Rachel Lea Hunter For Justice

After reading all of your newsletters, I'm not sure if I can vote for you. I'm a Republican and if I were in your court, I think that you would hold that against me. If you're going to be in politics, you need a thick skin. I like some of the things you say, but you seem to hold grudges. God forgave me for my sins. Seems like you need to do a little forgiving.

You are sadly mistaken. My quarrel has been with those in leadership at the NC GOP, not with individual citizens who might be happen to be registered as Republicans.

In all of the cases that I have handled, never once has a person’s political party affiliation arose. Never once did I recommend a decision or handle an appeal based on a litigant’s party affiliation. I used to be registered as a Republican. Did that stop me from seeing that a defendant’s constitutional rights were enforced? No. And it will not happen now that the situation is reversed.

You can vote for whomever you wish. Given your political affiliation, I never expected that someone like you would actually use his brain cells and think, really think, about what he was voting for.

I know there is a tendency often in politics to “smear” one’s opponent. My opponent and the legal and political establishment has sought to do that to me. However, I have not sought to play politics and do that. My opponent is running on his record and his record is fair game. Voters are entitled to know how he has ruled in cases in which he participated. Voters are entitled to know while that while the judge says he will not comment about me, his own actions are directly contradictory to that. Voters are entitled to know that the judge recently attended a banquet held by the Christian Coalition and that he courts their vote because he is one of them. Your voting decision will not change these facts.

If this is what you want on our court, a hypocrite and member of the religious right, then cast your vote for him because you seem to think that if your case came before him you will get decent treatment because you are both Republicans. I pray that you never find yourself in this position because you won’t. And when you see the ugliness and unfairness that is in the system you will wish that you had cast your vote differently.

The North Carolina State Bar
Grievance Committee
Barbara ("Bonnie") B. Weyher, Chair
2o8 Fayetteville St. (276oi)
Post Office Box 25go8
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Telephone (gig) 828-g62o
Fax: (gig) 834 -8156
Web: www.ncbar.com

This is to advise that a grievance alleging misconduct on your part as an attorney was received in this office from the above-named individual and that the Chair of the Grievance Committee has authorized this notice to you. To assist you in preparing a response to this letter, I am enclosing the "Substance of the Grievance". It is not a pleading of any sort but is simply a summary of what appears to be the basis of the grievance. Under 27 N.C. Admin. Code, Chapter 1, Subchapter B, Rule .0112(c) of the Discipline and Disability Rules of The North Carolina State Bar, you are required to respond to this letter within 15 days of its receipt. Such response must be a full and fair disclosure of all of the facts and circumstances pertaining to your alleged misconduct. If you fail to respond within 15 days, the Chairman of the Grievance Committee may proceed under Rule .0112(f) of the rules. Under Rule .0112(d), a copy of your response may be provided to the complaining party unless you object thereto in writing. Please note your objection in your written response to the grievance.

SUBSTANCE OF GRIEVANCE FILE NUMBER: 06GO584 DATE FILE RECEIVED: May 30, 2006
Ms. Rachel L. Hunter, Mr. Steven D. Hedges
Attorney at Law
Attorney/Respondent's Name Complainant's Name
PO Box 2247 701 Green Valley Road, Suite 100
Durham, NC 27702 Greensboro, NC 27408

Attorney Steven D. Hedges received e-mail from respondent's judicial candidacy website. On a couple of occasions, Hedges asked respondent to cease sending him e-mails from her website. Hedges asked respondent to remove his name from her e-mail list. Someone from respondent's campaign website wrote him and told him to "Push the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the alert ... and unsubscribe yourself..." Hedges emailed respondent's website and asked that respondent purge Hedges' address from her records and from her mail servers. Someone from respondent's website responded to Hedges by saying "...screw you and your threats... snitch to the Bar or whatever you choose to do ... there is nothing wrong with the system ... push the damn button and stop whining like a little repub cry baby ... or a [sic] establishment judicial suck up . . .MAX . . . " "Madame Justice official mean ass watch dog."

RACHEL LEA HUNTER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
901 MADISON AVENUE
CARY, NORTH CAROLINA 27513-4348

Ms. Fern Gunn Simeon, Esq.
NC State Bar - Grievance Committee
Post Office Box 25908
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-5908
Re: Bar Grievance Your File No.: 06G0584

I am in receipt of Ms. Carolin Bakewell's letter dated July 13, 2006. She advises that another bar complaint has been filed. This time the complainant, Mr. Steven Hedges, objects to the receipt of political electronic mail (email) regarding my political campaign. I take issue with Mr. Hodge's accusations and his attempt to defame me.

