Lawson's Opponent Scrubbed All Comments From His Blog

[PBrady]

So I was visiting Frank's site, and when I was looking back at the blogs which had excellent (and very polite) criticism of his posts. Turns out, they've all been scrubbed!

http://www.rocheforcongress.com/?cat=3

What do we do now?

[TastyWheat]

What a weird set of policies. He wants us to continue occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, though with clear goals in mind, he wants us to defend Israel at every turn and supports it's right to exist *sigh*, he hinted at supporting the "War of Northern Aggression", he uses the term "managed capitalism", but he also wants us out of NATO and the UN and he wants to "break apart" the Dept. of Homeland security (not sure if that means abolish). I really don't know what to think.

[aclove]

The guy wasn't originally even taking comments at all until I embarassed him into doing it with a comment my wife tried to leave that sat "awaiting moderation" for a couple of days. I posted it to Facebook as a note and tagged the maximum number of people, including R0che, Lawson, and 30 other prominent Republicans in NC. After that, he started allowing comments, and Lawson's supporters ran rings around R0che's and made them look like dipshits.

Guess R0che thinks we've stopped paying attention and has decided to go back to taking the chickenshit's way out. Typical of standard GOP hacks.

[Michigan11]

Let's keep the pressure on and continue to send out emails for Lawson, for donations... You grassroots locally, keep doing what you're doin, we are all watching! Great job PBrady on keeping us informed. We're gonna win this race.

[wildturkey]

His new blog post(Frank's) includes a small monument the greatness of Abe Lincoln. Could not make me angrier. I dont know how everyone else here feels about Abe, but there is not a man in american history I despise more.

[Michigan11]

What's great is his opponent things he's playin with a regular Repub....

[rancher89]

So I was visiting Frank's site, and when I was looking back at the blogs which had excellent (and very polite) criticism of his posts. Turns out, they've all been scrubbed!

http://www.rocheforcongress.com/?cat=3

What do we do now?

LOL, he's minor league. Let it be known that he's done thia wide and far, add his supposed "tea party endorsement" and he's toast.

BTW there were supposed to be three primary contenders, one was talked out of running......Roche' refused to back out.

[skyorbit]

Who all is he running against?

Tracy

[PBrady]

Who all is he running against?

Tracy
BJ and Frank Roche are primary opponents.

[wildturkey]

Bad news, Frank won the straw poll at the wake county gop convention last night, which sadly is a pretty big deal. Basically our local CPAC. He only won by 12 votes, but none the less saddening. We gotta ramp it up if we want BJ to win.

[james1906]

What a weird set of policies. He wants us to continue occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, though with clear goals in mind, he wants us to defend Israel at every turn and supports it's right to exist *sigh*, he hinted at supporting the "War of Northern Aggression", he uses the term "managed capitalism", but he also wants us out of NATO and the UN and he wants to "break apart" the Dept. of Homeland security (not sure if that means abolish). I really don't know what to think.

This really is just his way of saying that we can bomb whomever we want without seeking approval from France, Germany, Russia, etc.

[Style]

Bad news, Frank won the straw poll at the wake county gop convention last night, which sadly is a pretty big deal. Basically our local CPAC. He only won by 12 votes, but none the less saddening. We gotta ramp it up if we want BJ to win.

:(

[PBrady]

Yeah, I was thinking of posting that in general politics to perhaps get a small wave of people donating.

[Nathan Hale]

Bad news, Frank won the straw poll at the wake county gop convention last night, which sadly is a pretty big deal. Basically our local CPAC. He only won by 12 votes, but none the less saddening. We gotta ramp it up if we want BJ to win.

The real bad news is that there wasn't a thread on these boards announcing that straw poll before it happened. That would have made the difference, IMHO. It seems as though the only news coming out of that district is in the past tense.

[rancher89]

People are a little busy "in that district" right now.....

[Nathan Hale]

People are a little busy "in that district" right now.....

Understandable, but these boards help the cause. It's worth dedicating resources to keeping us informed. We can help to broadcast your district message or announce events to district blogs and message boards. We can surge donations by several thousand dollars when quick money is needed. We can do all sorts of grassroots stuff to help the district, when we're kept informed about what's happening in the district.

[rancher89]

If I had known there was to be a straw poll, I would have posted it.

They are not a common practice here in NC at conventions. I've never even heard of one being held for that matter, until now, after the fact....

[GunnyFreedom]

Official Straw Poll Results

Wake GOP Convention

March 15, 2010

US House 2nd District Votes Cast Percent

Frank Deatrich 104 42.98% ** Liberty Candidate **
Renee Elmers 97 40.08%
Todd Gailas 41 16.94% ** Liberty Candidate **
242 100.00%

US House 4th District Votes Cast Percent

Frank Roche 186 49.73%
William "BJ" Lawson 176 47.06% ** Liberty Candidate **
David Burnett 12 3.21%
374 100.00%

US House 13th District Votes Cast Percent

Dan Huffman 146 42.07%
Bill Randall 145 41.79% ** not SPECIFICALLY a "liberty Candidate" but awful close to us **
Bernie Reeves 32 9.22%
Frank Hurley 24 6.92%
347 100.00%

NC Houses 33rd District Votes Cast Percent
Paul Terrell III 182 80.18% ** Liberty Candidate **
Susan Byrd Leventhal 45 19.82%
227 100.00%

NC House 34th District Votes Cast Percent
Steve Henion 249 71.35%
Joe Ross 40 11.46%
James "Jamie" Earp 34 9.74%
Brian Tinga 26 7.45%
349 100.00%

