State of the Union

SOTU tweeting tonite

by Skip January 12, 2016

Per usual with these political TV events, I’ll be trying to let my thoughts be known.  If things work out the way I want, follow them at our Twitter feed: @GraniteGrok UPDATE: Yeah, this is a pretty good summary: UPDATE: Steve Green concludes his SOTU drunkblogging with a quick one (appropriately enough): This was Obama’s […]

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The State of Our Union Town Hall Meeting With Sen. Ted Cruz

by Steve MacDonald January 10, 2016
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The State of Our Union Town Hall Meeting With Sen. Ted Cruz Tuesday, January 12th  ***PLEASE NOTE: CHANGE OF VENUE!!!*** Londonderry High School (Cafeteria) 295 Mammoth Road Londonderry, NH 03053 For your free tickets, please click HERE 5:30 PM – Doors Open

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Van Jones on Fiorina- ‘A Mind So Sharp It Should Be Registered As A Weapon!’

by Mike September 13, 2015

Praise from an unexpected quarter: On this morning’s ‘State of the Union’, Tapper asked Van Jones what he’d be watching for in the debate next week – apparently he’s debated Fiorina before, and remembered the pain!! “She destroyed everybody on the stage!”

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BlogHeadline of the Day: this is what you will hear at Obama’s SOTU speech tomorrow night

by Skip January 19, 2015

“In the face of irrelevance, Obama buys attention with other people’s money” (H/T:  Washington Examiner via Betsy’s Page) Alternate title: “State of the Union is taxes” In other words, now that the election is passed, Obama is about to prove Romney’s 47% remark to be true.  Oh yes, just like the #WarOnWomen and the gender […]

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Tweets / Observations / Snark from watching Obama’s 5th small ball State of the Union

by Skip January 28, 2014

You know, it’s been while since being on Twitter – good tool for times like this.  And a good workout for the fingers (which are pooped!).  A couple I need to follow up on for fun and adventure:  #GROK #SOTU #NHPOLITICS Yes, I am ready to rumbleeeeeee! What’s the over / under on the number […]

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Rand Paul’s Response to Obama’s State of The Union Address

by Steve MacDonald February 13, 2013

Yes, I have always liked Rand Paul, in case you were curious, and he is my kind of Republican…so in keeping with that, here you go; Rand Paul’s response c/o the Tea Party (though not necessarily as the Tea Party) to El Presidente’ Obama’s State of Delusion the Union Speech.

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Status of the Union – a very sorry affair

by Skip February 12, 2013

I tweeted during the whole thing and I’ll put them up later on.  In quickly reviewing them, I think this one sums up the speech the best: There’s NOTHING that the Federal Government can’t do – and nothing that Obama won’t refuse to have it grab. #GROK #TCOT #NHPOLITICS #SOTU But you all knew that […]

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Obama Has His Stage Props – We Have Stage Presence: Ted Nugent At SOTU

by Mike February 12, 2013

Fed up with the blatant overuse of children and ‘victims’ as stage props at Obama speeches, Congressman Steve Stockman of Texas decided to bring in a genuine American Treasure with real stage presence – Ted Nugent. Congressman, we salute you, and we’ll be watching for updates.

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USA Today has nothing on Dr. Leonard Hofstader

by Susan Olsen February 12, 2013

The fish wrappers at USA Today asked “users on social media for one word that best describes the state of our union and compiled more than a hundred responses into a graphic.’ Hofstader asked ‘What would you be if you were attached to another object by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis?’ Though […]

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