Well the election is over in North Carolina. And it was a good day. Well, if you don’t like freedom, of course.
John McCain got 74% of the vote. Apparently very few people wanted to “send a message” to McCain. The Huckster got 12% and Ron Paul only got 7%. Alan Keyes, who very few people even knew was on the ballot, got 3%. The message to McCain from North Carolina is clear: “We love you and your hatred of the Constitution!”
Queen Elizabeth (Dole) got her 90% of the “vote.” I’m sure the queen is not amused.
Patrick McHenry easily crushed his challenger 67-33. His is clear to continue engaging in, well, anything he wants. The district is drawn so while some will claim there’s an election in November, there’s not. McHenry will serve another term.
Pat McCrory is the Republican candidate for governor. Now, if you like McCain (and apparently Republicans in NC do), then you’ll like McCrory. They both are legends in their own minds, and they both love to make deals with Democrats that give Democrats exactly what they want. Guess that’s just another reason for me not to vote in November. In fact, the more I look at the election, the less reasons I see to vote. I haven’t missed an election since I’ve been able to vote, but I honestly cannot come up with any reason to vote this fall.
For Lt Governor (a Democrat position), Pittenger got 59% of the vote. He’s a great guy. He doesn’t have any chance at all in November. I think the over/under on his vote count in the fall is 28.
Richard Morgan won the Republican nod for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Richard Morgan is a solid Democrat and will serve the Democrat Party well. And I’m not talking in a Juan McCain way — Morgan is a much stronger Democrat than McCain. Heck, Morgan is a more reliable Democrat than Lieberman or Gore.
Bob Rucho is in for NC Senate. He’s a great guy, but he will be in the super-minority there, so all he’ll be able to do is talk. Mostly, he’ll just be ignored because he won’t be suggesting tax increases or spending increases.
In the only real surprise of the night, Karen Ray lost! I really didn’t expect that to happen. Now this Grey Mills fellow — who I still don’t trust simply because he’s a lawyer — will get a chance to see if he’s actually a typical lawyer — one who loves taxes, spending, and power — or if he’ll do what he claimed in his campaign. If he doesn’t, I guess we’ll see if someone else will challenge him in 2 years — or if Ray will come back and try again. He only won by 114 votes, so there may be various recounts.
In other words, this election shows that everything will continue just as it has been. We will remain a government by the government and for the government. We will continue to tax and increase taxes on produce to give to people who are lazy bums. Government will continue to expand and America will continue to decline. Freedom will continue to decrease, and those of us who actually want capitalism, freedom, and Constitutionally-based government will continue to be marginalized. Oh well, I can still dream of being free (at least until that’s outlawed, too).
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Tags: 2008 Elections, North Carolina Government by Ogre
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