4-23-10

Thank You NYTimes and Star News for Supporting Ilario Pantano

The Star News tells us that, Ilario Pantano says Breazeale “loves his country and wants to serve the people of the 7th District, "Pantano, 38, acknowledged that he recently registered as a Republican, but said Ilario said he ”has been living my conservative values since I was a 17-year-old Marine,” and that Ilario says “I love God, I love my country, and I love my family.” “At the end of the day,” he added, “that informs everything I do and don’t do." The Star News says Ilario is in the NRCC “Young Guns” program, that
"Pantano said his story has been told exhaustively in local and national media," and “The fact that a fellow veteran is trying to make hay out of a wartime tragedy speaks
volumes about his character,” Pantano said. Pantano "currently is writing books and campaigning full-time." Through March 31, Pantano had raised about $103,000 ...

The Star News tells us "Breazeale, the GOP nominee for the House in 2008, questioned how Pantano can ask Republicans to vote for him in a primary, when he has never voted in a GOP primary himself," “I think that’s a little hypocritical,” said Breazeale, 41, an airline pilot for AirTran Airways. “This is for one of the top 600 offices in the
country. This isn’t dog catcher.” Breazeale said he believes voters should understand Pantano’s past. “There are many unanswered questions about his background,
including what exactly happened in Iraq,” said Breazeale. The Star News said Breazeale is a part-time officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and Breazeale raised $46,000,... and Two years ago, McIntyre received 215,383 votes, to 97,472 for Breazeale.

The Star News chooses to print from interview material that Ilario says Breazeale loves his country, that Ilario lives conservatives values, that Ilario loves God, his country, and his family, that a fellow veteran Breazeale is trying to make hay out of a wartime tragedy speaks volumes about his character, and that Ilario raised $103,000.00.

The Star News chooses to print from interview material that Breazeale said Ilario is hypocritical, this isn't for dog catcher, that Breazeale is a part- time officer, who received 97,472 votes to McIntyre's 215,383 and has raised $46,000.00.

In my opinion the Star News slant clearly favors Ilario. Besides the Star News favorable slant toward Ilario another reason we know the Star News supports Ilario is they do not tell us Ilario is from New York City. This is good news for the people of Wilmington. Maybe, just maybe, the Star News support for Ilario will dry up their advertising revenue and be the straw that breaks the camel's back and forces the Star News to close its doors in Wilmington. In my opinion the Star News has taken many positions through the years which anger readers and costs them advertising revenue. Presently the Star News is on life support and has let go a 100 employees or so. The Fayetteville Observer Times is printing the Star News. My grandmother would tell us you are known by the company you keep. The Star News is keeping company with Ilario which includes his Iraq baggage. Like Ilario. Like New York Times.

With the Star News as Wilmington's guiding light what has Wilmington become? A traffic jam, poorly planned, polluted, over taxed, with many unhappy citizens. The Star News has belittled, lied, called old time Wilmingtonians running for office names like "also ran," every political race. It is as if every chance the Star News gets they belittle and make fun of anything Southern. The New York Times wants it both ways. It wants Wilmington money. It lives to insult the people of Wilmington. The New York Times is not respected or liked around Wilmington and the planet. Ya think. Does the New York Times actually think people in Wilmington like to be continually insulted? The New York Times does not insult the people of New York City in the newspaper they distribute to the people of New York City.

Its typical of the New York Times arrogance to try and sell a guy from New York City, Ilario Pantano, to Wilmingtonians. Hello NYT's. Have you forgotten you are on life support? Does the NYTs think Southerners will not figure out their coverage of this election boils down to NYC Neocons helping a NYC Neocon. The New York Times has proven their making a buck here is far more important to them than quality of life for Wilmington residents. How long will it take for the people of Wilmington to like Ilario as much as the people of Wilmington like the New York Times? One thing is for sure, the Star News' advertising revenue will be the judge.

Ilario cuts the hand cuffs off the two Iraqi and becomes judge jury and executioner when he shoots two Arabs 56 times. Maybe they were terrorists. This is for sure as well, Ilario's shooting them is one of the great recruiting tools for terrorists.

