Cabarrus Cheap Seats

I’ve determined the Powers that be want to do everything to keep me from seeing a Presidential Candidate this year.  From a conveniently scheduled test the last time I had the chance, to a full day of work on Saturday, I keep getting the run around.  But that’s not the point of this post.

Senator John McCain will be in Concord for a Rally on Saturday, October 18 (This Saturday) at the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center. Doors open at 8am, but I would reccommend getting there early.  You can get tickets from the local victory office, but they don’t guarantee entry, so make sure you’re there on time.

Hope you guys enjoy it, I’ll be here in exile.

Barack Obama wants to raise this guy’s taxes, but didn’t mind cutting them for giant oil companies.

For RSS and e-mail readers, here’s the video:VIDEO

Coming to Midland N.C.
Pittenger for State Lieutenant Governor
Rally
Friday October 17, 2008
7p.m. @ Midland Fire Department
12805 Highway 601

The Cabarrus County Republican Party is excited to announce that this Friday there will be a rally at the Midland Fire Dept. in support of Robert Pittenger’s campaign for State Lieutenant Governor. We are inviting all the conservative Republican candidates. We have already heard from several candidates that they will be here. We are also inviting all citizens who are interested in getting informed and/or involved in the upcoming election. This is going to be one of the most important elections of any of our lives. We look forward to meeting everyone this Friday at the Midland Fire Department.

I just came across a great article posted by The Wall Street Journal that I wanted to share with everyone.  It is a must read, and everyone should pass it along to potential voters.  It deals with Barack Obama’s claims that he is proposing “tax cuts” to 95% of American Families.  Here is my favorite excerpt..

“Here’s the political catch. All but the clean car credit would be “refundable,” which is Washington-speak for the fact that you can receive these checks even if you have no income-tax liability. In other words, they are an income transfer — a federal check — from taxpayers to nontaxpayers. Once upon a time we called this “welfare,” or in George McGovern’s 1972 campaign a “Demogrant.” Mr. Obama’s genius is to call it a tax cut.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122385651698727257.html#

Read the rest and let me know what you think.  Also, spread the word.

The candidate forums are on Channel 22, beginning this weekend.  They will apparently be shown Sat & Sun at 9 AM and 6 PM, with the BOE candidates and Commissioner candidates flipping times each day.  I also understand that both can be seen on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. 

You can also see the candidate forums on the web, at the county website.  It is streaming, so there are some interruptions depending on your connection speed.  Here is the link:

http://www.cabarruscounty.us/News/Channel22/programs.html

Once you get to the page, scroll to the bottom - there is a link for both.

UPDATE: Endorsements: Mine (featuring Lew Davidson) and the Independent Tribune Endorsements.  Also, a pretty cool, interactive Candidate Guide from the IT.

As part of my on-going mission to stir the pot,  I’m making this non-partisan election a partisan one; because there’s no such thing as a non-partisan election…just a “party secret” one.

Republicans: incumbent: Holly Blackwelder

previous candidates: David Harrison, Thomas Hill (I don’t remember if he’s run for school board before - but he’s run for everything else), and Lew Davidson;

newcomers: Robert Tizon, Phillip C. Stevens, Toni Wheeler Jenske, Rob Walter and Blake Kiger

Democrats: incumbent: Cindy Fertenbaugh

previous candidates: Mike Helms (similar to Thomas Hill) and Wilma King Means

newcomers: Anna Hood, Tim Furr, and Anne Spence Laukaitis.

Unaffiliated:  incumbent: Wayne Williams; newcomer: Jan A. van Ravesteyn.

Candidates: If you have website you’d like people to check out - just leave them in the comments.  Of course, each one of you with e-mail have an account on this blog.

I thought I’d take a break from Obama bashing to talk about something a little closer to home. It’s something I’ve talked about over and over again but there continues to be misunderstanding all over the place and recent events should shed light on it.
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Seriously, don’t go to this Thursday’s Meeting. There won’t be one.

Instead, we thought we’d have a rally.

Our regular meeting this month has been rescheduled and changed to a huge campaign rally for Senator Elizabeth Dole and Congressman Robin Hayes!

The rally will be held on Tuesday, 14 October 2008, in the Hibernian Hall in Harrisburg beginning at 7:00 pm. Refreshments will be provided.

The Hibernian Hall is located in the Harrisburg Town Centre at 4100 Main Street, Suite 110, in Harrisburg, just off Highway 49. (click here for directions)

For more information, please call our headquarters at 704-454-5661 or send me a note, and please check our Events Calendar.

OK, OK, So that title as about as misleading as an Obama Ad concerning his economic policies but taking the latest polls at face value, it would seem there might be at least some truth in it… [Read more →]

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, states “Barnhart…at his first board meeting as CEO in February 2008, he again reassured the board he would run for re-election, but if elected he would set aside and the Republican Executive Committee would appoint his replacement and that everyone understood this.”

“What they do with it, I have no idea,” said Harry Turner, Democratic Executive Committee member and president of Cabarrus Senior Democrats….Turner, who sat in for the late Johnson at a political forum this week where he publicly talked about Barnhart’s reported plan, said the late Johnson has recordings of board members, to whom Barnhart has revealed his intentions to resign, talking about Barnhart’s plan.

[CLICK HERE TO READ THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIBUNE ARTICLE]

This has holes big enough to drive a truck through here are a few:

1. If a tape exists, why not just play the it for this Executive Board?  Who would lead with a report when they had physical evidence?
2. The timing should raise suspicion: right on the heels of the death of the person who supposedly had this AND the fact that these are the first days of October (”October Surprise”)
3. Jeff Barnhart’s replacement or any discussion like that concerning Jeff, Linda, or Fletcher has NEVER been discussed at a Cabarrus GOP Executive Board meeting since I was elected in 2007 - as alleged by this mindless cabal of liars.
4. Finally, there are 22 - not 8  - people on the Cabarrus GOP Executive Board. (In the article, Harry Turner - the President of Cabarrus Senior Democrats suggested there were 8 people on our Exec Board)
5. If Jeff decided not to run, wouldn’t it make more sense for the Cabarrus GOP Executive Board to just appoint the next highest vote-getter from the Primary…or any one of dozens of local GOPers who could whip Wayne Troutman.

   It takes a few more people to run the party that leads the County in the 21st Century rather that a group of has-beens from a few decades ago.