The story doesn’t say if her husband was not around, no husband, boyfriend, or anything else. Just her and her children. The great Equalizer? Nope, not the gun, although that certainly played the role. It is, however, her attitude
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GrokTV Event: Belknap County Republican Committee “Contested Primaries” – NH House, District 8
The last of the contested primaries here in NH’s Belknap County is that in NH House District 8: Jane Cormier and Peter Bolster.
Jane is a Conservative firebrand and is working hard to learn what is needed and working hard on her campaign. Our interview series with Jane ended here (see the Previous videos on the post for the earlier questions). She would be a breath of fresh air compared to her opponent.
Speaking of which, Peter Bolster, IMHO, is a Democrat registered as a Republican (and has publicly said as much in the past). We have written extensively on his dismal record as a republican in the NH House votes
(here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here);
it is sad (and maddening) that there are Democrats that are more in line with the Republican Platform than he is. In fact, I had a question to ask at the meeting and I followed the protocol of the meeting and wrote down my question and submitted it (after the jump).
“Independent” voter in the House? really? I will admit, he’s got chutzpah – he can’t possibly run using “Independent” in persuading most Republicans in the know concerning his actual record (which he did not go into). Read that again, look at some of the links, and it is easily seen that he has earned his title: RINO. What else do you call a Republican that consistently votes against the Republican Platform…..oh wait -> Democrat!
GrokTV: Conservative Republican Candidate Home Event: Kevin Leando
“Last but not least, MY favorite House candidate, Kevin Leandro from Gilford” – Barbara Aichinger. Mine too!
I served with him this last year on the Gilford Budget Committe – he was ALWAYS thinking of the taxpayers! No, not in “where’s their wallets” but in protecting taxpayer’s private property (their money) from those that had no problem in spending it all in the name of “It’s for the common good” or “It’s for the Quality of Life”. He showed me an absolute bulldog sense of taking on anyone that he perceived as being in the wrong or spending for the wrong reasons. No, he didn’t always win all of the battles, but like the Prior Marine he is, it was always find the target and move forward!
I can guarantee that he will make his presence known on the floor of the Hall of Representatives – as opposed to the other Gilford candidate (registered Independent and almost always seemingly put his finger to the wind to see which way the political winds were blowing). Principles set, locked and loaded, you will never doubt where he will stand and never doubt his Conservative values. My personal friend, Kevin Leandro:
GrokTV Event: Belknap County Republican Committee “Contested Primaries” – NH House District 7
The next NH House race, District 7, is contested by two folks: Guy Comtois and Elaine Swineford:
Keep Joe unchained – “A Vice President we can COUNT ON”
Sometimes, you even have to laugh at political ads. This one, by American Crossroads, simply nails it on Joe “Gaffe-a-matic” Biden’s comment of “Put y’all back in chains” at an event with a large number of African-Americans:
No “race to the bottom” with THESE Union Leaders!
I look at the rate of increase of compensation for these Union heads and immediately starting thinking:
- Wow, there’s no “race to the bottom here” in these paychecks!
- Gee, all of these amounts come from – union members!
- Gee – have their respective unions grown in membership to warrant such remuneration?
- (er, no – union membership in the private sector is at an all time low)
- Have these same union members seen even a 25% increase in THEIR paychecks?
- And does the regular Joe Union-Member aware that they’ve dinged his paycheck to fatten their’s up this much?
Listening to his campaign rhetoric, methinks Obama can go much lower
Community Organizers of the Saul Alinsky mold HAVE to have someone to demonize and to call “The Other” that is “taking away something” or “Keeping you away from something” – they are only successful when they can anger folks against somebody else. And by this amusing little cartoon, we can see that Obama has been … Read more
GrokTV: Conservative Republican Candidate Home Event – Herb Vadney
Last of the three Candidates from Meredith speaking at Barbara Aichinger’s home (and the only non-incumbent of the three) was Herb Vadney. Although he has never been in the NH House, he has been a long time Selectman in Meredith and like the others, believes that while this past session has been a good start to undo the Democrats growing State government into Concord, growing the size of the budget, and growing the resulting Command and Control Leviathan; a return to Live Free or Die vs a Live under Govt and Wither:
GrokTV Event: Belknap County Republican Committee “Contested Primaries” – NH House District 3
There are a number of NH House races in which there are more Republicans running than there are seats to vy for in the general elections. In Laconia, the largest of such is in District 3 where the following are running:
- Don Flanders
- Bob Kingsbury
- Bob Luther
- Frank Tilton
- Ken DeShays (no show for the meeting)
Data Point – Job recovery rates by President
He may have inherited a bad situation (so did Reagan). I think Obama’s “laser like focus” went dark…
(H/T: The Corner)
GrokTV: Conservative Republican Candidate Home Event – Bob Greemore
Staying with the Conservative Candidates running for the NH House in Belknap 5 (Meredith and Gilford) is Bob Greemore. Yet another small business owner, he too is not happy how the State of NH has drifted from being a biz friendly place – his business is down because a lot of his customers are not in business. Someone who has fought hard as a member of the Belknap County delegation, he has fought to keepsafe taxpayers wallets:
GrokTV Event: Belknap County Republican Committee “Contested Primaries” – NH State Senate District 7
In Belknap County, there is a second NH State Senate race – that in District 7. Here, Josh Youseff and Bill Grimm are vying to be the Republican nominee to take on the Democrat contender. In my estimation, there is a certain divide between the two – Josh is more the Liberty & Freedom guy (and the last of our interview series with him is here; follow it backwards) while Grimm is more the Establishment guy. Also, as you listen to the video, it is plain that Grimm is not exactly “heads on and out front” on his answers; too much equivocation for me. And his unwillingness to commit to The Pledge is similar to one of the Democrats, Jackie Cilley (while less than that of Bill Kennedy who is opening arguing for a broadbased income tax here in NH).
