Cabarrus Cheap Seats

I’ve been working for the local Republican Party on their Get Out the Vote Effort. A Significant numer of people told me they alrteady tried to vote early, but didn’t have time to wait in long lines, often an hour or more. (My wife waited 1 1/2 Hours in Harrisburg when she voted early.)
Obviously, there’s [...]

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I’d heard rumors that someone supposedly had a tape of Jeff Barnhart saying that he was going to resign if reelected, and I chalked it up to Coy and his cronies.  Well, according to the Independent Tribune, the local Democrats are in the same gutter with Coy Privette.
Johnson’s report, obtained Wednesday by the Independent Tribune, [...]

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Since I’ve been back in town, my life is has been one very long to-do list.  One of the things I wanted to do was to get back to everyone who commented/posted articles while I was gone.  So, I’m sorry for hogging all of the “Recent Comments”; but I didn’t want anyone who took the [...]

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In Aaron’s Post on Obama’s pick of Joe Biden (which I’m THRILLED with), there was an interesting thread that started with Bob Carruth’s comment:
The two opposite themes could not have been more clearer for me:
McCain - there is a partnership between our local, state and federal government. The role of the federal government is to [...]

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Mike Tallent and I have become pretty good friends since he was elected last year to the Midland Town Council.  Our sons are both involved in scouting, and Mike has always been an encouragement to me, even helping put out some of my signs during the primary earlier this year. 
We have been hard at work [...]

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When I was 19, I helped make the air cleaner in Omaha, Nebraska.  It wasn’t because I lobbied for some cause.  It’s because I did my job.  I was working for a group that helped electric utilities operate their generation plants by training operators to operate the plant more efficiently.  By burning less fuel, there [...]

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Cross-posted in the Concord Standard
As a nation we can be proud that someone was able to progress through their career and overcome being a target of the most vile, bigoted elements of their political party to be a choice for President.  Regardless of the outcome on November 4th, we can rest assured that the presence [...]

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Here’s the updated list from before…your candidates for 4 four-year terms and the remaining two years of Liz Poole’s term…so far:
Republicans: incumbent: Holly Blackwelder; previous candidates: David Harrison and Lew Davidson; newcomers: Robert Tizon, Phillip C. Stevens, and Blake Kiger
Democrats: incumbent: Cindy Fertenbaugh; previous candidates: Mike Helms and Wilma King Means; newcomers: Anna Hood and [...]

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OK, what it took me to do in 400+ words in my past article is best demonstrated by this hilarious video from the McCain campaign.
Enjoy. (H/T: The Next Right)

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