Mr. Hedges, in his email contact, accuses me of "piracy," which is a form of larceny. Other judicial candidates, including Judge Duke, running for Chief Justice, and Judge Stephens, running for the Court of Appeals, routinely send political email about their campaign. Has Mr. Hedges complained that they are equally guilty of criminal conduct? Most probably they are not, although I have no knowledge regarding the operation of their campaigns. I believe that they lawfully acquired their lists. My campaign is no different. Lists were purchased in the 2004 campaign and they have been expanded through lawful means. I deny the allegations of criminality which were made in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the same and with malice on the part of Mr. Hedges.

Mr. Hedges also demeans me by suggesting that I am a perennial candidate. To run for office adequately, one must prepare at least two (2) years in advance. 2004 presented an opportunity to prepare for 2006; it was a trial run. I did very well in the 2004 campaign and decided to try again in 2006. If I succeed, I may run whenever re-election occurs, depending on circumstances at that time. If I do not prevail, I have no political ambitions to run for another office. I note that we have a candidate for Congress who has run at least twelve (12) times for various offices. Why is it that I am labeled as a "perennial candidate" and that candidate is not?

Thirdly, Mr. Hedges suggests that political email is SPAM. First, review of the federal SPAM law indicates that political email does not classify as SPAM. More importantly, the Federal Elections Commission met in March of this year and unanimously voted not to regulate political campaigns and others, such as bloggers, regarding political websites and email.

Mr. Hedges also was less than candid with the NC State Bar and has made false statements regarding not only my qualifications but the matter in question here. Does this violate Rule 3.3, the duty of candor towards the tribunal and Rule 4.1, the duty of truthfulness, Rule 8.2, the duty not to make false statements regarding the qualifications of a judge or candidate for judicial office? I will be reviewing these and other provisions and a complaint will be filed if warranted.

Mr. Hedges lack of candor and false statements concern his contact with my campaign. My campaign is conducted, in part, on the internet. I previously explained how email addresses were obtained. As this is a statewide race, there is communication between myself and a large number of voters, both in this state, in the United States and throughout the world. As required by federal law, email of this nature must contain a method to unsubscribe. The political email from my campaign contains this link. In fact, over 2,000 individuals chose to avail themselves of the link and have unsubscribed since 2004.

This GOP lawyer can't find the unsubscribed key
and believes Rachel is a pirate at the State Bar

The unsubscribe link is operative and the service that I use informs me whenever someone has been deleted. To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Hedges has never availed himself of this relatively simple means of unsubscribing himself. Usage of the unsubscribe link requires no special skill or technological knowledge and anyone can do it. Certainly someone as educated as Mr. Hedges proclaims to be to clients ought to be able to handle this task.

Mr. Hedges initially contacted the campaign in March of 2006. I note that he utilized a different email address and I cannot locate the one in which he claims he is receiving email. A copy of his email profile is enclosed. My campaign manager abruptly quit in January of 2006. "Max" has graciously agreed to act as advisor to my campaign and he receives email sent to info@rachelforjustice.com. This is not my campaign email address of rachel@rachelforjustice.com. I have not received an email from Mr. Hedges at the rachel@rachelforjustice.com address.

As a fellow attorney, Mr. Hedges could simply have contacted me at my office. Had he done so, he would have received instruction as to how to remove himself. He could have waited for the next email and unsubscribed at that time. He chose not to do and instead initiated a series of email exchanges with "Max."

"Max" initially gave Mr. Hedges instructions as to how to remove himself from the list. Due to the departure of my campaign manager, I and "Max" are sorting through various issues in the campaign. We still have not gone through everything and many things were not done properly by the campaign manager. It was during this period that the campaign received Mr. Hedges' request. Neither "Max" nor I had sufficient time to search through email lists to find the address from Mr. Hedges, which differs from the email address that he communicated from to the campaign. Further, I suffer from an inoperable brain tumor that does not affect my ability to engage in the practice of law at this time and I have been attending to medical matters. Medical issues and the demands of work and the campaign do not afford me the luxury of time to search email lists for non-existent email addresses. Also, we abolished servitude in this country after the civil war. To my knowledge, neither I nor anyone associated with my campaign is a slave to Mr. Hedges. Nor does he employ us. We are not obligated to attend to his personal needs and his behavior is incongruous for one who proclaims to be a Republican.

