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The Mahoney campaign has gone all-in (and all out) on the negative campaigning.  In fact you may have gotten a piece of glossy mail from them referring to votes by Frank Guinta which Mahoney has framed in a negative way.

Now I could squawk about how these are cherry picked procedural votes he is focusing on --which they are.

Or I could go through the details of how the Mahoney campaign is being deceptive--they are.

But instead I can sum this up all rather quickly.

In every case but one, Frank Guinta voted the opposite of Ray Buckley.

On the one vote in which they agreed the final version passed the Republican Majority Senate 24-0 and the Republican Majority House 336-20.

So I guess the Mahoney campaign is endorsing the voting history of current left wing NHDP chairman Ray Buckley as one they would emulate.  That's....priceless.

So how's that going negative thing working out for you Sean?

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...and without understanding. From an article at American Thinker, "The Party of Know-Nothings":

"From Geithner to Jarrett, all of Obama's advisors have one thing in common: they have devoted their lives to the expansion of government. They believe -- quite 'passionately,' as Axelrod has put it -- that government is the solution to America's problems....

"Most ordinary human beings know a great deal more than Obama's circle of advisors. They understand that it is the private sector, not government, that produces goods and services. Instinctively, they know there's something wrong with the idea that government 'creates' jobs....

Continue reading "Our Country is in the Hands of People without Insight.." »

Posted by Tim Condon at 6:58 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Well, it looks like the newcomer has a lot more going for her than the long term pol in this race; The Union Leader has given its nod to Jeanie Forrester (emphasis mine):

The Republican primary in New Hampshire's 2nd Senate District pits newcomer Jeanie Forrester of Meredith against longtime New Hampton representative Fran Wendelboe. In our view, Forrester should get the nod here.

Wendelboe is campaigning on her experience in the Legislature and her budget expertise. She knocks her opponent's credentials when she says only she, Wendelboe, will be "ready on Day 1" to do the tough work of cutting the state budget and restoring fiscal restraint in Concord.

It is true, Forrester doesn't know the budget like Wendelboe does. We aren't so sure that's a bad thing. Over the years, Wendelboe has used her budget expertise to try to block spending cuts and reforms in the Department of Health and Human Services. As far back as 2003, she was saying that she "would like to add to" the HHS budget, and for years afterward she resisted attempts to save money in that department.

About half the voters in the 2nd District are independents. Forrester is the type of fiscally conservative outsider likely to gather widespread support from independent voters this year. She is a businesswoman who has a lot of backing from the business community in the district and says her top priorities will be to fight for small businesses and get the state budget under control. She knows the hurdles small businesses face, and Concord could use a few more fiscally conservative voices like hers.

Republicans would give themselves a good shot at picking up this Senate seat, now held by Democrat Deb Reynolds, by voting for Forrester in the primary.

Day 1, eh?  I will point out that with her longevity, Fran was also part of that Republican crowd that failed to fix Clairmont and did such a tremendous job of governing that the electorate replaced them all with respect to being the majority party.

MANY people, just ordinary citizens, are running for office this cycle.  Given past results, it should not be hard to believe that a new mindset and attitude among those under the Dome will do a far better job.

The 'Grok welcomes the Union Leader to the fold - we endorsed Jeanie some time ago...

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It took Republicans 12 long years to let power get to their heads and believe that they were better than they thought they were.  Guess Democrats are far superior - they only needed 4 years (starting with taking over Congress). 

So for the most important issues, it's nice to see it in an objective format:

Note to Republicans - as Glenn says over at Instapundit: don't get cocky.  As the recent special elections have said, as most of the primary results have said - GOP Establishment types are in the target cross-hairs as well (the latest being Mitch McConnell's right hand lady, Murkowski of Alaska, loosing to a TEA Party backed Joe Miller).

Your time, objectively speaking, has come as well.

And they kept saying that TEA Party beliefs, based on the Constitution and its Founding Values, were extreme?

I think, objectively and in what seems to be a more quantifiable manner, is that they are mainstream - and that the Progressive shrill use of the word "extreme" is more and more looking like a self-identifying modifier.

(H/T: Gallup via The Corner)

Posted by Skip at 6:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Of COURSE, like all good Leftists (just like NH CD-2 CongressCritter wannabe Ann McLane Kuster), President Obama tried last night to insinuate that much of the deficits in the recent past can be blamed on that irresponsible Iraq War (you know, the one he was against before he tried to take credit for?).

Problem?  T'aint true:

Estimated overall costs were $700 Billion for the wars.  Problem for the Obamessiah and his spin crew is that his first year Presidency blew past that in a heartbeat.  Then did it again this year.

How stupid do they think people really are?  I keep hearing "but what about Bush and his deficits?".  True, he ran them and I was against those as well other than for those dedicated to his first Constitutional duty - to keep Americans safe.

Obama has made no such excuse - nor can he as his are strictly his modus operandi of fundamentally transforming America....well, saddling our grandkids with massive debt will certainly do that...

(H/T: The Corner)

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Ovide Lamontagne, who GraniteGrok has endorsed, has just come out with his first TV ad:

I just wish that he had said what it contained, but since he didn't, YOU can just click here and saunter right on over and read it for yourself!

Add this from Erick Erickson of RedState to the thought train in your head:

Consider another fact: Conservatives, led by Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin, are potentially creating the most conservative Senate Republican Conference in the last thirty or so years: Sharron Angle, Ken Buck, Mike Lee, Joe Miller, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Pat Toomey will be joining Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn, and David Vitter.

