Brand ’em

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters earlier this week that he’s slowing down the religious freedom bill because he’s concerned about how it will affect the state’s “brand.” He should be equally worried about how all these bills to wrest control from local governments affects the GOP brand.

In Buncombe County, former Rep. Tim Moffitt thought he was in a safe seat. He was so…

The price of overreach

John Hood has a nice piece on attempts by North Carolina Democrats to change electoral rules back in the 1980s. They were trying to limit the influence of Republican Governor Jim Martin and a group of newly elected Republican legislators. Ultimately, they backed down. Today, he notes, they are glad they did and warns Republicans against overreach in trying to rig elections.

It’s wise advice. The…

It was never just about Asheville's water. Or now Greenville's. Little Timmy Moffitt and his overlords from ALEC are determined to wrest control of all water resources from the people who depend on them, so that a small group of future water tyrants can squeeze profits from the parched mouths of citizens peasants.

Moffitt for speaker. Please.

That settles it. I know who I’m pulling for to succeed Thom Tillis as house speaker. I’m with Tim Moffitt.

My reasons are simple. I want somebody who gives me plenty of fodder for my blog. Nobody will fill that role quite as well as Representative Moffitt. Moffitt is almost a parody of the bumbling movie politician who is so dumb he can’t even succeed at petty corruption. Think Mel Brooks as the…