9 August 2015 - Granite Grok

August 9, 2015

Official Yacht of the Democrat Party

After all, Democrat National Chair CongressCritter Debbie Wasserman-Schultz can’t say what the difference is between Democrats and Socialists: And NH Democrat Chair Ray Buckley can’t either…. (H/T: Powerline)

BlogThought of the Day: Trust me, it’s you and not voters

Dear candidates: maybe it’s time to stop asking “what’s wrong” with Trump. “The question isn’t what’s wrong with Trump. He’s winning. And the question darned sure shouldn’t be what’s wrong with the voters who respond to him positively. That’s a political suicide dive. The real question is and has always been, why aren’t you doing better?“ But …

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Really, Obama has brought in the ChiComs / Russians to talk up his Iran deal – to CONGRESS?

This is HIGHLY disturbing – and very much illustrates that Obama’s words of “a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world“. What does it say about being a proud citizen of the United States when HE can’t hold his own to his fellow Dems in Congress and has to …

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I love it when Chris “Tingly Leg” Matthews get pwned – and Carly Fiorina does it

Update: Forgot to post up her RedState Gathering speech as well – after the jump. While Obama did affect the nervous system in Matthew’s leg, Carly takes a figurative baseball bat to his other political love, Hillary Clinton – and there’s nothing he can do about it: (H/T: Free Beacon)  This is yet another indication …

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“Do they care enough about stopping the horrors of Planned Parenthood to actually put up a fight?”

That is the question asked at Townhall on yet again, Senate Majority Mitch McConnell puts morality behind a government shut down in priorities of DC.  Or to put it another way – is this yet another battle that the Republican elite, that much of the base cares deeply about, will runaway from? Senate Majority Leader …

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RedState Gathering – Ted Cruz

RedState is a site that is a daily read for me.  OK, I have to admit, multiple times a day and I link to the writers there a lot.  Anyways, this weekend is the 2015 RedState Gathering down in Atlanta and a number of the present Republican Prez Wannabees were invited to speak to that …

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Houston Housing Authority Lance Gilliam – where in political spectrum does he stand?

“Forget that health care is a right, not a privilege“ “Your blog is widely read and respected” As I mentioned here, Lance Gilliam (a Partner at the Waterman-Steele Group, a real estate and PR firm in Houston and internationally) who is the head of the Houston Housing Authority  contacted me about my post on an …

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America’s Pension Crisis part 2

ICYMI – part two of our interview with Lawrence J. McQuillan, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at the Independent Institute and author of CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis. (originally aired July 18th, 2015) “In California Dreaming, McQuillan provides a beautiful case study of the way …

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Local Adoption of Police Body Cameras in NH Catches State’s Attention

The Haverhill [New Hampshire] police officers who fired on [Hagen] Esty-Lennon were both wearing body cameras. Video convinced the state attorney general’s office that lethal force was justified. The family members of Hagen Esty-Lennon requested that the video of his shooting not be made public. With no rules in place, the attorney general has asked …

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