I'm quite sure that Ovide will fit in very well with that group.  Michelle Bachman in the House with her TEA Party caucus, DeMint and his "Constitution Crew"; there can only be one message certain:

Progressives and Social Democrats (and thinkalikes like my two Congresscritters, Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter) - be afraid

BE VERY AFRAID!

The Constitution and the traditional Founder's Values are marching up the hill... the tide has turned outward on the Progressives and the pendulum is swinging back Rightly.

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Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has dropped any challenge and conceded the race to Joe Miller. 

I am at first suspicious.  Murkowski was flirting with alternate paths to the general election.  The Libertarians denied her which leaves an independent run.  She seems too much like those desperate to cling to power, and as Erik Erickson points out on Red State, Murkowski was a chosen lieutenant of Mitch McConnell, one of several who have either moved on or failed to survive their primaries.

The larger message is that the right is taking the job of Senator a bit more seriously this cycle.  I can only wonder if they will do the same thing here in New Hampshire.

(H/T Red State)

Posted by Steve MacDonald at 8:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Is it absurd to think that a guy who earned almost $400,000.00 last year, and probably something similar in preceding years, would have no additional income to declare to the Federal election Commission.  No savings accounts, no IRA's no investments of any kind?

How about a guy who was also a lobbyist at least somewhat familiar with the election laws about money in politics?

Well don't act surprised because NH-01 candidate Rich Ashooh will have to amend his FEC filing.  It appears he failed to list all his "secret" bank accounts on his original filing.  In fact, the filing fails to list any accounts, no investments, funds, savings, nothing--just his salary income, his mortgage, and the boards and committees on which he sits.  Rich Ashooh has no savings or investments? Where's the false outrage?

Continue reading "Another Amended Filing in CD-1" »

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Hip, hip, HOORAY! Joe Miller pulls it out in the Alaska senatorial primary against the chosen (and some say corrupt) choice of the hacks at the Republican National Senatorial Campaign Committee (NSRC) led by Mitch McConnell.

The civil war going on right now within the Republican Party is good for us. "Why?" you ask?

Continue reading "The GOP Civil War, Part Deux" »

Posted by Tim Condon at 8:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Jon Wesley and Theonia Boyd were in court to face charges related to an underage drinking party in Weare at which they were the "grown ups.".  As professors of Psychiatry and Pathology, there innocence hinges on their claim that they were "unaware any teenagers were drinking" the night of June 6th, this according to statements by Theonia Boyd.

I'd like to suggest that they ask for a refund on their, what must have been very expensive educations.

Here we have two Harvard medical professors having at least some familiarity with the college culture, from both personal experience and professional exposure, claiming expertise in the fields of Psychiatry and pathology, and yet it never occurred to them that people under the legal drinking age, congregated enmasse at a graduation party, at a private residence, might consume alcohol?

Let me guess.  College age kids don't have sex either?

Morons.

Continue reading "The Boyd's Go To Court" »

Posted by Steve MacDonald at 6:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Think I'm kidding?  Back in February, he was quoted as saying:

“You would be hard-pressed to identify a piece of legislation that we have proposed out there that, net, is not good for businesses,”...

...“We are pro-growth,” Obama said. “We are fierce advocates for a thriving, dynamic free market.”

Yeah, given the absolutely anemic economy, President "Never-worked-in-the-Private-Sector" Obama has certainly provided absolutely stellar (stellar, I tell you!) leadership.  Frankly, it is HIS policies, just like the FDR's 70 years ago, that have locked things up into "stalled mode". Here's a reaction to those words said a mere 6 months ago that can be summed up in a single word: uncertainty

...Mr. Loeb’s views, irrespective of their validity, point to a bigger problem for the economy: If business leaders have a such a distrust of government, they won’t invest in the country. And perception is becoming reality.

Just last week, Paul S. Otellini, chief executive of Intel, said at a dinner at the Aspen Forum of the Technology Policy Institute that “the next big thing will not be invented here. Jobs will not be created here.”

Mr. Otellini has overseen two big acquisitions in the last two weeks — the $7.7 billion takeover of the security software maker McAfee and the $1.4 billion deal for the wireless chip unit of Infineon Technologies. If he is true to his word, those deals will most likely lead to job cuts in the United States, not job creation.

...But it seems clear that he wrote the letter because so much of his fund’s investments were being driven by the impact of politics. It appears he is no longer betting that a chief executive will make his numbers; he’s betting on what legislation Congress will pass next... 

Continue reading "President Obama: It isn't what you say, it's all about what you and your Sorry Socialist Society are doing..." »

Posted by Skip at 6:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Have to admit, between Kagan's refusal to answer the question of "Can the Federal government force you to eat 3 fruits and veggies a day" and President Obama and his cast of socialists forcing each of us to buy something at THEIR behest (vs the freedom of each of us choosing for ourselves), Rep. Steve King has it right:

"...replaced it with a failed socialist model.  The President nationalized your skin and everything inside and he enlarged the scope of the IRS by granting that agency the power to confiscate the assets of Americans who refused to submit to the Nanny State ..."

We caught up with Rep. Steve King back in May when he toured NH with Jennifer Horn on the campaign trail.

(H/T: The Corner)

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This is the last in our series concerning the interview we did with Laurie and Andy Sanborn who are running for the NH House and the NH Senate.  Click to see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.

Question 9:

NH Constitution Article 28-a

Comments (no particular questions attached):

Comments by Andy - Biggest Challenge; Govt is ignoring how we help people by expanding the economic base and a discussion about social services.

