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A Democrat scheme to boost Haley's vote did not work so well in Iowa, but according to the radio this afternoon they are trying the same thing in New Hampshire. Democrat rigging of their own nomination process included disallowing New Hampshire's traditional primary date and they have been stripped of delegates by the DNC because they would not go along. Biden did not even ask to be on the ballot, so that leaves lots of Democrat voters able to make mischief in the GOP primary. According to what I heard on the radio today, Democrat operatives are knocking on doors asking identified Democrat voters to "hold their nose for Haley" in the GOP primary in order to hurt Trump. Unforturnately, the Republican primary is an open primary to everyone, so the Democrats do not even have to re-register to vote in it. Why people who will be voting Democrat in November are allowed to participate in a Republican primary at all is beyond me.

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 2:43 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

Yes, that word does describe your "logic" very well, Little Bobbie. Put up or shut up. If you had proof of your ravings, you would offier it. You don't.

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 2:07 pm By: Rino Hunter

MAGA - completely unfit to govern.

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 1:10 pm By: Big Bob

Firebrand lies.

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 10:09 am By: Hood Richardson

I would not call someone "smarter" than anyone if they are supporting do-noting seat warmers on the school board who allow themselves to be rubberstamps for a leftwing school superintendant instead of doing the jobs they were elected to in setting policy for our schools. The useless school board members we have now seem to regard Cheeseman as their boss instead of their employee, which he actually is.

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 9:49 am By: Conservative Voter

In 2024, our country faces an election that is existential. If Biden or someone like him remains in power, we will not recognize the America we know and love in another four years. It will be gone forever. In that context, all conservatives and Republicans need to focus on preventing that from happening rather than rehashing what happened in the local party in an incident two years ago. That cannot be changed but the direction of our country still can be. We also have lots of other important races like getting decent governor for a change and getting a local school board with the backbone to stand up to woke policies.

That said, there is an easy way to put that dispute over what Hood Richardson did or did not resign from to bed for good, and that is for someone to produce his letter of resignation to see what it actually said.

When one holds two positions on one governing body, it is possible to resign both or to resign one and keep the other, and the specific wording of the resignation is what determines which has occured. I, myself had that situation. At the 1981 First Congressional District GOP convention, I was re-elected as a member at large of the NCGOP state executive committee for a two year term. A few months later, when Joe Beard resigned as Young Republican National Committeeman from NC to take a job in the Reagan administraion, he recommended me as his successor and I was elected by the state Young Republican Executive Committee. My new position also carried a voting seat on the NCGOP state executive committee, but I was not allowed to cast votes for both positions I now held. To give someone else from eastern North Carolina an opportunity to serve on the NCGOP state ExCom, I resigned my First District at-large seat, but retained my other seat by virtue of being YR National Committeeman.

The key is the wording of the letter of resignation. I have pointed that out to both sides since just after this dispute began, but so far I have not seen either side produce the actual letter. Please, somebody do that so we can put this issue to bed. There are so many more important things we need to be working on that have a whole lot more bearing on our future.

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 9:20 am By: Steven P. Rader

The "True Republican Party" (The Beaufort County GOP); their motto enforced: 'Real Conservatives need not apply.'

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 9:00 am By: Stan Deatherage

I wonder how many of those third place Iowa votes Haley got came from partisan Democrats trying to skew the GOP caucuses against Trump? Haley is a globalist RINO.

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 8:15 am By: Rino Hunter

Thanks.

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 7:57 am By: Stan Deatherage

Not one of you could prove I'm wrong.

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 7:37 am By: Big Bob

Some have many riches, yet are some of the poorest people I know.

Commented: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 7:46 am By: Big Bob