Bloviations

My second post at The Indie Register is online and the comments at my first post are quite interesting.

February 2nd, 2010 | Tags: 2010 Elections, Bob Cavanaugh (Rep Candidate), Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B Jones Jr, Writing | Category: 2010 Elections, Bob Cavanaugh (Rep Candidate), Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent), Writing | Leave a comment

My first post at now-regional alt-newspaper-turned-alt-blog The Indie Register is live.
Go check it out and leave some love.

January 29th, 2010 | Tags: Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), Marshall Adame (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B Jones Jr, Writing | Category: Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

to ruin my holiday.
Why can’t he just admit that he lost, admit that his political career is over (much like his financial management career, I hear) and go away?
What is it with NC-03 candidates? Between McLaughlin and Weber, we must be the laughing stock of all the nation!

December 17th, 2009 | Tags: 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Onslow County Politics, Republicans | Category: 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Jacksonville Daily News, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Letters to the Edtor, NC-03, Onslow County Politics, Republicans, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Comments (1)

In what can only be described as an egomaniacal trip down horror alley, Craig Weber has announced via email his third bid for North Carolina’s Third Congressional seat.
The text is below.
To all,
I want to thank you for every effort that you made in this past election.  It took a bit of time to come [...]

January 9th, 2009 | Tags: 2006 Elections, 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, NC's Third Congressional District, NC-03, US House of Representatives, Walter B Jones Jr | Category: 2006 Elections, 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, NC-03, North Carolina, Politics, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

Why are so many of the losing incumbents and losing candidates for election behaving so poorly? It’s an exercise in classlessness, from my point of view.
Take soon-to-be former Senator Elizabeth Dole from North Carolina as an example. Her concession speech was not conciliatory, it was not gracious, nor was it very polite and she [...]

November 9th, 2008 | Tags: Al Franken, Common Courtesy, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Elections 2008, Elizabeth Dole, Kay Hagan, MN Senator, NC Senator, NC-03, Norm Coleman, PA-03, Phil English, Walter B Jones Jr | Category: 2008 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Elizabeth Dole, Kay Hagan, NC-03, Politics, Republicans, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Comments (1)