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On last night’s WMUR news came a spot on the NH House Rules Committee decision that those that have the ability to conceal carry firearms can now do so again.  Of course, a mix of Republican and Democrat legislators were asked about the results.  The Republicans, to no one’s surprise, were supportive of the decision.  Why not?  MOST (not all – those closer to the Progressive side do not) Republicans TRUST their fellow legislators (and constituents) to be responsible with their firearms even with the heated moments that will occur from time to time.

On the other hand, Democrat Minority Senate Minority Leader Jeff Wooburn shows the Liberal knee-jerk reaction that people must be

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Official House GOP caucus begins setting goals

De jure or de facto – the former does not necessarily mean reality. Be that as it may, it will mean that the Democrat appointed Speaker J’ass’per’s appointed Majority Leader’s caucus has decided what they are going to do “Among the goals”:

• “a balanced budget” – low hanging fruit (very low) as by law, they must.  Not a big deal.  The Big Deal will be in how Priorities will be set within that budget?  Will they be Open and Transparent and TELL us what is important and not, be explicit and name the Priorities from top to bottom, explicitly defining their definition of The Role Of Government, and THEN fund them?  Will the Democrat appointed Speaker have the cojones to do that – list the Priorities in other than Glittering Generalities?
• “reducing the size of government and regulations” – will they explicitly tell us by what measure they will be using to give us their baseline of the current size of Government, or punt and just do it after the fact (“look what we did!!”).  It will also be rather illuminating what is their starting number for “the size of regulations”.   Will the Democrat appointed Speaker have the cojones to do each -measure the size of Government first and enumerate the volume of detailed regulations other than Glittering Generalities?

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I’ve known Mike now for almost a decade – certainly far less than others, more than some.  In that time, I come to respect him – deep seated values, a great work ethic, an ability to see the long ball, and best of all, he tolerates me and some of my “outbursts”.  He had an Op-Ed in the UL on the 11th and of course, I cannot resist – a fisking.  But given who did it, I’ve toned it down (Merry Christmas, Mike!)

 The NH GOP desperately needs an all-of-the-above strategy

CALL IT a Republican wave election; call it a Republican tsunami; call it a day of reckoning for Democrats all across our country. However, if you are a New Hampshire Republican, you would be fooling yourself to call the 2014 election results anything more favorable than a mixed bag.

And here is where I part company with Mike – but for a different reason.  Actually, as a Conservative TEA Party and a Liberty & Freedom kind of guy, I think it went REAL well.  At the national level

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I agree with DCE:

How much White Privilege Do You Have?

As much as I can grab in order to piss off those who are so obsessed with White Priviliege. That’s how much I have.

Morons.

aka “Cultural Marxism”; it is not about racism, or fighting racism, or even seeking real color-blind equality.  Go ahead and say “color blind” and you will quickly how these White Priv race-mongers absolutely hate that phrase.  No, the notion of “white privilege” by those that wield it like a club are not seeking to eradicate it; rather (like greedy politicians) they seek to inculcate power to themselves.

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Complete ignominy:

COMPLETE REPUDIATION: PRO-GUN CANDIDATE WINS GABBY GIFFORDS’ FORMER HOUSE SEAT

For those that don’t remember, Gabby Giffords was the Democrat CongressCritter that was shot in the head by a mentally ill person – and yes, a tragedy.  Her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, formed an anti-gun group called Americans for Responsible Solutions and spent millions this election cycle supporting other anti-Second Amendment candidates – but ended up with very little to show in the end. Even after her event, Newtown, Aurora, and the gun free college zones, the message did not resonate well at all.   For a Conservative Pro-Second Amendment Republican to have taken her former seat, man, complete wipe-out:

On December 17, pro-Second Amendment candidate Martha McSally (R) was officially declared the winner in the race for Arizona’s second congressional district over pro-gun control Representative Ron Barber (D-AZ-2.). Arizona’s second district is gun control proponent Gabby Giffords’ former seat and the contest she campaigned hardest for during the months prior to the November 4 mid-term elections.

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Let’s see how this attempt at a pre-set coronation works out here in “retail politics” New Hampshire:

Although the specifics are still hazy, The New York Times reports that a group of deep-pocketed Republican donors and bundlers has hatched a plan to clear the GOP field of all insurgents to make room for a favored “establishment” candidate—preferably Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, or Mitt Romney. But there can only be one.

For the first time in decades, the Republican Party is facing a wide-open primary with up to a dozen serious candidates representing virtually every branch of the party. Republican leaders, hoping to minimize damage to their eventual standard-bearer, have already sought to compress the formal primary season and reduce the number of candidate debates.

So once again, does the GOP want to alienate its activist base?  I keep saying it but will they listen: we may not win but you will lose.  How can one expect to win when the strategy is to cut out the most motivated voters in the Party?  And do it well in advance in such a way that the “now on hair trigger” Conservatives can truly say “See!  We were right”.  And rather than “You have made them not care“, they may well turn it into “You have made them fighting mad”. 

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The look of despair on that poor Ferguson shopkeeper that just had his store ripped apart by all those Michael Brown “social justice warrior”  that Steve posted reminded me of Warrenism and one of Elizabeth Warren’s pillars thereof:

You were safe in your factory because of police-forces and fire-forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn’t have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory — and hire someone to protect against this — because of the work the rest of us did.

“Didn’t have to worry“.  We saw how that turned out, 

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Ah yes – did Kelly Ayotte decide that fidelity to her oath to “preserve and protect the US Constitution” was important enough and stay in DC to help some of the few Republicans that decided that the defending the Constitution was THE point of the CRomnibus vote?  And defending the Senate’s role in that Obama and his )  ?  No, she threw a hissy fit because she actually had to work over a weekend:

“I think this is ridiculous,” Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), who had already returned to New Hampshire with plans to “to see The Nutcracker with her daughter this weekend,” told Politico.

(yes, Steve quoted this as well)  Aw, poor lady (“poor” at $174,000/year paid by us) – sorry, I don’t care if you are in the “opposition party” to Harry Reid; you all failed to do the job we sent you to do (pass a real budget and do it on time) so stop whining.  You all had ONE job to do and failed to get it done.  Stop the kvetching or resign and let someone else go and do the job.  But while the above quote was written before the CRomnibus vote (WHICH now we know she voted for), now you can go ahead and ask her something else.

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Hmmm, much afoot within the NH GOP haunted halls – or is that hunted halls?  Looks like the old Chinese curse of “May you live in interesting times” is of great import right now – and it seems that those that live here are sending us interesting tidbits on which to munch – more J’Ass’perism.  And the votes that “never were” (aka, the 16 blank votes that were recorded during the voting in the NH House Speaker race).

Yes, we have heard the “rumor” (from several different sources) that Laurie Sanborn may have pulled a “Lurch” (aka, John Kerry’s “flip – flop” in the “for it / against it” howler) in that she praised Bill O’Brien and then entered a blank ballot instead of an expected vote for O’Brien.  Now we have heard that one or more of her “lieutenants” (i.e., perhaps those that were looking for Chair goodies if she had continued her run for Speaker) also did the same thing and helped trigger the whole hot mess the NH House Republican caucus is in. 

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