nc history

This year's entry is really about two Cornelius Harnetts, father and son, who both left their mark on our State. This intro will explain why I was drawn to both:

Born to an Irish immigrant family in Chowan County in 1723, young Harnett and family moved to Brunswick in 1725 to escape repercussions of his father’s participation in an Edenton riot.

The term "riot" might be a little misleading; but when the players are introduced, the story becomes very interesting:

"...valuable to the Democrats, however, is her willingness to embrace the Democratic agenda. She stands in agreement with the Democratic Party on virtually every issue.

MARSHALL SUPPORTS:

1. Investing in infrastructure
2. Offering economic support to state and local governments
3. Investing in "green" technology
4. Resisting privatization of Social Security
5. Healthcare reform
6. Building international relationships
7. Avoiding long-term military engagements in the name of fighting terrorism
8. Wall Street financial reform

The primary voting is about to begin.

When it is over we'll know who will be running on the Democratic ticket against Liddy Dole, Bob Dole's wife.

That's Bob Dole of Kansas.

That's Bob Dole, who never lived in and does not now live in NC. I'm not sure where Bob lives now, Kansas or DC, but he don't live here.

Liddy Dole was born and raised in NC, but she left for Harvard as soon as she had that Duke degree and NEVER looked back.

Not once.

Back in the 1700s, fear of King-picked Royal Governors and their great powers helped sow strong sentiments against strong State executives. Those seeds sprouted into many revisions of our State constitution, guaranteeing a weak governor and a State government with decentralized executive authority.

I might be a little late on this, but the other day I read a comment on here stating that if Congressman McIntyre left the House to pursue bigger and better things that NC-07 could easily fall to Republican control.

Well knowing that was a total falsehood I discovered this little gem, which clearly illustrates that the seventh district has not been non-Democraticly held since Reconstruction, and before that its only competition came from Whigs and Federalists. So unless the zombie corpse of Henry Clay returns from the grave we've got nothing to worry about here.

Aside from that, the site is very interesting for history buffs.

The Cumberland County Democratic Party has launched a new website. This is good news for the state and the Democratic party as we try to increase participation and general excitement with the upcoming 2006 elections!

I hope that the residents of Cumberland County will take advantage of this resource and help strengthen the local party there.

It's also important to note that candidate Larry Kissell's district consists of a large portion of that county. Mobilizing those voters will be key to a good election year!