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Facebook Doodlings…How To Treat Your “Republicans”

May 14, 2013

If you are a Republican in New Hampshire the official party response to Stella Tremblay’s “opinion” (regardless of your opinion about her opinion) is a stark reminder of how you will be treated by them, regardless of your value to the parties so-called political goals (the platform). I mention it only because of a relatively recent [ Read more ]

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GrokTALK! Snippets–Segment Four: Ellen Kolb on Life, Religious Liberty, And The Pursuit of Media Responsibility

April 14, 2013

In the Fourth and final Segment of this weeks podcast Skip and Steve talk with longtime New Hampshire life Advocate Ellen Kolb about the HHS mandate, the GOP and Social Issues, Kermit the Killer Gosnell, the missing media, Planned Parenthood and more. Due to a technical problem the first few minute of this segment were [ Read more ]

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Riffs off Laura Ingraham’s opening monologue – social issues and the Republican Party.

March 30, 2013

I like Laura Ingraham, a Conservative talk show hostess, and I do listen into The Factor when she guest hosts.  I had DVR’d the program for a different segment, but this morning upon playing it back, her opening monologue caught my attention even more: The question of what sort of culture our children are going [ Read more ]

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Roll Call Examines Why The NH-GOP is Such a Mess

March 5, 2013

Roll Call has an article that will be making the rounds.  According to some people from around the Republican firmamanet… The Granite State’s political infrastructure is “a mess,” complain out-of-state GOP consultants, and the state has become an increasingly difficult place to run campaigns. The article goes on to observe some coincidences with problems in [ Read more ]

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A very ugly autopsy on the Romney campaign…

December 16, 2012

…and a very angry critique of the Republican Party as it exists today, which states in part that…

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Notable Quotes: On Current NH-GOP Leadership

December 13, 2012

In my honest opinion the amalgam of  Establishment Republican Leadership in New Hampshire, which includes the shadow party “leadership” that makes the phone calls behind the scenes, decides whose turn it is, puts pressure on people to do their bidding or get out, and claims to control the money, are about as effective politically as [ Read more ]

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Talk About Having No Idea What A Conservative Is… (Updated Again & Bumped)

December 3, 2012

John B. Heroux is reported to be a resident of Bedford, New Hampshire, and a chronic contributor to the Union Leader Editorial page (if Google can be trusted), but he has absolutely no idea what a conservative is.  In his recent “Your Turn” contribution to the public discourse (Union Leader) he starts with this: The [ Read more ]

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RINO OF THE WEEK REPORT

January 27, 2012

“A government big enough to give you everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have….”—Sen. Barry Goldwater Representative Marshall E. “Lee” Quandt, Rockingham District 13 is this week’s RINO OF THE WEEK.  Representative Quandt tends to be “Clintonista” with his navigation of the New Hampshire political Fabric and [ Read more ]

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Will Libertarians Help Obama Win Re-election?

November 27, 2011

(A) Johnson third party run presents some interesting possibilities, including the likely reelection of Barack Obama and the knock out punch to the America the Libertarians swear they are defending.

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The Debate You Probably Missed

November 11, 2011

Last nights presentation was attended by four candidate. Governor Buddy Roemer, Governor Gary Johnson, Senator Rick Santorum and Speaker Gingrich. They were paired up (Roemer/Johnson; Santorum/Gingrich) and given about an hour for each of the two sets. A moderator asked relevant questions and the candidates were permitted the latitude to answer at depth and engage each other.

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Old Establishment Scared…The Liberty Wing Needs To Double Down -

September 6, 2011

I just happen to know who thinks they are in charge. I know who pulled the levers that lead to the establishment coup. I’m just working out the details, putting the time line together. Chasing the money. It may take days or even weeks, but I’ll get it all worked out. and I will share it with you. I’m patient like that.

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Republican Change In New Hampshire

April 8, 2011

“The New Hampshire House of Representatives received a mandate from the voters of this state to cut state spending; reduce taxes and fees; return fiscal sanity to the state; promote economic development and create jobs; mend a state retirement system that was nearing insolvency; provide our children with an education based on excellence; protect the personal rights and freedoms of its citizens; and maintain transparency in state government. Listed here is a compilation of legislation passed by the 2001 New Hampshire House of Representatives in response to that message that they received in November from the voters.

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House Bill 29: What we have here, is failure to communicate

February 28, 2011

Upon reading the House Journal Majority report on this Bill, I am reminded of Strother Martin’s line in Cool Hand Luke, “What we have here…is failure to communicate…” House Bill 29, was deemed “Inexpedient to Legislate” this past week for reasons that can be best characterized as, “Bizarre.” The bill was an adjustment to the [ Read more ]

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Greg Carson For Republican Secretary

January 21, 2011

Greg Carson has a very impressive resume, one which makes him more than qualified to serve as the Republican Party Secretary. He has already served several years as the assistant secretary, the job I endorsed Pam Manney for yesterday.

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Pam Manney For NH GOP Assistant Secretary

January 20, 2011

I would like to give a personal endorsement for Assistant Secretary for the New Hampshire Republican Party to Pamela Manney. Ive known Pam for several years now, and worked along side her as an activist. She has a level of commitment and dedication to the party and the platform that make her an exceptional asset.

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Speaker Of The House

September 25, 2010

Granite Grok has already endorsed Bill O’Brien for Speaker of the House, and you can see our video interview of Bill to get some idea of his priorities.  But since we happen to be here at the NHGOP convention we have the opportunity to find out what the other candidates for speaker deem as priorities [ Read more ]

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September 15th.

September 10, 2010

Do we have the sense to realize that with at least three to five well organized groups already keyed in to the base and in contact with the independent voters for every race, that by shifting these supporters into a massive push on September 15th to back each of the primary winners (along with a focused and parallel GOP effort in every local race), all the way to November, that we will not only take back the state, but take it back with huge margins?

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Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear?

June 18, 2010

…there are plenty of conservative heretics shifting boundaries and public opinion about the role of government. Fergus just doesn’t seem to see it.

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GOP or RPP? Pick Your Party

June 13, 2010

Steve is right. A Republican State House Candidate has just made the following observation on an activist Republican email list: "There is still a split a mile wide [between us and] the Republicans that support anyone who says they are a Republican." She’s right. Faux Republicans need to be identified and marginalized so they can’t [ Read more ]

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