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“THE PRIMARY job of the governor is to grow the economy,” Sununu says in announcing his economic plan.

Chaser:

NH Constitution

[Art.] 41. [Governor, Supreme Executive Magistrate.] There shall be a supreme executive magistrate, who shall be styled the Governor of the State of New Hampshire, and whose title shall be His Excellency. The executive power of the state is vested in the governor. The governor shall be responsible for the faithful execution of the laws. He may, by appropriate court action or proceeding brought in the name of the state, enforce compliance with any constitutional or legislative mandate, or restrain violation of any constitutional or legislative power, duty, or right, by any officer, department or agency of the state. This authority shall not be construed to authorize any action or proceedings against the legislative or judicial branches.

Wanna think that over, Chris?  Right off the bat, you wish to disregard your actual NH Constitutional mandate?

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This gem of an image is from the Eric Estevez Twitter feed (Eric Estevez for Congress): —>

Trust me – we have 10 years of making sure we are out front with EVERYTHING we say and do – just ask any Conservative here in NH.  Or ask a lot of RINOs – we’ve pilloried most of them over the years as well for abandoning Republican Principles; out in the open.

But if I were you, I’d be worrying and starting to review the ‘Grok’s track record on elections and asking some former candidates who lost.  You can start with Walt Havenstein and Scott Brown, fr’instance…

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Makes sense to me.  From a Pew Research report, this stood out (emphasis mine):

When it comes to political and social views, Muslims are far more likely to identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party (70%) than the Republican Party (11%) and to say they prefer a bigger government providing more services (68%) over a smaller government providing fewer services (21%).

Votes, that’s all it is about.  Votes are a means to their end, which is Power.  And Power is only a means to their end point: A “heaven on Earth” Utopia (funny that – heaven, given that Dems are FAR more non-religious than the Right and actually tried to kick God out of their platform last election cycle).

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That’s right – all you have to do is go to the Twitter feed of Eric Estevez to see the bias.  Pretty much every tweet has either @HispanicCaucus or @RNCLatinos.  You know, I have never thought that the GOP was going to lower itself to the level of the Democrats in playing the race / color / religion cards in pandering attempts.  Newsflash: the GOP will never be able to play the Democrat game of Identity Group Politics – just like in being Democrat-Lite, they’ll lose.

And we all know that the Democrat Party is all out with the knives when some member of their plantation goes strolling off (like Dr. Ben Carson, Prof. Thomas Sowell, Prof. Walter Williams, US Senator Tim Scott, investor / Fox contributor Charles Payne, actress / Fox contributor Stacey Dash, Col. and former US Congressman Allan West (ret.), and former Presidential Candidate / businessman / radio talk show host Herman Cain to quickly name a few).  “Traitor to your race”, “Uncle Tom”, and “Oreo” are the some of the least wicked epithets thrown their way.

So why is Eric Estevez shoving the shiv into former NH House Majority Leader Pete Silva (R)?  I can only think of one reason: Adopting the Democrat Race Card.

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Yessir, every campaign season has a Twit and we at the ‘Grok have found ours: Eric Estevez for Congress (NH CD2).  You know, the guy that decides that original photographs have to “evolve” (yep, using that Progressive word here) in order to suit a political agenda – in this case, his self-absorbed campaign.  We have already opined on his candidacy (here, here, and here) and here’s THE example that is starting the flushing:

So, with the idea that every campaign needs lots of photographs (else, how could the Candidate boast about where he’s been and who he’s co-opted into being supporters and endorsers???), we are starting an effort to to help him.

So, we Groksters are starting the “Estevez for the Restevus” campaign for Estevez’s campaign – we just want to help him out (heh!  get it?). And we need YOUR help!

So, if YOU see somebody (or something) that is wearing an Estevez sticker (or likeness), let us know! The writers at GraniteGrok will vote to see which is the most. shall we say, “creative” (yes, Rule #1 is in force here, so keep it safe for work and kids).

Like this one:

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At the end of my earlier posts tonite, I talked about the Muslim men attacking Western women and I bet that many, especially the Left (yeah, I’m thinking about you, Timothy Horrigan) can’t bring themselves to believe it can happen here (or have a ready apology as to why “society” is at fault.  Well, it can happen here.  From Gateway Pundit:

Somali Muslims TERRORIZE Upscale MN Town – Threaten to Rape Homeowner

A mob of up to 30 young Somali men paraded through one of Minneapolis’ more upscale neighborhoods last week, yelling disparaging comments and threats against homeowners. A female resident of the neighborhood, obviously shaken in a TV interview, related how she was screamed at by a Somali man who threatened to kidnap and rape her.  “They were screaming at the house that they were going to kidnap you and they were going to rape you,” one Minneapolis resident told KSTP TV. “It was a very traumatizing experience.”

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Heh!  This one turned out to be a liar on the magnitude of Hillary:

And now we seeming have another one in the running to overtake the above horse’s ass in running for NH’s Second Congressional District?

