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So, Frankie Waters gave an excuse and ducked the GOP sheriff fundraiser, but is posting support on Facebook for the Democrat and also had time to attend a function for the Democrat. This fits right in with Waters longstanding collusion with Jerry Langley. Republican voters should give Frankie Waters the old heave-ho on Nov. 8. He is not, and never has been, one of us.
Commented: Sunday, October 9th, 2022 @ 12:21 pm
By: Rino Hunter
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I was there. The people that I saw were good Beaufort County Citizens. Some years ago I was on the Executive Committee and supported an Independent Candidate with 13 years of experience for Clerk of the Court. The proposed Republican Candidate had 0 experience. I was asked to leave the committee. I made it easy for them. I resigned. Now it appears that we are becoming democrats in Republican clothing. What happened to this cry from the Republicans of "Equal Justice Under the Law"? It appears that we could lump all of these in question in the "Yellow Sheet Group". Washington DC is not the only swamp we need to drain. Just watch us once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Having attended the Scott Hammonds fundraiser today, I can attest that none of those mentioned above who posted on Facebook were in attendance for Scott. I cannot myself say why they were not there, but am told they were at other events elsewhere. One or more of them may have made contributions to the event.
Party leaders who were in attendance and present for almost all of the event were county GOP chairwoman Carolyn Garris and county GOP 2nd vice chairwoman Patricia Garrison. So was headquarters manager Jody Forrest. County commission candidates who were there were Stan Deatherage and Tandy Dunn. School Board candidates who were there were Charles Hickman, Gary Carlton, and Donald Shreve. One county commissioner present who is not running this year attended and that was Hood Richardson, and one School Board member not running this year, Carolyn Walker. The fundraiser was successful, and sold out of barbeque.
Commented: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 9:18 pm
By: Steven P. Rader
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It looks like Scott Hammonds had a fund raiser today. Did any of those possible defectors identified above show up at it? If so, which ones? Those who are cozying up to Rogerson and shun Hammonds are RINOs who do not belong in party positions.
Commented: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 6:32 pm
By: Rino Hunter
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I understand that there is a fund raising pig pickin' for Scott Hammonds tomorrow around lunch time. Anyone have the details on exact time and place? UPDATE: it is at county Republican headquarters on 15th Street across from Food Lion, starting at 2PM.
Commented: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 1:38 pm
By: John Steed
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Cutting off one's nose to spite one's own face" is an expression used to describe a needlessly self-destructive overreaction. To do someone that is meant to harm someone else but also harms the person who does it. Don't cut off your nose to spite your own face" is a warning against acting out of pique, or against pursuing revenge in a way that would damage oneself more than the object of one's anger.
There are some Republicans seeking to cast a revenge vote and now going to vote on the democrat ticket because their candidate lost in the primary. Now casting a vote for a candidate of the party of Biden, Pelosi , Schumer, Roy Cooper and our local democrat leaders out of revenge. You know no matter who loses as those in the primary, whether it be Rogerson or Hammonds their lives will continue on as ours will. To cast a revenge vote is “cutting off your nose to spite your own face”. Revenge is sweet they say for only a short time while the consequences will effect us for years.
Commented: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 11:19 am
By: Debra Anderson Whitley
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Scott Hammonds is far and away the best candidate I have ever seen for sheriff of Beaufort County. He has the law enforcement experience and the vision to make our sheriff's department great again! I have met them all at campaign time - Jordan, Coleman, Hammonds, and Rogerson. Hammonds was head and shoulder above the rest. Hammonds is the only true conservative in the race, and he is endorsed by a state level conservative group.
Why would any true Republican, much less a party official support Gaskins-backed Rogerson? Rogerson is not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination. The explanation is that it is sore loser Ernie Coleman and his clique makes sense. The other explanation I have heard is that Cox may have been promised a promotion, perhaps even Chief Deputy. Is that why Cox betrayed the county GOP committee he was serving on? Shame on him! Can Cox tell us why Ernie Coleman fired Corey Rogerson as a deputy?
Commented: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 8:11 pm
By: Bubba
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The resignation of Kelly Cox arrived this afternoon, dated today, by email, short and to the point. He should have done this BEFORE endorsing Rogerson, but he has belatedly done the right thing.
