Republican Action Club Billboard Vandalized, Again
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Watch Pat McCroy Speak Live in Franklin
Candidate for North Carolina Pat McCrory will be speaking at Macon Middle School at a Meet the Candidate BBQ Dinner.
Katy Goes To The Fair
I am most disapointed she didn't include at least one photo of her kid enjoying the fair, or of the parents enjoying the kid enjoying the fair!
Watch Sarah Palin and Hank Williams, Jr Live at Elon University
I wish the various campaigns would pay attention to this type of stuff.
The Rally is over, and here is the audio of the Rally:
College Republicans at Elon Prepare for Palin Visit Today
I will be providing a live video stream if I can find one to embed. The gates will open at noon, and Governor Sarah Palin is expected to speak around 3 pm.
Civitas Institute: Hagan Opens Up Lead on Dole
Raleigh, N.C. – Democratic State Senator Kay Hagan has taken her first lead in her race against incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole according to a new poll released today by the Civitas Institute.
According to the live telephone survey of 600 likely General Election voters, Hagan leads Dole 43-38 among those who initially voiced support for a candidate. When undecided voters are asked which way they lean, Hagan’s lead narrows to 45-42. Libertarian candidate Chris Cole receives three percent of the vote. 10 percent of voters remained undecided.
“This is the first time our poll shows Kay Hagan with a lead,” said Francis De Luca, Executive Director of the Civitas Institute. “The millions spent on negative advertising by the Democratic Senatorial Committee and others attacking Senator Dole is finally paying dividends.”
Hagan’s ability to take the lead is coming from three areas: a decrease in the number of Democrats supporting Dole (-5% from last month), an increase in the Republicans supporting Hagan (+3% from last month), and a slight uptick in unaffiliated voters moving towards Hagan (+1 from last month).
“The intensity and harshness of the advertising is still increasing,” added De Luca. “Hagan and the groups supporting her candidacy have been very successful over the past couple of weeks in damaging Dole. The question now is, is there enough time for the Dole campaign to paint Hagan as an unacceptable alternative.”
Previous Civitas Poll results:
May – Dole 45, Hagan 43
June – Dole 48, Hagan 38, Cole 1
July – Dole 47, Hagan 38, Cole 2
August – Dole 44, Hagan 41, Cole 4
September – Dole 43, Hagan 41, Cole 6
Source: Civitas Institute (click here for full results)
One thing I never hear (or have missed) from the Republican blogs, websites or conservative think tanks is the simple fact that the left have hit Senator Dole very hard on her absence from North Carolina, even during a re-election campaign.
I'm not afraid to ask that question, and I raised it early. It is too bad that Dole (more likely her Campaign Staff) were absolutely tone deaf to the need to have the Senator show the flag.
Senator Elizabeth Dole will be in Franklin Saturday, and I hope to have some photos and video from that event.
Watch John McCain in Wilmington, NC Live at 2 pm Eastern
WILMINGTON -- With less than a month left before the general
election, Republican presidential candidate John McCain will be stumping Monday in North Carolina. The town hall meeting at Cape Fear Community College is the Arizona senator’s first speech in the Tar Heel State since claiming the GOP nomination, but his campaign has visited multiple times in the last few weeks.
McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, stopped by the state last week to shore up support. She will return to Greensboro this week for a fund-raiser. His wife, Cindy, was in Concord this weekend for the Bank of America 500.
Campaign officials say they handed out all of the nearly 3,000
tickets for Monday’s speech in just 45 minutes.
Source: News 14 Carolina
Click Here to Watch the John McCain Townhall at 2 pm
Also be aware that these things sometimes get off to a late start.
If I can find an embeddable video feed, i will post it here.
**4.49 pm**
McCain is coming to North Carolina again, but not to "western" North Carolina. He is visiting Charlotte, according to Under The Dome.
Winston Salem Journal Endorses Kay Hagan
I support Senator Dole for re-election, but I do have to admit that Dole has handed them that issue on a platter. You wouldn't even know she was campaigning by her conspicuous absence.
Has she even put in an appearance in Western North Carolina? (Asheville does not count because it is a large city).
Win A Chance To Meet Sarah Palin in North Carolina!
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Lefties On A No-Dome Diet (Like That's Gonna Last!)
It's not just that the Dome's coverage is beginning to smell like a wormy box of Cracker Jacks, it's also the fact that right-wing lunatics increasingly dominate the discussion there. The Dome will get its knickers in a knot if someone uses the word a$$, while standing silently in the face of seething hatefulness from several of its regulars. And in the Palin reporting, there was no mention whatsoever of her supporters degenerating into a blood-thirsty lynch mob.
The Dollar signs are my addition to alter the profane and vulgar language (an easy way to identify a hateful lefty) of Mr. Protzman.
If only the intolerant haters at Blue NC would follow Mr. Protzman's advice (including Protzman) and just say "No".
