The Daily Haymaker Guest Editorial
Our GUY IN CHARGE - editor and publisher Brant Clifton - has marched to the beat of a different drum from very early in life. The grandson of a Democrat party machine boss, Mr. Clifton registered Republican at 18 and campaigned for Ronald Reagan and George Bush. He worked for the late U.S. Senator Jesse Helms in Washington during and right after college.
Mr. Clifton took on the liberal media as an analyst with The Media Research Center, then jumped into a lengthy career with the "drive-by media". His work has appeared in local newspapers in The Carolinas. He has done on-camera work for ABC's Good Morning America, and print work for national publications such as US News & World Report and People magazine. Mr. Clifton has also worked as a correspondent for AP, UPI, Reuters and Agence France Presse.
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It's a year before the primary vote to pick a GOP challenger to North Carolina's "Accidental Senator."™
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It's a year before the primary vote to pick a GOP challenger to North Carolina's "Accidental Senator."™
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Air traffic controllers being furloughed. Parks being closed. Tax rate increases. White House tours being cancelled. But our government can STILL find the time AND money to peddle rock music to overseas consumers.
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Air traffic controllers being furloughed. Parks being closed. Tax rate increases. White House tours being cancelled. But our government can STILL find the time AND money to peddle rock music to overseas consumers.
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Senator Josh Stein (D-Wake) and the Crayon Corps at McClatchy-Raleigh are really, really peeved at Sen. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick.
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Senator Josh Stein (D-Wake) and the Crayon Corps at McClatchy-Raleigh are really, really peeved at Sen. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick.
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South Carolina legislators have passed a law making it a crime for anyone in The Palmetto State to enforce the implementation of ObamaCare
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South Carolina legislators have passed a law making it a crime for anyone in The Palmetto State to enforce the implementation of ObamaCare
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Yep. I find that hard to believe, as well. We've documented the story about mentally-handicapped people being hauled to the polls on election day to "cast votes."
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Yep. I find that hard to believe, as well. We've documented the story about mentally-handicapped people being hauled to the polls on election day to "cast votes."
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Big Barry has nominated two guys -- who happen to be liberal black Democrats, like himself -- from North Carolina for important jobs in Washington.
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Big Barry has nominated two guys -- who happen to be liberal black Democrats, like himself -- from North Carolina for important jobs in Washington.
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The slobbering sycophants in the mainstream media steno pool are trumpeting a story from sea to shining sea that the economy is EXPANDING.
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The slobbering sycophants in the mainstream media steno pool are trumpeting a story from sea to shining sea that the economy is EXPANDING.
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That feisty bunch at Heritage Action has been shooting with both barrels at The Tar Heel State's US Senators.
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That feisty bunch at Heritage Action has been shooting with both barrels at The Tar Heel State's US Senators.
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In a legislative session featuring proposals to rewrite the tax code, take important next steps on regulatory reform, give parents more school choice, and restructure...
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In a legislative session featuring proposals to rewrite the tax code, take important next steps on regulatory reform, give parents more school choice, and restructure...
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In the run-up to the 2010 elections, we heard a lot of sob stories from NCGA Republicans about how heavy-handed and unfair the Democrats were to them when they ran the legislature.
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In the run-up to the 2010 elections, we heard a lot of sob stories from NCGA Republicans about how heavy-handed and unfair the Democrats were to them when they ran the legislature.
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Charlotte Mayor Redd Foxx is movin' on up -- just like The Jeffersons and The Clampetts.
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Charlotte Mayor Redd Foxx is movin' on up -- just like The Jeffersons and The Clampetts.
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The average low-information voter -- perhaps one of the few remaining paying McClatchy subscribers -- would look at that headline and say something like: "Hmmm. It sure does look like THAT Pat McCrory is covering something up!"
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The average low-information voter -- perhaps one of the few remaining paying McClatchy subscribers -- would look at that headline and say something like: "Hmmm. It sure does look like THAT Pat McCrory is covering something up!"
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How on earth could an Obama-liberal be one of the four Republican Leaders in the State House?
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How on earth could an Obama-liberal be one of the four Republican Leaders in the State House?
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We've been following for some time the case of Jackie and Dale Pfendler, owners of JP Electric in Fayetteville, in their long-running battle with The City of Fayetteville.
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We've been following for some time the case of Jackie and Dale Pfendler, owners of JP Electric in Fayetteville, in their long-running battle with The City of Fayetteville.
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The Politico -- hardly a right-wing rag -- has broken a story about a bipartisan group of politicians seeking to exempt themselves and their staffs from the impending implementation of ObamaCare.
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The Politico -- hardly a right-wing rag -- has broken a story about a bipartisan group of politicians seeking to exempt themselves and their staffs from the impending implementation of ObamaCare.
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The North Carolina state House has pushed through legislation -however watered-down it may be -- requiring voters to show ID at polling places.
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The North Carolina state House has pushed through legislation -however watered-down it may be -- requiring voters to show ID at polling places.
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The Charlotte City Council's vote to give the owners of The Carolina Panthers $87 million to renovate Bank of America Stadium has raised some hackles in the grassroots.