Question 9             Comments

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You BET he will!  He doesn't have the fortitude, the integrity, to forthrightly admit tonight when he makes a national address from the Oval Office that "I was absolutely wrong - and President Bush was right".  And I'll go further, based on this clip, that our present POTUS will give only a "side mention" of the folks that actually have done the heavy lifting in making the Iraq effort successful.

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This round for the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire makes the total 142. Check them all out.

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From RedState.com, we hear that the generic electoral lead of the Republicans in this election is larger than it has been at any time since...1946.

The only question is whether the GOP will blow it...or begin the reforms and restructuring that is clearly necessary to save America.

In New Hampshire, new GOP majorities are expected in the state house and senate. We need to get rid of the awful John Lynch.

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The Mahoney supporters seem unwilling to answer to the charge that Sean is playing games with his principles. 

Let me break down the problem as quickly as I can.

Mr. Mahoney is on the board of a foundation that has recently (as in since 2008) given upwards of $160,000.00 dollars to pro-abortion groups and abortion advocates.  But Mr. Mahoney is pro-life.  So to address this contradiction we shouldn’t really address it at all.

Continue reading "Making Excuses For Mahoney" »

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Steve notes below that Gov. John Lynch and the New Hampshire Democratic Party are benefitting from large amounts of campaign cash flowing into our state from radical homosexual political activists. It is also noted that Gov. Lynch went to Chicago to give a speech to a homosexual political gathering there.

But no one can find the text of the speech. Hmmmm. That's kind of surprising. What did Gov. Lynch say to all the assembled "gay activists"?

We don't know. All we do know is that Gov. Lynch "used to" complain about "outside interference" in New Hampshire politics.... He sure hasn't said that lately.

The fact of the matter is simple: There is a national group of extremely rich homosexual political activists, and they have made their radical agenda clear. New Hampshire's Democratic Party is headed by a homosexual political activist. It is thus clear that New Hampshire is one of the states being targeted. Read about their plans and aims in the National Review article from last year, "Rocky Ride."

Then reflect on this fact: Gov. John Lynch is apparently their willing tool in New Hampshire.

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From RedState.com, "A Free Society and the Muslim Conundrum" Well worth reading.

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Blogging can be a weird hobby.  You never know when something you've planted will grow and bear fruit.  But back on May 28th of 2010 I planted this seed. It was about Mr. Lynch going to the Political OutGiving conference.

In the intervening months I planted a few more, here, and here, and here.

There were others doing their own sowing and tending, and they deserve plenty of credit, because today we find out thanks to Cornerstone Policy that John Lynch's most recent campaign finance report has at least $100,000.00 worth of donations from promiant Gay activist donors.

So maybe I should start asking John Lynch where that missing speech is he gave while he was in Chicago at the Gay Donor Confab?  It was worth at least 100k, probably more.  We still don't know who all the donors are so we have no reason to believe that there isn't more money--not just in names on the Lynch filing , but pouring in through the NH democrat party, into groups that then donate to Lynch.

Whatever the final talley, Lynch and Buckley can eat some crow while we ponder the ramifications of out of state special interest meddling (when he said he was against that) and a governor who flip flopped on a key issue which the gay donors may have--just may have been paying him to flip on.

A governor who can be bought.  That makes for great TV.

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This has been quite the week for Ovide Lamontagne, candidate for US Senate.

First, Joseph McQuaid, publisher of the Manchester Union Leader, endorsed him, which isn't your average endorsement around these parts.  Mr. McQuaid acknowledged that Ovide isn't the "richest candidate", and that he isn't the "favorite of the...Washington crowd", but "what he believes makes sense to save our nation from economic ruin". 

In this economy and political climate, what else is there to say?

Then, all sorts of positive vibes started coming his way, on blogs and many other outlets...

Continue reading "Ovide for Senate, who's on board?" »

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Ronald Reagan believed in the right to life.  Sean Mahoney, who makes the claim that he came to the Republican Party under Ronald Reagan (before he and his checkbook flirted with the democrat party) has this to say about life on his campaign site.

Sean Mahoney is pro-life and will work to protect the lives of the unborn when he is in Congress. In addition, Sean Mahoney will work to promote healthy, pro-life option to abortion, like adoption. Sean Mahoney believes every human life is sacred and that the federal government has a responsibility to protect those lives.

This seems like a solid enough statement, and Sean seems proud of this position but that's all he has to say.  So can he back it up in principle?  Principle, if you remember was part of what he claims drove him to abandon his GOP committeeman position a few weeks before announcing his run for Senate--no wait, Governor--no that's not it, I mean congress.  So can his pro-life claims be backed up on principle?

Continue reading "Mr. Mahoney's Contradiction On The Right To Life" »

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Jim Luther turned me on to this video this week.  Paula Priesse (facebook) is a comedienne who does some political schtik.

This video lampoons the Progressive notion that we simply cannot survive and sustain in a world that uses petroleum.  Oh, and if Charlie Bass, and his Congressional voting record, had their way we'd be using nothing but Biomass...but that's another story...

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Hot Air has an Obamaturism of the day, an example of how or why on the job training is probably a bad idea for POTUS, and I'd suggest also, how the training isn't working.  Ed Morrissey posts these on Hot Air and at the end of every week you can vote on a weekly winner.  This weeks is here.

There is also list of past winners of the week, which provides an interesting time line of Obama actions destined to make a few of you shake your heads.  I was just scrolling through it, and figured you might find it amusing.

See the list...on the jump.

Continue reading "Obamaturism Of The Day (From Hot Air)" »

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Heh! This was amusing.... GH = Guess who

    10.) <GH> and Biden both gave thousands to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).

