nothing that makes you want to vote for Bev Perdue other than her party ID.

Just refuting GOP lies

Real_Americans_Think — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:10:57 -0400

read the blog - you'll see that I am addressing GOP talking point lies raised by your fellow dittoheads. Another lie is that we are fighting terrorists "there" so we don't have to fight them here. First of all, Bush/Cheney/Rice/Rumsfeld/Powell ignored a memo a month before 9/11/01 that warned of terrorist attack by aircraft. Second, the terrorists were part of the Taliban and Bin Laden organizations in Afghanistan. Iraq had nothing to do with it. So, Bush invaded... Iraq. Based on lies. With Iraq destabilized, NOW it is a potential starting point for terrorism. But it wasn't before. If anything, Saddam was a secular nationalist, not a jihadist. These facts are not in dispute. But y'all in the GOP were never good at understanding them "furriners." Then Bush said we won't engage in "nationbuilding." So, of course, like all GOP lies, we're nation building. Democrats are saying we need to do the job in Afghanistan, which the GOP has ignored ever since the misadventures started in Iraq. Republicans lie - locally (McCrory, Dole) and nationally (McCain/Palin). Enough already. Vote the bums out.

More Real_Americans_Think nonsense

MattM — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:59:10 -0400

At least try to stay on topic, chief. I guess you haven't gotten any Perdue talking points yet. We'll wait.