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This is hardly the first time that the Democrats have done this dirty trick to interfere in the Republican nomination process, and probably will not be the last. The media usually tries to sweep it under the rug.

That said, Republicans need to do more to protect our nomination process. In North Carolina, we have a cut off date for registering Republican prior to our conventions and for all parties, prior to filing for office. No one can swith for a day to play games. They can however register Unaffiliated to vote in our primaries if they do it early enough, and many GOP activists object to that and want to close that loophole.

Iowa needs a cut off date, no later than January 1 to be registered Republican to participate in the caucus, and probably more like December 1 to make this Democrat mischief harder to set up. Also, early primary states like New Hampshire and South Carolian need to close their primaries to only Republicans, and the RNC rules need to set major penalties if they do not.

In 2008, McCain got the momentum out of open primary states New Hampshire and South Carolina to get enough of a lead of the pack to capture the nomination. Exit polls showed, however, if only Republicans had been voting, McCain would have lost both states and we would likely have had a different nominee. That is the huge difference that opening or closing a primary can make to the outcome of a campaign. McCain proved a useless nominee on economic issues, which became the election key in the Fall. A different nominee would have probably beaten Obama and saved the country from a lot of nonsense like Obamacare and the Iran deal.

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 8:33 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Someone honestly tried to tell me, that there is a student at one of our Beaufort County Schools, that thinks their self to be some kind of cat/dog what have you. To the point now, get a load of this, that they are supplied with a litter box that they actually use! I wouldn’t believe it, but it was verified by others.

I mean I feel I just have to pause for people to wrap their minds around it……

There are 1000 things wrong with that, sanitation being the first. Really and truly, who is the sorry pathetic soul that has to clean that out? This student needs some real help along with one of those jackets that make you hug yourself. If I beheld a student, thinking they were an animal now to the point they are wearing ears, a tail, and using a litter box, and this student thought they were gonna come into the cafeteria and eat human food sitting at a table, I would tell them they are sadly mistaken. For the school is not an animal shelter and the cafeteria isn’t in the business of feeding strays. Animals must eat animal food, outside. Meow meow my friend.

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 6:34 pm By: Will Simmons

You’re the one aiming to be the master debater. My stances are pretty much equivalent to any conservative. I’m saying to you if you seek to debate ideas then air your grievances attaching specifics to a person, place, or thing. Comments such as…….;

“Have I denied a white person a job, housing, education, seating in a restaurant and bank loans (to name a few)/
the policies you supported and continue to support seem to have no problem doing that to people of color.”
- Bobby Biggums

…… have zero tangible value. Instead it is the wild accusation of a racist individual. Other than the more prominent users of this site, you are completely unaware of the race of those making comments. By continuously trying to somehow make conversations about race, you expose yourself as a racist. Being there’s no racist until the one who comes about accusing of it. Doing so I would assume, because you have nothing helpful to add whatsoever.

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 5:22 pm By: Will Simmons

Bob most were not alive or old enough to say anything good or bad about MLK during his life being he died in 1968.

Second part of your comment was a self diagnosis if I have ever heard one.

With each comment you make, you unfold another layer of ignorance. I apologize but the point must be failing to get through. You make it too easy.

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 4:58 pm By: Will Simmons

Prager U isn’t a real university. Just there to sooth the feelings of old snowflakes

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 4:37 pm By: Big Bob

Big Bob: What have you got now against Jason Riley and Carol Swain?

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 4:26 pm By: Stan Deatherage

All board meetings should be on video and recorded!! Of course they keep making excuses. How about waste tax payer money on the digital signage crap they installed at the central office that no one looks at driving down hwy 264! I could write a book on the money this district wastes!!

The superintendent meets with a few board members prior to discuss agenda items. This man is a toxic scum bag & needs to be removed from Beaufort County. The board members need to be held accountable for extending his contract. We have lost so many students AND employees because of his sorry leadership!!

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 2:23 pm By: Fed Up

What policies are those specifically Bob? If you are trying to debate ideas, then blanket statements will not suffice. As active as you are on this “rag” it would seem you have a sincere interest in what the other side believes. I take it you are a donkey party at heart but I’m sure that at the base of things we agree, I just believe your perspective abilities need a little fine tuning.

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 1:58 pm By: Will Simmons

Hood, you are almost correct about your statement, "There is some good news in the political battle between conservative Republicans and RINOs. During the 2020 and 2022 elections more than half of the total votes cast were for conservative Republican candidates."

First, I thought your optimistic estimate was too low; then when I thought better of it, in retrospect, I realized that your estimate was too high in a sense of optimism due to the Democrat-turned-Republican-promising-Conservatism paradigm.

It is not panning out, and it never truly has. There is one note of optimism, this platform is reaching more people with the real truth, and so is your Beaufort County Conservative Republican PAC.

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 11:55 am By: Stan Deatherage

This stupidity is just one of the countless events that occur when the United States of America has an Idiot President, whose current job description is mumbling "MAGA."

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 10:47 am By: Stan Deatherage

It is not just the sorry Superintendent to blame people need to investigate the previous Chief Academic Officer who is now at Martin County. She will ruin that district & waste tax dollars. There are other puppets including the Assistant Superintendent/HR Director. This circus of a district has not only wasted tax payer money the toxic leadership behavior is unfortunately now being a learned behavior in the classroom. This is a major reason this district is failing. Look at the percentage of students who have left already. Parents are fed up with the sorry leadership and board members who are doing nothing about it.

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 10:09 am By: Fed Up

John Steed: I have heard many Non Patriot Leftists use this hackneyed Cliché .

I reckon some non awakened Liberals, or their intellectual offspring, have graduated from: "Do it for the children."

Commented: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 9:48 am By: Stan Deatherage