Note: This is a little piece of satire for all of us who have had to sit and listen to a horrible speech made by a republican.You can switch it for a democrat to suit your needs. By the way this is not a formal statement extending my belief that God is really a democrat. Please take this lightly and with a bit of fun hearted spirit.
As you pack yourself into the crowded Reagan Theater, with people from suits to tie-dyed shirts, you begin to think you’re going to hear just another “we can all be special” speech from a person who isn’t too special in the first place. Your mind slowly starts to brace itself for the next hour of brain numbing bored-ness. You can also see it on the other blank faces that fill the sea of disenchantment. Then your mind starts to try and trick it’s self into believing it can’t be to bad, it’s only an hour and that you can tough it out. Suddenly your shaken from your own despair by a loud voice stating “The Lt. Governor will just be a few minutes late”. Perfect, it’s not bad enough you’re going to suck my life out of me for the next hour but now you’re late? Again you start to drift off and begin to imagine how the other blank faces must be feeling, it’s obvious they can’t be much better off than you at this point.
The door opens and you’re brought back to reality and you see that Mr. Gary Herbert is now taking the stage after the shaking of the hands and the fake smiles are over. Now here it comes, the moment you were trying to escape for the last twenty minutes has arrived. Not only will this be pointless but also it has to be at least somewhat harmful to your health. He begins with the usual remarks of its nice to be here and some corny joke about why he was late, but you sense an extra plainness and vanilla-ness that even you wouldn’t have thought possible. Was it you or was everyone else feeling a little more cheapen by a not so inspirational, inspirational speech? He continues with the very poorly written speech that his press office had to have forgotten to proof read. All you hear now is the occasional “you are the future” and “you can make a difference” lines that all political folks like to feed you. More and more you think it has to be ending soon or is this some sad joke your political science professor is playing on you by asking you to attend for extra credit? You would now hope and pray that there was something at the end of this dark rainbow to make it worth it, that this cant be just for kicks. Is there a point or is this guy really an under cover torturer who gets off grinding college kids till they break?
“In closing I like to thank…”; no thank you for an hour worst than a public telethon on a Friday night. As the golf claps fade away and the crowd rushes the door, you start to think God must be a democrat for how could he let anyone go through that hell for an hour. While you walk out the door to sweet freedom the only question you have now is, which one is the big guy up the stairs pulling for, Hillary or Obama in the fall?
Thursday, April 24, 2008
“God Must Be A Democrat”(take this lightly its only poltical satire)
Friday, April 18, 2008
Poll: Mixed Results on Race, Gender, Age in Presidential Election
Elon, N.C. — Most North Carolina residents say race, gender and age will not have an impact on their vote in the upcoming presidential election.
But more than half of respondents in the latest Elon University Poll say they know someone whose decision will be tied to at least one of these characteristics.
Ninety-one percent of those surveyed said race does not make a difference in how they vote; 79 percent said a candidate's gender makes no difference; and 66 percent said they do not factor age in their decision.
But when asked if they knew someone who would not vote for a candidate based on those attributes, 64 percent of respondents said they knew someone who would not vote for a woman; 54 percent said they knew someone who would not vote for a black candidate; and 44 percent said they knew someone who would not vote for someone they'd consider "too old."
The candidate most identified to be favorable or extremely favorable was Republican Sen. John McCain with 52 percent, followed by Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton with 49 and 44 percent, respectively.
While race, gender and age reportedly have minimal effects on voting decisions, the top three qualities citizens say influence their votes were experience, exaggerated statements and personality.
Governor's Race
In the race for N.C. governor, the competition between Democrats Beverly Perdue and Richard Moore will likely come down to voters who have yet to choose a candidate. The two are tied in terms of approval – 31 percent of citizens say they approved or strongly approved of the candidates – but 40 percent remain undecided.
Republican Pat McCrory has a 29 percent approval rating, the highest of candidates in his party. Nearly 60 percent of voters have yet to pick a favorite in the GOP gubernatorial primary.
Senate Race
More than half of voters surveyed approved of the job Senator Elizabeth Dole is doing. She had a 56 percent satisfaction rate and is running unopposed for the Republican nomination.
The Democrats in that race are not as familiar to the voters. 58 percent had not formed an opinion about State Senator Kay Hagan; 62 percent said the same about investment banker Jim Neal.
The poll, conducted April 13-17, 2008, by the Elon University Institute for Politics and Public Affairs, surveyed 543 North Carolina residents. It has a margin of error of 4.3 percent.
The sample is of the population in general and does not restrict respondents by their voter eligibility or their likelihood of voting in an election.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
GOP polling numbers for North Carolina governors race
Raleigh, N.C. – Pat McCrory continues to hover around a ten point lead in the
Republican race for Governor, according to the newest survey from Public Policy
Polling.
