TEN THOUSAND turn out to protest GOP in Asheville, NC

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55. Yes. Governor McCrookie's poll numbers...

dropped 15 points in just over a month. Moral Monday, Occupy, et al. are shining a bright NATIONWIDE light on the harmful policies of the NC GOP. It's not just "the left" that's disgusted; moderate GOPers aren't happy, and hopefully they'll take it to the polls in 2014 and 2016. Dems out-vote Rs in this state, but thanks to gerrymandered districts, Rs captured more seats. We need more votes.

NC has the 5th worst unemployment in the nation, and while I'm not a "job creator," I'd be hesitant to set up shop in a state that undoes DECADES of progress in a matter of MONTHS. Women's rights, the environment, shafting the unemployed, no Medicaid expansion, voter suppression, screwing public education, usurping local governments, a governor who doesn't read bills but signs them... the list goes on and on and on. McCrookie and his goons think low/no corporate taxes are going to save the day, but if state government is unstable (fucking nuts), will companies really move or stay in NC? He wants NC to be TX, but as a local columnist pointed out, unless NC discovers another Permian Basin, it ain't gonna happen.

NC Occupiers have been sounding the alarm since 2010, but they were poo-pooed and mocked. The NC NAACP has stepped up, in a VERY big way, and people are paying attention. The NC GOP may be laughing, but as MG points out above, they won't be laughing at the legal action against this state. With unemployment cuts, they're taking $80M/month out of the local economy; once they feel those effects, they may not be laughing, either. Shine the light.

Laugh away, assholes, I'm not sitting around like a good little citizen and *hoping* things get better in 2014 and 2016.