politicians to avoid
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 8:55 am
By: John Steed
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North Carolina Republicans gathered in Greensboro over the weekend for the 2023 NCGOP Convention to elect a party chairman and to hear from frontrunners in the Republican primary race for president in 2024.
Published: Saturday, July 29th, 2023 @ 8:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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“They’re not coming after me, they’re coming after you and I’m just standing in their way”: Donald Trump speaks to sold out venue at the NCGOP State Convention on Saturday.
Published: Monday, June 12th, 2023 @ 11:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former President Donald Trump touted his White House experience and vowed to “deal with the RINOs” in a marathon speech Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he easily won the 2024 presidential straw poll.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 11:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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Just yesterday, I was contacted by a real Republican who was very much concerned about the state of local Republican politics here in Beaufort County.
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 4:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Former Governor Eric Greitens (R-MO) managed to spark outrage on both sides of the political aisle with an ad touting permits to hunt Republicans In Name Only (RINOs).
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2022 @ 10:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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Doing your part
Published: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 @ 1:41 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Money is what we use to buy things. Wealth is the money we have remaining after we have paid for our living expenses.
Published: Sunday, August 16th, 2020 @ 12:01 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Have you ever heard someone say "Should Government be doing this?"
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 @ 7:21 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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One of the terms that frequently comes up at Beaufort County Commissioners meetings is "micro manage". It is used by the five "Demopublicans".
Published: Thursday, August 29th, 2019 @ 4:50 am
By: Hood Richardson
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In about 1998, shortly after I was elected to the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners, several of us who watched local government closely realized the news articles, and for that matter reports from the ruling class of commissioners, did not fit with what actually happened.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 7:05 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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In a recent article titled "With friends like these, we don"t need enemies", I explained how the Democrats have managed to keep control of the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners when they have only two votes.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 12:07 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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It is no secret among the truly conservative county commissioners and conservative Republicans that Democrats have held leadership positions on the Board of County Commissioners for the past 12 years.
Published: Friday, February 15th, 2019 @ 1:45 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Full disclosure: I don't have a "favorite" candidate in the current presidential contest
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2016 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have often wondered why Race is such a large issue in these times. Many of us, who lived through the sixties and were well aware of the events of those turbulent days, have well considered why Race is such a dominant force for those who are interminably imbued with the subject.
Published: Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 @ 11:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Being a Conservative once meant something positive - a progressive form of thought.
Published: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 @ 4:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There has been an ongoing smear campaign orchestrated by the local RINOs of the Republican party that have long attacked the conservative members of our county commission: Hood Richardson and me (Stan Deatherage).
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 @ 1:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Occasionally my friends inquire about my emotional well being, remarking that I may spend too much time dealing with both solvable and unsolvable problems.
Published: Sunday, January 5th, 2014 @ 11:14 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Sheriff Jordan is still whining and barking about Commissioner Hood Richardson. Jordan is a slow learner.
Published: Sunday, October 13th, 2013 @ 5:55 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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The present controversy between Sheriff Alan Jordan and this county commissioner has breathed new life into the question: What do county commissioner do? To put it another way what are the duties and responsibilities the public should expect from county commissioners.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2013 @ 11:38 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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When I was first elected county commissioner, here in Beaufort County back in November, 1994, I was told I was a brilliant man, and a great communicator, the perfect complement to a Democrat board of county commissioners.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2013 @ 11:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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And while it is a condition of behavior over substance; it is a malady most learned rather than a disorder born.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 9:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Larry Britt will never get answers from the Beaufort Observer that satisfy his false curiosity. Larry does not see his questioning as false because he is not principled.
Published: Sunday, December 30th, 2012 @ 11:17 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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