by Thomas Mills | Sep 26, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NCGOP |
Republicans are all in a lather about the implementation of Obamacare. Here in North Carolina, they got news that sent them over the moon. Our state’s premiums will be higher than than the national average. On twitter, this was like Christmas in September. The...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 24, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
Well, one thing about the Department of Health and Human Services is certain: If it wasn’t really broken before Aldona Wos showed up on the scene, it sure is now. She and her boss, the Governor, like to mention what a mess they inherited. But it’s looking more and...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 22, 2013 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NCGOP |
Recently, one of the right-wing talking-point tweeters said “the lies about how the GOP hates the poor are getting old.” While I’m not sure most people think Republicans hate the poor, I do think most people believe they are indifferent to their plight. And the GOP...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 20, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP, NCGov |
Well, it looks like it’s not only Democrats smelling blood in the water, Republicans are, too. Governor Pat McCrory has been so hapless and inept that even the GOP sees him as lame duck just nine months into his first term. While the dissatisfaction has bubbled under...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 18, 2013 | Civil Rights, NCGOP
The History Museum displays the hand-sewn KKK mask of a Stokes County planter. It is a fearsome garment, like a sock puppet with shark’s teeth, crowned by pointed cones and blood-red tassels. To hear Republicans tell it, the heritage of today’s Democrats is clothed in...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 28, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Media, NCGOP |
North Carolina Republicans are in trouble. Not only because of what they’ve done but because they’ve lost any sense of objectivity. They started believing their own talking points and dismiss any critics, even from their own party. It’s a common affliction among...