They won't. They won't because there is something about the truth that attracts men to harken to it. That is why so many lefties listen to Rush Limbaugh and other conservative hosts. Now, The Dome is certainly not (in my estimation) a hotbed of conservatism...but to the lefties at Blue NC...certainly closer to the truth of conservatism than we'll ever see issue forth from the "people's think tank".
Besides, where else in North Carolina are you gonna find a steady stream of news about North Carolina news all day, and in such volume?
I'll bet Mr. Protzman will be blogging his latest outrage about The Dome before too long...I'll be sure to remind you (and the former Anglico).
It could be just a simple case of Palin Derangement Syndrome.
**2.15 pm**
Troy LaPlante just sent me this via email:
Get the Lyrics and Download your own copy, and watch your local lefty explode in Palin Derangemant Syndrome as you rock to Sarah Freakin' Palin!!!!.
Watch Citizens Speak Live Tonight
Well, tonight that will change. URTV has worked out their streaming issues, and you can watch the show from anywhere in the world just by clicking here at 7.30 pm.
The show handles local and state issues and I look forward to getting to see it for the very first time myself.
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URTV Schedule
URTV Livestream (May require Windows Media Player)
Citizens Speak
Media Bias at the News & Observer
Color me surprised...not.
State Eyes Water Supplies
And So It Begins...
Everywhere I look, I see the advancement of oppressive government regulations, and a people who don't care that their liberty, their property, and their lives are slowly being squeezed by Raleigh and an entrenched bureaucracy across the state.
Previously: Dangerous Drought Bill Advances Past Second Reading
On The Record With Dr. Ada Fisher in Asheville
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Richard Bernier recorded this video in Asheville the other day, and I am belatedly getting around to posting it on this blog. My apologies for being so late.
Obama Plays For Win in North Carolina
With one month to go until the presidential election, the campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is asking S.C. volunteers to head to North Carolina, where polling shows Obama and his Republican rival John McCain in a dead heat.
A win in N.C. would deliver the presidency to Obama, according to a letter sent to S.C. Obama volunteers from Chris Lewis, North Carolina’s field director. Meanwhile, South Carolina is not in play, according to polling that gives McCain a sizable lead here.
But S.C. Democratic leaders insist Obama is not conceding the Palmetto State.
“(The N.C. Obama camp) is running a heavy duty campaign up there, and they need every worker they can get,” said Carol Fowler, chairwoman of the S.C. Democratic Party.
Source: The State
Commentary
I am dismayed at the lack of campaigning I see by the McCain Campaign in North Carolina. They seem more focused on events for insiders only...and it is very possible that he could lose North Carolina.
Regarding Fay
Stay tuned to your local news outlets and the National Weather Service for official information regarding this storm.
I am an amateur weather observer, and have a web page set up to help me better keep track of tropical weather, and you are welcome to visit the page...there are some cool links there to live coverage of the storm, including storm chasers. I will also be adding some web cam links once it becomes clearer where the storm will hit. Web cams can sometimes provide an interesting picture of what is going on in a storm.
Civitas Analysis: 2008-2009 State Budget: Education
Fifty-three percent of North Carolina’s $21.3 billion FY 2008-09 state budget is devoted to funding education programs. The FY08-09 state budget provides $11.4 billion, for K-12 schools ($7.8 billion), community colleges ($933 million) and the University of North Carolina system ($2.6 billion). Despite the economic slowdown, total education spending in North Carolina still increased 1.2 percent. The new state budget also adds $154 million in new education spending, includes $523 million in non-voter approved state debt for the UNC system, $200 million for teacher raises and provides millions more for new programs and program expansions.
EDUCATION BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS:
Transportation Fuel: Provides $35million in funds to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to respond to the escalation in gas prices.
Disadvantaged Student Funding (DSSF): In addition to the $70 million allocated in the base budget, another $6 million in DSSF funds is added to meet growing needs of LEA target populations.
Children with Disabilities: Increases funding ($6.2 million) for children with disabilities. Raises per student funding by $36 per student.
UNC Enrollment Growth Funding: Provides $34.6 million to UNC system to meet projected needs of 8,000 additional students.
Community College Enrollment Growth: Provides $24 million to community colleges to fully fund enrollment growth in curriculum (4.1 percent increase, 6,119 FTE), continuing education (1.2 percent increase, 288) and basic skills programs (.3 percent increase, 48)....
Source: Civitas Institute (check it out)
PRESS RELEASE
GREENSBORO, N.C. – State Senator and U.S. Senate Nominee Kay Hagan (D-Guilford) today released her first television commercial of the general election. “Voices” highlights Kay’s record in Raleigh working across party lines and investing in priorities to move North Carolina forward. “Voices” will begin airing Tuesday in several markets across the state.