    9.) <GH> and Biden both gave money to defeat former Sen. John E. Sununu (R-NH).

    8.) <GH> and Biden both supported Democrats for President in 2000.

    7.) <GH> and Biden both opposed President Bush’s reelection in 2004.

    6.) <GH> and Biden both support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

    5.) <GH> and Biden both were open to backing the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

    4.) <GH> and Biden both oppose Arizona’s law cracking down on illegal immigrants.

    3.) <GH> and Biden both have expressed dislike for the Republican Party.

Continue reading "Let's play "Guess Who?"" »

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Another in a series of emails culled from some of the lists I'm on.  This was from a thread of on the idea of "not a tinker's dam difference between them".

A bit of time has passed since I wrote the following - and the past several months has shown that Conservatives, TEA Party, 9-12ers, (and yes, Tim, rational libertarians!) have said "Thus far and no further!"

I started to work from within the Party after 2006 - I realized that the current Repubs had screwed up so badly, somebody had to go scream at them.  From the outside?  Didn't work.  Inside (going to the local committee meetings, the county meetings, the state meetings) and arguing points based on Conservative values, based on Constitutional values, based on traditional values, was the only way to have MY voice heard.

It also allow other like minded people to start moving the Party in the right direction - back from whence it had strayed.  Look, the Progressives / Socialists / near Communists have all but taken over the Democrat Party - and did so by years of showing up, arguing, and getting themselves high up into their Party structure.  They are winning their battles within their Party - which hopefully means, they'll lose with the American people.  The question is, how much long term damage will they create before getting the boot?

And many "Repubs" have assisted in this, either because they too are Progressives, love their own power, or our equivalent of "useful idiots" (and yes, Chuck Hagel and Liz Hager come to mind).  We have to either remove them from Repub office  or structure, or wear them down so much that they leave on their own.

But that takes people like Phyllis Wood, Bill O'Brian, Dan Itse working hard on the "inside" - and they need help.  4 years ago, when I got up to speak in favor of...

Continue reading "Email Doodlings - "...would you consider helping to change it from the inside?..." " »

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This past Thursday, the Manchester Union Leader endorsed Jennifer Horn for Congress, in New Hampshire's second district. 

A month ago, the GraniteGrok also endorsed Jennifer.

In what the Union Leader calls the "year of the outsider", they clearly distinguish Jennifer from her challenger, Charlie Bass.  They pay homage to the fact that she has "never held office", but "has paid close attention to local, state, and national politics for years." 

We think that's an understatement.

In 2008, she managed to get 42% of the general election vote against Paul Hodes, in a normally moderate district, and in the climate of Obama-mania, "Hope and Change" fervor.  Not too shabby.

A lot has changed since November, 2008.  An awful lot has changed...

Continue reading "Jennifer Horn Union Leader Endorsement..." »

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Part 1  Part 2   Part 3

We continue the 'Grok interview with Andy and Laurie Sanborn as they run for the NH Senate and NH House, respectively:

Question 7:

If elected to House, specifics on mitigating the NH State Pension liability time bomb?

Question 8:

Is there Judicial Overreach here in NH?

Question 7               Question 8

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A week ago Saturday, the Rochester and DOver 9-12 Project groups held a picnic at the Guppy Pool complex in Dover, NH. A number of speakers were there addressing the crowd.

Like Frank and Peter (and the others), no promises were made as to their ability to actually address the crowd

And yes, GraniteGrok has endorsed Jack Kimball to the be next Governor of the State of New Hampshire!

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As I have been posting, Aug 21 was a picnic held by the Rochester and Dover 9-12 groups where a number of folks had the opportunity to speak and I've finally been putting them out.

Not expected to show up, but they did, were two candidates for the US Congress in New Hampshire's First Congressional District: Peter Bearse and Frank Guinta (who GraniteGrok has endorsed).

They address the crowd:

Frank Guinta, former Mayor of Manchester, NH

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Peter Bearse, PhD, economics

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Last Saturday, the Rochester and DOver 9-12 Project groups held a picnic at the Guppy Pool complex in Dover, NH. A number of speakers were there addressing the crowd. Two of these were Matt Murphy and Steve DeMascus.

Matt Murphy is a friend of mine; a long term activist who has served in a number of capacities in a number of advocacy groups.  He has just joined the NRA where he will helping to mobilize NRA members and other Second Amendment loving folks and inform them as to the Second Amendment leanings and history off the candidates in both NH First and Second Districts (one of the few States in which this is happening - this should tell you something about the current incumbents).

This is Steve DeMascus who owns a series of martial arts studios here in New England.  He is starting a new venture: Citizens Against Terrorism (CAT); listen up!

Continue reading "NH 9-12 Liberty Picnic - General John Stark Birthday Bash - Report Part 6: CAT and NRA" »

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On July 21, 2010 history professor and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich made this statement about the "Ground Zero Mosque" to be built in New York City:

Statement on the Proposed “Cordoba House” Mosque near Ground Zero, by Newt Gingrich:

Continue reading "Newt Gingrich on the Ground Zero Mosque" »

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This from Dr. Tom Lagreleius, of the American Academy of Private Physicians (an organization representing a way to start resolving the health care mess caused by government interference in the medical marketplace in America):

"Here is a link to an 8 minute video prepared by a Swedish group 'The White Rose' society discussing three things you should know about Islam. This society began in 1942 in Germany as a secret pamphleteering organization fighting Hitler's Nazi government. I am not an expert on Islam, but I think it's time for us all to objectively read the Koran keeping in mind that the entire book was written by one man with an evolving agenda over a relatively short time and is thus completely unlike Christian and Jewish sacred books written by dozens of people over hundreds or thousands of years with many different situations and agendas.... Religious tolerance is an axiom in America. But in Islam are we really dealing with just a religion, or something else entirely?"

