Warning from Gun Owners of America - Take a Closer Look at Mitt Romney, Please...

Mitt Romney and Gun Control (letter published on GOA website yesterday) --

"In the recent Presidential debate, Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann said America’s voters did not need to “settle” for the moderate candidate. Amen to that.

And gun owners do NOT want candidates who talk out of both sides of their mouths.

As the Gun Owners of America’s Board of Directors looks at the Republican candidates running to unseat radical anti-gun President Obama, we see several who have strong pro-gun backgrounds. Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Michelle Bachman all have solid pro-gun records and deserve a hard look from pro-gunners.

At least one frontrunner candidate stands in contrast with a decidedly mixed record on the gun issue. While Mitt Romney likes to “talk the pro-gun talk,” he has not always walked the walk. . . ."

( See Article in its Entirety Here... )

Patience. Democrats Will Always Reveal Their True Inner Self...

N.C. Republican Party spokesman Rob Lockwood:

“Listen to the Governor’s words ( LINK ) she wasn’t joking at all. The Congressional Democrats are wildly unpopular in North Carolina, so she may have been trying to invent a solution to save their jobs from public accountability.”

"If it was a joke, what was the set-up? What was the punch-line? Where was the pause for laughter? It took them hours to say it was a ‘joke,’ but when that flopped, it became ‘hyperbole.’ We’ll just call it an unconstitutionally bad-idea.”

We at CSC Blog agree, Mr Lockwood. This is revealing and -- frightening. We almost wish it were a joke "but" this is the way contemporary democrats think, tragically.

A BIG round of applause to the Raleigh News/Observer folks that captured this audio and then had the courage to make the public aware! Now its gone viral/nationwide and even on the Limbaugh show!

This Issue May Continue to Haunt Rick Perry...

September 22, 2011 5:00 P.M. National Review Online...

Perry’s Ambiguous Employment Record

Who benefited from job growth in Texas?

Texas governor Rick Perry has pointed to job growth in Texas during the current economic downturn as one of his main accomplishments. But in a new report for the Center for Immigration Studies, based on data collected monthly by the Census Bureau, we found that newly arrived immigrants (legal and illegal) have been the primary beneficiaries of this growth between 2007 and 2011, not native-born workers.

( see Steven Camarota's NRO Article in its Entirety Here )

Dr. John Whitley Announces Candidacy for NC8 Congressional Seat. . .

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2011
Contact:
Andy Yates
(704) 467-0795
andy@capitolstrategiesconsulting.com


Dr. John M. Whitley Announces Candidacy for
North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District

Whitley is the Only Announced Candidate Who Was Raised in the District and Actually Lives in the District

Kannapolis, NC: Dr. John M. Whitley, a Conservative Republican and a neurosurgeon who grew up in Cabarrus County and lives in Fairmont, NC, announced today that he will seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Congress in the 8th District.

Whitley, whose family includes fourth generation residents of Cabarrus County, graduated from A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, NC and obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He received his medical degree from Wake Forest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. In addition to his work as a neurosurgeon, Whitley is also a farmer who owns and operates All Creatures Animal Sanctuary which rescues animals others don’t want or can no longer care for including buffalo, horses, goats, cows, chickens, dogs, and cats. Whitley is a devout Methodist and a life-long member of his home church, Trinity United Methodist, across the street from A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis. Most importantly, Whitley is a father and grandfather.

“As your next congressman, my top priority will be to promote economic growth and private sector job creation throughout the district by reducing the tax burden on small businesses and freeing them from oppressive and unnecessary regulations,” Whitley said. “Under Larry Kissell’s watch unemployment in the 8th District has skyrocketed, and the only thing Obama and Kissell’s stimulus package has stimulated is our national debt. It’s time to make tough decisions and set some priorities instead of raising the debt limit and kicking the can down the road. We must cut spending. We cannot resort to increasing any taxes on individuals or business. We must immediately remove the federal government from the lives and business of all our citizens as much as possible.”

As a physician who is very concerned about the future of health care in America, Whitley looks forward to leading the efforts in Congress to repeal and defund Obama Care. “Obamacare will decrease the quality of medical care, it will raise the cost of health care for everyone, and it has already eliminated thousands of jobs across America,” Whitley said. “If not repealed or defunded, Obamacare will put massive fiscal burdens on the states, not to mention all business owners in this country.”

“The 8th District is my home,” Whitley concluded. “It’s where my family is from, it’s where I grew up and it’s where I live. The people of this district are Conservatives at heart, and they deserve a Congressman who knows the district and will stand up for their beliefs and values. This is going to be one of the most competitive Congressional races in the Country. It’s going to take at least $500,000 just for the primary. I am confident we will have the ample resources necessary to win this race and to bring Conservative representation back to the 8th District.”