McCrory is at 34% in the poll, followed by Fred Smith at 25%. Bill Graham, Bob Orr,
and Elbie Powers are lagging further behind at 6%, 5%, and 0% respectively. 52% of
voters continue to report that they could change their minds between now and the
election.
“Because so many voters are not firmly committed to a candidate, there is still an opening
for Fred Smith to make a move here,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy
Polling. “But the clock is ticking and Pat McCrory is likely to win without a runoff if
Smith doesn’t start doing something new soon. Lee Greenwood and barbecue are not
going to win you a statewide election in 2008.”
In addition to his customary huge lead in Charlotte, McCrory also has the advantage in
the Triad and the Triangle. Smith’s areas of strength are down east and in the mountains.
(Credit to PPP. April 15th,2008)
Veto
So what do you think of the mayor? I like to see what others think of him and his chances against Mrs.Perdue in Nov? I have to say I was a Fred Smith type of guy at first,but now that it seems he want win in the May primary,whats one to do? Hang on for hope of Fred pulling an upset or jumping ship to help Pat to win the general? I have to say the republicans have had some great canidates this year and I think any of them would make a fine governor for North Carolina.
Thank you,I'm sorry
I like to first to comment on my lack of bloging over the last month or so. I'm sorry and I hope to never to let that happen again. For those of you who have been faithful and check every now in then I ask you continue to do so,but also I wish for more new memembers as well. From here on out expect full attention from me on my blogging and the best carolina politcs fix on the net. Thank you for hanging in there and staying with me.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
North Carolina Lottery-The Real Story
By clicking the title above,this video from the New York Times(not a conservative,lottery hating people)shows the real pit falls of a "too good to be true fix" to education. As you will find only 35% of the actually money from the lottery reaches schools. Another 50% goes to over head and prizes,not to mention the lottery is raising its prizes every few months. They say this is to get more people to play but what it really does is just take more of the money from schools. The numbers for the lottery's first year and the years to follow were 1.2 billion dollars a year,but in reality was only 225.77 million the first year and the following year was still below the 1.2. billion estimate giving to us by the "lottery fixes all" crowd. I remember when the lottery was passed back in 2005(though the first ticket wasn't sold till 2006)the dark cloud it brought with it. The only way the lottery was passed was by false statements and down right dirty politics. They sent the Assembly home with the promise they were done for the session,only to call them back a week or so later to shove the lottery bill through in the last minute. The proponents knew that two legislators would not be present because one was getting married and the other was going in for surgery. Even with these two missing it still ended up a tie vote,but not for the benefit of the people of North Carolina the law is,if there is a tie vote in the senate then then Lt.Governor can break the tie. As they say the rest is history and North Carolina was hoodwinked into having a lottery. I always said "if they're that dirty to pass it,how good of a chance do you have to win it".
Smith: Perdue plan 'hypocritical'
Fred Smith says Beverly Perdue's public-financing plan is "hypocritical."
The Republican gubernatorial candidate told Dome that he objects to her plan to create an endowment to fund positive campaigns for governor and reduce the influence of contributors.
"She is the picture child of the politician who goes to the rich and powerful and raises money using her political position," he said.
He said that Perdue has "shaken down" donors such as country music singer Randy Parton and run ads attacking Democratic rival Richard Moore.
Smith, who has loaned his campaign $1.9 million so far, said he would be willing to make an agreement on personal spending in the general election, avoiding negative ads and holding debates -- three things Perdue's plan would promote.
"If I'm the nominee and she's the nominee, I'd be happy to make a deal with her that there would be no negative ads," he said. "I'll debate her anywhere, any time, and I'll agree to any rules on using personal money. We can do that without having some government program."
Thursday, February 28, 2008
1st TV Ad -- Richard's Agenda for North Carolina
Well lets see how the Dems are doing on tv ads? I have to say that the dems are fighting like cats and dogs. Hopefully they will tear each other apart so that the Republicans can win and put this state on the right track again. though I have to say if i was wanting a dem over another I think Moore is the right one.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Immigration will drive the population of the United States
WASHINGTON (AFP) - sharply upward between now and 2050, and will push whites into a minority, projections by the Pew Research Center showed Monday.
"If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005," an increase of nearly 50 percent, the study by the Washington-based think-tank said.
More than 80 percent of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving in the country and their US-born children, who will make up nearly one in five Americans by 2050 compared with one in eight in 2005, it said.
Whites, who currently make up around two-thirds of the US population, will become a minority (47 percent) by 2050, the report said.
The Hispanic population, currently the largest minority group, will triple in size and double in percentage terms from 14 percent in 2005 to 29 percent in 2050, the report said.
