North Carolina.. Tillis v. Brannon

I'll be voting for Brannon, though he's a long shot. I don't know much about Brannon, but I do know a bunch about Tillis, and he's a creep.

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Brannon is a freakin' loon.

Brannon is my guy... he has endorsements from the right people... i.e. Mark Levin and Rand Paul

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Brannon is a freakin' loon.

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I don't know very much about him. Why is he a loon?

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But does that story sound like Rand endorsed Brannon today?

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That's how the article reads but Rand endorsed him last year.

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That's how the article reads but Rand endorsed him last year.

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Thank you . That was my point.

The endorsement appeared in the very same newspaper on October 16, 2013:

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"Morning Memo: Greg Brannon’s Senate campaign touts Rand Paul endorsement"

Posted by John Frank on October 16, 2013

" Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul endorsed Republican Greg Brannon for North Carolina’s marquee U.S. Senate race, giving the Cary physician’s low-profile campaign a huge boost.

“I enthusiastically endorse Greg Brannon for U.S. Senate because he’s a true constitutional conservative who will join me in fighting against business as usual in Washington,” Paul said in a statement Wednesday morning ..."


I have been following politics forever and have never seen a 7-month old endorsement published in the very same newspaper the day before an election as if it was a new endorsement. The Brannon campaign has been touting the Paul endorsement ever since last October.

The timing was downright odd.

Then I saw this further down in the article:

"Earlier in the day, Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, announced his support for state House speaker Thom Tillis in the primary."

Ohhhhhhhh .....

Tit for tat.

The News & Observer endorsed Obama over Romney in 2012. They want to see a run-off on the Republican side. So after a morning endorsement of Tillis by Romney, they come back with a restatement of Paul's 7-month old endorsement of Gannon without ever telling the readers it was simply a restatement of an old endorsement.

The media and its political games.

Pulled the lever for Brannon today. I had no idea how many people were running in the GOP primary. That's actually going to be good for Tillis. I think anyone who was going to vote for Tillis did so. The votes of people who don't like him are going to be spread out across several other candidates.

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I had no idea how many people were running in the GOP primary.

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With 16 precincts reporting as of right now, Tillis and Brannon are tied -------for 6th place with 6.65% of the vote.

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Till is is over 40% now. Still really early, though.

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Yep, my screen just jumped to 135 precincts - about 5%