Regardless, Mr. Hedges was provided with instruction which he again chose not to follow and he continued to make demands and increasingly defamatory statements. At this point, "Max" became exasperated with Mr. Hedges and may have used intemperate language on the last occasion especially given the nature of Mr. Hedges' statements. Enclosed are copies of his emails which show the demanding and defamatory email to info@rachelforjustice.com.

"Max" has been instructed as to appropriate behavior, however, he is not an attorney, is not engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and is not subject to discipline by the state bar. Moreover, anyone acquainted with "Max" knows that while he has experience in the political realm, he answers to no one and is his own person.

Other complaints were made by Republicans, including Representative David Almond who voiced complaint with the NC Attorney General's Office as well as Mr. Hedges. In addition, I was the subject of no less than four (4) email alerts from the NC Republican Party attacking me even though I was not running in the primary. No other judicial candidate has received such attention, not even their own candidates. Given the timeframe of this conduct, it appears that Republicans, acting at the behest of the NC Republican Party, have engaged in nothing less than a calculated attempt to harass and intimidate me in the hopes of getting me to drop out of this race, as other Democratic candidates have been forced to do. The strategy and tactics used are similar to that of the Mafia or other criminal enterprises and may give rise to a civil RICO action. It appears that Mr. Hedges, Representative Almond and other Republicans are all co-participants in this scheme. I have enclosed information pertaining to Mr. Hedges' political registration as a Republican. I am a registered Democrat.

Finally, I reiterate my prior position that (1) regulation of lawyer candidates by the state bar violates the Equal Protection clause of the U.S. Constitution, 5th and 14th Amendments as non-lawyer candidates are not subject to such regulation; and (2) the regulation of political speech by the state bar is impermissible under the U.S. Constitution, 1st and 14th Amendments. The state bar's regulation of individuals who are not attorneys is likewise prohibited and they can exercise their free speech rights.

Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me at the above telephone or address. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

After what you said about Vernon Robinson, see www.robinsonforcongress.com and/or www.rushlimbaugh.com . What can we do in Washington State to help defeat your run for Supreme Court. Can you please provide me with the name of your republican opponent so I can send him some money?

Typical of the email that I receive from the so-called conservatives/Republicans. I thought conservatives were all about individual rights and making government smaller. Why then do you seek someone else to do what you can do for yourself? You were able to send me an email, so I see no reason why you cannot do your own research and find out for yourself.

Wow, are you a complete out-of-your-flippin'-mind asshole, and it's at least heartening to see your own party have the decency to call for all intelligent, thinking people of your dopey state to vote against you. I bet the Republicans are also hard at work trying to expunge any records of your previous membership in their party, too.

And the "Hypocritical" song on your home page? As Lewis Black might say, "Are you fuckin' kidding me?"

Has the Daily Show called to do a tongue-in-cheek interview with you? If they call, please do it. Can't wait to see it.

Since you are not in my "dopey state" why should you care? Focus on your own state courts which I am sure are occupied by the same type of individuals that we have here. I doubt that they are pinnacles of intellectualism. I know all too well what lies beneath the black robes and what evils they conceal. What a fool you are if you believe that they are all so respectable and so unlike me.

Your country and your liberties are vanishing daily and you have nothing better to do than sling mud at me, someone who is trying to stop the decline and fight the rampant corruption in our courts and in our society? You really have demonstrated your ignorance of what is really happening and I feel sorry for you. Welcome to the world that you have helped to create! I hope you enjoy it.

As far as the Republican Party is concerned, far from erasing me, they still send me surveys, solicitations and pictures of the President and want me to donate big bucks. Who is the bigger fool? Me for being honest or they? One would think that somebody would have clued them in by now and that they would update their list. I get literature from Democrats as well and they seem to have the same problem. Stupidity seems to be universal, as Frank Zappa once said.

Yes, you are known now, but at what price to your integrity? You could have run a clean, decent, campaign & done well, if your message was acceptable to the voters, & had a real future in the GOP , but I sincerely doubt you have the credibility for that now. I pray you'll re-think your tactics, apologize to Paul & the grassroots who supported him, & look to the future. It will benefit you & most importantly, our common cause.

Judy Keener , grassroots GOP
keeners@hotmail.com

Dear Ms. Keener:
I am not personally acquainted with you . Nor, to my recollection, have we been properly introduced. I have not given you permission to use my Christian name. Perhaps you could use a lesson from Miss Manners.

Frankly, I am puzzled by a letter of this nature post-campaign. Maybe you have been in a coma or are of limited intellect? We had an election on Election Day.

Had you checked any available news source, you would realize that your candidate actually won, albeit not by the margins that he had hoped.

