>> Sensitivities

No one has the right to not be offended.  Period.  If you need a good telling off, deserves such, then don't complain when someone delivers it to you.

When an elected Republican (like Doc Pilliod of Belmont, NH) is voting more in line with the Dems than with the Party Platform, I have no problem in pointing that out over and over and over again in public.  Sure, when two candidates in a primary are close to each other philosophically, and are pretty much in line with the Platform, the Party ought to either leave them totally alone or support each equally.  I don't think anyone has a problem with that.

Now take a case of a Liz Hager (former Repub House Rep from Concord, NH) - she got primaried out - the proper thing to have done and much more conservative folks in that Concord district won in the primary.  Unfortunately, the reality is that Concord is a very liberal town  and they lost in the general election.  You can bet, however,  they demonstrably showed the chasm between them and her, her voting recording vs what they stood for.

The government has embraced an arrogant ideology. They claim to know the key to prosperity. It’s analogous to communism. They thought the same thing. The clever ones – themselves – would run everything. That’s the analogy. The key to prosperity is to let things run themselves. We’ll liberalize everything, let everyone look after himself, let business, not the state, run the economy. The state should have no views, no policies of its own. Just open it all up, step back, let it go and you’ll see how well everything will work if we just leave things alone.

Remember:

• it is not about intentions
• it is not about simply "caring'
• it is not about ideology

It IS about results and accountability (something that Progressives / Liberals / Democrat never want you to think about...

(H/T: Clusterstock)

Problem is, with the current blinders on, President Obama will be continuing his Determined Weakness policies.  So, what's the prediction of recovery?

Yeah, that looks like traditional American recoveries, right?

November is coming - I can smell it now....

The thing is...in discussing and debating on the RLCNH list, I can often go off on a wild jag.

Like this morning.

We were discussing why a "yesterday's Republican" like Mitt Romney should be invited to appear and speak at the upcoming New Hampshire state GOP convention (as he has been, and will). "Now, now," I said. "We must be polite" to our guest. Besides, what has he done that was really egregious? I mean, he's not a socialist Democrat, after all....

To which the perceptive NH Republican activist Laura Jones said: "Tim, Don't you think that socialized medicine in Mass. paved the way for socialized medicine in the U.S.?"

AARRRGGHHHH!!! She's right! The fuse having been lit, off I went into a rant, as follows:

I have a friend who lives in Arizona.  He has connected me with some private business owners in the state.  When they are not "biting their thumbs" at the lackluster feds, and warming up the courtroom for another battle for state sovereignty they--and to be honest all American business--should understand that even if they are not in Arizona, they may have this to contend with.

Have you heard of the E-verify system.  It's gotten more attention lately than that pretty new girl who just started at the local high School.   Both sides of the aisle (and plenty of the folks squatting in the aisle) are taking the opportunity to suggest that using e-verify is a better solution to the "undocumented worker situation" than new laws, the National Guard, or even M1 Abrams tanks and Constantino wire.

By using e-verify--or so the theory goes--you cut the illegal immigrant off from their reasons for being here (unless of course they already have a career in kidnapping, murder, and drug trafficking). But the fly in this ointment is enormous--and probably not well known; if you are a business and you use e-verify, let me preface what follows by quoting Gomer Pyle, Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

From my contacts in Arizona...

...a business is in violation of the discrimination act if they don't hire an employee because of e-verify.  Lawsuits have already been lost based on discrimination.

He's not a moderate.  He's just a quiet liberal, you know the type. Well, no you don't.  If you did, you would not vote for him.

While the pillory might be a bit excessive, knowledge is a powerful thing.  And so is history.  Back in 2008 Ed Naile was kind enough to publish the list for the 'Republicans for John Lynch Steering committee.'

May we find them and steer them back to the right, or right out of the Republican party.

List on the jump. (Along with the town of residence at the time the list was compiled.)

It's one thing to haul out the blunderbusses and have at it....Americans understand that...

For Immediate Release
September 3, 2010
For more information, contact Brett Bosse: (603) 995-9284

Guinta Statement on “Anonymous” Smear Campaign

Manchester, NH – Brett Bosse, spokesman for the Frank Guinta for Congress campaign, has issued the following statement regarding what appears to be an illegal smear campaign conducted over the phone.

“We appreciate the Rich Ashooh campaign for immediately contacting us on this matter. The people behind this ‘anonymous’ and illegal smear campaign clearly wanted to implicate Rich Ashooh by falsely attaching his phone number to these calls. Not only is this illegal, it is gutless. This is not the first time Frank Guinta has been the subject of false attacks. Recently, Sean Mahoney has lobbed numerous false attacks against Guinta to cover up his own record of supporting liberals and liberal causes. Frank Guinta has run a clean, issue-based campaign for more than a year. These kind of dirty tricks have no place in New Hampshire politics.  We have already lodged a complaint with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, and ask for an immediate investigation into this matter.”

What they despise are tactics akin to the punji sticks in the jungles of Viet Nam....

Underhanded, below board; this is the ethics that NH wants as a Congressman?  Sean Mahoney, smiling broadly in one venue with the stiletto in the other?

Worthy of Pat "even accusations of a crime are not below him" Hynes of Hynes Communications, that's for sure....from his site:

The Hynes Difference

You don’t want to just get your message out, you want to win. You need to win, and your reputation is on the line. You’re looking at an uphill battle, and you need to find something new to put you over the top.

Winning at ALL costs?  Seems to be true...

(GraniteGrok picture: Pat Hynes)

Over the top? 

Naw, under the slimey bottom seems to be more like it..so sad....

Which led me to put this up on FaceBook:

So, how many republicans here in NH are planning on voting for Democrat NH governor John "lied to us" Lynch while giving lip service to the Republican Candidate?   it's time to bring the concept, accountability to, & the word "Shame" back to common usage.

Don't tell me you hate where NH has descended to & be a "Great Enabler"...and vote for the Democrat leader here in NH.

Sure, he may be a nice guy - but he has overseen a 25% (-/+) rise in NH spending the last two cycles - THAT'S being smart?  The increase in the size of government - THAT'S being smart?  The enlargement of the Regulatory State (and resulting loss in freedoms here in the "Live Free or Die" state) -THAT'S being smart?

Remember this?

Nay, I say!  For those that publicly profess to BE Republican, to voluntarily decide to associate themselves with the Republican Platform, yet repudiate it semi-privately within closed groups and within the voting booth?

Shame on you!

I have no problem in voting your conscious - but be honest with yourself and the rest of of - if you care not for the consequences of your political donations and votes by supporting Democrat John "Do Nuttin'" Lynch, perhaps it is time to uncheck that R next to your name - and stop lying to both yourself and to others that may be depending upon you. 

Of course, this might be fun to publicly resort to this:

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