tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post8175107702391495061..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: That Was Not Our Last Calf-RopingJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-4558078786877833582014-11-08T11:37:23.988-05:002014-11-08T11:37:23.988-05:00I didn't blame Hagan's defeat on gerrymand...I didn't blame Hagan's defeat on gerrymandering. I was talking about our US House seats, and also the state house and senate seats. Hagan lost because she didn't give Democrats a reason to vote for her. She ran from Obama and tried to hide the fact that she's a Democrat. And, I'm no "democrat sheep" as you folks love to label us. Democrats frustrate me to no end because they don't stick to their principles, and they seem afraid to mention their own accomplishments because they don't want Republicans to be mean to them. Guess what, Dems? Republicans are ALWAYS going to be mean to you, and they are going to label the most innocuous things as "liberal" because that's what they do! Democrats never learn these things. Mid-term elections are all about the base - NOT about trying to appeal to some vaguely defined "centrist" voter. If you lose your base, you lose!Anonagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-83183322106339434812014-11-08T09:28:20.574-05:002014-11-08T09:28:20.574-05:00maybe the democrat party sheep can explain how the...maybe the democrat party sheep can explain how the gerrymandering is the reason Tillis beat Hagan?<br />What fools you are to lie to yourselves instead of doing an honest analysis and taking a hard look at why your message didn't resonate with voters.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-38296888805160484672014-11-07T07:08:05.960-05:002014-11-07T07:08:05.960-05:00Wow, talk about distortion... For the zillionth ti...Wow, talk about distortion... For the zillionth time, there are no teacher's unions in North Carolina!! Those organizations you mention are not unions, and they have no bargaining power in this state. Also, the Republicans have gerrymandered this state so severely that it is virtually impossible for Democrats to take back seats, especially in a lower turnout off-year election. 10 out of 13 House seats are now held by Republicans....that's 77 percent. This state is pretty much evenly divided, if you look at how close the Senate election was and how close the last Presidential election was. It is not fair to the state's residents that we have 10 Republicans in the House. And one more thing.... It's the DEMOCRATIC Party, not the "Democrat Party,"Anonagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-64632061400279803012014-11-06T18:26:17.916-05:002014-11-06T18:26:17.916-05:00I knew it would take a couple of days for liberals...I knew it would take a couple of days for liberals to come up with a favorable post election spin. So you won in Wake and Buncombe Counties, You lost traditional Democratic counties all over the state, especially down East.<br /><br />The GOP still enjoys a veto proof super majority in the NC House, while they actually gained one seat in the state Senate, even after all the Money Monday protests that the media fawned over. <br /><br />Jordan ran better in Watauga than he did in 2012 against a well known local resident and Soucek may have too, even after all the flap over his ETJ removal bill. In fact, I was shocked that he carried the County after all the negative outrage from the Town and some ETJ residents. <br /><br />The real losers in this election, along with the Democrat Party, were the state and national teachers' unions (NCAE & NEA), who spent millions trying to defeat Tillis by blatantly distorting his record as House leader. Another big loser was the biggest demagogue of them all, the Rev Barber and his MM coalition.<br /><br />So revel in the fact that you won a couple of liberal, urban counties. The Democrat Party came out of this election in a substantially weakened position.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-24175158025149780822014-11-06T16:41:58.490-05:002014-11-06T16:41:58.490-05:00I think it's so funny when conservatives say &...I think it's so funny when conservatives say "Work together." What they really mean is "Do it my way, and we'll get along just fine. Defy me, and pay the price." WHEN did these conservatives in the last few years even TRY to work with the other side? bettywhitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-9150144838350501812014-11-06T13:10:11.084-05:002014-11-06T13:10:11.084-05:00This post is clearly sour grapes. And by the way,...This post is clearly sour grapes. And by the way, Mr. Williamson, the Board of Education is a non-partisan election, there is no Democrat or Republican control. <br /><br />Work together. <br /><br />Wake up Mayor Ball, and reconcile the differences, don't spend our taxpayer money on silly law suits.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-16030512662893536052014-11-06T11:13:55.392-05:002014-11-06T11:13:55.392-05:00Yeah, but it felt like I almost lost my shorts aft...Yeah, but it felt like I almost lost my shorts after being tossed over a fence by one of those bulls in Pamplona. That's not really a rodeo reference, but it's hard to concentrate when your boxer-briefs are still around your knees... Steve Harrisonnoreply@blogger.com