Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
Vice President Cheney said on Face the Nation Sunday that Democrats are “irresponsible” to push for withdrawal from Iraq. Irresponsible? I’ll give you irresponsible: Irresponsible is leading America into one of the greatest foreign policy disasters in history. Irresponsible is pretending that Iraq had something to do with 9/11. Irresponsible is short-changing the military force…
A little over a decade ago I spent a sojourn in New Jersey working on a presidential campaign. It was my one immersion in âYankee Culture.â The first time I saw a true-blue, street-smart, dyed in the wool Yankee politician in action it was pretty impressive. I remember a reporter asking him a tough question,…
The storm flags are flying again for State Treasurer and would-be Governor Richard Moore. Now it’s a report by David Ingram in The Charlotte Observer that: “The employees who manage the $70 billion N.C. public pension fund are traveling out of North Carolina on official business more than twice as often as they did just…
Thomas Crowder has perpetrated the ‘Great Pawnshop’ hoax and he’s gaining steam. Two weeks ago, Crowder, Mayor Meeker’s bosom-ally, announced a legion of pawnshops is moving into Raleigh neighborhoods. The threat doesn’t exist. A city detective testified to Crowder’s committee that he couldn’t even recall a pawnshop opening in a neighborhood in the last five…
The Democrats in Congress are pounding President Bush over the head and he’s punching right back. Speaker Pelosi says – but not in so many words – that Bush is an arrogant jerk. He says she’s for cutting off bullets to the troops in Iraq. Senator Harry Reid adds Bush thinks he’s king – when…
The Don Imus and Duke lacrosse cases had three things in common: race, money and media frenzy. Imus had all three factors against him, so he lost. The Duke players had two with them: money and, in the end, media. They won. From the start, the Duke case was justice by media. The DA convicted…
The history of presidential elections is filled with âflash in the panâ candidates â charismatic, articulate young leaders who wanted to take the country in a new direction, enjoyed their fifteen minutes of fame and faded into oblivion. But none of them ever raised $25 million. Barack Obama has. In politics the golden rule is…
It was just one line in a News and Observer article. But, as far as I can tell, it’s first time it’s been reported Mayor Meeker’s son, David, works for downtown developer. (News and Observer; 4-9-07). Meeker’s son’s employer, Empire Properties, is “one of the largest landlords in downtown Raleigh.” (News and Observer; 7-18-04). It…
I once thought deep in his heart Charles Meeker might be a Francophile, who secretly wanted to turn Fayetteville Street into the Champs-Elysées. But, Iâve decided the Mayor doesnât want to turn downtown Raleigh into Paris at all. He wants to turn it into Charlotte. For years, while people have moved out of downtowns (for…
“For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph,…
Because of just 2 votes, North Carolina politics will be consumed – and the General Assembly…