NC House 41st District Votes Cast Percent
Tom Murry 240 67.04%
Todd Batchelor 117 32.68% ** not SPECIFICALLY a "liberty Candidate" but awful close to us **
David Sloane 1 0.28%
358 100.00%

Wake Commissioner 2nd District Votes Cast Percent
Champ Claris 158 45.53%
Phil Matthews 136 39.19%
Phil Jeffries 53 15.27%
347 100.00%

[Nathan Hale]

Official Straw Poll Results

Wake GOP Convention

March 15, 2010

US House 2nd District Votes Cast Percent

Frank Deatrich 104 42.98% ** Liberty Candidate **
Renee Elmers 97 40.08%
Todd Gailas 41 16.94% ** Liberty Candidate **
242 100.00%


Thank you for the detailed results! Good to see this kind of data posted, I hope we get more like it from around the country as straw poll results and other event results come in.

That said, in D2 it looks like we're splitting the vote. If this vote is indicative of the race in general, we should perhaps pressure Todd Gailas to drop out and endorse Frank Deatrich.

[GunnyFreedom]

Thank you for the detailed results! Good to see this kind of data posted, I hope we get more like it from around the country as straw poll results and other event results come in.

That said, in D2 it looks like we're splitting the vote. If this vote is indicative of the race in general, we should perhaps pressure Todd Gailas to drop out and endorse Frank Deatrich.

D2 is my district, and it's......complicated....

it's very complicated, actually.

There will probably be some resolution by the primary, but yes, splitting the vote is one of my biggest concerns. I will tell you that Frank and Todd like each other a lot, and they have been working together more than apart during this campaign...

[wildturkey]

The real bad news is that there wasn't a thread on these boards announcing that straw poll before it happened. That would have made the difference, IMHO. It seems as though the only news coming out of that district is in the past tense.
Dont be mad at me haha. I didnt know about it either. I knew about the convention, but not the straw poll. And just so everyone knows, 4th district only fringes on wake county. Most of its meat is the two neighbor counties. So dont be too let down. Sad but Wake county is definitely not top priority.

[Nathan Hale]

D2 is my district, and it's......complicated....

it's very complicated, actually.

There will probably be some resolution by the primary, but yes, splitting the vote is one of my biggest concerns. I will tell you that Frank and Todd like each other a lot, and they have been working together more than apart during this campaign...

I have faith in your opinion, Gunny, I'm sure they'll work something out. Regardless, it looks like a favorable district. Is there a slate of candidates running for state assembly/senate in your district as well?

[freedomgirl23]

Official Straw Poll Results

Wake GOP Convention

March 15, 2010

US House 2nd District Votes Cast Percent

Frank Deatrich 104 42.98% ** Liberty Candidate **
Renee Elmers 97 40.08%
Todd Gailas 41 16.94% ** Liberty Candidate **
242 100.00%

US House 4th District Votes Cast Percent

Frank Roche 186 49.73%
William "BJ" Lawson 176 47.06% ** Liberty Candidate **
David Burnett 12 3.21%
374 100.00%

US House 13th District Votes Cast Percent

Dan Huffman 146 42.07% - He is the Liberty candidate and very friendly with BJ!
Bill Randall 145 41.79% ** not SPECIFICALLY a "liberty Candidate" but awful close to us **
Bernie Reeves 32 9.22%
Frank Hurley 24 6.92%
347 100.00%

NC Houses 33rd District Votes Cast Percent
Paul Terrell III 182 80.18% ** Liberty Candidate **
Susan Byrd Leventhal 45 19.82%
227 100.00%

NC House 34th District Votes Cast Percent
Steve Henion 249 71.35%
Joe Ross 40 11.46%
James "Jamie" Earp 34 9.74%
Brian Tinga 26 7.45%
349 100.00%

NC House 41st District Votes Cast Percent
Tom Murry 240 67.04% - He is also good friends with BJ and is the Liberty/small govt./low taxes guy. Todd B. is an NCGOP party hack!!!Todd Batchelor 117 32.68% ** not SPECIFICALLY a "liberty Candidate" but awful close to us **
David Sloane 1 0.28%
358 100.00%

Wake Commissioner 2nd District Votes Cast Percent
Champ Claris 158 45.53% - a good young motivated guy and fiscal conservative!Phil Matthews 136 39.19%
Phil Jeffries 53 15.27%
347 100.00%

All - I'm helping BJ Lawson out for the 2nd time (yay) and just wanted to clarify info. about the candidates at the Wake GOP Convention. I made notes above re: who the good Liberty candidates are and who aren't, in bold.

What I hope is that this "win" for Frank will make him more complacent. The delegates at the convention were hardly a good representation of who will be voting in May in the 4th District. Frank, who thinks he's entitled to this because "he's been campaigning since July" can beat his chest all he wants - BJ will beat him in May hands down!!

[rancher89]

Welcome to the board freedomgirl23!

[aclove]

Referring back to the OP, R0che has now scrubbed his site a second time, erasing several comments asking where the original comments went.

[Michigan11]

Thanks for the info FreedomGirl. Can you or maybe someone else here keep us updated daily if possible, it would help to get the donations pouring in. Keep up the great work, I'm sure Lawson is going to win it this time around!

[PBrady]

Referring back to the OP, R0che has now scrubbed his site a second time, erasing several comments asking where the original comments went.

I'm thinking it's time to start screen-capping and setting up an alternate blog to debunk his posts. This is getting ridiculous.