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“Livid” and “berserk”

However strange it may be, I am on Steve Vaillancourt’s email list.  Like any distro list, a lot go unread, some get glanced at, and a few are interesting.  This was both amusing and alarming as he describes the mental state of NH State Speaker of the House Terri Norelli.  The two words above did grab my attention – and Steve’s words from this morning (“liberal ghetto” and “twig snapping”) goes in on this as well – one begins to wonder “nervous breakdown” or “will there be a double down”?  Emphasis mine:

From: Vaillancourt, Steve
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 5:18 PM
To: <redacted?
Subject: a livid speaker

Normally I would send what I write to all, but for once I figure, why antazgonize [sic] Democrats any more than necessary, but of course, I realize any one person could pass this along to them.

Livid” and “berserk” were the words I heard bandied around yesterday from a large number of Democrats to describe Speaker Norelli’s demeanor in front of her caucus Thursday morning.  One person said she had never been so angry.  Another rolled his eyes in shame.  I didn’t even ask for these comments.  In fact, when the first Demcrat began to describe Norelli’s actions in detail to me, I immediately explained to her that by telling me, she could expect me to use it.  She then quieted down; perhaps I shouldn’t have warned her, but I believe in being honest with people.  I also don’t usually name names.  In this case it was a she–hint–no friend of free staters.

Would that have been NH State Rep Cynthia “pass measures that will restrict freedoms” Chase, while being a transplant from statist Rhode Island, fears the Free State Project?  Just think of it, regardless of the person, beserk is not a word hears often but describes someone SO mad, they have almost lost all control and are willing to lash out at anyone in any way in seeking revenge.  In politics, revenge, especially on hot button issues, can mean really bad things down the road for EVERYone.

Was that Norelli just being Norelli?  I doubt it – but showing such anger can lead to either cowering by subordinates or a sense by the subordinates “this person will take us all down”.  At that point, do Democrats keep on concentrating on the issues or do they start thinking “umm, I might want to return to this House seat next go round”.  While we at the ‘Grok are writing about the Republican chasms, there are certainly divisions within the Democrat Party as well (not just as widely reported upon). And face it, if it keeps up, that old maxim that a politician’s most important issue is getting re-elected may start to take hold.

Norelli, from what I hear, was furious that Democrats did not all follow like the usual lemmings on the travesty of a gun study bill illegally amended to Rep. Hoell’s house keeping bill; that clearly indicates that this was not a spur of the moment amendment but one which leadership had conspired to bring forward.  I’m told that although it was a division vote, Norelli could see who was with her and against here and she was livid that so many in her “leadership” team, those in the front row had dared oppose her.  (Is that misuse of a division vote’s results)?

Gun Control, or any whiff of stuff, instantly becomes a get out the vote on both sides of the issue – and many Democrats are supporters of gun rights here in NH.   And that means votes.  So, the question will be in the longer term when it comes forward again (and it will – Democrat Progressives care not for the Individual Rights – we have seen a constant erosion, the constant water drip, to incremental wearing down the opposition.  Given the opportunity, only Government would have firearms.

She was also livid when my motion to indefinitely postpone the tanning bill passed by such a large margin.  Again, there was no roll call vote.  That clearly was why Shurtlett and Richardson and company were constantly calling roll calls Thursday.

It’ll be interesting to see if the the Dems fellow traveler in the media pick up on the speaker’s wrath.  You can be sure they would have had it been a Republican speaker so berating her own members.

I’ve not seen or heard a whisper of the Speaker’s demeanor in the media, so once again we see the vaunted NH professional Political Scribblers acting just like Instapundit describes: Democrats with bylines.  With the age of Obama, the stick shift has gone to neutral when compared to when Republicans are in the power seats.  So surprised I’m not.

Even though the gun study bill was tabled, we cannot rest.  Depending on if leaders can cow their members enough, they may try to bring it off the table and pass it…maybe even by cutting off debate.  It would be nice if ALL Republicans opposed this–yes, that means a certain rep from Sanbornton.

Yeah, Dennis Fields.

Rep. Dumaine certianly did Republicans no favor by moving the question on the paint bill, but I suspect Richardson would have done it.  He’s become the new Mr. Means for Dems; he should be forever known as Draco; Draonian is what he called the budget he and most Democrat voted for and the governor championed last year.  I feel a “you just can’t make this stuff up” coming on.

Perhaps on the Medicaid bill, which we obviously can’t defeat, we should have some pre-printed Constitutional protests ready and all march to the front–before the Speaker calls for another matter of course…just a thought.

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