Maybe you are on another mission. I was curious as to whether there would be any sign of intelligent life in our Republican Party leadership and wondered if someone there would take note of my success and send out an olive branch for the future. Perhaps you are tasked as its emissary? You have made demands and threats, but no real peace offerings, so its hard to tell. Here are my responses to your email.

1.<I'm so disappointed> No, you are not . Your hypocrisy shines forth like a beacon.
2. <that you have decided to take the path you have chosen> And what path would that be, madam, and who are you to judge whether I am on the right path or the wrong?
3.<to make things what I would think would be very discouraging for an honorable person, Paul Newby.> This sentence is unintelligible as written, but at last we get to the nub of the problem. I presume that by the comment, you are complaining on behalf of Mr. Newby about his alleged violation of the Hatch Act. Rather than waste your time spewing vitriol at me, I suggest you go and spend a minute or two at www.osc.gov. You would then have an opportunity to educate yourself about the Hatch Act. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is a part of our federal government charged with enforcing the act. The OSC takes violations seriously and even has prosecuted federal employees who send emails with political cartoons.

As a member of the bar and as a candidate, I take these violations seriously too. We have someone who may have violated the very law that he was sworn to uphold and who will soon be seated on our state's highest court. It is an affront to the law, the office sought and the dignity of the court. It is an insult to the citizens of this state. I felt it was important to bring this matter to the attention of the voting public, as neither the Republican Party leadership nor any of the candidates did so.
4. <If you knew him, you would not say the things you 're saying.> What things would that be? I know what I said. I stand by my comments about the OSC investigation and the alleged violation of the Hatch Act. Moreover, I have heard Mr. Newby's comments from his own mouth. He spoke before the Republican Executive Committee, before defense attorneys at a convention in Greensboro and at a candidate event in Morehead City . I also talked with various other candidates in Morehead City , and quoted one of those individuals. The candidate whom I quoted is on the opposite side of the aisle politically, but he was correct. I think it is scary that a federal prosecutor boasts about putting business owners out of business, depriving individuals of their day in court, locking people up, taking someone's personal property and enforcing his religion in place of genuine legal reasoning. He is not someone who will be impartial and unbiased, in my humble opinion.
5. <He is a gentleman who has done nothing wrong.> Oh really? Then why has he not produced a letter from the OSC which purportedly clears him of any violation of the Hatch Act? If he is innocent, it would be very simple for him to produce the letter and issue a statement. Perhaps he is saving it for the hearing before the Merit Board? Better yet, he could have avoided this whole mess by resigning his job. I have known honorable state and federal employees or prosecutors who have always resigned their job before running for office because they know the law and want to incur no problems.
6. <Frankly, I approved of most of your positions on issues> Good for you !
7. <but see your attacks as political opportunism & dirty tricks.> I think that you have mistaken me for the Republican Party leadership. It is they who have engaged in dirty tricks from the beginning by sending out their Church ladies and Psycho Dave to attack me and they have continued to do so. It is they who dug up "dirt" on me at the last minute and gave it to the media.
8. <Paul would never have broken the law in order to run for office.> And how do you know that? Its up to the OSC to decide whether he broke the law or not . Are you a member of the OSC? Or maybe you are an attorney? If not , I suggest you engage your little gray matter and do some research before you waste your time and energy. I have done my own research and, based on the information that I have learned, I am compelled to conclude that the actions taken were either deliberate or the product of negligence. See also my answer to number 5 about other similarly situated employees who run for office.
9. <He did everything he needed to do to ensure that everything was legal & in order.> See my answer to number 5 and 8.
10. <While you were on the internet, Paul traveled the state in a strong grassroots campaign w/a message that appealed to conservatives.> The last time that I checked, Ms. Keener, you were not on my campaign staff or at my place of employment. You thus have no knowledge of what I have done or where I have been. How do you know that I was on the internet? My campaign was largely run on the internet. That simply does not mean that I was at a computer terminal 24/7. For several weeks, I traveled across this state. I spoke with Republican groups, concerned citizens and college students and faculty. I asked these groups whether they had been visited by any candidates, including Mr. Newby. They told me he was not there. Where was he? Not sticking up for our college students and faculty. He could not even answer simple questions asked by a Duke law school student. I did. And I was in contact with many others. Obviously, many found my message appealing or they would not have voted for me.
11. <Because of his hard work, we knew him long before we heard from you by email.> So what? This is a rehash of an old argument that I heard before. Mr. Newby declared his candidacy, therefore no one else needed to apply. I was involved in another campaign before this time. I only made up my mind after the July primary when I had time to study the races. Also, Justice Orr did not resign his seat until the end of July. On the date on which I declared my candidacy, at least six others had also registered, four of whom declared their candidacy on the same day as me. There were no signs up at the State Elections Board barring me or anyone else from entry in this race. That is why we have primaries and elections.
12. <Where did you get my email address?> My campaign purchased email addresses of various groups from legitimate sources. Evidently, yours was on the list. If you don't want to be on the list, look on the page for the "unsubscribe" button. If that is too taxing, then notify my campaign manager to take you off the list.
13. <Yes, you are known now,> Yes, I certainly am, thanks to my and my campaign staff's efforts and hard work during this campaign. Thanks also go to my Rangers.
14. <but at whice price to your integrity?> As Ronald Reagan once said, "there you go again." What on earth are you talking about? I am one of the few candidates in any race that actually displayed any integrity and stuck to my principles. I was always open and honest with the public. I can't be bought because I self-financed my campaign. I wish that I could say the same of others.
15. < You could have run a clean, decent campaign and done well> And how many political campaigns have you successfully run such that it would warrant me to take your advice? I did run a clean and decent campaign and I did very well. Mr. Newby knew about what was going on behind the scenes by the Republican Party leadership. At no time did he ever put a stop to the attacks. Nor did he seek to distance himself from them or make a statement that it was wrong. As he abetted these thugs, you should direct your comments to him, not me.
16. <if your message was acceptable to the voters> Oh it was! Just look at the number of votes that I received.
17. <& had a real future in the GOP> No, not with such fine leaders as Art Pope, Ferrell Blount and Bill Peaslee at the helm. Here is the olive branch perhaps? I behave like a nice little girl and tell everybody how very sorry I am that I did the unthinkable act of actually running for office when it wasn't my turn and by further demonstrating that I almost beat 2 political party machines because it will help the pitiful Republican Party leadership that lost 5 house seats, all but 2 of the state judicial races, and virtually all but 1 Council of State seats (although there are 2 races that are still too close to call).