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The Charlotte City Council's vote to give the owners of The Carolina Panthers $87 million to renovate Bank of America Stadium has raised some hackles in the grassroots.
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Some Wilmington-area activists with Heritage Action were ringleaders in the effort to hijack US Senator Kay Hagan's Twitter town hall.
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Some Wilmington-area activists with Heritage Action were ringleaders in the effort to hijack US Senator Kay Hagan's Twitter town hall.
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Democrats have been working hard to take out state Rep. Mike Stone (R-Sanford). Stone's 2012 race was a little too close for comfort. In 2013, the Blueprint crowd has ordered the creative writing crowd at McClatchy-Raleigh to sharpen their crayons and finish Mr. Stone off.
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Democrats have been working hard to take out state Rep. Mike Stone (R-Sanford). Stone's 2012 race was a little too close for comfort. In 2013, the Blueprint crowd has ordered the creative writing crowd at McClatchy-Raleigh to sharpen their crayons and finish Mr. Stone off.
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The groping and sexual aggression of Ted Kennedy and Chris Dodd -- or the Oval Office intern molestations perpetrated by Bill Clinton -- didn't do anything to paint the Democrat Party as "anti-woman."
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The groping and sexual aggression of Ted Kennedy and Chris Dodd -- or the Oval Office intern molestations perpetrated by Bill Clinton -- didn't do anything to paint the Democrat Party as "anti-woman."
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The mainstream media (MSM) has sounded the alarm and taken to battlestations. Their highest ranking, like-minded, last-standing, pantsuit-wearing political ally is in the crosshairs of the dreaded Republicans.
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The mainstream media (MSM) has sounded the alarm and taken to battlestations. Their highest ranking, like-minded, last-standing, pantsuit-wearing political ally is in the crosshairs of the dreaded Republicans.
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Thom Tillis and his team in the state House have pushed through a voter ID bill, but Jay DeLancey is NOT IMPRESSED.
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Thom Tillis and his team in the state House have pushed through a voter ID bill, but Jay DeLancey is NOT IMPRESSED.
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I was always under the impression that people elect you to the Senate so that you can give voice to THEIR concerns in Washington. Kay Hagan got elected from North Carolina, but she's put together a voting record that would earn her senator-for-life status in Massachusetts.
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I was always under the impression that people elect you to the Senate so that you can give voice to THEIR concerns in Washington. Kay Hagan got elected from North Carolina, but she's put together a voting record that would earn her senator-for-life status in Massachusetts.
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Answer: THIS WOMAN. Carol Folt, acting president of Darthmouth College, was named this week as the first female chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Answer: THIS WOMAN. Carol Folt, acting president of Darthmouth College, was named this week as the first female chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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If you believe the spin of a lot of NCGOP insiders, the state Republican Party will be governed for the next two years by a former legislator and the cousin of Art "The Great Satan" Pope.
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If you believe the spin of a lot of NCGOP insiders, the state Republican Party will be governed for the next two years by a former legislator and the cousin of Art "The Great Satan" Pope.
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Kay Hagan -- our junior US senator AND NY Senator Chuck Schumer's favorite sock puppet -- has been getting a lot of kudos from the MSM for utilizing social media as part of her constituent relations operation.
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Kay Hagan -- our junior US senator AND NY Senator Chuck Schumer's favorite sock puppet -- has been getting a lot of kudos from the MSM for utilizing social media as part of her constituent relations operation.
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My diligent efforts to bring you the best intelligence and insight into Carolina politics put me into contact with a diverse array of people from across our two states.
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My diligent efforts to bring you the best intelligence and insight into Carolina politics put me into contact with a diverse array of people from across our two states.
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Well, our two US Senators have thrown in with the Ruling Class effort to chip away at our Second Amendment rights.
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Well, our two US Senators have thrown in with the Ruling Class effort to chip away at our Second Amendment rights.
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Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Kay Hagan was one lucky gal in 2008.
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Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Kay Hagan was one lucky gal in 2008.
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We've been treated to wave after wave of media and lefty spin talking about how devastating the sequestration cuts to the federal budget will cripple our great nation.
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We've been treated to wave after wave of media and lefty spin talking about how devastating the sequestration cuts to the federal budget will cripple our great nation.
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It's one of the worst kept secrets in North Carolina that state House speaker Thom Tillis aspires to replace Kay Hagan in the United States Senate.
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It's one of the worst kept secrets in North Carolina that state House speaker Thom Tillis aspires to replace Kay Hagan in the United States Senate.
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The Crayon Corps in the newsroom at The McClatchy School of Creative Writing's Raleigh Campus never ceases to amaze me.
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The Crayon Corps in the newsroom at The McClatchy School of Creative Writing's Raleigh Campus never ceases to amaze me.
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Democrats' last minute sweetheart deal to hand over Dix hospital property to the city of Raleigh is collapsing, and boys are those lefties upset.
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Democrats' last minute sweetheart deal to hand over Dix hospital property to the city of Raleigh is collapsing, and boys are those lefties upset.
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Campus lefties are crying over Gov. Pat's plans to cut $140 million from the UNC system.
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Campus lefties are crying over Gov. Pat's plans to cut $140 million from the UNC system.