How many of our brave soldiers have been killed in revenge for Ilario's actions? How many of our brave soldiers will be killed in revenge for Ilario's election to the US House? Logic dictates electing Ilario to the US House will be another great tool terrorists use to recruit. How many people around the world will wonder what kind of community elected Ilario Pantano to the US House? A question will come out of this election. How and why did Ilario get elected? The New York Times done it. Wilmington is a New York Times' besmirching our character work in process because the Times' is making the world think Wilmington and Ilario are the same. Why isn't Ilario running for the US House in New York City? The answers to this question are endless. Most of them negative for the Neocon agenda. One of the things I have learned in my 64 years, the biggest liars hide behind people of good character and honesty. The New York Times, one of the biggest liars in the history of the world, is hiding behind the good character and honesty of the people of Wilmington.

God tells us ‘Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil...” Unfortunately I am batting 1000 on two of my political calls. I said Little George was going to be a screw up way before it was cool to do so. Little George turned out to be much worse than I ever dreamed. I said Obama was going to be a screw up before it was cool to belittle Obama. Obama is turning out to be a screw up worse than I ever dreamed possible. I have said Ilario is a massive screw up who does not make sense. The New York Times sells him as a hero. Just like the cases of Bush and Obama, I hope the best for Ilario, but expect the worse. I have been wrong a time or two in my life and I may be wrong this time, but I doubt it.

Actually I have gotten to know Ilario to a degree. His family and I have spoken to each other with our eyes and they seem to be quite nice. People traveling with Ilario have been nice to me. At least Ilario now calls his incident a tragedy. At this moment I will take the time to set the record straight. I jumped on Ilario for not registering to vote until two days before the 90 day filing deadline. Ilario is partially responsible for my misunderstanding. He built himself up at a forum as such a confirmed Republican I assumed he had been one since the first day the law allowed him to register Republican. This turns out to be incorrect and I misunderstood Ilario's filing controversy. I thought Ilario signed up to vote in North Carolina for the first time a 100 days or so ago. Ilario did register to vote and filed "Unaffiliated" when he fist came to New Hanover County in the Fall of 2004. The big deal turns out to be Ilario changed to Republican from Unaffiliated so he could run in this race 2 days before the deadline The North Carolina motto is "To be rather than to seem." In my mind Ilario could easily be "seeming" and not "being" to get elected to the US House. Also remember my main impression on how people from New York City are is derived from my treatment by the New York Times and their role model as the local guiding light for Wilmington. Vomit followed by more vomit.

Wilmington is living a new opportunity and great day with the NY Times and the Star News support of Ilario. The Star News support of a professed Neocon from New York City is really the only position one would expect from them. In the Star News' eyes what could be worst than a local politician with 10 generations of a family fighting for the US Constitution? Since the Star News is on advertising revenue life support hopefully the Star News supporting Ilario will be the straw that breaks the camel's back and closes their doors. So what would I do If I owned the Fayetteville Observer Times and wanted to buy the Star News for a song or for nothing at all. I would encourage the Star News to forcefully back Ilario Pantano, while keeping my paper less supportive of Ilario's candidacy. I would work to see to it the Neocon agenda is manifest in Ilario and New York Times. Then I would sell the Neocon agenda as a agenda which is anti US Constitution and amounts to treason, making war on the United States. This should work as a drag on the New York Times' advertising revenue in Wilmington. When the New York Times is forced to close its doors in Wilmington I would be around to pick up pieces of the Star News "por nada." Then I would take this plan and use it to cut advertising revenue at other New York Times' newspapers around the country and try to buy them "por nada" as well.

