Remember, it was the erstwhile NH House “Majority” Leader Jack Flanagan who invited us to this game. This was just sent in speaking to
I was on a committee where Flanagan was for a while. He is very “moderate,” i.e. squishy. He admits that his district doesn’t like conservative Republicans (I don’t buy it, but he justifies his big-government votes with that). He is no friend of Liberty. His idea of “Republican values” is far from mine, but that is the Big Tent for you.
Squishy. Translation – will o’the wisp where ever the political winds blow. Sticking a wet finger up into the political breeze is my visualization – not exactly a winning attribute for a Leader that folks actually look up to the position earned (remember, Jack Flanagan was NOT elected to the position – he had to be appointed by the Democrat appointed Speaker Jasper).
Big-government votes? I Trust the person that sent this to me and their reputation as a Limited Govt personage is impeccable. For him to say that has the alarm bells ringing. So gosh, what does the NH GOP Platform say about that? Let’s see:
We, the people of the New Hampshire Republican Party, do stand united in our dedication to preserving freedom, limited government and unlimited opportunity for all.
We can through this one as well:
Limit the growth of state spending to not more than the rate of inflation plus population growth
Oh yeah, the NH GOP Platform has a bunch of Planks that speak on / to attributes of a limited government:
Sunset programs and regulations to force periodic reevaluation
Privatize programs and functions that can be handled more effectively by the private sector
Sunset programs and regulations to force periodic reevaluation
Protect the privacy of individuals from government agencies and employees who abuse their power and position
Voting as a Big Government-er trashes those Planks, doesn’t it? And the rub is that to be a real Limited Government kind of guy, it has to be done CONSISTENTLY. And that it not just the quantity of L.G. votes, it is also the QUALITY of those votes – lots of “little outcomes” votes do not outweigh the couple of “big outcomes” votes that truly are pro-big government votes.
