He got his recount. He still lost.

Ahh. I had not seen that.

The Democrats don't control the NC Legislature. This is just the normal politics of a divided government. Same thing on the federal level where the Senate refuses to vote for opposing political appointees, or changes the rules of the Senate to get a bill passed, such as was the case with the ACA.

Good lord...as the Liberal's hero Obama once proudly said to the cheers of his mindless sycophants, "Elections have CONSEQUENCES". SO tired of whiny hypocritical Democrats boxing about the FACT that they don't get to set the rules AFTER THEY LOSE. Stfu, really. Republicans have control, they *legally* to action, so fucking deal with it. Quit doing shit the electorate doesn't like and then you get to set the rules.

End of discussion.

Boxing.... Stoopid phone....*complaining*

Eturnage, do you think the US Senate would get away with cutting the President's appointees down from 1500 to 300 simply because they were of the other party and doing so under the guise of organizing emergency funding for wildfire and flood victims?

@Bo - yes, they would as long as they are not violating the Constitution. Based upon your question, I'm not certain toy actually understand how government works.

This idea of "get away with" implies you think they have fine something illegal. They haven't. The feelings of the whiners that lost the election are, in fact, not the proper basis for running the government. There will be another election in the future, and if the voters are displeased with what happened they can take corrective Acton in the polling booths. Until then, the *losers* DON'T get to run the show. That's how it works.

Krellin, maybe you aren't aware, but politicians don't have to break a law in order to be hassled for being shitheads. I didn't reply to you because a) you can't spell, and b) you're talking about people being sore losers when first off, most people talking about this power grab don't give two shits about North Carolina on a regular day, and secondly, the sore losers are the Republicans gutting the incoming Democrat's capabilities because they're sour that their incumbent candidate lost by 10,000 votes. So long as you're claiming that liberals, not the conservatives who are gutting their new governor's power preeminently, your opinion is meaningless because you don't even understand that the Democratic candidate *won*.

Oh, option two is that you didn't read the article. Of course, that is more likely. You sometimes have smart things to say when you bother reading.

Large Republican majorities in the house and Senate of state government. They are in part acting too limit the power of the incoming governor which will stop him from being able to act without legislative approval. And someone liberals think this this is bad? You think a governor should be able to act as dictator?

I know your argument - "wahhhh... But the last governor had it, blah blah blah". And it was wing then. It is being corrected, it is legal, it is being fine by a legislative branch that is in control bore and will remain in control.

Sour fucking grapes, that's what any complaint about this is.

Not being able to appoint his own people is a lot more than stopping someone from acting without legislative approval, and doing all of this under the guise of environmental damage relief and only beginning this process after the completion of a recount that declared a Democratic governor the victor over the Republican incumbent tells me that this isn't the noble Republicans righting a wrong but the asshole Republicans being salty and making a grab for power.

You're not this dumb, krellin.

Appoint people *WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL*, which is a pretty standard thing. Jesus, you aren't this dumb, Bo. Aren't the Democrats near orgasming right now over the prospect of trying to not approve Trump appointees?

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

i thought it was: 'never teach a pig to sing; it frustrates the teacher and annoys the pig.'

Hello bo_sox. Yes, I think the Senate will do whatever they feel they can get away with. You mentioned the Constitution. No. I don't think any of our politicians give a rip about it. They prove that all the time. The Senate gets away with sh*t like what's happening in NC all the time. Obama appointed a Judge for SCOTUS. The Senate refuses to act. Trump selects a Secretary of State. The Senate Democrats refuse to vote for cloture. A Bill is stalled because Massachusettes elects a Republican Senator. Harry Reid changes the rules to enact the ACA. Same ole same ole. And no, they don't give a rat's *ss about the Constitution. It's all about the money.