Notes on South and North Carolina Politics and Zeta
Been chatting (email) with a friend based in North Carolina. I thought I would share the comments at AB.
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I had to spend a good deal of time cleaning up after the remnants of Zeta. We got 5 inches of rain and 45 mph winds. I managed to get leaves out of the ditches and culverts before the storm so what came down didn’t do too much damage to the road. I had it cleaned up the next day. Our local power company is Western Carolina University – an odd leftover from 50 years ago. My neighbor heads up the maintenance and line crews so if there are trees down along our creek I’ll bring my tractor down and help them out. It made for a couple of long days but I got some good firewood out of the deal. It also took my mind off the election.
It looks like NC is going to Biden. We have a Democratic governor so shenanigans may be at a minimum but we have places like Alamance County where the local sheriff managed to make an ass out of himself and his department today. (North Carolina Senatorial Candidate) Cunningham looks like he’ll hold on after the disclosure of his extra-marital affair. No one likes Tillis, his own caucus hated him when he was in the legislature.
South Carolina may surprise some people. The area around Charleston has turned quite Blue over the last few years with a tech boom. Columbia is also shifting. (Jamie) Harrison has given Graham a run for his money. He’ll run at least three or four points behind Trump which may be just enough to get Harrison in.
It looks like the Republican appointed judiciary is all in on screwing things up. The most recent lawsuit in Travis County is an absolute joke yet a Federal District court is going to hear it (Jennifer Fleck lost the July runoff in District 47 to Justin Berry by more than a thousand votes). But Fleck claims the election results in Travis County are not reliable.. The 5th Circuit has become a mini-version of the John Birch society
Overall opinion; I am cautiously optimistic but the Republicans have demonstrated a willingness to shamelessly cheat. I suspect a free and fair election would be an absolute blowout but this one is going to be tighter than it should.
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Hopefully, he is wrong with his prediction and this is an overall blowout of what is so obviously wrong with the nation.
I have a pal in Asheville who would say the same things— older guy and a grownup—but it is Asheville and that is an island. Do not see anyway Harrison beats Graham but he sure gave him a run for his money—$57 million in third quarter. We really have to figure this thing out and while the Dems are not free of blame, it is the GOP who enabled Trump and it is the GOP which has to renounce Trump or I am buying a firearm and will do my best to defend the USA. That is assuming Biden wins. If he loses my wife is a Canadian citizen and I will be out of here after almost 200 years. Quite a change for a guy who was 40 before he was not completely thankful that he had been born in this country.
Terry:
Are you X-Military? If not and you take up a pistol or a rifle and not that thing between your legs, be prepared to kill someone as they will challenge you. Get a shotgun. You won’t miss and a pump one makes a sound which is very audible in the silence of a home. 12 gauge or a military shotgun.
Be patient and don’t bother with a weapon if you do not have one, we will prevail.
Terry,
I dunno what will happen, but I do know that Run is absolutely correct about the pump shotgun and I am former military.
It is a bit late already for a big dog to raise and train for this year, but if you are thinking about the future then go with an Alsatian, a.k.a., German Shepherd, for any part of US. Colder states are good for Newfs and Bernese Mt. dogs, which are even easier to train to just bark at people instead of eating them. I stay away from Rotties and Pits, unless there are small children or old people in the neighborhood that I want to get rid of. Dobes can be a bit unpredictable as well.
Or the release of the bolt on an M1 or M14 is also very audible.