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Hot Air has the link from Mark Hemingway.  EPA has opened up a public comment period on the non-issue of lead ammunition and the environment. 

Just another stupid idea courtesy of democrat leadership and all its ugly bureaucratic side effects.

[Updated]

After two days of comment, the EPA decided that it did not in fact have authority on this matter. 

Agreeing with the position of the NRA and the firearms industry, the agency explained in a news release that it “does not have the legal authority to regulate this type of product under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).”  Further crushing the hopes of anti-gun and anti-hunting activists, the release added: “nor is the agency seeking such authority.

 H/T Hot Air

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Skip posted this video last month for fun.  Well now, someone has had some fun with it.  The Brick is labeld 'Pensions' and the Washing Machine is labeled 'State Budget.'  Watch it again, it's less than 30 seconds, and enjoy the reality of it all.

People on State pensions take particular note.  If there is no money, you will not have a pension.  The politicians are lying to you as well.

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ADR 107              

RESPONDENTS: Sean Mahoney for Congress, James McKay, assistant treasurer

SOURCE:              FEC Initiated (RAD)

SUBJECT:             Failure to accurately disclose loans

NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT:         Respondents, in an effort to resolve this matter and avoid similar errors in the future agree to amend reports previously filed with the Commission and to put in place procedures to avoid similar reporting errors and select an appropriate representative of the Committee to attend a FEC sponsored workshop on federal election campaign laws and regulations within 12 months of the effective date of this agreement.

Emphasis mine.  Mr. Mahoney was fined--I believe it was--$9,000.00 dollars for this.

Source

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Part 1  Part 2

Continuing in our interview with Laurie and Andy Sanborn (running for the NH House and NH Senate, respectively): 

Question 5:

if elected to Senate - specifics about on making the footprint of government smaller?

Question 6:

If elected to House, specifics on mitigating the NH State Pension liability time bomb?

Question 5           Question 6  

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Last Saturday, the Rochester and DOver 9-12 Project groups held a picnic at the Guppy Pool complex in Dover, NH. A number of speakers were there addressing the crowd. Although this was billed as a Liberty / Freedom event, a number of candidates seeking offices here in NH.  Somewhat suprised me, as Jeff Chidester said, these candidates took time out of prime time campaigning time to come to an event at which they expected to NOT speak to the assembled, but came anyways.  So, Jeff surprised them and gave each a few moments.

Here they are in alphabetical order: 

 Chris Buck           Catherine Cheney    

 Howard Coffman   Fenton Groen 

  Dan Itse         Dave Menson

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OK, I'm now almost a week out from putting up videos from the event (and from reports, I may have to go shake a stick at BLIP.TV and fix a couple others).

Last Saturday, the Rochester and DOver 9-12 Project groups held a picnic at the Guppy Pool complex in Dover, NH. A number of speakers were there addressing the crowd.

This video is of former NH State Senator George Lovejoy:

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Continue reading ""...Both parties accept deficit spending leaving painful debt obligations to people who don’t vote, children and future generations. This is immoral..."" »

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But under no circumstances let public servants know you're using it. They'll try make you shut it off. Or in the alternative arrest you...and get away with it.

Interestingly, one of the proposals for the New Hampshire state Republican Party Platform this year is that the law be changed so that this kind of thing is prohibited from happening in our state. (One more reason to vote Republican in the upcoming elections.)

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Victor Davis Hanson thinks it's a "maybe," and makes a few simple suggestions. It all depends upon the emerging Republican majority in Washington, DC, and whether they have the cojones to proceed...or will crumple and flee, as they usually have in the past. This from Pajamas Media:

We Are Not Greece
Posted By Victor Davis Hanson On August 26, 2010

Decline is a Choice.

As the summer winds down, there is more and more talk of decline in the air. Some of it comes from the left, as a sort of giddy notion that we are now, at best, devolving into what the Greeks called prôtos metaksu isôn, first among equals, enjoying traditional prestige but otherwise nothing much special in comparison to the Europeans, India, and China.

In the age of Obama, the notion of not being exceptional or preeminent comes as a relief to millions on the left who pretty much are in sync with the protocols of the United Nations. On the right, there is a sense that Obama is the ultimate expression of downfall; given the wild spending, the iconic efforts abroad at apology, and the rampant entitlements we simply aren’t what we once were. In between, most aren’t quite sure—but sure are worried that we may never climb out of our self-created indebtedness crater, and that the culture’s education, the nation’s borders, and the civilization’s values are eroding.

I agree with the latter take, but see decline in history as largely psychological. After all, a Rome that was little more than 4 million and half of Italy almost simultaneously fought both Hannibal and Philip V and ploughed on after losing over 100,000 dead between 219-216 BC to victory, while by AD 450-80 an empire of 70 million, with a million square miles of territory, could not thwart thuggish tribes across the Rhine and Danube.

A very poor United States in 1941 defeated imperial Japan and helped to defeat Nazi Germany in less than four years. A few hundred thousand immigrants between 1870 and 1960 took a godforsaken desert in California’s central valley and turned it into an oasis of agriculture, for nearly half a century with no more than muscle and mule power.

And in the Plus Side....

