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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Who could possibly be against protecting women against violence? The renewal of the disingenuously-named Violence Against Women Act sailed through the Senate with 78 of 100 votes and 238 votes out of 435 (87 GOP votes) in the House.
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Who could possibly be against protecting women against violence? The renewal of the disingenuously-named Violence Against Women Act sailed through the Senate with 78 of 100 votes and 238 votes out of 435 (87 GOP votes) in the House.
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The establishment and the MSM have worked hard to slander and defame Tea Partiers in the eyes of their low-information audiences. The Washington Post -- yep, THEM -- suggests that the GOP needs to treat The Tea Party like Slick Willie Clinton treated that skank Sista Souljah back in 1992.
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The establishment and the MSM have worked hard to slander and defame Tea Partiers in the eyes of their low-information audiences. The Washington Post -- yep, THEM -- suggests that the GOP needs to treat The Tea Party like Slick Willie Clinton treated that skank Sista Souljah back in 1992.
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The hottest trend these days among mainstream media-types is to publish names and addresses of people who have concealed-carry permits. WRAL and a newspaper in NY tried it -- and got burned.
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The hottest trend these days among mainstream media-types is to publish names and addresses of people who have concealed-carry permits. WRAL and a newspaper in NY tried it -- and got burned.
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The other day, Walter Jones, Jr. was babbling about Dick Cheney roasting in hell.
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The other day, Walter Jones, Jr. was babbling about Dick Cheney roasting in hell.
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"It's Not what they say, it's what they do." THAT is the slogan that hits you first when you call up The Club For Growth's home page.
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"It's Not what they say, it's what they do." THAT is the slogan that hits you first when you call up The Club For Growth's home page.
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Walter Jones, Jr. has got quite a cult following. The folks who read "Mother Jones" AND The Ron Paul fan club are both swooning over him.
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Walter Jones, Jr. has got quite a cult following. The folks who read "Mother Jones" AND The Ron Paul fan club are both swooning over him.
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It's been fun watching all of the sputtering and posturing about the strategy memo reportedly circulated by the leadership of a lefty group calling itself BluePrintNC.
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It's been fun watching all of the sputtering and posturing about the strategy memo reportedly circulated by the leadership of a lefty group calling itself BluePrintNC.
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Well, every year groups from the ADA to the ACU to National Journal to The Club For Growth release ideological rankings of the 535 voting members of Congress.
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Well, every year groups from the ADA to the ACU to National Journal to The Club For Growth release ideological rankings of the 535 voting members of Congress.
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Charlotte and Mecklenburg County have had it rough. Charlotte got the -- ahem -- privilege of hosting the Low-Information Traveling Circus (a/k/a the DNC) this past year.
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Charlotte and Mecklenburg County have had it rough. Charlotte got the -- ahem -- privilege of hosting the Low-Information Traveling Circus (a/k/a the DNC) this past year.
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The mainstream media and The White House are warning of a coming apocalypse brought on by "draconian" spending cuts in the budget sequester that is to kick in on March 1.
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The mainstream media and The White House are warning of a coming apocalypse brought on by "draconian" spending cuts in the budget sequester that is to kick in on March 1.
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Is he "the centrist mayor of North Carolina's largest city who campaigned as someone able to work across party lines?
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Is he "the centrist mayor of North Carolina's largest city who campaigned as someone able to work across party lines?
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Let's count all of the various state law enforcement authorities we have here in North Carolina.
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Let's count all of the various state law enforcement authorities we have here in North Carolina.
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It appears that you merely have to spout lefty talking points in order to be quoted verbatim and cooed over by WRAL or The McClatchy Gang.
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It appears that you merely have to spout lefty talking points in order to be quoted verbatim and cooed over by WRAL or The McClatchy Gang.
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The Charlotte area is riding high in our fair state capital these days. The governor is a former mayor of The Queen City.
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The Charlotte area is riding high in our fair state capital these days. The governor is a former mayor of The Queen City.
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There's just something about Asheville and boobs. The other day, we get the big boob himself from DC in town.
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There's just something about Asheville and boobs. The other day, we get the big boob himself from DC in town.
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A continued look at the media stooges within North Carolina is always appropriate.
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A continued look at the media stooges within North Carolina is always appropriate.
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The leadership of the N.C. General Assembly, newly reinforced by a Republican governor, appeared to show its true colors this week. And they weren't pretty.
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The leadership of the N.C. General Assembly, newly reinforced by a Republican governor, appeared to show its true colors this week. And they weren't pretty.
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The N&O's Craig Jarvis has me puzzled with his latest piece on Skvarla, entitled "What's Skvarla Think About Global Warming?"
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The N&O's Craig Jarvis has me puzzled with his latest piece on Skvarla, entitled "What's Skvarla Think About Global Warming?"
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Gunga Din was immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in literature -- and later in movies. He was a poor, hapless, shuffling, kowtowing, water-carrying man-servant to some British soldiers in India.