And what do I get in return if I don't? More attacks from the Church Ladies? Or if I'm contrite and can hang in there for 20 years, maybe they will give me a crumb from the table? Tell your masters who sent you to deal with me directly if they have a real offer to convey. Otherwise, I'm tempted to utter some very unladylike remarks about that you and that horse you rode in on.
18. <but I sincerely doubt you have the credibility for that now.> Point to one misstatement in this campaign which allegedly refutes my credibility about anything. We are back to moralizing again. You are unfit to judge the credibility of anyone given your gross misstatements and mischaracterizations of me.
19. <I pray> There! Evidence beyond a doubt that this is a Church Lady. I pray too, by the way.
20. < you 'll rethink your tactics> Again, how many political campaigns have you run?
21. <apologize to Paul> I will do no such thing. I have nothing to apologize for. It is he who should personally apologize to me for the attacks which even now continue. No judicial candidate has ever had to endure personal venom of this sort. We used to have Canons of Ethics which prohibited a candidate or others from making such statements on his behalf. Mr. Newby simply could have ignored my candidacy and instructed the Republican Party leadership to do likewise. He chose, either intentionally or because of his own ignorance, not to abide by the rules and had others do indirectly what he could not do directly.
22. <& the grassroots who supported him> See my answer to 21. I apologize to no one about this campaign.
23. <& look to the future.> I am doing that even as we speak!
24. <It will benefit you > I certainly hope so!
25. <& most importantly, our common cause.> Aha! Looking out for your own self-interest, eh? Our common cause, Ms. Keener, is to elect good and principled people to office. People who share the values and beliefs in limited government. People who are sworn to uphold the law and the Constitution. People who will not make up the law or force their views on those who may not think and act as we do. People who will fairly and impartially apply the law, with justice for all and malice toward none. You have backed a candidate who is not such a person.

Complaint #11
I think your ego is getting a bit too tight a grip on your brain

Bill Carraway
seeds1@mindspring.com

Dear Mr. Carraway:

What were those election results in the 4th Congressional District again? Here they are

DEM: David Price	217,441
REP: Todd A. Batchelor	121,717
UNA: Maximilian Longley (Write-In)	76

I had more votes than both candidates combined, no state funding AND no political party support, by the way.
You boasted how the Wake County and other Republicans in the district would turn out. Is 36% the best that you can do in the district? The percentage in Wake Count is roughly the same in this and the 2002 election too, even though the last Republican candidate had far less money and support than the current choice. Some 4th District Chair you are. Why should I take political advice from the likes of you, given your pathetic track record?
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, yet expecting a different result. It's you who do not have a grip on reality, not me. You opened up the email drafted and sent by my campaign staff 23 times. 23 times! Why are you and Psycho Dave so obsessed with me? Normal individuals have asked that question of me.

