Poll dancing
Last night, I had more fun than I’ve had in awhile. At 9:10 p.m., a bit late for a telemarketer, I got a call from an 800 number. While I usually don’t answer these calls, I picked it up. I was greeted by a live operator who wanted to ask me about political...
Capitol offense
Pat McCrory rode to victory on a wave of dissatisfaction with the Raleigh political establishment and a stubbornly high unemployment rate. When he talked about fixing government, the voters thought McCrory meant ending the decade of scandals that had plagued two...
McCrory’s one-stop shop for white-collar crime
The Republican plan to move the SBI from the Department of Justice to the Department of Public Safety makes so much sense. I mean there’s so little to do at the Department of Public Safety that Secretary Kieran Shanahan had to keep his old job just to stay busy....
Shanahan Shenanigans
I noticed that Pat McCrory was in Edenton this weekend with some of his Cabinet secretaries, including Secretary of Public Safety Kieran Shanahan. First, welcome home. I hope your time in New Orleans was fun. Second, did you have a chance to ask Shanahan about his...
Hey, Gov, it’s safe to come home. How about a couple of questions?
Okay, Governor, it’s safe to come home now. Crossover ended and they weeded out most of the really crazy stuff. Now, it’s just a bunch of really bad bills. Good maneuvering, though. We still don’t know what you believe or where you stand but that good-looking smile...
Shariah Lawsuit
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of...
Good work if you can get it
So what is it about Republicans treating appointed and elected positions as part-time jobs? Remember Richard Petty? In his run for Secretary of State in 1996, he said he would keep his day job if he was elected. Elaine Marshall went on to embarrass him with the...
Is that you, Moses?
I’ve always believed that leaders rise to meet the times. FDR became the face of hope in the Great Depression. John F. Kennedy inspired a generation of baby boomers to challenge convention. And Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., personified the Civil Rights Movement. In...
Owning gun violence
Let me start by saying that I grew up with guns and I still own one. I don’t believe that we should make guns illegal or repeal the Second Amendment. Not many people do. I do believe that we should use common sense to protect the public. That said, with their position...
It’s Pat! Now, where’s the press?
Watching Pat McCrory reminds me of the Saturday Night Live skit from the early ‘90s, “Pat.” Pat is an androgynous character and the skits usually revolve around people trying to determine whether Pat is a man or a woman. Pat McCrory is the same way except, instead of...
