A word about criticizing "our own"... - Granite Grok

A word about criticizing “our own”…

Yeah, you!

Call us honest. We criticize anyone, including “our own” in the New Hampshire GOP.  No wool over these eyes, no regrets, no guilt.  We sleep very well at night.

Our targets include anyone who directly, or indirectly, works against the founding Conservative principles we believe in – reverence of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the rule of law not men, small and sensible government, sound money, realistic budgeting, emphasis on individual liberties, and local control.  That pretty much defines us, regardless of what you read or have been told to think.

While all Democrats are virtually hopeless on these measures, too many Republicans these days are failing to stay in bounds, or are guilty by association.

Putting my money where my mouth is,

I believe that Ronald Reagan said many great things before and during his Presidency but, in my opinion, his “11th Commandment” was not one of them.  I feel it was a mistake because it provided too much cover to the “lesser” members of the GOP, particularly frauds like House Representatives Steve Vallaincourt and Carolyn Gargasz (two of too many).  Because of Reagan’s edict, many Republicans, particularly those in leadership, stand silent and paralyzed while moderate and fraudulent peers act shamefully and shamelessly, without consequence; I would say it has been a key ingredient in the pitiful deterioration of the Republican Party over the past 30 years.

Let me offer a parenting analogy to make my point: If your teenager is belligerent, haughty, and disrespectful, good parents know that ignoring this behavior is asking for it to continue and to likely get worse.  A teen who knows that there are no consequences will only become more brazen.  Do we not punish our children, love them as we may, knowing that it might cause short-term difficulty and discomfort, but that the modification will (should) pay character dividends in the long term?

As Conservatives, are we not fighting the very notion that our society now pathologically AVOIDS this approach to bad behavior, thanks to the virus of Liberalism?

I applaud the parent who, in an act of utter frustration, chooses to discipline their out-of-control teen in the public square – after reason, discussion, or telling of consequences have all been tried in vain – with the hope of positive results at the hand of broadcast consequences.  This public airing of very dirty laundry is often done at great pain to the parent and brings the risk of humiliating the entire family – but this extreme is often the very reaction that breaks such patterns.

When your child knows that you will reach well beyond his level of comfort in your response to their disrespect, and has no sense for what you might do next, they WILL think twice and check themselves.

Let me say something to the Democrats and Liberals reading this, salivating over our content: Know that we do this to “our own” in the hopes of correcting bad behavior and forging long-term positive course corrections, so that we may succeed in defeating YOU and your effort to fundamentally transform our home state and nation into a Socialist’s paradise of gun-free, politically-correct, go-green, “everybody-gets-a-trophy” zones of social and economic malaise and despair.

Make no mistake that our goal is to pulverize your efforts into the dust from which they came – and sweep them into the soiled gutter.  And when you see us criticize people in our own camp, without as much as a blink, there should be no doubt about our resolve in stopping you.

The same applies to you, Mr. and Mrs. Establishment Republican, sitting on your cushy red chairs, in your ivory-tusked towers, unable to see the grassroots, or the gutters.

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