Wayne Goodwin

FORMER: NC Insurance Commissioner | Chair NC Dem Party | Legislator | NC DMV Commissioner || CURRENT: Consultant | Lawyer | Litigation Expert Witness || Vote 🌊

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

After 11 years of courageously battling cancer, my wife, former State Representative Melanie Wade Goodwin, passed away yesterday evening with her children & me by her side. Now free from pain and receiving the comfort and peace she has earned, ... #ncpol
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[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

'Seinfeld' Reunion Officially Confirmed in New HBO Series Trailer — Will be fun to watch! https://t.co/WzI72xCA9x

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

Amen, @AnnieAndrewsMD — preach that Democratic (American) Gospel!

[Bri Gillis @Bgilly13]

Dems have been looking for their message for years, and @AnnieAndrewsMD just did it (in under two minutes). Take note 📝

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

This is hilarious!! Be sure to listen to the whole bit.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Kyle Clark asked Colorado GOP candidate for governor Victor Marx whether voters should believe he’s lived "one of the most extraordinary lives in human history," or whether he’s "a liar and a fraud."

John Oliver: “That might be the first event in history won by the moderator.”

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

@TheMekon_Venus Yes!!

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

Sunday evening Durham Bulls minor league baseball with my kids! @DurhamBulls @MiLB #family #Sunday #SundayFunday #baseball

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

A few days ago I posted about one of my latest acquisitions for my own Goodwin Presidential Library — specifically “George Washington’s Rules of Civility” authored by the Founding Father himself and autographed by the person who translated the book into French and back to English.

Now, at the request of one of my junior high school teachers and lifelong family friend, I will share some of Washington’s Rules of Civility, starting with the first two.

1) “Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present.”

2) “When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body that is not usually discovered.”

Washington - with whom I share both a first name and birthday - has a significant presence in my collection along with Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, JFK, and Nixon.

These books add to my expanding personal library collection of 900 autobiographies, biographies, and history books about the U.S. Presidents. Many of these curated books obtained during my youth through the present are designated as antique due to their publication dates, the oldest in my library going back to 1808.

#President #Presidents #POTUS #PersonalLibrary #GeorgeWashington #Washington #FoundingFather #civility #GoodwinPresidentialLibrary

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

Often it helps to sing in times of trouble and worry. It’s not the blues, but this tweaked gospel song says it all …
https://t.co/Q9H4Prgu5g

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

Often it helps to sing in times of trouble and worry. It’s not the blues, but this tweaked gospel song says it all …
https://t.co/Q9H4Prgu5g

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

These medical exams of his have made a joke out of the doctors and the exams themselves, a proverbial “middle finger” to the need Americans have for transparency about the health of our most powerful leader; instead, the medical reports are untrusted, non-transparent hogwash. Propaganda. As long as he has been in the White House these reports repeat impossible statistics about even such objective metrics as height and weight. Orwellian. (2/2)

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

Up is down, down is up. Respectfully, if he’s in “excellent health” as stated in his medical checkup exam report, then what does that make the rest of us? (1/3) https://t.co/5lxnAWv3io

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

What we see regularly in the news these days:

Weaponization of government.

Projection.

Moral inversion.

Incompetence.

Lies.

Corruption.

Ethical lapses.

Hyper-partisanship.

Destruction of longstanding relationships with allies.

Blatant discrimination against women, persons of color and faith, 1st Amendment.

Rejection of true science and actual facts

Ignorance of the Constitution and America’s Constitutional principles

Massively growing unaffordability.

… I’m so sick and tired of being sick and tired. Aren’t you?

Be involved. Be part of the solution. Speak up, speak out, organize your community, turn out the vote of your family/friends/neighbors and American citizens who feel the same way. Don’t sit out these troubled times.

#vote

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

What we see regularly in the news these days:

Weaponization of government.

Projection.

Moral inversion.

Incompetence.

Lies.

Corruption.

Ethical lapses.

Hyper-partisanship.

