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AKA: The Arrogance of the Supreme Court justices -“Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggests she has five more years on the Supreme Court” – CNNPolitics
Here’s a blurb from Anderson Cooper’s 360: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she hopes to stay on until at least the age of 90. As for retiring or term limits, Ginsburg said there’s no chance. It really should not surprise me to see an abundance of arrogance on the Supreme Court by liberal-leaning justices nominated by Democratic…
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Priebus: Ryan is achieving goals with Trump he’s worked on ‘since he was 21’ | TheHill
Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said Sunday he thinks Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will decide in the spring whether to run for re-election, but touted what Ryan and President Trump have accomplished together. “I do think that Paul’s view of what fundamentally is getting accomplished under President Trump… when you take away what the media wants to focus…
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#NoBillNoBreak- NC Reps. Butterfield and Adams Sit-In on House Floor
The Issues: Democrats call for an up-or-down vote to prevent those on no-fly-list from buying weapons; No fly -no buy; Universal background checks. Rep. G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus issued a statement on the historic shutdown of the U.S. Hose of Representatives as 40+ House members stage a sit-in protesting that…
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Despite what you may think, the sun is rising for Democrats in North Carolina and the NCDP
It’s only natural that NC Dems would finger point over the Hagan loss. And, that’s okay— but, the fact is, we made some tremendous gains in a sea of red. Mike Stone (Sanford, Lee County) is perhaps the most vocal in advocating fracking in NC—he lost. The NCDP filed complaints against Walker (Congress), Americans for…
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How NC Dems Are Going Down In Flames—And Why It Could Cost Randy Voller His Job
To spin this election cycle for Democrats, we need someone like Baghdad Bob. He was the Iraqi Information Minister for Saddam Hussein during Desert Storm. Journalists loved this guy. When U.S. forces were entering Baghdad, during the final push of the 100 day war—Baghdad Bob held a press conference and said, “There really is nothing…
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NC Voters Beware: Daily Reflector Endorses Walter Jones But Fails To Disclose Their Financial Ties To Him.
Greenville, NC—Normally, I don’t get involved with who endorses a political candidate—it’s a free country, they can do as they wish. But, a Greenville, NC newspaper, The Daily Reflector, came out with their endorsements over a week ago for local candidates—just in time for early voting. On its face voters wouldn’t necessarily find a problem…
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Walter Jones (R-NC-03) Needs to Stop Pandering Votes Off The Backs of Dead Soldiers
Greenville, NC—Walter Jones, twenty year incumbent, in North Carolina’s third congressional district, tweeted yesterday saying he is opposed to the Pentagon’s “new” plan to let illegal aliens serve in the US military. Well, hot damn, let the balloons go. On its face, it sounds good but hold on a second. Walter should know this isn’t…
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Let’s just stop quoting the Founding Fathers, okay?
For the last several years I have watched activist on the left and the right who find it necessary to quote the founding fathers as the end all to a political argument. After seven years, maybe we’ve just done it too much. As much as we all respect the founding fathers–Madison, Jefferson, Washington and so…
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The Biggest Idea American’s Should Understand Before Election Day
Raleigh, NC—A friend of mine told me that he thought the reason politicians, in general, can’t get anything done is because once they’re elected the real movers and shakers in Congress sit them down and tell them the political facts of life. To some extent, I agree with that. I’m not a conspiracy theorist in…