No, that is not Josh in the video; instead, a surrogate stood in for him.
GrokTV Event – Seacoast Republican Women Congressional Forum – Question 6
And now for the last question of the night, formulated by Stella Scamman (moderator for the evening’s Seacoast Republican Women Congressional Forum). The Candidates for this last question were in attendance were Rick Parent & Vern Clough vying for the Republican nomination in NH 1st Congressional District and Will Dean & Dennis Lamare (“NO SHOWS” were Congressmen Frank “Stiffing the SRW at the last moment” Guinta and Charlie “It’s not worth my time” Bass).
Question 6: Are you aware of the UN Agenda 21 and if you are, what would you do to kill it?
GrokWATCH: Right To Know Request – Water Sustainability Commission – Update 3
I ended the last dispatch with this:
“Guess how long it took to get a response???”
Answer: 10 days simply to have an email recognized and returned (emphasis mine):
On 8/12/2012 11:11 PM, John A. Gilbert wrote:
Mr. Murphy
With this email I am acknowledging receipt of your August 2, 2012 Right to Know request. Given the scope of your request, it is anticipated that it will take as much as 30 days from the date of your request to identify whether such documents exist, and if they do, to gather and review them. There may be a cost for reproducing them for you, but we will let you know more precisely what the cost might be once we have a better understanding of the scope and number of these documents. If you do not wish to incur theses costs, it may be possible for you to review them without incurring the cost of reproduction. Again, we will let you know that too.
Best regards,
John
John A. Gilbert
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Well, THAT didn’t go over too well:
Notable Quote – Erick Erickson
“Choice for Republicans involves trusting the American people to handle their affairs and retirement. Choice for Democrats involves only the option to kill children, with everything else pre-packaged in one size fits all government bureaucracy.” – Erick Erickson, founder of RedState.com
Obama Soup – the ingredients
(H/T: Trouble)
GrokTV: Conservative Republican Candidate Home Event – Colette Worsman
Having heard from Kevin Smith and Josh Youseff, it was time to listen to the Conservatives running for the NH House from Belknap 5 – the Towns of Meredith and Gilford (given that Barbara Aichinger, who had opened her home for this event, lives in Gilford). First up is Colette Worsman, running for her second term in the NH House. A past selectman in Meredith, she has been a tireless worker for conservative values and fiscally frugal budgets. A small biz co-owner, she knows full well the heartache of a meddling govt that believes it is making it easier but only makes it harder for these owners to be able to serve their customers.
Don’t take my word for it, listen to Colette!
GrokTV Event – Seacoast Republican Women Congressional Forum – Question 5- Nationalizing Education Standards?
For the cost of our educational system at the K-12 levels, our results are deplorable. No Child Left Behind was an attempt to “fix” that with uneven results (and unions screaming that they should not be judged or evaluated by their pupils results). Now, Fed. Ed. Sec. Arne Duncan, with his Race To the Top, is trying to institute an even more Top Down Federalization of education by “hijacking” what is known as the Common Core Standards with “awards” (or is that handcuffs?) of Federal money. Is this something that NH should be in, or should local control be preeminent?
Question 5: What is your opinion of the Common Core Standards that the Federal Govt is suggesting as a national curriculum?
GrokTV Event: Belknap County Republican Committee “Contested Primaries” – NH State Senate District 6
Next on the list of Contested Primaries night at the monthly Belknap County Republicans was that of the NH State Senate. Two races touch Belknap County – District 6 and District 7. The former, centered in Farmington, is being contested by Sam Cataldo (long term NH House Rep) and Dick Green (former State Senator & Mayor of Rochester).
Did I mention that Dick Green, as told to me, was a member of the infamous “Republicans for Lynch” (er, that would be current DEMOCRAT NH Gov. John Lynch)? A kindred spirit with Ray Burton (that ossified dinosaur). Yes, that is a”Conservative” outlook – really?