Destruction of longstanding relationships with allies.

Blatant discrimination against women, persons of color and faith, 1st Amendment.

Rejection of true science and actual facts

Ignorance of the Constitution and America’s Constitutional principles

Massively growing unaffordability.

… I’m so sick and tired of being sick and tired. Aren’t you?

Be involved. Be part of the solution. Speak up, speak out, organize your community, turn out the vote of your family/friends/neighbors and American citizens who feel the same way. Don’t sit out these troubled times.

#vote

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

An excellent back story for Gen X about “Schoolhouse Rock!”
https://t.co/2JFXMaiTZB

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

A few days ago I posted about one of my latest acquisitions for my own Goodwin Presidential Library — specifically “George Washington’s Rules of Civility” authored by the Founding Father himself and autographed by the person who translated the book into French and back to English.

Now, at the request of one of my junior high school teachers and lifelong family friend, I will share some of Washington’s Rules of Civility, starting with the first two.

1) “Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present.”

2) “When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body that is not usually discovered.”

Washington - with whom I share both a first name and birthday - has a significant presence in my collection along with Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, JFK, and Nixon.

These books add to my expanding personal library collection of 900 autobiographies, biographies, and history books about the U.S. Presidents. Many of these curated books obtained during my youth through the present are designated as antique due to their publication dates, the oldest in my library going back to 1808.

#President #Presidents #POTUS #PersonalLibrary #GeorgeWashington #Washington #FoundingFather #civility #GoodwinPresidentialLibrary

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

Here are two of today’s acquisitions for my own Goodwin Presidential Library:

“Being Nixon: A Man Divided” — by Evan Thomas

“Barack Obama: The Story” — by David Maraness

“A Promised Land” — an autobiography by President Obama

President Nixon — due to his lengthy public career as a twice-elected President, 2-term Vice President, and previously a U.S. Senator and Congressman, and longtime foreign policy savant even after his White House years — has a significant presence in my collection — along with Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and JFK. (He is also the first Chief Executive I corresponded with as a youth.)

As for President Obama, I had the honor and privilege of meeting and knowing him personally years before he was elected President, and had the opportunity to speak with him privately and publicly on multiple political and official occasions. (It is my plan to include those anecdotes among a recounting of my many Forrest Gump-like experiences in my own autobiography one day!)

Over this past weekend I found at a local vintage shop another tome for the Lincoln portion of my library: “Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1865 Presidency” by John C. Waugh. The author signed it in 1998.

These books add to my expanding personal library collection of 890+ autobiographies, biographies, and history books about the U.S. Presidents. Many of these curated books obtained during my youth through the present are designated as antique due to their publication dates, the oldest in my library going back to 1808.

#President #Presidents #POTUS #PersonalLibrary #RichardNixon #BarackObama #Nixon #Obama #abrahamlincoln #Lincoln #AbeLincoln #ncpol #GoodwinPresidentialLibrary

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

Because these terms have been erroneously intertwined in recent years, here’s an enlightening analysis of the difference btwn “patriotism” and “nationalism.” In my opinion, it is highly important to know the distinct definitions. #patriotism #nationalism https://t.co/YSUBYEWnH9

[Love Classical Music and Movies 🎺🎻💖🎥🎬 @AlexTran677026]

One of the best SNL skits of all-time 😂📷
“I gotta have more cowbell!” 🐮🔔

[Rep. Zack Hawkins @zackhawkinsnc]

@triciacotham shared the story of a house page that had special connection to the NCGA. Jackson Goodwin, son of Wayne and Melanie Goodwin, was born while his mom served. I was @ydnc president then and knew his mom and his dad was/is a political mentor. Love full circle moments

[Wayne Goodwin @WayneGoodwinNC]

Then this happened … Thank you, NC Governor Josh Stein, as I continue my 33+ years of public service wearing one hat or another for North Carolina! #ncpol #joshstein #ncga #ncdoi #ncdmv #ncdot #ncbar