Not really coming to vote
by Tom Sullivan
In spite of Sen. Kay Hagan's loss to state Rep. Thom Tillis last night, there were a few bright spots for North Carolina Democrats. They need to pick up five state House seats to break a GOP supermajority. They picked up three last night, gaining two in just one western county, mine.
Since first elected in 2010, state Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Buncombe, has wedged conservative county voters against city voters. The ALEC board member passed legislation to strip Asheville of control of its airport and water system. (The NCGOP has gone after Charlotte's airport as well. It's the next phase of "Defund the Left.") Moffitt lost his reelection bid last night. In a newspaper account of local election results, a voter comments about why he supported Moffitt:
Gary Mize, who also lives in Arden, said he voted for Moffitt "to screw the people in (Asheville) City Hall."
"As a conservative Christian, City Hall stands for nothing I stand for," Mize said.
In 2011, another state legislator dubbed the left-leaning city "a cesspool of sin."
I share the quote because it echoes something a friend in SC once said about electioneering. He said he could spot Republicans as they approached the polling place by the sour looks on their faces.
"They're not coming to vote," he said. "They're coming to f--k someone!"
I guess that says "Morning in America" to somebody.