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Actually I thought it was Willie Horton. We are still afraid of him too, right?

Commented: Saturday, February 10th, 2024 @ 6:04 am By: Big Bob

MAGA. -eventually they turn on everyone. They will tun on you too.
Completely unfit to govern

Commented: Saturday, February 10th, 2024 @ 7:02 am By: Big Bob

The Daily Haymaker has an article about this Whatley debacle:
dailyhaymaker.com

Commented: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 6:45 pm By: John Steed

That may well have been ANTIFA. The guy on video at the Capitol Jan. 6 who constantly urges the crowd to "burn it down" speaking of the Capitol was identified as ANTIFA, although dressed up as a Trump supporter. He is in numerous videos of ANTIFA riots, and his name is even known. Funny thing, the feds have never arrested him, either.

Commented: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 6:19 pm By: Conservative Voter

Anyone, and I mean anyone, willing to follow Ted Cruz in to battle? Unless we storming the beeches of Cancun, not on your life. Ted is spineless. Even in his 80s, Mitch could kick Ted's a$$.

Commented: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 4:57 pm By: Big Bob

Since I'm not giving ANYTHING to the Ronna McDaniel led RNC, inserting Michael Whatley is supposed to win me over? What are these people smoking in the sleazy backrooms of power?

Commented: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 4:02 pm By: Van Zant

Says the “hang Mike Pence” crowd.

Commented: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 3:36 pm By: Big Bob

Election Interference has become a standard instrument in the Democratic Socialists' election tool box.

Commented: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 1:38 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Not sure , lets ask Mike Pence.

Commented: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 1:11 pm By: Big Bob

Help me here! Are you guys building gallows for us MAGA folks if you all win? You are already locking up church-going folks for singing hymns in public. Oh, I forgot, "Some pigs are more equal than others".

Commented: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 12:00 pm By: Buzz Cayton

A comparision of how two eastern senators were treated by Berger on being forced to vote Berger's way on legislation or not shows how much Berger considers he owns those senators who rely on his campaign money to get elected. The first senator, whose name I will not call, is a staunch conservative who was a leader in the House Freedom Caucus before running for the senate and taking major support from Berger in his general election race in a marginal district. The second is Norm Sanderson, a staunch conservtive former House member who beat back a well financed challenge from a Berger henchman in his first primary. The Berger machine recruited wealthy businessman Randy Ramsey, a lifelong registered Republican who had nonetheless been a major Democrat political contributor to run against Sanderson in the primary. Ramsay outspent Sanderson by a lot, mailing a blizzard of postcards, but Sanderson won the primary by a wide margin.

When Berger started pushing the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, which was then the top objective of liberal Governor Roy Cooper's agenda, Berger's operatives pressured the first senator to vote for it, while they left Sanderson alone and he voted against it without any attempt by Berger to force him to go Berger's way. Berger clearly considered that due to the political support he gave the first senator, he owned him, but Berger clearly knew he did not own Sanderson.

Berger's operatives approached the first senator and told him Berger expected him to vote for the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. The senator told them that he had made opposition to that expansion a major issue in his campaign and and promised voters in his district he would oppose it. Further, he was receiving a lot of comments from voters in his district opposing it. Berger's operatives told the senator that none of that mattered, and the only thing that did matter was that Berger insisted he vote for it. The senator pointed out that Berger already had enough votes to pass it without his vote, and was again told that did not matter and Berger insisted he vote for it, too. The senator then suggested that at least he could maybe take a walk during the vote and not vote at all. Berger's operatives told him that was not sufficient and he had to affirmatively vote for it. Further they told the senator that if he did not, then none of his bills would get out of committee and no money would be going from the budget to his district. The sanator finally decided in good conscience, the most he could do was take a walk, so that is what he did. While he did get some retaliation from Berger for that, it was not as total as threatened.

There is only one candidate for State Senate in the Third District who would not owe his political soul to Phil Berger in the senate and that is Mike Speciale. He is the Norm Sanderson of this race. If citizens want to have a voice in Raleigh representing us, instead of beholden to the backroom Raleigh establishment bullyboys, Speciale is the only one we should consider voting for.

Commented: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 11:06 am By: Steven P. Rader

Mitch McConnell sold out traditional conservatives to Obama before MAGA was even a gleam in Donald Trump's eye. McConnell has been a sellout as long as he has been in Washington. I would remind you that Ted Cruz was Trump's strongest traditional conservative challenger in the 2016 primary, and that is who is calling for the removal of McConnell. The other Senator who has publicly called for getting rid of McConnell, Mike Lee of Utah is also a traditional conservative, not MAGA.

LIttle Bobbie is so MAGA-obsessed, he sees it hiding behind every bush. He really needs professional help with his obsession.

Traditional conservatives have long regarded McConnell as a backstabbing POS long before MAGA existed.

Commented: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 9:07 am By: Rino Hunter