The Asian population will roughly double in percentage terms, from five percent to nine percent, while the black population will remain static at around 13 percent.
The projections are based on trends over the past 50 years, during which legal and illegal immigration have played an increasing role in US population growth, the report said.
From 1960 to 2005, new immigrants and their US-born descendants accounted for 51 percent of population increase, and for 58 percent from 1980 to 2005, the report said.
But, the report warned, "possible future changes in immigration policy" could impact the projections.
Illegal immigration has become a top issue in the race for the US presidency, especially among Republican candidates, most of whom favor of a crackdown.
Can Mike Huckabee win the GOP nomination?
this is for all the nay sayers and the doubtful. Mike Huckabee has the entire election been called"the man without a chance" or "he is crazy, and this is nonsense". Though he keeps coming back time and time again from the grave,I mean he won Iowa when he was out spent 20 to 1. He was also down in every poll by atleast 3 to 5 points on super tuesday,but he came back to win just about all those states. Given his rivals a hard fought battle in OK, and MI. So I just want to show those folks who want support a true conservative that he does have a chance since Rommney drop out. By the way for those of you who think Huckabee should have drop out for Mr.HairJob you should know that every poll said that Huckabee supporters 2nd choice was McCain.
Can Mike Huckabee Win?
After crunching all the numbers in.....
Romney cited the "War on Terror" as a reason why he could not continue to try to forestall the nomination process and throw the GOP into a brokered convention. In reality though, the reason he dropped out is that in a three man race most of the remaining delegates are likely to go to McCain or Huckabee.
Key battle ground states for Romney would have been Virginia, Louisiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Kentucky, Maryland, Idaho, South Dakota, Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island. He simply could not have picked up enough delegates in the southern states with Huckabee in the race. In fact, there isn't a single contest where Romney would have been a sure winner. Maybe Idaho and South Dakota?
Huckabee supporters now need to promote the following strategy.
1. Convince enough Romney voters to support Huckabee giving him a sizeable win in at least 11 of the upcoming primaries.
2. Promote the idea among McCain's supporters that the nomination is all wrapped up creating a sense of apathy to the point where many will stay home on primary day.
3. Promote the idea that since the nomination is probably all wrapped up for McCain, non-conservative Republicans in open primary states ought to vote for Obama to block another Clinton era in the White House.
Here's the rationale for this strategy.
With about 700 delegates in his column and 1,008 still to be chosen, McCain still needs to pick up 491 delegates in the remining state primaries to get to the magic number of 1,191. Simple math tells us that that he needs just to recoup 40 percent of the remaining delegates. Huckabee would have to win well over 500 of these remaining 1,008 delegates to block a majority for McCain.
Is it inevitable? Can Huckabee pull off one of the greatest political upsets of all time and defeat McCain? Although it's not very probably it is possible. It would be on the level of a baseball team taking four straight games to win a World Series after being down 0-3. It a phenomenon that happens every 100 years or so.
Here's a few things to consider:
1. Huckabee does not have to win 60 percent of the votes, but only the plurality in enough states to take enough delegates away from McCain to keep him from the majority.
2. The most likely scenario in which this could occur would be in outright wins in the following states: Virginia, Louisiana, Kansas, Mississipi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Kentucky, Maryland, Idaho, South Dakota, and Texas.
If he won these states decisively and picked up a few delegates in some others with a strong second place showing, he could get around 550 delegates, which would bring his total to over 700. That would effectively block a majority for McCain.
3. Huckabee would then need to convince the state parties whose primary voters went for Romney, that he is the more conservative choice over McCain. It's not a hard case to make. He could do it simply by choosing Romney as a runnning mate.
For now the key is to forestall McCain's nomination by winning in Virginia, Louisiana, Kansas, Mississipi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Kentucky, Maryland, Idaho, South Dakota, and Texas.
Can it be done?
It's amazing to me that conservative talk show hosts Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh were practically begging Huckabee to drop out of the race so that Romney would have a chance on Super Tuesday. Yet now that Romney is out, Huckabee is seen to have no chance.
But he does have a chance and here is why.
McCain supporters are going to stay home in droves thinking the nomination is wrapped up. Some Romney supporters will either switch to Huckabee or stay home. An even more startling development could be that in open primary states, the "Anybody-but-Hillary" Republicans will choose the Democrat ballot and vote for Barack Hussein Obama.
Lousiania and Kansas are holding closed primaries tomorrow, but in Washington state an open primary ballot opportunity may convince conservative Republicans to cast a protest vote for Obama.
If tomorrow's primaries show a trend in this direction, there may be a snowball effect and we will have a race again.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Huckabee Aims for South Carolina
Posted: Jan. 10, 2008
Propelled in Iowa by evangelicals' support, Mike Huckabee is trying for a repeat victory in South Carolina, where religion is woven even more tightly into the fabric of life.
