Why should the grassroots work & fight for NH GOP Leadership that double-crosses them ideologically?
OK, a bit of a clickbait title, but it works. Here’s why:
- Walt Havenstein lost, in no small part, because he insulted pretty much all of the TEA Party base (re: Conservative, Libertarian) wing of the Party. Then didn’t like being held accountable when asked to apologize. Then reversed his position on Medicaid Expansion
- Scott Brown lost, in no small part, for angering the large Second Amendment wing of the Party, his boasting about being bipartisan (and in reality voting more & more with Democrats in the US Senate the longer he was there), and finally trying to out-abortion Jeanne Shaheen. Yes, he completed a trifecta of trouble all by himself.
These two wanted to be part of the leadership of the NH GOP, election-wise. Each was standing on stances totally contrary to the NH GOP Platform. And then there is Chair Jennifer Horn that has publicly spouted about supporting small businesses – her trial against a small biz person starts soon (even though it looks like he had nothing to do with anything except he had to sue her because she tried to stiff him – and lost). I’ve previously blogged NH State GOP Committeewoman Juliana Bergeron’s stance on gay marriage (to the point of beseeching the US Supreme Court of federalizing the status of marriage). So much for “limited government” and the plank that says “One Man, One Woman”.
And now NH State GOP Committeeman Steve Duprey running for cover for his pro-abortion stance and financial support. Again, completely contrary to the NH GOP Platform. Same as Scott Brown. And same as Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. Could this be the reason why one hears calls for the NH GOP to go “social issues free” – because the Leadership is more like the Democrats than what they want us to believe?
What IS it with the NH GOP Leadership – thinking they are above the stated principles of the NH GOP?? Better yet, why does the Establishment GOPpers keep voting them in to represent the NH GOP if they don’t represent what the NH GOP says it does? Is this “lawlessness” of another stripe?
Now, a serious person would look at the above and go “Hmm, this situation needs to be fixed”. But then again, I’m not sure these folks want to acknowledge that there is even a problem – much less that they ARE the problem from the grassroots level. Instead – it is mere politics as usual. Nothing out of the ordinary so why are you all complaining?
I kind of liken it to the High School Football Team / Cheerleader squad clique – certainly with more money but not necessarily with any more panache other than what money brings. Insular, aloof, a better than you ‘tude – and once again proving what most of us think.
Which is, it’s the politics of winning. Period. Anyway you can and hypocrisy be damned if we get found out. Such are our Blessed Leaders and role models. Certainly their thinking seems to be “there’s no place else to go, so we can do what we want”. Just look at what they have promoted above, and ask yourselves, grassrooters – how are they different than the Democrats and their agenda?
- Pro-Abortion – check
- Anti-gun – check
- Bigger government – check
- Throwing traditional marriage under the bus – check
- Abusing small business – check
But then again, we’re just a rabble-rousers and trouble makers. But that seems to be the reason why they keep reading GraniteGrok? Look, we just report on their own words & actions – we couldn’t make this stuff up if we tried with a full bottle of Jack Daniels.
Methinks that the grassroots either needs to vote themselves better or needs a better place to go.
Hmm, I remember a time when I got a real sizable number of votes running against Duprey for Committeeman with no campaigning and just coming out of the stands. Maybe, just maybe, I might do it again. This time, for real. After all, I actually believe in the Principles of the NH GOP. And I have a vast number of posts where MY stances are actually proven over the last almost 10 years – I don’t say one thing and do another.
Whaddya think, readers?