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After all, that’s what high office NH GOPe-ers do – run away from any political mud that may be trying to outrun the Law of Gravity.  Jennifer Horn is infamous for doing so and throwing anyone under the bus needed in her attempts to remain spotless (all those IRS tax liens aside, et al).  So with a big smile with the horse’s ass, what’s an Ayotte to do?

Um, Wait A Dang MINUTE here!  Did Eric Estevez say something about Establishment Republicans???

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From Instapundit – and the important operative phrase is “Without a strong familial structure”

FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: Joel Kotkin: The Meaning Of The Baby Bust (emphasis mine)

Once an exception to demographic decline, our country may be falling into the dismal pattern that is now common in other high-income countries, notably in East Asia and Europe. Europe’s demographic crisis is one reason European Union officials, particularly in Germany, opened the floodgates to mass migration from the Middle East and other unstable areas. In many parts of Europe, more people are dying than are being born.

Now America may be joining the downward fertility spiral. Since the recession, the number of new children has plummeted, and it’s dropped the most precipitously for new mothers. The number of households with their own children in 2014 was 33 million, down from 35 million in 2005, even as the total number of households has shot up by nearly 6 million. By comparison, there are about 43 million households with dogs, according to the ASPCA’s low-end estimate.

Shifts in child bearing will profoundly affect our geography, politics and economic future. Children, after all, define our future society, and provide the primary motivation for parents and grandparents. Without a strong familial structure,

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“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small,but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.” – President Obama, Inauguration (2009)

That title from Kevin Williamson on the criminal nature of the government we have elected (well, to be truthful, *I* certainly did not vote for this Administration).  And here, we see that it isn’t that it just doesn’t work but outright criminal.  After all, Obama declared 23 times that he did not have the authority to issue his Executive Order on illegal immigration – and then did it anyways (and the Judiciary shut him down).  This on the Obama Administration payment of billions to the Obamacare Crony Capitalism insurance companies that had no legal basis to do so:

The report issued Thursday demonstrates that the Obama administration initially recognized it did not have any authority to make these cost-sharing payments to insurers. The NY Times reports:

The Republican report says the administration’s treatment of the tax credits as it began setting up a new payment system validates the Republican criticism of the cost-sharing subsidies. The report notes that while the authority for the tax credit was undisputed, the administration itself could identify no funds available for the cost-sharing element.

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“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.” – President Obama, Inauguration (2009)

Apparently, President Obama is all flappy gums when it comes to “income equality” (“equality”; that word always thrown about the Socialists all over) when it concerns others – not so much in his own workplace (still!) (emphasis mine):

Female staffers in the White House earn 89 cents for ever dollar that male staffers earn. That’s on par with one of the numbers often reported for the misleading “gender wage gap,” which finds women earning 77 or 78 or 89 cents to a man’s dollar.

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From Mike Adams (read the whole thing for his examples of weak-knee pastors, emphasis mine, reformatted):

Last week, a young Christian male asked me a pretty direct question. He wanted to know whether I ever worried that my blunt commentary on social media was “turning people away from Christianity.” I thought it was an honest question. So I gave him an honest answer. I told him that I believe the problem is just the opposite of what he considers it to be. In other words, it isn’t occasional blunt commentary that turns people away from Christianity. It is the constant displays of Christian cowardice that make people both reticent to join and quick to attack us.

…I’m just sad that in the last sixteen years, I have learned that at least three quarters of the pastors who actually know what is right still lack the intestinal fortitude to take a stand for what they believe.

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Ayup, ask yourself – what is the ONE main issue that is already teed up to tick off the Conservative Republican base?

Ayup – immigration.  So what does RINO Grahamnesty want to do?  That’s right – tick them off good and solid (emphasis mine, reformatted):

Comprehensive immigration reform is back as senators eye new effort to pass ‘Gang of Eight’ bill after presidential election

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham doesn’t expect Donald Trump to win the White House, in fact he thinks Latino voters will be the billionaire’s downfall.  And so, after the November election, Graham, who ran for president this year [and failed – BADLY   -Skip] as well, said he expects the Senate will once again take on comprehensive immigration reform. ‘I’ll tell you what I’m going to do in 2017,’ Graham said, according to Politico. ‘I’m going to take the Gang of Eight bill out, dust it off and ask anybody and everybody who wants to work with me to make it better to do so.’

What does “comprehensive immigration reform” say to the base when spoken of by the Establishment?  Sure – one word: 

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Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday that she has every intention of accepting an FBI recommendation to indict Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email system while she served as secretary of state, if that’s the recommendation that is presented to her by the FBI.

“I fully expect to accept their recommendations,” she said Friday in a public interview. “I will be accepting their recommendations.”

With the rumors that Lynch has been offered the opportunity to stay on as US AG under a Hillary Administration, it think my view is looking more and more correct, as in:

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