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Tone deaf New York Republicans decided to run an Ethiopian immigrant who spoke bad English in a district heavily impacted by illegal immigration. Granted she was a legal immigrant, but that was the wrong visual for what has become a huge issue in and around New York City. Then she let the Democrat get to her right, at least in voter perception, on the issue of illegal immigration. While the Democrat was likely lying through his teeth and will not vote that way in Congress, it had a big impact on this election. Then on top of all that, it snowed on election day, and it was the Democrats who had "banked" votes in early voting.

Republicans need to learn that it is getting right with the voters on issues, not "diversity" that wins elections. New York Republicans blew this one in so many ways.

Commented: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 2:14 pm By: Conservative Voter

Big Bob: You don't write posts. I know this; I am the publisher.

Commented: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 12:03 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Back in the real world, Democrats flipped another house seat. Nice.

Commented: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 11:58 am By: Big Bob

Just got another of "Big Bob" Brinson's blizzard of mailers, this one from another Phil Berger front group, called "Neighbors Helping North Carolina". This one had the gall to call Brinson "Honest, Transparent, Veteran". Like Restore NC, Inc., this is a dark money group that you cannot find listed at the NC Board of Elections or Open Secrets.

I will grant that Brinson, like Speciale, is a veteran. But "honest" when he backs groups telling outright lies about his opponent? I don't think so! Even worse is having a shady dark money group trying to push him as "transparent". That really takes the cake. There is nothing about a dark money group or the candidates who accept their support that is "transparent".

Commented: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 10:44 am By: John Steed

TROLL ALERT: Little Bobbie posts in Orwellian Newspeak, and the word "true" as used in his posts actually means "consistent with the far left narrative".

Commented: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 9:17 am By: John Steed

And none of that is true.
She was a mentally ill nut who, through GOP gun laws, had no trouble getting one. Her past violence and crazy behavior in no way infringed on her gun rights, so you got what you got. Man up. You want this world, you got it. You get shot, tough.

Commented: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 6:44 pm By: Big Bob

The citizenship status will be interesting considering that the shooter was recorded as having voted. That will probably make the Biden officials drag their feet even more if the shooter was an illegal alien. They will not want to reveal that. It may end up like the Christian school trans shooter's manifesto which they are still stonewalling on .

The juxtapositioning of the terms "immigrant" and "detained by ICE" are interesting and probably indicative. An "illegal alien" is NOT an "immigrant" although the leftist media likes to misuse that term for them and not follow the definitions in federal law. However, a true "immigrant" is only detained by ICE if they have had very serious violations of their immigration status, which is very rare. Almost all of those who have been "detained by ICE" are illegal aliens rather than immigrants. The shooter was clearly detained at some time prior to the shooting as after the shooting they were dead so no longer would need to be detained. All of this strongly suggests that this was an illegal alien who illegally voted in the 2020 election.

Commented: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 6:14 pm By: borderhawk

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 had 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: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 5:48 pm By: Steven P. Rader

This French poll that follows the trend of so many other polls in Europe, shows what a huge issue illegal immigration is in Europe, just as it is in America.

Commented: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 1:56 pm By: borderhawk

Thom.Tillus you are our senator and we (3 of us) voted for you and will NOT vote for you again. This piece of legislation is NOTHING but garbage AGAINST We, the PEOPLE!! If you continue to support this outrageous piece of legislation, we will actively work against your re-election. Start working for the voters of NORTH CAROLINA!!

Commented: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 12:22 pm By: Peggy

Lord Acton writes to Bishop Creighton that the same moral standards should be applied to all men, political and religious leaders included, especially since “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (1887)

In “Animal Farm” we find that some pigs are more equal than others.

It seems that Power makes men blind to morality more than money. Many seem to start out with the right attitude in Raleigh and then quickly get inoculated with this blind push for power. This seems to be the case with Burger and Moore.

We know what we are getting with Speciale. He proved his position and staying power with 4 terms in the House. On leaving he was called, “The conscience of the House”. Hardly something we could tag Tim Moore, Phil Burger, or Bob Brinson with.

Commented: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 11:16 am By: Buzz Cayton

DJT only looks out for himself.
MAGA makes a lot of noise, but can't govern.

Commented: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 @ 10:15 am By: Big Bob