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Nice call Matt!

Gosh — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:38:56 -0400

Submitted by MattM on August 26, 2008 - 4:10pm.

Larry Kissell got lucky back in '06, a lot of Hayes supporters stayed home figuring he already had it locked up. They'll be out this year. Kissell will have to settle back into his real job and stop pretending like he can be a Congressman.

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Whoops, sorry to bump. Was looking for Matt's latest supporting that NFL guy, or maybe it was the DA that also passed.

A randomly selected housewife in the phonebook would be a better representative than Kissell.

Does the NRCC not have a phonebook?

Re: GOP delegates picked Palin

GeorgeMcClellan — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:25:50 -0400

If you want change! Vote McCain!

Nickname: Barracuda

JimBlaine — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:45:00 -0400

You've got to like a politician with a nickname like that.

http://www.girlinshortshorts.blogspot.com/2008/07/barracuda-sarah-palin-for-vp.html

Re: McCaskill sold on Hagan

FFC1304 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:20:52 -0400

yawn, Claire McCaskill is a joke of a democrackkk...

Re: No spotlight for North Carolina

bkrueger — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:23:09 -0400

Glad I could make you happy. I've fixed the post.

Re: No spotlight for North Carolina

fuzzybunny — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:07:24 -0400

to announce it's vote for Barack Obama

I know I like to pick on RTB for this sort of thing, but it's far more rewarding to catch the editor.

Re: Easley enjoying the party

MattM — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:48:09 -0400

There hasn't been enough exploration done off the coast of NC to know just how much there is. At least Pat McCrory is actively in support of new solutions and not the same old recycled soundbites handed down from Hunt to Easley to Perdue.

Re: First, you've got to win an election

MattM — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:41:21 -0400

Hey, it's not like Easley is at his seat in Raleigh that much either...

Re: Easley enjoying the party

FFC1304 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:55:42 -0400

He's probably lookin for another job when he's done as 'governor' which wont be soon enough!

Sleazely is the WORST NC 'governor' in histoire!

Re: First, you've got to win an election

FFC1304 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:49:47 -0400

Who'd WANT to sit in their seats for fear of becoming infested with corruption?

Re: Easley: A score to settle

danbesse — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:06:46 -0400

Atnor, take the chip off your shoulder and the blinders off your eyes. Do you recall the election of 1990 in which Helms defeated Gantt? I do. Gantt was about to win, and make history as the first elected black U.S. Senator from North Carolina. In response, the desperate Helms campaign pulled out all the racist stops. Their infamous "white hands" ad showed a pair of hands crumpling a letter while a narrator read, "You needed that job--and you were the most qualified--but they had to give it to a minority." This raw, unapologetic race-baiting helped move enough votes to give the election to Helms. It was one of the most shameful political episodes in modern North Carolina history. I'm a white male southerner too, but I haven't blinded myself to the realities of our political history. Easley is absolutely right and on-point to praise Obama's political rise and win here as the continuation of a comeback from the grimmer side of our past, specifically including the shameful Helms campaign in 1990.

Re: N.C. trio to call state's vote

acidqueen — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:36:07 -0400

How about "Home of the 2006 Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes"?

Re: Easley: A score to settle

Atnor — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:42:40 -0400

Forgive me for opposing both Gantt and Obama for their political positions. I thought I was making a decision based on policy stands, but being a white guy, apparently I was promoting racial division. But hey, I'm a white guy from "the South", so I guess everyone expects racial voting from me and my ilk. Many also probably think I oppose Hillary because she's a woman. The idea that their race or gender should have anything to do with whether someone votes for them, or that the two have anything to do with each other that would cause "a score" to be settled, is sad. The governor should know better. Want to transcend race and improve race relations? Stop making statements like that.

Re: Easley: A score to settle

FloydTurbo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:43:32 -0400

Did Mike say anything yet about Jim Black or Thomas Wright or Don Beason?

Re: Easley: A score to settle

jesmyopinion — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:16:15 -0400

I hope Easley does not get too upset when Obama loses...