Commented: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 6:22 pm
By: Steven P. Rader
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There is a whole herd of RINOs here supporting liberal Democrat Corey Rogerson, and that includes Kelly Cox, Frankie Waters, Paul Varcoe, and John Rebholz. There may be others in party positions doing the same. It is the Ernie Coleman sour grapes gang. Coleman lost his primary because he was not a good sheriff. Now his inner circle is supporting a man Coleman himself fired, Corey Rogerson.
Allen Jordan was NOT a Constitutional sheriff. Ernie Coleman only half way kenw what one was. Scott Hammonds understands and is committed to those principles. Corey Rogerson has to be talking out of both sides of his mouth, as he would not have gotten that $5,000 our of liberal Democrat kingpin Herman Gaskins if he told Gaskins he would be a Constitutional sheriff. So Kelly Cox is an Allen Jordan holdover. That explains a lot. The Jordan gang after Coleman took over were just pretending to be Republicans and pulled the wool over Coleman's eyes. Also, Kelly Cox, Paul Varcoe, Frankie Waters, and John Rebholz were all part of the "yellow sheet gang"
Commented: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 1:27 pm
By: Rino Hunter
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If one believes that this is just part and parcel of party politics, and this is just the nature of what it means to be a local Republican, you are dead wrong; and dead wrong at one of the most perilous times in our Constitutional Republic's history at all levels where the most of us really live and do the real work.
I have been involved in politics /governing, at a very serious level, for about the last 31 years, and I am here to explain it all as simply as possible: Much of what is expressed, and managed by the local Beaufort County GOP is complete FUBAR, where a majority of that group is oblivious to what it means to be a real Republican fighting the good fight, a fight that must be fought with no time to waste. Just a word from the wise here: Playing bipartisan footsie, while disparaging those who are the very best of YOU; then mix in this chamber of commerce approach, where the self-presumed Elitists present what they pretend is "best for everyone's progress" never works in a Republic, not one that continues where the truth and good sense is paramount. That is just the real of it ... and that reality is all what so many us have to live with.
Commented: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 11:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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What do you expect of Frankie Waters? He is what the Democrats call their "secret sleepers", the Democrats they have slipped in as "Republicans". Frankie Waters was an active lifelong Democrat until just a few months before he filed for commissioner. It would be interesting to know which local Democrat operatives organized that. Frankie Waters has functioned as a Democrat in Republican clothing ever since he has been on the county commission.
Commented: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 11:18 am
By: Conservative Voter
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This is an issue as to several individuals, not as much as to the party since the ExCom has not met since this matter came up. It is my understanding that the resignation of Cox was demanded by Garris a week or so ago and he agreed to resign. I have not heard if the resignation has actually been received yet. Cox totally lacked integrity as to what he did. The issue as to the others has developed more recently.
The second worst offender is the party's first vice chairman, Paul Varcoe, who in that position certainly should have known better than to post what he did. Even if it were argued that he was just supporting Cox's act of party disloyalty, rather than Rogerson's campaign, that is NOT what we expect the county party's second highest officer to be doing. He should be condemning acts of party disloyalty by executive committee members and joining Garris in a demand for resignation of Cox. As to a hired county police force, that is a bad idea. These "professional" police forces "follow orders" and can be politicized much easier than an elected sheriff. The sad state of the current FBI is a good example. So is the Ottawa police who cracked down on the Canadian truckers. Their original chief was very vocal on rhetoric against the truckers but was reluctant to bust heads, so they just replaced him with a new chief who was all into police state tactics. The pandemic lockdowns are another good example. Elected sheriffs in many states, including ours just said NO to the overreach of governor's executive orders and refused to enforce them. With hired police, the only places that happened were where they followed the lead of the local elected sheriff. The same is true of elected sheriff's coming out and proclaiming they would not enforce unconstitutional gun control laws, something no hired police chief has ever done. Having a hired county police chief instead of having a sheriff directly responsible to the voters is a very, very bad idea.
Commented: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 8:18 am
By: Steven P. Rader
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