I have one possible answer. I heard it through the grapevine that the Republican Party Leadership looked at the election results and were in a tizzy. Their candidate was beaten in several counties by me. The Republican Party Leadership can't control me. And they are horrified that I just might make it the next time. Thus, the attacks continue, because that's all that they know how to do.

A real political professional would have studied the election results and would have told the Republican Party Leadership to make nice with me, as I would be an asset to the party and have proven not only that I am an effective campaigner, but a proven vote getter.

Instead, the Republican mouthpiece laments the lack of Republican success in this state and questions the dearth of good Republican candidates while it has one here under its very nose. Its no wonder that the Republicans cannot get good candidates, when others see that the Republican Party Leadership keeps sending out idiotic thugs like you, Psycho Dave and others who continue to act under the delusion that their tactics, if kept up, are going to dissuade me to just go away and stop interfering with the Republican Party.

I haven't. I am not planning on it. And on the theory that if you announce first, the seat is yours (an argument raised in the last election), I am announcing that I am going to run again. Tell that to your masters.

Ms. Hunter

Complaint #10
Hello All:
There is a lot going on and if only I had the time to do it all. We have the same old shenanigans in the General Assembly, only worse. We lost the Pope, a truly great man. Hope VanDorp whooped her opponent in the reelection bid for Beaufort County Chair . Spring has finally sprung in North Carolina . And it is convention time in the state.

So let's get started. Read More...

Bill Carraway
seeds1@mindspring.com

Its nice that Mr. Bill decried Pope John Paul's illness and ultimate death. I, too, am a Catholic and echo many of the sentiments about the pope.

However, Mr. Bill then calls me “nuts” even though he claims that he does not want to “pick on” a person who is ill. Is such conduct an example of “compassionate conservatism”?

I had heard that Mr. Bill has been re-elected as the chairman of the 4th Congressional District. Given the dismal results of the last election, one would hope to get some new leadership. However, most people have real lives and interests to attend to and politics is not among them. And it is relatively easy to get elected as chairman. All one need do is show up at the meetings with the other four or five regulars.

I also have heard that Mr. Bill wants to run for the very seat that he chairs. Is his mission to keep out other qualified candidates and save the seat for

himself? If so, then it is Mr. Bill who is delusional as he lacks the necessary leadership qualities to serve in Congress let alone to run against an entrenched and apparently well-liked incumbent. Yet Mr. Bill calls me nuts. What a hypocrite.

One definition of insanity is banging your head against a wall and expecting some result other than a huge headache. The non-existent COPAM and their sycophants like Mr. Bill keep attacking because its all that they know how to do. They attack anyone that gets in their way in their quest for power. They attack anyone that is not a member of their elite little club. They attack anyone who does not meet their definition of purity. I say “Nuts!” to you. And keep banging your heads against the wall.

Complaint #9

You are aware that you ran STATEWIDE, so OF COURSE you would get more votes than candidates running in a single district congressional campaign. Do you not get simple math? You had the whole state and they had 1/13th of the state. How could you EVER be a judge when you are that stupid?

Allison Moriarty

Dear Ms. Moriarty:

The chosen candidate was to have received assistance, endorsements and funding, but did as poorly as a previous candidate in 2002, who, like myself, had no funding and no name recognition. When local talk show hosts joke on the radio about a candidate's absence, I do not view that as a sign of a campaign's success, but someone as intelligent as yourself must know otherwise. Or perhaps you have taken the course in NC Republican new math and politics?

Where were all the Republicans that turned out to support their candidate?

What did the 4th District Chair do? Why have a district chairman if little or nothing is done? Why should I listen to his political advice when I saw no evidence that it had worked?

Better yet, why are people like you and he still engaged in personal attacks?

Complaint #8

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/23/scotus.property.ap/index.html
Might all Republicans stop with their racing to worry over burning a piece of cloth for a moment here, and seriously consider what the symbol actually means and stands for? Or have all conveniently forgotten that the higher crimes committed is not that of actually burning a piece of cloth, but the act of sending to hell all that symbol represented?

Pay attention for gosh sakes and wake up! So busy giving such attention and care on something that matters not, as far too many Republicans are tossing the baby out with the bath water?

