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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Barry Obama and John Boehner got their $1 trillion spending monstrosity pushed through the House last night by a 219-206 margin. Amnesty got fully funded.
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Barry Obama and John Boehner got their $1 trillion spending monstrosity pushed through the House last night by a 219-206 margin. Amnesty got fully funded.
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Now, congressman Walter Jones is criticizing his caucus's leadership for their tactics in pushing the continuing resolution / omnibus spending bill meant to head off an alleged government shutdown on December 11.
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Now, congressman Walter Jones is criticizing his caucus's leadership for their tactics in pushing the continuing resolution / omnibus spending bill meant to head off an alleged government shutdown on December 11.
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I was floored to see that North Carolinians actually voted to make their right to a jury trial optional.
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I was floored to see that North Carolinians actually voted to make their right to a jury trial optional.
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There must be something in the water in the Triangle. Those folks keep finding the wussiest left-wing girlie-men possible - cloning them - and electing them to public office. Think Homer Simpson's neighbor Flanders.
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There must be something in the water in the Triangle. Those folks keep finding the wussiest left-wing girlie-men possible - cloning them - and electing them to public office. Think Homer Simpson's neighbor Flanders.
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Question: What do you get when you hold your nose while voting? Answer: Pretty much the same damn thing you would have gotten from the guys and gals you voted against.
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Question: What do you get when you hold your nose while voting? Answer: Pretty much the same damn thing you would have gotten from the guys and gals you voted against.
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The public-private partnership is not working. She was wanting to have a special session on all of these incentives and handouts that none of us were thrilled with.
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The public-private partnership is not working. She was wanting to have a special session on all of these incentives and handouts that none of us were thrilled with.
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We’ve had our issues with a lot of decisions made by this governor. But we do have to give him kudos for his positions on illegal immigration. In 2013, he resisted General Assembly efforts (led by Thom Tillis) to water down e-verify citizenship requirements for the state’s employers.
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We’ve had our issues with a lot of decisions made by this governor. But we do have to give him kudos for his positions on illegal immigration. In 2013, he resisted General Assembly efforts (led by Thom Tillis) to water down e-verify citizenship requirements for the state’s employers.
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Well, the Orange County board met, and ol' Barry tossed in his two cents for The N&O.
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Well, the Orange County board met, and ol' Barry tossed in his two cents for The N&O.
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A rightward shift. That's how two sources - who both had votes in today's leadership vote - described the final results to me.
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A rightward shift. That's how two sources - who both had votes in today's leadership vote - described the final results to me.
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Cherie Berry is in all of our elevators, but apparently she's not in the hearts of the proletariat in The N&O newsroom.
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Cherie Berry is in all of our elevators, but apparently she's not in the hearts of the proletariat in The N&O newsroom.
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Then-speaker Thom Tillis, Skip Stam, the Black Caucus, and The John Locke Foundation were all quite passionate about passing reparations for people sterilized by the state of North Carolina from the 20s to the 70s.
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Then-speaker Thom Tillis, Skip Stam, the Black Caucus, and The John Locke Foundation were all quite passionate about passing reparations for people sterilized by the state of North Carolina from the 20s to the 70s.
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Congrats, drive-bys. You demagogued a local crime story for months and months. You did all you could to inflame emotions.
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Congrats, drive-bys. You demagogued a local crime story for months and months. You did all you could to inflame emotions.
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We reported earlier about a pretty harsh memo from the Administrative Office of The Courts explaining that court officials have two choices regarding gay marriages: perform them, or quit.
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We reported earlier about a pretty harsh memo from the Administrative Office of The Courts explaining that court officials have two choices regarding gay marriages: perform them, or quit.
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We’ve learned that there just might be a crony capitalism angle in the amnesty fight for at least one powerful House Republican.
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We’ve learned that there just might be a crony capitalism angle in the amnesty fight for at least one powerful House Republican.
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I wasn't surprised that Tim Moore was tapped by his GOP House colleagues Saturday to be the next speaker of the North Carolina House.
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I wasn't surprised that Tim Moore was tapped by his GOP House colleagues Saturday to be the next speaker of the North Carolina House.
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In 2011, Barack Obama said he did not have the constitutional authority to do what he is going to announce today.
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In 2011, Barack Obama said he did not have the constitutional authority to do what he is going to announce today.
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As a fan of the free market, I find myself a little torn on the issue of net neutrality The government wants to step in on the Internet service provider industry to ensure "equal treatment" for everyone and everything on the Internet.
