It’s sad and damned shame.

I’m pretty confident it’s a good decision. Disagreement is decidedly unwelcome at BlueNC.

Still sad, though.

Then as primaries approached and NC stepped into the batter’s box, it seemed like there was some weird group-bully mentality that took over. If I were a conspiracy nut, I’d think there was a secret list of candidates and questions that were acceptable, and others that were not.

Once that started creeping in, I mostly watched from the sidelines. When Betsy went berzerko over the questions that were posed to Hagan, I’d pretty much had enough.

They were fair questions in an appropriate forum, especially considering that she’d been asked them several times elsewhere and hadn’t answered them. I didn’t even really know that she’d been ducking them until that thread, so it’s not that I even held any anger or malice. I just wanted to know where she stood.

I didn’t even bother voicing my concerns about Senator Obama, let alone my support for Senator Clinton. That conversation got snuffed out before it even began.

That’s not the kind of political discussion in which I’m interested.

It’s quite normally a great place. I’m not sure what’s happened in the few months I’ve been away.

I think I’m also going to write in Jim’s name unless Hagan at least attempts to address the questions in question.

I don’t see myself returning to BlueNC anytime soon, however.

My 2 pence can be found here.

Thomas Brock