North Carolina has been treated to yet another edition of ‘Name no Democrats’ up at the N&O by AP Writer Michael Biesecker. Only mentioning the top GOP players in a story is becoming a regular event, especially if they are running for the Senate. It really fits the ‘slam, eviscerate and cripple‘ pattern we’ve come to know all too well. In fact, it would appear that Biesecker’s story is pretty damn close to the big bullet points of this Democracy NC memo, which is a group tied to BluePrint NC.

I suppose anything that draws attention away from the pummeling Hagan is taking over her 24 Obamacare lies is a good thing in the mind of Democrats — even a story that broke around 6 months ago or so and is now being recycled and includes some of their own ‘best and brightest’.

I’ve included the whole list of names further down, because, you know, Biesecker didn’t include that in his report. Maybe because he didn’t want you to see the ratio. 42 were Republicans and 28 were Democrats, yet Biesecker only wrote about the Republicans. I also like how Biesecker mentioned McCrory gave money to a charity tied to Burns, but didn’t report that McCrory donated a chunk to the Rescue Mission. Luckily, Biesecker’s own paper did report that earlier this year:

The state GOP House and Senate caucuses accepted $55,000 combined from Burns, who also gave the $4,000 maximum to Gov. Pat McCrory. A party spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment Thursday morning. A McCrory spokeswoman said his campaign gave $4,000 to a Durham Rescue Mission – N&O

A story which is no longer available* at N&O for some reason notes that McCrory donated $18k:

Spokeswoman Kim Genardo said McCrory’s campaign has given $18,000 to charity to offset donations from Burns, his wife and other sweepstakes donors facing criminal charges. The governor’s campaign received more than $82,000 from sweepstakes donors, according to an analysis of disclosure reports by the AP and Democracy North Carolina. – Chatham Cty Bulletin Board

The Governor also stated he never met Burns. Biesecker left that out.

More about McCrory’s donation to charity and here, along with a claim by the Democrats they were going to donate what they received. I have yet to see a follow-up on that claim. I’m sure Democracy NC will get right on that one. I poked around myself and can’t find anything on the NC Dem’s site touting they’ve done so.

Democrats Of Note Left Out Of N&O Story

Dan Blue who received $2,500. Blue’s brother, Dhamian, brother sits on the board of BluePrint NC’s creator, NC Justice Center. He and his brother are both lawyers at their father’s firm.

Why wasn’t Blue mentioned? This is why:

Dan Blue III-Chair
“I am Dan Blue III and will be serving as the Chair of the Wake County Democratic Party for 2013 – 2015. I’m excited about our opportunities here in Wake County to build a better party and win elections.”

Also the list of Democrats is Senate Minority Leader Martin Nesbitt ($4K) and Senate Minority Whip, Josh Stein ($4K), who I believe has decided to run for Attorney General? Stein also has an interesting family member — Gerda Stein, his sister, who contributed $12,000 in 2007 and 2008 to him. Gerda Stein also held a fundraiser for him in 2010 at her home. Gerda Stein works for the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, but she also sits on the board of BluePrint NC.

Here’s the list, by Party, name and amount received.

Senate – 8 Dem 18 Rep
Rep  Austin M. Allran $2,500
Rep  Phil Berger $8,000
Dem Dan Blue $2,500
Rep  Harry Brown $4,000
Rep  Warren Daniel $1,000
Rep  Jim Davis $2,500
Rep  Thom Goolsby $1,000
Dem  Malcolm Graham $1,000
Rep  Rick Gunn $4,000
Rep  Kathy Harrington $4,000
Rep  Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. $4,000
Rep  Ralph Hise $2,500
Rep   Neal Hunt $4,000
Rep Brent Jackson $2,500
Dem Clark Jenkins $1,000
Dem Floyd B. McKissick, Jr. $2,500
Rep Wesley Meredith $4,000
Dem Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. $4,000
Rep E. S. (Buck) Newton $1,000
Rep Bill Rabon $4,000
Dem Gladys A. Robinson $1,000
Rep  Bob Rucho $4,000
Rep  Dan Soucek $1,000
Dem  Josh Stein $4,000
Rep Jerry W. Tillman $4,000
Dem  Michael P. Walters $2,500

House 15 Dem, 23 Rep
Dem Alma Adams $1,000
Dem Kelly M. Alexander, Jr. $2,500
Rep James L. Boles, Jr. $1,000
Rep William Brawley $4,000
Dem Becky Carney $2,500
Rep Rick Catlin $1,000
Rep Jeff Collins $2,500
Dem Tricia Ann Cotham $1,000
Rep Ted Davis, Jr. $1,000
Rep  Jerry C. Dockham $2,500
Dem Elmer Floyd $2,500
Dem  Rick Glazier $1,000
Dem Charles Graham $2,500
Rep  Mike Hager $4,000
Dem Susi H. Hamilton $2,500
Rep Julia C. Howard $4,000
Rep Linda P. Johnson $2,500
Rep David R. Lewis $4,000
Dem Marvin W. Lucas $2,500
Rep Susan Martin $1,000
Rep Tim D. Moffitt $4,000
Rep Tim Moore $4,000
Dem Rodney W. Moore $2,500
Rep Tom Murry $2,500
Dem Garland E. Pierce $1,000
Dem Deborah K. Ross $2,500
Rep Jason Saine $1,000
Rep Ruth Samuelson $4,000
Rep Mitchell S. Setzer $4,000
Rep Edgar V. Starnes $4,000
Rep  Mike C. Stone $4,000
Rep  John Szoka $1,000
Rep Thom Tillis $6,500
Dem  Joe P. Tolson $1,000
Rep John A. Torbett $2,500
Rep Harry Warren $2,500
Dem  W. A. (Winkie) Wilkins $1,000
Dem  Michael H. Wray $1,000

Candidates that lost – 5 Dem 1 Rep
Dem  Mark Bibb $1,000
Dem  Eddie Dees $1,000
Rep  G. L. Pridgen $1,000
Dem  Doug Berger $1,000
Dem  Ed Jones $1,000
Dem  Stan White $1,000

UPDATES:
This Story was updated to reflect Biesecker is an AP reporter with a story filed & currently running at the News and Observer. It was also amended to include 10 names previously missing.

*Per clarification from the N&O regarding the story which is no longer available: “All of our AP articles expire from our website after a couple weeks; only staff-written articles live on after that.”

THANK YOU to Carolina Plott Hound for linking.