Popout
“Kay has a decade of service in Raleigh working for North Carolinians and not for the special interests and their lobbyists in Washington. Kay worked across party lines to ban illegal immigrants from getting driver’s licenses and balanced five state budgets while investing in priorities to help working families in North Carolina get ahead,” said Hagan Campaign Press Secretary Dave Hoffman. “With all due respect, Elizabeth Dole’s experience is just a way of doing business that puts the special interests ahead of the best interests of North Carolinians. After 40 years in Washington, Dole hasn’t done anything to ease our dependence on foreign oil, stop the tide of illegal immigrants coming into our country, ensure our veterans the care and benefits they deserve, or control excessive George Bush-approved spending. Dole has voted with President Bush 92% of the time while ignoring the consequences on working families here in North Carolina. It’s about time they had someone looking out for them rather than herself and her special interest friends.”
“Voices” stresses the needs for an independent voice representing North Carolina, committed to getting gas prices under control, ending the $17 billion in tax incentives Liddy Dole voted to give away to Big Oil, and investing in clean energy that would create thousands of jobs here in North Carolina. That’s exactly the type of senator Kay has been in Raleigh and the type of senator she will be in the U.S. Senate.
The script of the ad is below, and can be viewed at http://www.kayhagan.com/pages/ad:
Narrator:
“An independent voice.
Kay Hagan.
Former vice-president at North Carolina’s largest bank…
Then a decade in the state Senate:
Reaching across party lines to ban driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants…
Balance five state budgets in a row.
Expand early childhood education …and raise teacher pay.
Now, the U.S. Senate needs a leader who’ll finally put independent thinking – and middle class families — before the Washington special interests.”
Kay Hagan: “I’m Kay Hagan and I approve this message.”
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Conservative Program Schedule on URTV
Aug 5th Thru 10th
For Buncombe & Madison Counties
Charter Cable Channel 20
August 5th thru 10th
Tuesday Aug 5
7:30pm - 9:30pm “Citizen Speaks” Don Yelton
9:30 - 10:30 “Time for Real Change” Pat McCrory
Wednesday Aug 6
6:00pm -6:30pm “Interview with Bob Hunter” Richard Bernier
7:00pm-8pm “ Meters on Private Wells” Kathy Rhodarmer
Thursday Aug 7
10:00 - 11:00am “JL Foundation “Global Warming” Kathy Rhodarmer
8:00pm- 8:30pm “Interview with Bob Hunter” Richard Bernier
8:30pm-9:00pm “Freedom Works/Heath Shuler Bill Lack
Friday Aug 8
11:00 - 12pm “Meters on Private Wells” Kathy Rhodarmer
12:30 - 1:00pm “Freedoom Works/Heath Shuler” Bill Lack
3:30pm - 4:00pm “Interview with Bob Hunter” Richard Bernier
7:30pm - 8:00pm “Time for Real Change” Pat McCrory
9:00pm - 10:00pm “Pat McCrory in Madison County” Richard Bernier
11:30pm - 12:30am “Time for Real Change” Pat McCrory
Saturday Aug 10
1:30pm - 2:30pm “Meters on Private Wells” Kathy Rhodarmer
2:30pm - 3:30pm “Time for Real Change” Pat McCrory
4:00pm-5:00pm “Pat McCrory in Madison County” Richard Bernier
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Pat McCrory's Most Valuable Character Attribute - Optimism
Pat McCrory presented his plan to improve public safety and reform North Carolina's criminal justice system
July 30, 2008
CRAVEN COUNTY NC NEWS -- Once again, Mayor Pat McCrory, the Republican nominee for governor, has shown his most valuable character attribute - optimism. McCrory seems to always view the cup as half full. Whether it is discussing energy exploration or getting tough on crime, McCrory believes in the abilities of the North Carolina people to rise to the occasion and win.
While continuing his Jobs Tour in North Carolina, Pat McCrory presented his plan to improve public safety and reform North Carolina's criminal justice system at the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association Conference in New Bern located in Craven County, NC. He highlighted many key differences between his record of effective executive leadership and the lieutenant governor's record of supporting a failed status quo for the past eight years.
The Republican nominee governor, Mayor Pat McCrory said:
"When it comes to fighting crime, I've been on the front lines for the past 12 years while the lieutenant governor has turned a blind eye to the problems. I've seen county jails overflowing with people sleeping on floors, gangs infiltrating our schools and illegal aliens filling our jails. I've seen our state judges and district attorneys work out of cardboard boxes and I've seen our state mental health patients transferred to local jails. When I led a bipartisan group of mayors and law enforcement officials to Raleigh to work on solutions to these problems, the lieutenant governor was nowhere to be seen. Now she's ‘forming a plan' that's ‘emerging and changing' that calls for another government commission to meet in Raleigh and talk about the problems. Where has Lt. Governor Perdue been for the past eight years?
"Now that she is campaigning for governor, Perdue is drafting a plan that should have been written eight years ago. North Carolina needs a governor who cares about public safety even when it's not an election year. We need action and effective executive leadership."
As Mayor of Charlotte, McCrory responded to an inadequate state criminal justice system by...
Read the rest at County NC News.