It?s a national travesty and one where the Constitution is being burned right in our faces and FEW of you are batting an eyelash! Republicans, of all groups of people, conservatives should be smarter than this and I would

expect there to be more of a roar for WHAT THE SYMBOL MEANS, and highly protecting THAT, rather than empty legislation that ignores what indeed is burning up in this nation and nearly gone.

Cynthia Wilkinson

Dear Ms. Wilkinson:

I read the news story that you sent. For those who have not done so, its an eminent domain case. The Court ruled that land of homeowners can be taken by government and given to private developers because it allegedly will improve the tax base and lead to better economic development.

This is a very dangerous case and bodes ill for those across the country. It means that we no longer respect private property rights. It will mean that any time a wealthy individual or corporation wants land, they can go to
a municipality and have the land taken by eminent domain.

This is not the only violation of rights. People have been arguing over whether to close the prison at Guantanamo or "Gitmo". This argument distracts attention from the real issue. I am by no means soft on crime. If someone violates the law, they should be punished. But are we to hold people indefinitely? Oh, but they are not Americans. Anyone remember Jose Padilla? He is an American that was locked up and held indefinitely. Oh,but they are bad guys. As Benjamin Franklin said, "those who would give up a little liberty for safety deserve neither." And if they are bad guys, then charge them with war crimes or criminal offenses. Instead, the government has just locked them up.

Other liberties have been violated as well - just look at all those cameras they have installed at intersections and elsewhere. Try getting a drivers' license without giving your Social Security number. We are living in a sophisticated police state and don't know it.

Meanwhile, our government keeps us distracted over flag-burning. I would not burn our flag, but there are those who want to protest what our government is doing. They can dissent in other ways, but a picture is worth a thousand words. What better way than to demonstrate contempt by burning the flag? Again, I'm not advocating doing it. I am just saying that I
understand it.

I agree that there are more important issues that the people need to be aware of and this is one of them. Thank you for bringing this very important issue to attention. A government that does not respect property rights will lead to tyranny if we don't wake up and stop these people.

Complaint #7

You obviously are a typical lawyer trying to moan and complain about things you are not accurately informed or cannot figure out how to control..... Typical of all lawyers. Such as you are not welcome nor do you belong in the Republican party as far as I am concerned. Grow up and get a life. Or maybe get a job with pretty boy John Edwards!

William M. Johnston
Cary , North Carolina

Dear Mr. Johnston:

I do not want to be in a Republican party inhabited by such as you. It is you who are misinformed and you who need to grow up and get a life. If elected, I will serve. If not, I will move on. But you will stay where you are ... a mind-numbed robot who knows better than to question those in charge.

Rachel

Complaint #6

Dear Rachel Hunter,

I guess I should ask you, are you still in the Republican Party or are you an independent now? IF you are truly independent - of the neoconservative 'fascists' or 'Nazis', so-called - then I, for one,
would support you (given that you don't mimic some of the crap the current Bush federal court nominees espouse). Also, I suggest you read a bit about the PNAC. Learn a little bit. Get informed.

I looked at your site a bit more closely and I guess you really aren't all that independent of the extreme right wingnut views so characteristic of others of your ilk. Too bad. And all that legal
education gone to waste, too.

Perhaps there is some justifiable irony in the Bush Nazis attacking a fellow Republican Nazi. You guys always were good at eating your own.

So I can only wish you ill, politically speaking. Though I am glad you are feeling healthier, physically.

Sincerely,
Dr. Richard Welser
Clinical Psychologist
Morganton , NC

Dear Dr. Welser:

Technically, I am still a registered as a Republican. However, I vote
my conscience and have voted for Democrats and others, not based on
party affiliation, but because I believed them to be the best choice. I just have not gotten around yet to changing my party registration, but I will do it before the next primary, I can assure you. The Republicans do eat their own.

I am independent of the neo-cons. PNAC - the Project for the New
American Century, headed up by the chief neocon, William Kristol? Who wants American world domination? As a candidate for judge, I had
confined my remarks to local politics up till now. I confess I had not
heard of PNAC before, but I am not and was never a neo-con. Their
agenda is not mine. As our founding fathers said, seek trade with
other countries, but beware of foreign entanglements.

I believe in deciding cases on their merits, by the law and evidence at
hand and, if new pronouncements are necessary, narrowly. I have no
agenda other than improving the law. I would not "bash" any particular
person or group. Nothing radical or extremist to the right or the left for that matter. It is not up to me to force my particular views on litigants or to legislate from the bench if the legislature has not seen fit to do so. In a nutshell, that is my judicial philosophy. If its something you can vote for, consider me. If not, so far only the Republicans have annointed their chosen candidate. But we are a long way off and the voters will decide my fate.