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This from zerohedge.com:

Guest Post: Hyperinflation, Part II: What It Will Look Like
Submitted by Gonzalo Lira

Hyperinflation, Part II: What It Will Look Like

I usually don’t do follow-up pieces to any of my posts. But my recent longish piece, describing how hyperinflation might happen in the United States, clearly struck a nerve.

It was a long, boring, snowy piece of macro-economic policy speculation, discussing Treasury yields, Federal Reserve Board monetary reaction, and the difference between inflation and hyperinflation—but considering the traffic it generated, I might as well been discussing relative breast size in the porn industry. With pictures.

Essentially, I argued that Treasury bonds are the New and Improved Toxic Assets. I argued that, if there was a run on Treasuries, the Federal Reserve—in its anti-deflationary zeal, and its efforts to prop up bond market prices—would over-react, and set off a run on commodities. This, I argued, would trigger hyperinflation.
 
The disproportionate attention my post garnered is indicative of people’s current fears. As I’ve said before, people aren’t blind or stupid, even if they often act that way. People are worried—they’re worried about the current state of affairs:

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It all comes down to...tolerance vs. suicide.

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If you know any Republicans (or Democrats, for that matter) who are running for the State House, be aware that one of the first things they'll be doing in Concord if they win their elections...is vote for a Speaker of the House. That would be Bill O'Brien, who will be a solid leader for every member of the State House, on both sides of the aisle.

Tell all your candidate friends to check out O'Brien at his excellent new web site which just went live.

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Sean Mahoney has a serious integrity problem.  He's got this idea in his head that he can call himself a Reagan Republican.

"You know I first came to this party under Ronald Reagan."

Sean might have a hard time selling himself as a politically active teenager "to come to the party with Reagan" because unless I'm mistaken he wasn't even old enough to vote until 1984, and by all accounts didn't vote much after.  His voting history is rather spotty in the early years (and even the middle years), as is his political history, but I'm not sure it would matter.  If he ever came to the party of Reagan it was a one night stand because by 1990 he abruptly left all those principles he would like us to believe he still carries with him for the party of Kennedy, Kerry, Gore, and Clinton and stayed there.

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Posted by Steve MacDonald at 9:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBacks (0)

I just got this from a close and greatly respected political activist and observer of the political scene in New Hampshire: 

Tim, there are FOUR announced candidates I think: O'Brien, Chandler, Reagan, and Emerson. "Civil war"? Not so much. . .

My response? I said this: Dagny, we're aware that John Reagan and Susan Emerson are also running. But the real struggle for the Speakership is between two people only, because they're the obvious front-runners, Bill O'Brien and Gene Chandler. In addition, Bill and Gene are very instructive as direct opponents....

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The first thing you have to understand is that to support Mr. Hodes position on letting tax cuts expire you have to be of the opinion that your property is only yours because the government allows you to keep it.   This is a pillar of democrat fiscal policy.  It explains why they berate anyone who dares allow a disfavored class to keep their own earnings.  The phrase "irresponsible tax cuts" or any similar rhetoric, proliferate throughout the lefts discourse.   So at its core the Hodes position is that the legal acquisition of wealth is little more than a royal indulgence that could expire at any moment.  Put more simply, democrats cannot believe in individual property rights which should be a problem for anyone running for elected office in a constitutional republic but for some reason has not been a significant impediment.

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The position of Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Free State of New Hampshire is one of the most important political positions in our state, second only to the governorship itself. The Speaker is generally one of the leaders of his or her political party in the state, and very much helps guide the party from a philosophical standpoint as well as being a legislative tactician. This is why it's such an important position.

Rep. Bill O'Brien, out of the town of Mont Vernon, is the state representative destined to take that position. Accordingly...

...the RLCNH has just mailed out the following letter to every Republican running as a candidate for the NH State House. Those who prevail over their Democrat opponents will join the emerging GOP majority in New Hampshire, and will vote to elect a new Speaker of the House in Concord. There are many reasons they should vote for Rep. Bill O'Brien, for whom I have great respect and admiration. The letter that follows details some of them....

Continue reading "The Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire Endorses Rep. Bill O'Brien for Speaker of the House" »

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Here's some real left wing hate for you.  It's so bad I won't post it on Granite Grok, but you can follow the link and check it out for yourself.   Warning.  Coarse language, threats of violence, images of left wing nut-bags with offensive signs and t-shirts while the audio messages play.

It's who these people are.

 Link

(H/T Tabitha Hale - RedState)

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Take a few minutes and listen to the discussion.

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From Hot Air.  The Taiwanese animators take on the Ground Zero Mosque.

No captions by the way--but you'll figure it out.

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Per usual, live streaming (if the fairly weak Wifi lasts - the Gunstock Inn / Mountainside (Gilford, NH) actually has a couple of access points, but I'm at the far end...sigh).  Tweeting if possible.

Live Stream:

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...this guy.

Looks like the Dean of NH Conservatives, Gordon Humphrey, likes the sweep of Jim's contrails....

Gordon Humphrey Endorses Jim Forsythe for District 4 State Senate

Former US Senator and NH Conservative Figure Supports Forsythe’s Bid

LACONIA- The Jim Forsythe for State Senate Campaign has announced today that Jim has received the endorsement of former US Senator Gordon Humphrey. Senator Humphrey made the following statement:

“Jim Forsythe is the type of hard-working and principled leader that we need in the State Senate. He will bring the energy and new ideas necessary to turn New Hampshire around. Jim’s grassroots political activism to protect our personal freedoms and lower taxes prove that he will be a man of his word and fight adamantly for his constituents. As a US Senator, I voted against the federal budget every year I was in office because they were all projected to create a deficit. Jim Forsythe knows the detrimental effects that budget deficits can have on our economy, and will work to close the gap by cutting wasteful spending. If you would like to see fiscal responsibility and a strong economy restored in New Hampshire, then I encourage you to support Jim Forsythe for State Senate in District 4.”

