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Re: Minter

GrayJ — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:43:27 -0400

Rep. Kissell may be in the classroom pretty soon. Hey maybe now, he can teach science and social studies.

Minter

James_Protzman — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:53:51 -0400

might want to have a good answer to explain why he has only bothered to vote once since he registered in 2004. Sounds like the guy has some impulsivity problems.

Re: The schoolteacher vs. the safety?

lpetrou — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:50:07 -0400

Oh Gosh by Gosh, I did not notice your displeasure when Cooper, on the taxpayers dime, went to Washington to talk to the Democrats and Obama about running against Burr. Your hypocrisy is showing.

Re: The schoolteacher vs. the safety?

Gosh — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:42:22 -0400

First, he plans to check with his family and his pastor.

Actually, I think he's checking with them second as he consulted Republican leaders at the NRCC for two days first.

Just think, it was only one year ago today that Mike first appeared on the 700 Club admitting he got into Christianity for all the wrong reasons...

Mike tried to make a deal with God, “I’ll go to the Bible study if you heal me and put me back on the football field,” he said.

Maybe Republican Leader John Boehner made a better offer to be a Republican.

Re: McCrory raised $6.4 million

Gosh — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:23:43 -0500

No, all Pat had to do was build a time machine, not campaign with George Bush, not call all African Americans "gangsters," move away from Charlotte, and register as a Democrat.

Then he would have won. Hands down.

Re: McCrory raised $6.4 million

Notsurewhere_NC — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:29:34 -0500

All Pat had to do was spend 3 mil running mug shot photos of all the Dem's headed to state and fed prisons during the ex Gov. Easy years. Run them week after week before the election. He made the link that it was and had happened, but the pure visual impact along with names would have sealed the deal. Next time, I'm sure the perp walks aren't finished yet.

When is terrorism ok?

RonB — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:17:04 -0400

When it is Republican Terrorism! Or as they like to call it, America First freedom fighters.

Be it John McCain's financial terrorist pals Keating and Grahamm, convicted terrorist G. Gordon Libby, or Mr. Big Beard, McCain embraces all kinds of terrorism.

Of course Palin and McCain think they are going to Washington to fight for "Joe" the "Plumber" -- an "undecided" voter who cast a ballot in the Republica primary, isn't named Joe, who doesn't have an apprentice's plumber's licence, and owes back taxes. He may think he shouldn't have to pay taxes since the government "owes" him a plumbing business despite having yet to prove any formal training.

Though he has as much plumbing experience that Palin has in fields other than beauty padgentry and tv sportscasting, so maybe he is on to something...

Re: Palin greets crowd of a few at Elon

riverrd — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:29:22 -0400

This just does to show that the repoblicans have many "Brown Shirts" that do the dirty work of their "leaders".

Re: The assault on a reporter by the big bearded Palin supporter

domewatcher — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:52:09 -0400

Well Isaac, you just cannot hit a home run every time. The important point is to just keep swinging.

Your comments have sent me "sprawling to the ground."

Re: The assault on a reporter by the big bearded Palin supporter

Isaac136 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:36:06 -0400

Domewatcher,

I've always counted on you to do this sort of thing WELL. But oh geeeeez, buddy, this just won't work. This effort was lamer than that reporter felt hobbling away from the scene of the crime.

Maybe if you'd have given it some time and allowed other poor stabs at a response to provide you some material to riff off of (couldn't wait for poor ole Terrell, could ya?), then perhaps your contribution wouldn't sound like someone talking too fast and anxiously.

Something tells me that this item will be percolating through the news for a while yet, but noooooooo, you couldn't wait to let your own thoughts cohere, and ya wind up blurting out something that sounds strained and jeopardizes the reputation you were hoping to buttress.

It seems like you conservative types are just falling apart in these last few days.

Pitiful!

The assault on a reporter by the big bearded Palin supporter

domewatcher — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:27:05 -0400

I hope that my reputation as a hammerhead has been well established. You have thrown down the gauntlet and I needed an extra glove anyway........so I picked it up.

It is certainly an unfortunate incident……being kicked in the back of the leg by a bearded Palin supporter.

But how much should we make of it. After all, the Obama campaign is telling us that we should forgive Bill Ayers for bombing the Pentagon. I know that a bearded Palin supporter kicking you in the back of the leg is bad…….but somehow bombing Federal buildings seems almost as bad.

And getting kicked in the back of the leg in Greensboro would not seem all that uncommon. (I dated some girls at the Woman’s College back in the ‘60s.) Around here they kick reporters in the back of the leg in the break room…..just trying to get them to consider all the good points of the buyout.

The account says some of the crowd turned when an Obama rap song started playing. Could this bearded Palin supporter have broken into a spontaneous and uncontrolled dance to the tune of the rap song? Was this all there was to it? Music and dance? Can reporters dance?

Hope the leg gets better and hope they give you “embedded pay” in the future. Being a reporter is not all roses and sometimes you got to face those bearded Palin supporters……….or was this guy actually Big Foot? I believe Big Foot lives in Alaska in the summer and he may be a big time Palin supporter.

This could be an even bigger story than getting kicked in the back of the leg by a bearded Palin supporter. A Greensboro sighting of Big Foot might not be big news in Greensboro but it would play well in Zebulon.

I do hope the reporter gets well soon and excuse me for making light of the injury.......but it's just what I do. They have tried several types of medications but so far...no luck.

Re: Reporter assaulted at Palin rally

Isaac136 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:10:55 -0400

I'm waiting for that, too, Scharrison. I've got money on Tangoz saying something very Tangoz-like in weight and applicability.

Reporter assaulted at Palin rally

scharrison — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:29:30 -0400

I'm curious to see how many regulars here will make excuses for the hammerhead that pulled this stunt:

http://joekillian.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/how-i-became-joe-sixpack/

“Oh, you think that’s funny?!” the large bearded man said. His face was turning red. “Yeah, that’s real funny…” he said.

And then he kicked the back of my leg, buckling my right knee and sending me sprawling onto the ground.

From my position there I saw the bottoms of a number of feet almost accidentally stomping me to death as the two political camps screamed back and forth, the music continued to blare and some of the Obama crowd moved the large bearded man and his friends away. When I was helped to my feet the bearded man was walking away quickly."

Re: Pittenger raised $1.9m by June

riverrd — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:53:28 -0400

This candidate is bought and paid for by corporate interest of the worst kind! Any business that wants to "work the system" will have a "friend" in this puppet.