Thank you for your good wishes for my recovery.

Best wishes,

Rachel

Complaint #5

You lost my vote with your "Nazi" remark... The comparison is dispicable and so are you.

Donna Remini
dremini@ec.rr.com

Dear Ms. Remini:

The next time you attack, learn how to spell. The word is “despicable.”

While you are entitled to your opinion and I would defend your right to express it, what I find truly despicable are the efforts to silence myself and others for expressing our views.

I never had your vote to begin with, so it is no loss. Many share my views. The election is next year and we will see who is right.

Best wishes,

Rachel

Complaint #4

Rachel ~ I am sorry, but your bigotry against Republicans just lost you my support.

I am fighting for an impartial system of justice that leaves the law-making to the legislature, by striving to enforce the accountability of judges to their sworn Oath of Office. I have viewed you as a non-partisan advocate for fair government struggling against political pressure and those that would destroy your reputation unfairly.
However, I am a Republican, and you have just slammed Republicans, generally. If you can be so bigoted as to criticize a policital party generally, and not recognize that there are bad apples in every basket, then you do not deserve to head the Supreme Court of NC protecting the liberties and property rights of all citizens in NC. Sorry, but you just lost my vote.

Please take me off your mailing list.

Carol Bennett, "Bennett for Senate" (2002, 2004)

Dear Ms. Bennett:

If you had read carefully, I did not attack all Republicans. I took issue with the local party's leadership, or lack thereof, and the administration in Washington .

As for the local party, there really is not a party in North Carolina , just a faction that is in control. I have given them every chance to change.
The last straw came while I was in the hospital. And last week, the idiots twisted my words and tried to get me fired. You can disagree with me on the issues, but no one should be personally attacked while they are in the hospital.

That is basic decency and I have had enough abuse at their hands.

If you proclaim to be a Republican, then I never had your vote to begin with, so it is no loss. The voters will decide, not you. If they vote no, I'll move on. We will remove you from our mailing list.

Best wishes,

Rachel

Complaint #3

For the Up teem times, get me off your Goddamned distribution list!!

Jesse Torres
torres1144@aol.com

Dear Mr. Torres:

I need not resort to your level of profanity. I have not been notified to
remove you. Since you are incapable or unwilling to unsubscribe yourself,
I am are more than delighted to honor your request.

Best wishes,

Rachel

Complaint #2

You are an idiot Hunter, stop sending me this garbage.

Jack Scherer

Dear Mr. Scherer:

One could say many things about your intellectual capacity or lack thereof,
but I would prefer to let you demonstrate that for yourself as you are so
capable of doing. I will take the liberty of unsubscribing you. Live in
what's left of your little myopic world. When it comes crashing down, we
will then know who which of us is the true idiot.

Rachel

Complaint #1

Take me off your email list and do not send me any more of your drivel, you
crying baby!!

LBlues

Dear LBlues:

You are entitled to your opinion of me, but it is not shared by me and by
many people. That much was evidenced by the candlelight vigil I attended
for Ms. Sheehan. The supporters far outnumbered the detractors.
If you do not want to listen to "drivel" from me, I will remove your name
from the list. However, burying your head in the sand and silencing me will
not stop others from proclaiming the same message.

The message was heard. The message is growing. The message has a face
now. The message will not stop until it has reached the ears and eyes of
our leaders in Washington , D.C. And the message will continue. Our leaders
will be forced to hear the message whether they like it or not. And if
they, like you, refuse to listen to the message, the leaders will not be
returned to office.

Best wishes,

Rachel

Complaint #1a

31 Oct 2006

Subject: Disgrace

Rachel:

You are a disgrace to XXXXX, XXXXX,XXXXX, XXXXXX, & XXXXX. You are an even bigger disgrace and an embarrassment to XXXXXXXXXX. I will let XXX and XXX know the awful way you conduct yourself calling people Nazis and other outrageous statements. We at XXXXXXXXXXXX work to keep high moral standards and your campaign crosses the line. If you want to run for Justice fine but your tactics and lies are embarrassing and unbecoming of a reputable attorney.

Bill Carraway

4 th District GOP Chairperson of North Carolina

and a confirmed coward.

Mr. Carraway,

I thought you were challenging David Price in this election? Or did you realize that you would lose too badly so you found another warm body to be the fall guy?

When will you fools realize that I left the NC GOP party and I am never going to switch back absent radical change? I really do not care what you or anyone else thinks of me.

You are a disgrace to the human species. However, it will all be over next week.

Sincerely,

Rachel Lea Hunter