...Senator Humphrey and his wife Patty will be joining Jim on the evening of Wednesday, September 8th for a taxpayer town hall meeting. The event will take place from 5-6:30 in the auditorium of the Laconia library. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided...

Jim Forsythe—a husband, father of two, owner of an aerospace consulting business, and a former U.S. Air Force pilot with three aerial achievement medals and senior pilot wings—is a strong proponent of state spending cuts and tax cuts, limited and accountable state government, personal freedom and personal responsibility.

Speaking of which, don't forget about Jim's event tonite if you are close to NH's Lakes Region; the 'Grok will be there and all are invited....even this guy (after all, Niel, you DID say you agreed with Jim...and I'll have cameras galore with me...). 

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"...Then you'll get the GOP you want.  But not until..."

Another abstraction from an email thread that I am on (somewhat abridged and edited):

I know that you asked, but I hope you would accept my comments as well (and for the record, I have endorsed Jack [Kimball for NH Governor] and Ovide [Lamontagne for US Senator] both).  And yes, this time around, I think the GOP will support them both if they win the primaries (as opposed to what they did to Coburn and Kenney).  I will back what <redacted 1> said - Sununu wants conservatives (as opposed to {Fergus "The Fringe"] Cullen who has only shown utter disdain for Conservatives and our positions).

I have never looked to see if other counties have actual platforms, but I can assuredly tell you that there is no Belknap County "platform".  Different State platforms - sure and why not?  Decentralization allows for each state to discusses the problems it must address politically - and those issues may not exist in other states.  It also allows for more local control than if there was a single platform - an application, of sorts, of Federalism.

You have struck at the nerve of...

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I find it instructive that whenever "independent voice" Paul Hodes wants to editorialize about an issue or the opposition--generally comments unsuitable for his congressional site where he has gone out of his way to put as little on the record as possible--he posts his comments at the Daily KoS or the Huffington Post.  (Cross posted to Boo Hoo Hamster)

Independent voice you say.

Very instructive.

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This documentary is about the disenfranchising of American citizens by the Democratic Party and the Obama Campaign. We the People have made this film. Democrats have sent in their stories from all parts of America. We want to be heard and let the country know how our party has sanctioned the actions of what we feel are Obama Campaign "Chicago Machine" dirty politics. We believe this infamous campaign of "change" from Chicago encouraged and created an army to steal caucus packets, falsify documents, change results, allow unregistered people to vote, scare and intimidate Hillary supporters, stalk them, threaten them, lock them out of their polling places, silence their voices and stop their right to vote, which is, of course, all documented in "We Will Not Be Silenced."

 

Check it out for yourself.

(H/T PJM)

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Courtesy of Hot Air, apparently three million seniors should expect to have their Medicare Prescription plans change, whether they like the or not.  Add this to the 50% or so of company plans that will be dropped or changed as an inconvenient side effect of passing the bill to find out what was in it and we can call it another victory for the integrity of the left.

We can not possibly belabor this point too much; Comrade Carol Seiu-Porter and Paul "The Blood Sucking Tick" Hodes both signed off on the bill, then allowed it to pass again without even voting on it so we could discover what was in it. They didn't read it so we could be 'discovering' for years.

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There is ample evidence that Paul Hodes toes the line, is a Kool Aid drinker, and a reliable party hack.  Each effort to sell himself as having fiscal integrity or ethics is met with an abundance of contradictory evidence.   So to suggest that he is an independent thinker lacks veracity unless you mean independent from reality.  To further demonstrate this break Hodes spokesman Bergman (not Ingrid but Mark) defended his paymaster from a recent attack on his record. (From the Union Leader)

Hodes spokesman Mark Bergman said Hodes voted for the stimulus to boost the economy and save jobs. Bergman disputed the ad’s claim that the government took over health care.

“We don’t believe it’s a trillion- dollar takeover,” Bergman said yesterday. “We’re arguing that this is an outside group that has helped Kelly Ayotte’s campaign. She’s getting another Washington establishment bailout.”

Bergman said Hodes voted for federal cap-and-trade legislation because he believes it will reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil and lead to alternative energy jobs in New Hampshire. 

Mr. Hodes doesn't even know what is in these bills so what they "believe" is irrelevant. And that's actually the point.

Continue reading "Get it Off Me Man!" »

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Part 1

Continuing in our interview with Laurie and Andy Sanborn (running for the NH House and NH Senate, respectively). 

Question 3:

Government is ever encroaching into biz and personal lives; the Progressives see that as necessary and good governance.  Your thoughts and what will you do to combat that mindset?

Question 4:

Why is this a very important time politically?  What are the driving factors?

Continue reading "Interview - Andy and Laurie Sanborn (NH Senate & NH House) - Part 2" »

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Certainly, RedHampshire has the Letter from Uncle John NH GOP Chair John Sununu:

The first issue is to remember the value of winning the primary in a manner that makes the primary worth winning...Thus, the temptation to go negative is irresistible. It may seem to be advantageous to go negative to win the primary, but almost certainly going negative will make it more difficult to win the general election.

All during the hard parts of the Iraq War, we heard, over and over the Democrat call to arms in the ideological war here in the States:

Halliburton!