The 8th congressional district includes parts of Cabarrus, Union, Rowan, Davidson, Mecklenburg Randolph and Robeson Counties and all of Stanly, Montgomery, Anson, Scotland and Richmond Counties. The district is currently represented by Democrat Larry Kissell, whom Heritage Action for America recently ranked as having a more liberal voting record than Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Barbara Lee, and Dennis Kucinich. The Hill (“Capitol Hill’s newspaper”) recently called Kissell the most likely Democrat to be defeated in 2012, and Roll Call recently rated the seat as “likely Republican.”

Dr. John M. Whitley
A Biographical Sketch


Early Years
• Grew up in Cabarrus County in the town of Kannapolis, NC
• One of four children, his mother, Johnette, was a nurse, and his father, William, owned and operated Whitley’s Funeral Home (a family business that has served the people of Cabarrus and Rowan Counties for 98 years)
• Worked at family business from age 14 through his college years work after school, on weekends, and during the summer
• Eagle Scout
• Graduated from A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, NC, class of 1975; graduated 3rd out of 323 in his graduating class

Higher Education and Medical Practice
• Bachelor’s degree—University of North Carolina Charlotte
• Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Neuroscience and Anatomy—Wake Forest University
• MD degree—Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• Specialty Degree in Neurosurgery —Medical College of Georgia
• MBA—University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Physician for over 20 years and Neurosurgeon for 15 years

Personal
• Married to the late Elizabeth Whitley
• One daughter, Alyson, and one son, Ashton
• Two Grandchildren
• Devout Methodist and a life-long member of his home church, Trinity United Methodist, across the street from A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis
• Active in numerous medical and charitable organizations

Farmer and Animal Lover
• Owns and operates a working farm in the town of Fairmont, NC in Robeson County in the 8th Congressional District
• Founded All Creatures Animal Sanctuary, LLC which rescues animals others don’t want or can no longer care for including buffalo, horses, goats, cows, chickens, dogs and cats

Phone: 704-490-8321
Email: info@johnwhitleyforcongress.com
www.johnwhitleyforcongress.com

Salisbury NC Finally Makes Front Page of Drudgereport....

September 15th, 2011, Drudge Report - Front Page (actually lower left - well below what would be called "the fold": NC Man Banned From Hunting -- Anywhere in the World!

And, yes, the perp was Rodney L. Poteat of Salisbury NC, Rowan County.

No less than the U.S. DoJ went after Poteat and he was charged on July 27th and sentenced in U.S. District Court, Kentucky on Sept. 7th. He paid a hefty fine and part of his agreement with the court - no hunting for 2 years - worldwide! (which apparently piqued the interest of Matt Drudge)

Poteat's heinous crime was that he killed a white tail buck (a 14 pointer!) in KY and transported it to his home in Salisbury. Poteat could not be reached for comment "but" reliable sources have speculated that the reason he did this was because it was easier than transporting the buck - alive. (Ever see the movie Tommy Boy?)

Poteat also pleaded guilty to the charge of transporting a Bobcat from Ky to his home "and" that he failed to report the "harvest" of said bobcat. Again, it is assumed that he killed the bobcat rather than harvesting it for obvious reasons; they're easier to transport that way. Uh-huh.

So, Salisbury NC once more gets its 15 minutes of fame. The home of Cheerwine and the birth place of Libby Dole - both can move over and make room for Rodney L. Poteat.

And hats off to the U.S. Dept of Justice and U.S. District Court of KY. They certainly have their priorities straight, don't they? Going after such a hardened criminal and saving the entire world for 2 years from this terrible - bobcat harvester! We'll all sleep better tonight, won't we?
( read the Salisbury Post's article about this in its entirety here... )

If CNN's Senior Poltical Analyst Says It . . .

David Gergen, CNN senior political analyst (analyzing Monday's GOP debate):

"There's no question that Romney and Perry will remain the frontrunners Romney has a better command of the facts. He's a more practiced debater. He gave one of the best answers of his entire campaign when he was asked how he would balance the budget. But Perry has the command presence, and even though people took shots at him as you said, he deflected reasonably well, he came in as a better debater, he was more even this time." ( read in entirety what "less senior" CNN analysts say here )

Apparently Mr Gergen has his mind made up and has chosen our future GOP nominee for us. It'll be Perry or Romney. Or could this be wishful thinking on his part?

Not this time, sir. Its possible that Mr Gergen has forgotten the various Tea Party groups (some of whom apparently helped sponsor this debate) who continue to throw their formidable support behind the Bachmann and Cain campaigns/orgs. These groups are not quite ready to simply accept whatever candidate(s) the media and Republican hierarchy toss their way. No matter how nicely packaged and polished they are.

Its way too soon to declare who the nominee will be, Mr Gergen. Way too soon. Its a new era - no politics as usual.

