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It's much deeper that simple ads at this point.
The nation is at tipping point, and stupidity is not the answer. Call it for what it is.
Commented: Monday, September 8th, 2014 @ 10:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Maybe I was raised to be a "gentleman of intelligent discourse" over a constant bar fight with every political ad and candidate!
Sorry about that! 
Commented: Monday, September 8th, 2014 @ 10:10 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Hatefulness is a poor descriptor for a man that speaks the truth as he knows it to the core.
Your previous comment dances around the issue, while I go straight to the core. Divorce yourself from your continued understanding that politics should be like it use to be. America has changed, and so has the intelligence level of their politicians. America can not continue on its present course. There are far smarter politicians waiting in the wings, and all we need for them to step to the fore is a smarter public, which will take some broad work.
Commented: Monday, September 8th, 2014 @ 9:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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 More hatefulness, Stan. I don't think it is helping to make anything better.What is the problem with admitting National Healthcare passed years ago---now get on with life and tweak it into a more workable system. We are about the only Industrialized country without such healthcare. We are a country obsessed with profit over good deeds. In other words, if I don't make money doing it, then it won't get done. Maybe it's because I was born in 1946, but I DO remember when Congress and the President worked together to accomplish much. For example, the Interstate Highway System put together during the Eisenhower Administration. It is now deteriorating because we love war more than infrastructure. The building was not without some graft and greed by landowners and contractors. It cost, at the time, a million dollars a mile. I was in GA at the time and know politicians like Dick Russell and Ernest Vandiver and Herman Talmadge were active players for personal gain. We have had bid rigging scandals with the NC DOT and government~~~but should we cease highway maintenance and building over "imperfections of personality." Lighten up, bro, with the use of "liberal" or "conservative." It serves NO PURPOSE beyond angering people and distorting any candidate's real wish to be constructive. 
Commented: Monday, September 8th, 2014 @ 9:18 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Back in 1995, I learned first hand about bi-partisanship: It's called "Do it our way."
As long as the public elects politicians that only care about getting re-elected, they will only cater to their base vote. Furthermore, when that base vote is stupid, their politicians will vote stupid, and then the smart politicians - the one's that don't care about re-election - get the signal: No compromise from us. Stupid voting base = stupid politicians = stupid decisions = the only rational outcome: No compromise from us. ObamaCare is a great example of such. My opinion on the this conundrum is the only real answer: The people that vote will have to get smarter. As this world gets more complicated, the mean average of the American People is greater stupidity. This American Republic will not continue to exist if that intelligence mean does not get smarter real fast. The dimwit Harry Reid is the "canary in the coal mine". The equally intelligent Kay Hagan put him in his position as Senate Majority Leader. She represents her voting base extremely well.
Commented: Monday, September 8th, 2014 @ 9:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Strong words, brother Stan!!! Is there any ground for compromise and working together for the good of the voters?? The Beaufort Commissioners are proving compromise and wise decisions are impossible with a level of hate that exists every time they meet. I vote for less hate / more love / more progress than the last 6 years. As we approach 9/11, I believe we should celebrate Osamma ben Laden brought to Justice over how many a few crazy religious zealots were able to destroy with hate. That event is "proof positive" that a crazy finger pushing the Atomic Button could blast us back into the caves and Ice Age!
Commented: Monday, September 8th, 2014 @ 6:52 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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I am a notable Republican that will never defend Thom Thillis; however, Reid is an idiot and he is scrupulous beyond measure, somewhat at the historic optimum level of Amatueur Obama and Lawless AG Eric Holder. Kay Hagan only fools Liberals, or those that can't think their way out of a wet paper bag. She votes for these men, and she votes for their policies, and, ultimately, allows their lawless lies and deceptions to continue to great deleterious effect upon the American people.
As far as the North Carolina Education system, we wise insiders understand it as complete FUBAR. Remember this one truth, too many Liberals in the kitchen spoil the brew, and it is well past spoilt in the NC DPI.
Commented: Sunday, September 7th, 2014 @ 3:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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 .25-cent words to say, "I hate Democrats!" it seems.Is she really that bad ~~~ or is Tillis and his tight pockets on NC Education a preferred choice??? Just quit the "guilt by association" BS and look at the person and whether they try to do their best for their constituents. That will be the basis of my choices in November ~~~ as an Independent thinker/voter.
Commented: Sunday, September 7th, 2014 @ 12:29 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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The problem; however, with Kay Hagan is that she is stupid and she has no integrity, and North Carolina voters show a rather dull intellect in continuing to elect a senator with such a terrible voting record, most notably is her long time support of the vacuous Harry Reid as Senate Majority leader.
Commented: Sunday, September 7th, 2014 @ 10:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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What is a body to do = vote for Kay Hagan and let's let something start happening in Washington besides hate and refusal to cooperate. If a log jam threatened the waters of the Tar River and therefore our aquatic system of the Sound, the smart person would blow the jam away before it raised the river level all the way up to Rocky Mount and every municipality is inundated!
Commented: Saturday, September 6th, 2014 @ 8:05 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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I must admit this one truth, I have a very keen eye for politicians, and my subjective opinion can be a bit demanding. I suppose I just know too much.
In the North Carolina Senate race, we elect the highest ranking politician in the state outside of the governor. Here, I just expect much more in quality than what we have here in both candidates. While Thom Tillis is no where near the Republican's best candidate, Kay Hagan has two terrible obstacles to overcome: 1) She is egregiously liberal, and 2) she is no 'deep-thinker', not by a long stretch, and the first demand of any politician is that they have the intellectual wherewithal to do the job. These are too critical times to send a intellectually challenged individual to Washington to do a intellectually sufficient's job. With Thom, he is an Establishment Republican, and only grass-roots Republicans know what it means to be a real Republican. What is a body to do?
Commented: Saturday, September 6th, 2014 @ 10:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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