Three Republicans seek chance to face off against Rep. McIntyre

http://www.topix.com/us-house/mike-mcintyre/2010/04/three-republicans-seek-chance-to-face-off-against-rep-mcintyre

By Patrick Gannon
Patrick.Gannon@StarNewsOnline.com

Published: Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 16, 2010 at 7:52 p.m.
Republican Congressional candidate Will Breazeale wants voters to know that his main primary opponent, Ilario Pantano, only became a Republican late last year, when he switched affiliations from independent.
Pantano didn’t throw stones back when asked what voters should know about Breazeale. He said simply that Breazeale “loves his country and wants to serve the people of the 7th District.”
Pantano and Breazeale are vying for the Republican nomination in the district that includes all or parts of 10 Southeastern North Carolina counties, including Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender.
Randy Crow, who has been unsuccessful in 15 runs for elected office, is also in the race.
The winner of the May 4 primary will face incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-Lumberton, in the Nov. 2 general election. McIntyre is serving his seventh term in the House. All three GOP hopefuls support term limits.
A Republican hasn’t held the Wilmington area’s seat in the House since Alexander H. Jones in 1871, nearly 140 years ago, according to the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Republican challengers hope to reverse the trend.
During an interview last week, Breazeale, the GOP nominee for the House in 2008, questioned how Pantano can ask Republicans to vote for him in a primary, when he has never voted in a GOP primary himself.
“I think that’s a little hypocritical,” said Breazeale, 41, an airline pilot for AirTran Airways. “This is for one of the top 600 offices in the country. This isn’t dog catcher.”
Pantano, 38, acknowledged that he recently registered as a Republican, but said he’s been “living my conservative values since I was a 17-year-old Marine.”
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“While I’m proud to be running as a conservative Republican today, I have always been an independent conservative,” Pantano said.
Pantano, who is seeking election for the first time, said he wants primary voters to know, “I love God, I love my country, and I love my family.”
“At the end of the day,” he added, “that informs everything I do and don’t do.”
Breazeale said he has the endorsement of more than a dozen elected officials, including New Hanover County Commissioners Chairman Jason Thompson and several members of Congress. Pantano counters that he has been included in the “Young Guns” program, which is offered by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) to help new GOP candidates build winning campaigns.
Pantano is better known for his former life than his current one.
A former Marine platoon leader, Pantano was charged with a capital crime for shooting two Iraqis during a raid in 2004 and hanging a sign over their bodies with the words, “No better friend, no worse enemy.”
The two men were seized in a car outside a house where mortar stakes, Osama Bin Laden tapes, and other suspicious items were found. The site was near a place where U.S. military convoys had been attacked. The men initially tried to flee in the car as Marines approached the place for a search.
After Marines under Pantano’s command searched the car and found nothing, the men were ordered to search it themselves. They were in the process of doing that when they turned toward Pantano and he fired up to 50 rounds.
After the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing, a Marine general decided in 2005 not to bring Pantano to trial. He is no longer a marine, and currently is writing books and campaigning full-time.
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“War is a dirty job. I’m sorry for that, but I don’t apologize for defending my men or my country,” he said last week.
Breazeale said he believes voters should understand Pantano’s past.
“There are many unanswered questions about his background, including what exactly happened in Iraq,” said Breazeale, who is a part-time officer in the U.S. Army Reserve who served three tours in the Middle East and earned a Bronze Star.
Pantano said his story has been told exhaustively in local and national media.
“The fact that a fellow veteran is trying to make hay out of a wartime tragedy speaks volumes about his character,” Pantano said.
Through March 31, Pantano had raised about $103,000 and spent about $23,000, according to campaign finance information at the Federal Election Commission’s Web site, www.fec.gov. Breazeale had raised $46,000 and spent about $36,000.
Two years ago, McIntyre received 215,383 votes, to 97,472 for Breazeale.
Crow, 64, who lives in Kelly in Bladen County, wants voters to know that he’s a conservative, self-employed businessman who believes in following the U.S. Constitution.
“Anything that is unconstitutional … I will not do it, and I see that as a major problem in what direction this country is going,” said Crow, who plans to run for president in 2012.
The three candidates will debate the issues at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the County Commissioners’ room at the New Hanover County Historic Courthouse, 24 N. Third Street, Wilmington.
Early voting began last week.
For more about Breazeale, go to www.awilltowin.net. For more on Crow, go to www.randycrow.com. For more on Pantano, go to www.pantanoforcongress.com.
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