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Sore Losers
Sheesh. And this guy actually got the most votes in his election,,,,,,,
North Carolina G.O.P. Moves to Curb Power of New Democratic Governor
RALEIGH, N.C. — Republicans in the North Carolina legislature on Wednesday took the highly unusual step of moving to strip power from the incoming Democratic governor after a bitter election that extended years of fierce ideological battles in the state.
After calling a surprise special session, Republican lawmakers who control the General Assembly introduced measures to end the governor’s control over election boards, to require State Senate approval of the new governor’s cabinet members and to strip his power to appoint University of North Carolina trustees.
Republicans also proposed to substantially cut the number of state employees who serve at the governor’s pleasure, giving Civil Service protections to hundreds of managers in state agencies who have executed the priorities of Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican.
If the measures pass the legislature, where Republicans hold large majorities in both chambers, and Mr. McCrory signs off, they would significantly hamstring the new governor, Roy Cooper, who takes office in January. Mr. McCrory conceded the race last week after a nearly monthlong challenge of the vote, a hard-fought race that followed four years in which unified Republican control of state government brought a wave of restrictions on voting access, abortion and gay rights.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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And remember when some a-holes burned down a GOP headquarters in North Carolina before the election. Democrats actually started a fundraising page and contributed something like $50,000 to have it rebuilt.
N.C. republicans are jerks.
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They are but what surprises me is with all the educational facilities and tech companies located in N. C. I assumed there was sufficient educated, higher class voters that stuff like this wouldn't happen there.
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flowergirl wrote:
They are but what surprises me is with all the educational facilities and tech companies located in N. C. I assumed there was sufficient educated, higher class voters that stuff like this wouldn't happen there.
They must all be Democrats ! 
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And remember when some a-holes burned down a GOP headquarters in North Carolina before the election. Democrats actually started a fundraising page and contributed something like $50,000 to have it rebuilt.
N.C. republicans are jerks.
At least the ones in this article are !
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
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They are but what surprises me is with all the educational facilities and tech companies located in N. C. I assumed there was sufficient educated, higher class voters that stuff like this wouldn't happen there.
North Carolina is a state in Transition.
The research Triangle is wonderful area of high tech innovation. The people there are highly educated and diverse.
Charlotte is one of the fastest Growing cities, and has a big banking center.
These areas exist within the same political structure with agricultural areas with an entirely different democratic. And there is an ongoing tension.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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It's a mix, unfortunately, that allows the demagogues to get their way. I guess part of my problem not being able to understand how a part of a state can overcome the will of the rest of the state is having lived in northern Virginia most of my adult life. Although the first several years living in Arlington the schools were still segregated and it and Fairfax County were pretty much rural hick towns. I grew up along with those counties and the federal government, realizing at some point that good things are happening in the area. With the coming of the internet and other high tech industries flowing into particularly Fairfax County the good times rolled. The few farms left in Arlington County quickly disappeared and development of business parks and homes left Fairfax County losing it's close-in farmland. It was a great life living in that area but I left after retiring in 1999 because of too many people and waaay too many cars. I now live in northern York County and returning back to PA after living in a wealthy, metropolitan area for so many years is like living again in the 1950 in so many ways. I try to understand how N. C. and other states can be so broken because living in Pennsylvania has many areas just like North Carolina and those other states. Less educated, but hard working peoples who have difficult times understanding the rest of us, just as we, too, can't figure them out.