Posts by Carter Wrenn
An Old Subject
The way the Tea Partiers see it, to save the country they have to do to the Washington Republicans what General Sheridan did to the Indians during the Indian Wars. Because when the Tea Partiers say, We can’t vote to raise the Debt Ceiling unless Obama cuts spending – the Republican Bosses say back,…
Read MoreStill Champ
My grandmother, years ago, would regularly tell me, Carter, you’ve got your wants and your needs confused. It turns out reporters have the same problem. What reporters need, just about every day, is a story. And what they want is a crisis to make it an interesting story. Take the newspaper headlines…
Read MoreGrudges
Rob Christensen wrote a tribute to Jack Hawke and in it mentioned hardball politics and Jack’s run-in with the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice – there’s more to the story: During Senator Helms’ 1990 campaign, when Jack was Republican Chairman, I asked him for a favor – to work with…
Read MorePools
In a way the Obamacare rollout is proof markets – and naked self-interest – work. In the past, a lot of older, sicker people have been unable to get health insurance. Or afford it if they could. Or have had to pay through the nose for it. Now, according to the Wall Street…
Read MoreGreased Pigs and Jaguars
The poor Tea Partiers are finding the Republican Establishment in Washington harder to keep ahold of than a greased pig – they cornered the elusive rascals, trying to defund Obamacare, but then the wily Pachyderms slipped through their fingers and now Ted Cruz and the Tea Partiers are taking a pounding, being called pouty children…
Read MoreBear Hunting
Any Southerner worth his salt, at some point, has come face to face with William Faulkner’s story “The Bear” – about a mammoth, faster than a locomotive bear who roams and rules the last 100 square miles of pure wilderness in Mississippi where the final vestiges of ancient virtues like endurance and sacrifice have not…
Read MoreThe Target was Democrats
The judge, after I asked about Eric Holder’s lawsuit, grunted and said, Whatever gave you the idea that law and justice are the same thing – the law can be a darn peculiar beast. Not long ago the Attorney General of the whole United States sued the whole state of North Carolina to put…
Read MorePachyderms
The Pachyderms, or Supreme Republican Leaders in Washington, have a natural animus to Democrats – but, these days, who they dislike even more is Ted Cruz and Tea Partiers. It’s time Ted Cruz, one Pachyderm snorted in the newspaper, started acting like an adult. Talking about Senator Mike Lee, another added, He’s so…
Read MorePachyderms
The Pachyderms, or Supreme Republican Leaders in Washington, have a natural animus to Democrats – but, these days, who they dislike even more is Ted Cruz and Tea Partiers. It’s time Ted Cruz, one Pachyderm snorted in the newspaper, started acting like an adult. Talking about Senator Mike Lee, another added, He’s so…
Read MorePrepare for the Worst
Every now and then Gary and I venture out of our respective sanctuaries to journey out into the broader world and, just the other day, we meandered all the way across Raleigh to speak to a very nice group of folks about politics (from our different perspectives). And, sure enough, during the meeting a…
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