Shades of 2008. Unprincipled Republicans from the top with McCain to jason thompson (not an insult...think he'd agree) at the local level. Infighting with the self-dealers and profiteers outnumbering and crushing the smaller band of principled GOP activists, who are more hated and feared by the Republican establishment than any liberal or moderate or purple or green democrat. After the election, the Party was as competent and relevant as France circa 1943. The Party existed, but in name only, the loyal defenders of conservative/liberty values previously banished by the collaborators with personal greed as their cause, not an one or multiple political issues, which drive the reagan republicans all but banished by the party natiobnally and implemented with even more vigor here in SE NC. The Catlins, Casters, Deans, Rountrees, lawyers and judges, longtime incumbents, slammed the door and locked it to keep fresh perspectives and platform-proponents outside while they, the Lees and C's (caster, catlin, criner, cheney...) divveed the spoils of victories that never materialized. They suffer from premature greed and selfish gratification. They are puppets of Louise McColl and Democrat leaders. Spineless. This year, a roster of these RINOs who dominated in '08 can be found simply by looking at napier fuller's campaign endorsers.
Whatever personal shortcomings of the much younger upstart smaller government advocates like ben mccoy, justin, fulton and berger (his personal life is his business, as long as he fights for lower taxes and spending surrounded by barfield, catlin, thompson and davis who gave us the catlin convention center, airlie gardens for the rich, and bridges for barfield, saffo...etc...that's why there has been so much violent hatred and personal attacks reaching new lows...so McColl and her puppets get what they want without those well-meaning youngsters shining the light of transparency on stuff that used to be passed in secret behind closed doors at exclusive clubs.

Rhonda Amorosa has been a disaster as chairwoman, if the democrats wrote a script for the GOP, it'd look the same...Rhonda, Sandy Best, pstti "fuller of it" smithson, mccomas, thompson, all are in fact or act like they are on McColl and Associates payroll. To boot, in true RINO fashion, fake republicans like Sandy Best, JT, Criner, Caster, Causey, Rivenbark all answer to McColl. Fine for the Dems in that group, but dangerous and disgraceful when a Democrat like mccoll through best, criners, catlins, thompsons is able to use the RINO moles with no morals or adherence to American values to undermine, frustrate, and eat the young visionary leaders emerging in the GOP by using the RINOs in her circle to attack like rabid pit bulls, with no sense of decency, so the Democrats under Mccoll can cruise while she uses her republican soldiers to destroy any potential GOP candidate who threatens the waste and big projects mccoll controls. Rhonda fiddles while her friends sandy best and catlin criner and company burn a hole in the GOP platform and destroy the courageous like Josh Fulton when they become a threat because their ideas resonate. These people all need to go and fulton should assume the chairman's thrown. The Party can no longer sit by while the insider clique of McColl controlled judges (criner) and politicians (catlin, mccomas,thompson)and moles knawing at the foundation of Reagan republicanism (sandy best, smithson, fuller, dean) destroy the party and liberty from within the party leadership itself.