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Apparently, zombies are too busy eating brains to use theirs! In a surprise announcement, fans of the flesh-devourers were sad to learn that the annual “Walker Stalker Convention” in North Carolina is being delayed over H.B. 2. Of course, most dead people don’t need bathrooms — but in some parts of the country, they do vote with regularity. Organizers say they’re postponing the gore from June to December in hopes that Governor Pat McCrory (R-N.C.) will be so persuaded by the zombies’ decision that he’ll force businesses to adopt the Left’s unpopular policy. “Walker Stalker Convention has always been a place for ALL fans, regardless of who they are, or who they love. As such, we must add our voice to those opposing the injustice of North Carolina House Bill 2,” said the zombie faithful. Apparently, zombies, like most on the Left, don’t read — or they’d know that all H.B. 2 does is stop the government from forcing businesses to adopt gender-confused bathrooms.

The LGBT(Z) push got another boost in London this week, when President Obama decided to ignore the important crises of the world and update Britain on America’s P.C. W.C.s. In another embarrassing display of the president’s backwards and dangerous priorities, he took time to blast North Carolina and Mississippi. Measures that protect religious liberty and public safety, Obama insisted, “are wrong and should be overturned.” The president also took time out for other crucial issues — like memorializing Prince. Maybe if President Obama focused his attention on keeping America safe instead of bullying North Carolina over bathrooms, ISIS wouldn’t be infiltrating America, Russia wouldn’t be taunting our military and Iran, and North Korea wouldn’t be testing our resolve by firing ballistic missiles.

The ridiculousness of the Left’s potty politics aren’t lost on The Wall Street Journal, which eviscerated the president’s party for its increasingly anti-science bent. On issues like abortion, climate change, and now gender, the “progressives” are everything but. By abandoning cutting-edge medicine and technology for the regressive principles of political correctness, the Left is setting its party back. “Barack Obama invoked in his maiden inaugural address, when he promised to ‘restore science to its rightful place,’” William McGurn argues. “Well, the American people have now had almost eight years of it. Turns out that restoring-science-to-its-rightful-place comes with its own set of dogmas and orthodoxies. It’s not just letting men into women’s restrooms, either. On a host of issues, upholding the progressive catechism these days apparently requires seeking out and punishing heretics too… From climate change to restrooms, Democrats are increasingly the anti-science party.”

The media, of course, ignores these evidence-based realities — and, McGurn goes on, it isn’t hard to see why. “For it contradicts the dominant narrative in which Democrats take their positions from a clear-eyed look at the science while Republicans are blinded by their religious, social and economic orthodoxies.” Whatever the Left is selling, voters aren’t buying. In a massive rejection of the LGBT-corporate alliance, Americans are refusing to be taken hostage by the Left’s dangerous policies. The coast-to-coast Target boycott is blazing through social media — racking up a record-shattering 708,900 signers in just days! USA Today and other media outlets are racing to cover the backlash, which isn’t just reflected at retailers — but public polling too. The Left may live to regret its gender overreach, surveys show, as support for the bathroom free-for-all is dropping fast. Reuters was surprised to see how fast, citing a 10-point surge in the number of Americans who oppose the idea of genderless bathrooms in just nine days.

FRC is helping to highlight the corporate hypocrisy in North Carolina and Mississippi with a new ad that’s caught the attention of the Washington Times, the Blaze, Christian Post, and local outlets. The issue has become such a rallying cry that Governor McCrory is even campaigning on it! While some might have shrunk back, McCrory is going on the offensive. In new commercials, “The clips … should help refresh your memory that the topic of bathrooms was first raised by the radical Left when — over warnings from the governor and other state leaders that they should have left restroom norms way they were and focus on things … [North Carolina Attorney General] Roy Cooper’s allies decided to push through Charlotte’s radical bathroom mandate anyway,” said campaign spokesman Ricky Diaz.

Originally published here.

Delegating Responsibility for the GOP

Editor’s Note: This article was written before the polls closed on Tuesday, April 26.

In the media’s jubilation over Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) supposed mathematical elimination from reaching 1,237 delegates, it seems to have forgotten something: Donald Trump is all but eliminated too! Despite the Trump-leaning primaries underway in Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Rhode Island today, the mogul is as much of a longshot at securing the GOP nomination as Cruz. The billionaire’s path to the top of the ticket is an uphill climb — and that may be putting it mildly, considering that he would need to lock up 58 percent of the remaining delegates. That’s a tall task in states like Indiana, where Cruz’s popularity is surging.

“We are headed to a contested convention at this point. Nobody is getting 1,237,” Ted told a reporter matter-of-factly. “Donald is going to talk all the time about other folks not getting 1,237. He’s not getting there either. Neither of us are getting the 1,237.” In today’s primaries, for example, there are 172 delegates on the line — but only 118 are pledged. Cruz’s operation shines when it comes to the remaining delegates. These “unbound” delegates, who can vote their personal preference at the Republican National Convention in in July, are flocking to the senator’s side, thanks to a sophisticated ground game. While Trump has enjoyed big crowds, his campaign continues to lack substance — both politically and strategically. What Cruz has accomplished in the grassroots not only shows off his organizational skills but proves that he has a campaign that can win.

Sure, a lot of Americans are caught up in the Trump hype and the celebrity politics that go along with it, but Donald continues to lack the vision and meaning the nation needs to repair the damage of 8 years of Barack Obama and get the nation moving forward again. Today’s results won’t change that. Nor will it change the likelihood of a brokered convention, where the delegates will decide who the party’s nominee will be. But just because it’s a rare occurrence to have delegates at a convention decide who the party’s nominee will be doesn’t mean it it’s an illegitimate one. And no amount of whining will change that fact.

Originally published here.