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I was recently invited to join a Facebook group called “Draft Joe Kenney for Governor 2008.”  Joe Kenney, of course is New Hampshire’s District 3 State Senator from Carroll County. While I am hardly prepared at this point to join the Draft Joe Kenney movement, I think the Granite State could do a whole lot [ Read more ]

Just saw this entry by Byron York over at the Corner: A story in the Associated Press characterizes Mitt Romney’s statements in a recent interview this way: [Romney] said the country would be safer by only "a small percentage" and would see "a very insignificant increase in safety" if al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was [ Read more ]

Today’s Concord Monitor’s editorial is about same-sex marriage –oops, I mean civil unions.  Pravda-on-the-Merrimack dutifully repeats the Left’s "talking point," which is that the law is about ending discrimination and creating "equal rights for all."    So a law that discriminates against opposite sex couples who want to enter into civil unions is a law that treats everyone equally?  Well, [ Read more ]

I have invited Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley, House Speaker Terri Norelli, and State Senator Kathy Sgambati to appear on "Meet the New Press" on WEMJ 1490 AM this Saturday morning to talk about civil unions in New Hampshire. Anyone who listens to five minutes of our show can tell you that we are not [ Read more ]

Today’s Union Leader has an op-ed from former Congressman and N.H. Supreme Court Justice Chuck Douglas arguing that "voters will find the common sense conservative values they are looking for in John McCain." The op-ed focuses on federal spending, which is understandable given that McCain is not that conservative on immigration, free speech or Congress’ [ Read more ]

Pravda-on-the-Merrimack was late to join the liberal press’s piling on regarding the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a ban on partial-birth abortion.  But Pravda-on-the Merrimack’s contribution is particularly vapid, even for Pravda-on-the-Merrimack. The op-ed begins, " I In the 1992 abortion case known as Casey, U.S. Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O’Connor [ Read more ]

My friend Doug sees technology as the ultimate disinfectant against “funny business” in local government and elsewhere.  He’s been known to bring his shiny new digital camera around with him to various political events and public gatherings and subsequently post the video online.  Doug has never suspected corruption on the part of his or any [ Read more ]

Almost exactly half (49%) of Granite Staters are “bigoted homophobes.” That is according to the latest New Hampshire Poll by American Research Group and using the phraseology offered up by Steve McBrian in this Union Leader Op-Ed, which is still live on the UL’s website.  I notice that there are more “bigoted homophobes” than not, [ Read more ]