It was almost the worst epithet that the Liberals hurled at Republicans; it codified their hatred of capitalism, their disdain for profits, their anti-war loving sentiments, their white hot hate of Bush II, and I believe, America as well.  They wanted a takeover and a teardown.

So, as I was watching Special Report on Fox News, imagine my absolute astonishment and cringe when I heard Bill Binnie's latest attack ad on Ayotte. You have to listen closely, as it is quickly said at the end of the TV ad.  So, he's stooping to Democrat smears?

Now, it is not my place, not my intent, to defend Kelly - but I am.  Has Binnie absolutely lost all sense of what "reasonable" or even "just barely over the edge" is?  I know some of the folks in his campaign - I have the feeling they are being ignored.  He has GOT to be totally caught up in a rage that is only bounded by Kathy "Lawsuit" Sullivan's meltdown on WMUR's Closeup (except they could get her off the stage).

He is now seemingly out of control....to use that word, Halliburton?  He must think he's the NH political equivalent of Rambo, because he's burning a whole lot of bridges - and fields, homes, streets...you get the idea.

So, what's the difference, now, between him and the Democrats? Be pointed?  Sure.  Use records and history? Sure.  But to act like a Democrat with that?

No humor, that one, for sure - just white hot anger. All consuming.  Dude, yer past determined, past committed, and on the road to BEING committed.

Him and his money - put them together, place into the campaign mixer, be challenged on his stances (not unlike being challenged by a Board of Directors, except a lot of these folks know far more about politics and Conservative and Constitutional issues than a BoD knows about business - certainly FAR more than Binnie), shake well,  and we see what happens: the political equivalent of a bully.  People are noticing that he's getting unhinged quickly. 

Look, it certainly ain't beanbags, but unless your opponent is a Progressive / Socialist, it ain't hep to go General Sherman either.

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Let's talk about Bill Binnie for a minute, shall we?  He seems to be the topic of conversation lately, so let's keep the party going.

From the moment I first heard him speak, I got some funny feelings, and not the type that affected Chris Matthews' leg, either.  In May, 2010, Binnie had some strange answers to the questions posed by the Rochester 912, in their well-run debate.  I knew this debate would be interesting, since the questions came from the 912 members themselves.  The videos clips are available on the Grok (Opening, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7).

** For a more directly-critical perspective on Binnie, you can check out the "Know Binnie" website, chock full of interesting bits of info.  After drilling through this site, you start to get a clear picture of who Bill Binnie is, and who he isn't.

Recently, I got a note from fellow conservative, Ron Marchand, the organizer of the Rockingham County 912 group.  On August 2, Ron's group had a meeting, with Binnie as a featured speaker.  Ron decided to ask Binnie a follow-up question to a statement he made back at the Rochester debate.

Ron asked Binnie about the interstate-commerce clause, and the 13th amendment (pertaining to involuntary servitude), and how he saw that in relation to the Healthcare mandates in Obamacare.  Ron wanted to know if Binnie thought that the mandates were Constitutional. 

Continue reading "Bill Binnie's Having a Bad Day, Week, Month, Campaign..." »

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Part 1 and Part 2

In Part 3, the Honorable Dan Itse (who Jeff calls a Defending Father since he's a tad late for being a Founding Father), gives an exemplary discourse for the folks in attendance.  There is no doubt that Dan knows his history, knows the philosophy of why and how things were done, and knows its practical application to today's Constitutional crisis both in DC and in Concord:

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Part 1 is here.

Continuing with the reporting from the Rochester / Dover 9-12 Liberty Picnic, here are two more clips.

THis clip is of Diane Gilbert of the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies - she describes how she and her group have waited YEARS for this explosion of interest in the Constitution; she cannot be happier in that the body politic is moving backwards so as to move forward to the future - properly:

Also, Jeff Chidester, Jerry Delemus, and Greg Vatistas announce a new award and scholarship series:  The General John Stark Liberty Award and scholarship program!

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Gateway Pundit has all the details, (here and here) and it is now clear that the person who firebombed democrat Russ Carnahan's office was one of his own (former) disgruntled staffers.  This is a guy who spent time harassing Tea Party activists and who was later let go for failing to do the canvassing job for which Carnahan's campaign hired him.

It's kind of crazy but pay for performance?  If Russ isn't careful the democrats will revoke his dance card.  Next thing you know he'll be dissing the unions and talking about free markets.

Staffer at Event

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"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards New Hampshire to be born?"  ---with apologies to W.B. Yeats and "The Second Coming"

I HAD THE PLEASURE recently to attend a meeting of the House Republican Alliance (HRA) in Concord. The HRA consists of the brightest, strongest, most energetic, and most committed Republican members of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives. They are the hope for fixing the damage that has been inflicted upon our state over the past six years by the Democrats and---let's face it---some Republicans who  led the state into the $500 million dollar structural deficit that exists today.

IT WAS ALSO MY PLEASURE AT THE HRA MEETING to see a verbal battle break out.

Members of the HRA are well aware that the future of New Hampshire and the NH Republican Party rests upon their shoulders. It is they who must mend the fiscal and legislative harm that has been committed over the past six years. They must move aggressively and decisively, starting in January 2011, to address the problems bequeathed to our state by the Democrats. Thus, the HRA contains the vanguard of a "new Republican Party" being born in New Hampshire.

But what are these "new Republicans"?

Continue reading "WHAT KIND OF REPUBLICAN?" »

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Democrats will blame Bush, but after 2006 they had the power to stop every penny of it. Instead, they stepped on the accelerator.

November is coming. We must stop the spending

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