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As a fan of the free market, I find myself a little torn on the issue of net neutrality The government wants to step in on the Internet service provider industry to ensure "equal treatment" for everyone and everything on the Internet.
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$100 million for ONE US Senate race. Most of it flooded in from out of state.
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$100 million for ONE US Senate race. Most of it flooded in from out of state.
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A ruling Thursday by the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals on gay marriage restrictions in Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan, and Kentucky could open the door to a US Supreme Court review and offer some hope for advocates of traditional marriage.
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A ruling Thursday by the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals on gay marriage restrictions in Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan, and Kentucky could open the door to a US Supreme Court review and offer some hope for advocates of traditional marriage.
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It is absolutely amazing how many people have reacted to the recently completed elections in the same fashion as they would to athletic events. Yay, Blue Devils! Yay, Panthers! Yay, Thom!
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It is absolutely amazing how many people have reacted to the recently completed elections in the same fashion as they would to athletic events. Yay, Blue Devils! Yay, Panthers! Yay, Thom!
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$100 million for THIS? Somebody needs to talk to the manager or ask for a refund or something.
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$100 million for THIS? Somebody needs to talk to the manager or ask for a refund or something.
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You may not be crazy about either of the two major party nominees in the US Senate race. But there are FIVE OTHER OPTIONS beyond Tillis and Hagan. You have Libertarian Sean Haugh.
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You may not be crazy about either of the two major party nominees in the US Senate race. But there are FIVE OTHER OPTIONS beyond Tillis and Hagan. You have Libertarian Sean Haugh.
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It may sound like John McCain and Lindsey Graham, but the words are coming out of Speaker Thom Tillis's mouth.
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It may sound like John McCain and Lindsey Graham, but the words are coming out of Speaker Thom Tillis's mouth.
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I seriously can’t understand the logic behind having TWO prominent Republican leaders go public – right in front of a HUGE election — with their desire to expand Medicaid.
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I seriously can’t understand the logic behind having TWO prominent Republican leaders go public – right in front of a HUGE election — with their desire to expand Medicaid.
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Here at Haymaker HQ, we are still scratching our heads over this one. A nurse named Kaci Hickox went to west Africa to help ebola victims.
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Here at Haymaker HQ, we are still scratching our heads over this one. A nurse named Kaci Hickox went to west Africa to help ebola victims.
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One of the Tar Heel State's more significant Tea Party organizations - Asheville Tea PAC - has stepped forward with a recommendation that voters write in the name of former Mecklenburg County legislator John Rhodes for US Senate.
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One of the Tar Heel State's more significant Tea Party organizations - Asheville Tea PAC - has stepped forward with a recommendation that voters write in the name of former Mecklenburg County legislator John Rhodes for US Senate.
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Lefties across the state and country are giggling mercilessly over the bad publicity being doled out against the UNC-Chapel Hill athletics department.
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Lefties across the state and country are giggling mercilessly over the bad publicity being doled out against the UNC-Chapel Hill athletics department.
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In the 80s and 90s, Democrats worked really hard to make voting easier for their lazy, shiftless, poorly-educated target market.
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In the 80s and 90s, Democrats worked really hard to make voting easier for their lazy, shiftless, poorly-educated target market.
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Former Republican legislator John Rhodes, running as a write-in unaffiliated candidate for US Senate, says voters AND the government need to take a closer look at the ethics of GOP US Senate nominee Thom Tillis.
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Former Republican legislator John Rhodes, running as a write-in unaffiliated candidate for US Senate, says voters AND the government need to take a closer look at the ethics of GOP US Senate nominee Thom Tillis.
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"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."
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"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."
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Two of the more reliable conservative legislators in the state House are urging voters in their districts — and those outside — to vote down the proposed amendment to the state constitution on the November ballot.
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Two of the more reliable conservative legislators in the state House are urging voters in their districts — and those outside — to vote down the proposed amendment to the state constitution on the November ballot.
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Yep. That's the verdict handed down by Washington Post columnist and drive-by media pundit E.J. Dionne regarding our US Senate race this year.
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Yep. That's the verdict handed down by Washington Post columnist and drive-by media pundit E.J. Dionne regarding our US Senate race this year.
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Richard Burr's favorite judge legalized gay "marriage" in North Carolina around 5:30 PM on Friday.
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Richard Burr's favorite judge legalized gay "marriage" in North Carolina around 5:30 PM on Friday.
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One of the biggest motivating factors in politics is anger.
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One of the biggest motivating factors in politics is anger.