A win there in the January 19 primary would keep the former Southern Baptist minister and Arkansas governor in strong contention for the Republican presidential nomination, no matter how he does in the Michigan voting that comes first.
"He is tailor-made for South Carolina voters, better so than Bush in 2000," contends former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley, a Huckabee backer. But Huckabee's hardly alone in seeking - and gaining - support from evangelicals.
Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson have won important endorsements. John McCain is trying to mend fences after a difficult primary experience in South Carolina in 2000.
As in Iowa, where he won the Republican caucuses, the cash-strapped Huckabee is relying on pastors to help get out the vote. And he also has the support of some in the political establishment - Beasley is one - giving him organizing power he lacked in other early voting states. That could make a difference to pragmatic evangelical voters, who want a candidate who could actually win the nomination.
His background has given him some advantages. He spoke in early November at a "pastors' policy briefing" similar to those staged in Iowa and New Hampshire, where local pastors can meet with national Christian Huckabee supporters.
"He's had wonderful opportunities to talk to the 'grasstops,' these pastors who preach to hundreds of people, while not spending any money," said Oran Smith, executive director of the Palmetto Family Council, an anti-abortion group that has remained neutral on the presidential race. "Being a Baptist minister and a candidate for president, no one would want to turn him away."
White evangelicals account for 53 percent of the state's likely Republican voters, according to the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
Still, they "are not a monolithic group here and don't always vote together," cautioned Danielle Vinson, a political science professor at Furman University in Greenville. "Their leadership isn't giving them very clear signals this time, either."
South Carolina's political and religious elite have scattered endorsements across the GOP field:
- Huckabee has the support of Republican Rep. Bob Inglis, who represents one swath of the state's northwest corner, or Upstate - the Bible Belt of South Carolina. Some influential Southern Baptist ministers have spoken warmly of Huckabee but are avoiding endorsements.
- Bob Jones III of the fundamentalist Bob Jones University has endorsed Romney, helping the former Massachusetts governor as some evangelicals worried about his Mormon faith. Romney also was endorsed by Sen. Jim DeMint, an Upstate politician who is influential in the Presbyterian Church in America, headquartered in neighboring Georgia.
- Fred Thompson, who is pinning his campaign survival on a strong South Carolina finish, was endorsed by South Carolina Citizens for Life. The endorsement came when Thompson was running second to abortion rights supporter Rudy Giuliani. Holly Gatling, the anti-abortion group's executive director, said this week her group still strongly backs Thompson, though its main goal is to prevent the former New York mayor from winning.
Another question is the resurgent McCain, who has sought to mend relations with evangelicals after his bitter South Carolina defeat in 2000. McCain has a strong advocate in Lindsey Graham, the state's other U.S. senator.
In 2000, the Christian Coalition was credited with boosting George W. Bush by distributing material spotlighting "disturbing facts about John McCain," including his stances on stem-cell research and campaign finance overhaul. In one sign of how South Carolina's evangelical dynamics have changed, the weakened coalition is sitting out this primary altogether.
Huckabee supporters are quick to point out that many of the state's endorsements came before their candidate emerged as a conservative contender.
Among the state's 700,000 Southern Baptists, support for Huckabee is mixed, but many now view him as an electable candidate who shares their evangelical values, said Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page, a pastor in Taylors, South Carolina "Baptists are pragmatists who support those who they believe to be electable and consistent with pro-family policies," Page said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
Some evangelicals are wary of Huckabee, believing he is too liberal on issues such as poverty, health care and the environment. Page, while not endorsing anyone, dismissed those criticisms, calling Huckabee a "caring, genuine, humble person."
In the final campaign stretch in South Carolina, Huckabee backers will distribute voter guides and air radio announcements urging Christian pastors to speak out on moral issues and encourage people to vote, said Janet Folger, a Florida-based talk show host and co-chair of Huckabee's Faith and Family Values Coalition.
In Iowa, pro-Huckabee pastors reported receiving unsigned letters warning them that getting involved in the race would endanger their churches' tax-exempt status - and Folger said she expects more of the same.
During a rally Wednesday at a hotel ballroom in Spartanburg, Huckabee found a receptive audience that included a homeschooling mother, abortion rights opponents and a woman who said she learned only recently Huckabee was a minister.
Jessie Davis, a 27-year-old mother of three from Inman, South Carolina, held her youngest, 8-month old Abbie, in her arms. Davis said the No. 1 thing that attracted her to Huckabee was "Christian values."
"He's going to ask God what do before he asks somebody else," Davis said after the rally. "God designed everything. He knows how it's supposed to work."