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Gunga Din was immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in literature -- and later in movies. He was a poor, hapless, shuffling, kowtowing, water-carrying man-servant to some British soldiers in India.
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We've said our peace in opposition to the NC General Assembly's campaign to increase unemployment taxes for employers across the state. We've received SOME criticism over that position -- even from alleged conservatives -- sniffing that the increase is a mere "pittance"
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We've said our peace in opposition to the NC General Assembly's campaign to increase unemployment taxes for employers across the state. We've received SOME criticism over that position -- even from alleged conservatives -- sniffing that the increase is a mere "pittance"
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The editorial page of our multiple Hershel Walker Peace & Justice Award-winning local newspaper is apparently NOT a big fan of amendments to the North Carolina Constitution.
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The editorial page of our multiple Hershel Walker Peace & Justice Award-winning local newspaper is apparently NOT a big fan of amendments to the North Carolina Constitution.
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Gov. Pat and his troops are headed to battle stations over the bill passed by the state Senate which blocks ObamaCare-related Medicaid expansion.
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Gov. Pat and his troops are headed to battle stations over the bill passed by the state Senate which blocks ObamaCare-related Medicaid expansion.
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The North Carolina Senate voted Monday to block expansion of Medicaid -- a key component to the implementation of ObamaCare in NC. The move put the Republican majority in the General Assembly's upper chamber at odds with the state's new Republican governor.
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The North Carolina Senate voted Monday to block expansion of Medicaid -- a key component to the implementation of ObamaCare in NC. The move put the Republican majority in the General Assembly's upper chamber at odds with the state's new Republican governor.
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Well, the NC General Assembly is seriously considering jacking up unemployment taxes across The Tar Heel State. Meanwhile, The Commonwealth of Virginia is seriously contemplating eliminating its gasoline tax.
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Well, the NC General Assembly is seriously considering jacking up unemployment taxes across The Tar Heel State. Meanwhile, The Commonwealth of Virginia is seriously contemplating eliminating its gasoline tax.
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Gov. Pat McCrory is getting kudos among the general populace for his tough comments on the state Medicare program at a Thursday press conference.
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Gov. Pat McCrory is getting kudos among the general populace for his tough comments on the state Medicare program at a Thursday press conference.
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Some disturbing reports are coming over the transom about the former NC state House majority leader recently banished to purgatory (a/k/a the post of speaker pro tem).
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Some disturbing reports are coming over the transom about the former NC state House majority leader recently banished to purgatory (a/k/a the post of speaker pro tem).
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The Republican majority in the North Carolina Senate has put its money where its mouth is and introduced legislation allowing the state of North Carolina to "opt out" of the implementation of ObamaCare.
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The Republican majority in the North Carolina Senate has put its money where its mouth is and introduced legislation allowing the state of North Carolina to "opt out" of the implementation of ObamaCare.
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The "rules" of political correctness suggest that white folks are to merely sit back and TAKE whatever nonsense scam artists like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and NC's very own William "Jabba The Hutt" Barber dish out.
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The "rules" of political correctness suggest that white folks are to merely sit back and TAKE whatever nonsense scam artists like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and NC's very own William "Jabba The Hutt" Barber dish out.
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The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- which basically says, if it ain't specifically in The Constitution, it's a state matter -- has been rediscovered by leaders in North Carolina state government. And the media and their lefty comrades are pissed.
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The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- which basically says, if it ain't specifically in The Constitution, it's a state matter -- has been rediscovered by leaders in North Carolina state government. And the media and their lefty comrades are pissed.
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Gov. Pat has trained both barrels on the public education establishment -- specifically those folks within the UNC system.
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Gov. Pat has trained both barrels on the public education establishment -- specifically those folks within the UNC system.
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We've got all kinds of folks at the federal and state level opining on this issue. (Never mind the anemic economic growth, the smothering bureaucracy, and the record unemployment.)
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We've got all kinds of folks at the federal and state level opining on this issue. (Never mind the anemic economic growth, the smothering bureaucracy, and the record unemployment.)
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It's becoming increasingly clear that the state House leadership and the governor's office are working in tandem.
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It's becoming increasingly clear that the state House leadership and the governor's office are working in tandem.
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Supposedly, our state is in the midst of a "conservative revolution." But the message we're getting out of our new administration in Raleigh is sounding a lot like something crafted by the NC Democrat Party's communications staff.
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Supposedly, our state is in the midst of a "conservative revolution." But the message we're getting out of our new administration in Raleigh is sounding a lot like something crafted by the NC Democrat Party's communications staff.
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Gov. Pat McCrory's budget director distanced the Republican chief executive from a proposal to eliminate income taxes in North Carolina and expressed his own "great concerns" with the concept being floated by leading GOP lawmakers.
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Gov. Pat McCrory's budget director distanced the Republican chief executive from a proposal to eliminate income taxes in North Carolina and expressed his own "great concerns" with the concept being floated by leading GOP lawmakers.
