Republicans

In case Newt Gingrich does get the GOP nomination, my group, AmericanLP, wants to be ready. So we are in planning stages for casting and shooting a commercial like the one below. Please contact me if you know anyone who would be interested in starring in the ad.

Open Casting call for White Woman age30-45 who fits this personal description willing to appear in national broadcast TV ad

:60 TV Ad

(Emotional instrumental background music)

Middle-aged woman speaking right into camera

“Newt Gingrich is absolutely right when he says nobody but Christ is perfect and that everyone deserves forgiveness. Still…

My own father cheated on my mother and left us for a younger woman…those were hard times.

A few years ago, my own husband left me for a younger woman…we’ve had some really hard times.

Rebublicans are lining up to challenge Congressman Larry Kissell in the newly redrawn 8th Congressional District.  Despite his conservative leanings, the gerrymandered districts drawn by the Republican legislature will make it more difficult for Kissell to win reelection. 

The following is a cursory glance at the candidates who have declared their intentions  to run in North Carolina's 8th District.  Stu Rothenberg has said it would take a miracle for Kissell to win.  So folks....which one do you want in Washington in his place?

Richard Hudson

Pat Robertson advises the republican presidential candidates to "take the extremism down a notch".

This could one of the signs of the apocalypse. Anyone seem a pale rider or 4 guys on horseback?

Yesterday, News 14 reported that Federal Judge Catherine Eagles heard arguments from lawyers on both sides arguing for and against a temporary injunction to all or parts of the new law as it makes its way through the courts.  Today, AP is reporting that the judge issued a ruling in the case.

Over at Art Pope Exposed there is a story touching on Pope's connection to the new Tea Party favorite, Herman 'thin crust' Cain.

Big kudos to friend-of-the-Blend Michelangelo Signorile. He somehow convinced NC Senator James Forrester, the sponsor of the job-killing, anti-LGBT amendment that we face, to go on the air with him (big, big mistake, Forrester).

The man, obsessed with homobigotry, filed an amendment bill 8 years in a row, only to watch it die in committee under Dem control in the NCGA. But now, under GOP leadership, Forrester finally he got his chance on the big stage and the measure passed without public debate, and no challenge from legal scholars. That's transparency at work.

As you might have predicted, the interview lays bare just how ignorant and lacking in facts that pro-amendment forces are, and they are led by Forrester, a retired physician who hasn't any grasp of the facts at hand, and who recently said ‘We need to reach out to them and get them to change their lifestyle back to the one we accept’.

Story in News and Observer on Thursday explains the "local route" to avoid confrontation over trying to override a veto by Governor Perdue. Good explanation by Burley Mitchell.

From the Greensboro News & Record, Voter ID is back. Surprised?

The General Assembly passed the bill on June 16 and Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed it. Legislative Republicans, who control both the House and Senate took a shot at overriding the veto, but fell four votes short in the House. (The vote tally shows they were five short, but that was due to a strategic vote by one Republican to keep the issue alive.)

Lawmakers then “parked” the bill in a committee to wait for a time when maybe the votes would be there.

That was Tuesday.