One only has to look back at where John McCain’s campaign was at this point in 2008 to know that it is way too early to count out any of the serious candidates in the race. Governor Perry may very well be the nominee. His record on the economy is outstanding and minus immigration, he’s got just about all the right Conservative credentials. However, with the conservative voters that will dominate most caucuses and primaries we here at CSC see little path to the nomination for Romney. He’ll likely do well and poll well, but not well enough to win. His record and his always changing stances on the issues are just too far out of line with the base Conservative Republican voter. And it’s those Conservative caucus and primary voters that will decide the nominee in January, February, and March of 2012 not a CNN analyst in September of 2011. It could be Perry or someone like a Bachmann (heck even Gingrich if he continues to perform like he did in this week’s debate) could prove to be the comeback kid of 2012.

DNC & Wasserman-Schultz: "Rules? We Don't Need No Steenking Rules!"

I suppose the Democrats have forgotten that they no longer control the House. And that they can no longer be as bad as they wanna be. But then maybe they can. Who among our Republicans will push-back hard on this blatant violation of House ethics by Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz? Will it happen...:



The Democratic National Committee (DNC), Monday, released a 30-second web ad promoting President Barack Obama’s jobs plan as part of a new campaign to promote the bill and its $477 billion price tag. But does that ad violate ethics rules? Some say yes. . .

( read the Daily Caller article in its entirety and see the video )

Let Us Never Forget. . .

Cong. McIntyre Should Clarify His Position on Boeing's N. Charleston Plant...

The new Boeing plant in N. Charleston, SC is approximately 125 miles from the border of North Carolina and the NC 7th congressional district. To deny that the economic impact of the plant would reach north across the NC border into NC7 would be folly. Of course it will. Or will it? The Obama administration has unloosened its union thugs at the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) on Boeing ( link ) for daring to build its new plant in the Right to Work State ( link2 ) of South Carolina. Which seems so much better than sending it to Brazil, China, India, et al doesn't it? But not if you're on the Left.

And, apparently, not if you are Cong. Mike McIntyre - D, NC7. Because according to the NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) Cong McIntyre has not uttered a peep of protest against the NLRB or the Obama administration for this outright attack on the free enterprise system:

"Washington --- In his press conference Wednesday, President Obama joined North Carolina Democrat Mike McIntyre in refusing to weigh in on one of the most prominent recent examples of how the Democrats' regulatory spree has directly blocked the precious job creation needed in this bad economy. In this case, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is currently preventing Boeing from opening a new manufacturing plant in South Carolina, stalling the creation of thousands of jobs" ( see article in its entirety ) .

Is Congressman Mike against the plant? Has he spoken on the issue yet? We're not aware of it if he has. Or is he just torn? He did receive large donations from both Unions and Boeing in previous years. It is hard to accept that Cong McIntyre would oppose such an economic boost to the region after so many years of declining economic activity especially in southeast North Carolina's 7th which has roughly 11% unemployment district-wide and more in some counties. Let's all hope that Cong McIntyre will come clean and take a stand "for" the N. Charleston Boeing plant and for the economic surge that it will bring to the region.

grassroots / gotv

5 great ideas for contemporary grassroots, GOTV operations – whether you’re on the Right, Middle or Left. Those involved in the political arena and the inner workings of a campaign sometimes get busy/overwhelmed. But they shouldn’t take for granted those opportunities to bring in one vote at a time:

“1. Don’t Raise an Issue, Tell a story -
Many of us might start an issue-based campaign by talking about the goal. However, people are drawn in by the story. Build an emotional connection with your audience by sharing a true story of a real person’s life and struggle.
Simply combining facts and emotions into a powerful narrative conveys far more than a 40-page proposal. Through storytelling, you make a human connection between your audience and the cause. . .”

( see the article in its entirety )

Proceed Cautiously....

Sept. 2nd, 2011

From our friends over at talkingaboutpolitics.com ( link )

“Overnight Rick Perry has soared from unknown to Republican frontrunner; --- it’s reminiscent of four years ago when another unknown appeared out of nowhere, soared into the lead in the Democrat Primary, then rolled straight into the White House.

Now, Rick Perry – Governor of Texas, Air Force pilot, rugged cowboy – is the one on a roll and it’s Republican voters who have caught the blind date syndrome. But, maybe, out of prudence it’s time to stop to ask a few questions: Like how did it come to pass that Governor Perry, who supported Al Gore for President in 1988, is now talking like a Tea Partier?

All in all, our last blind date (four years ago) didn’t work out too well, so, maybe, this time the better part of wisdom would be to say to Governor Perry, Let’s slow down a bit and get acquainted first.”

Andy and the CSC crew couldn’t agree more. Rick Perry is looking mighty good these days especially when one visually imagines Perry and Obama on the debating stage together. But Gov Perry is being attacked on his immigration record and that may hurt him with many swing, independent and conservative voters. We feel that he has plenty of time to correct his course in that area, so we’ll continue to watch Governor “Good Hair” Perry closely. DD