Kimberly Morin

Yesterday the Republican Legislators in the New Hampshire House of Representatives elected their Speaker. The election was between former Speakers Bill O’Brien and Gene Chandler. Laurie Sanborn had also been in the race but dropped out due to family health issues. This was the race in which Senator Kelly Ayotte decided to (for the first time anyone can remember) throw her support behind one of the candidates. Former Governor and Senator John Sununu did as well. Unfortunately for them, they picked the losing candidate.

The results are in and Bill O’Brien will be the new Speaker for Republicans in the House. Since Republicans hold a majority in the House, this also means that O’Brien will be the official Speaker of the House once the entire legislature votes. Apparently this has Chairman of the New Hampshire Democrat Party Ray Buckley’s head spinning a little. Buckley sent out a fundraising email shortly after the announcement which of course, is filled with lies.

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Today the New Hampshire Democrat Party held an event featuring former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It is the first time Clinton has been to the Granite State since ending her reign in the State Department. The event was held at Nashua Community College in Nashua and was a “Get Out The Vote” event for Senator Shaheen, Governor Hassan, Representatives Shea-Porter and Kuster.

Clinton arrived over an hour late due to a flight delay and despite the freezing weather and crazy winds, protesters stuck around to be sure Clinton got their messages. One of the biggest was, of course, Benghazi. Clinton hadn’t been to the Granite State since 2008. This was her first campaign visit in the Granite State. Bill Clinton headlined the Jefferson Jackson event a few weeks ago in Manchester (there were also protesters in attendance). After Clinton’s deplorable “What difference does it make?” comment during congressional testimony, not too many Americans are thrilled with her behavior.

There were several protesters who were there specifically to target Shaheen and Hassan for not holding town halls. And yes, the NH GOP chicken was also in attendance with a new sign “Jeanne Shaheen too chicken to campaign with Obama.” This after Shaheen was asked in an interview if she would have Obama campaign with her. She claimed he was too busy in Washington. Of course, Obama has been campaigning and fundraising with other candidates across the country. Shaheen votes with Obama and still supports him yet seems to understand that Granite Staters are not happy with Obama in general.

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Today Granite State Forward made the claim that “thousands” were in attendance at the Hillary Clinton event yesterday in Nashua.  GSF is an arm of the New Hampshire Democrat Party – they feign to be ‘grassroots’.  Apparently they didn’t get the memo from the Fire Marshall who estimated more like 700.  Pretty pathetic showing for a potential Presidential candidate who hasn’t visited the Granite State since 2008.   On top of that probably half the people there were from out-of-state (Many license plates from Massachusetts and New York).

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I’m one of those people who has had health insurance for the majority of my life.  I’m an insurance-type person.  I’m one of those people who believe in being covered for the ‘what ifs’.  Heck I even have pet insurance for my bulldogs!

Even on older vehicles I get the maximum coverage of insurance and I purchased extra cancer insurance since it runs in my family.  I have auto insurance, home insurance, life insurance, dental insurance, extra coverage for health insurance, vision insurance, pet insurance and sometimes travel insurance!

I’m a firm believer in insurance but all of the above are optional and none were MANDATED in New Hampshire until Shaheen and Shea-Porter decided to vote for Obamacare AGAINST the wishes of the majority.  All hell broke loose once it was actually implemented:  People in NH lost the health insurance plans they liked; they lost doctors they liked and they lost the hospitals they actually lived near.

Those who didn’t lose their plans saw premiums rise; deductibles rise; Out-of-Pocket maximums rise by the thousands all while it cost more for services!  I used to pay co-pays for physical therapy, NOW if I need PT I have to pay in full until I reach my deductible.  How in the hell is that affordable?  There are many, many,  many other stories like this.

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Today Gabby Gifford’s and her puppeteer husband Mark Kelly were in New Hampshire with their gun control organization Americans for Responsible Solutions to push gun control. The tour is called “Protecting All Women” yet when women who aren’t far left wing gun grabbers attempted to sit in on the meeting, they were asked to leave.

Not only was the whereabouts of the meeting not announced until this morning but when the location was discovered and women who are for 2nd Amendment rights wanted to simply listen in on the conversation, they were kicked out of the meeting. Gifford’s group Americans for Responsible Solutions no longer announces where they will be pushing gun control on their website. According to NH Journal this morning in reference to the meeting and Giffords:

She [Giffords] will be joined by New Hampshire women leaders, law enforcement officials and domestic violence prevention advocates for a roundtable discussion.

Among those participating will be state Reps. Katherine Rogers, Sylvia Gale and Jan Schmidt, as well as Nicole Brooks of the Nashua Police Dept., Rose-Marie Balboni, a prosecutor with the Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office and Monica Zulauf, president and CEO of YWCA-New Hampshire.

Except Giffords wasn’t joined by all NH women leaders. There were no leaders from any women’s pro-2nd Amendment organizations invited. There were no NH women leaders from any of the gun owners’ organizations in the state. There were no women leaders from the Republican Party asked to the table and the very far left wing Zandra Rice Hawkins from Granite State Progress was invited.

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Unless you’ve been holed up in a cave and not paying attention to the elections coming up, you will have noticed that Democrats in New Hampshire – Shaheen, Shea-Porter, Kuster and Hassan – believe women are nothing more than talking vaginas.  Apparently to these ‘women’, the only thing female voters care about has to do with our uteri.

Forget jobs, economy, health care, illegal immigration, Common Core or foreign policy.  Those things aren’t important to stupid little women voters.  No, what these Democrats focus on is birth control and abortion.   As if women don’t have access to either and as if EITHER are ever going to be taken away.  Newsflash:  No one is trying to ban EITHER birth control or abortion.

I am so sick of being treated like these are the most important issues for women that I was *gasp* considering voting for Scott Brown as a hate vote against Shaheen for treating me like a talking vagina.  Alas, Brown came out with a youtube rebuttal against Shaheen’s painting him as against women in which he states that he’s pro-choice (I don’t care) and that he is for continually funding Planned Parenthood.

Well you done f’d up on that one Scott.  Planned Parenthood is one of the most vile, despicable and disgusting organizations in the country.  Not only do they victimize young girls who have been victimized but women have died getting abortions in their care and they teach young teen girls that it’s OK to urinate and poop on their boyfriends (I couldn’t make that up if I tried).   How ANYONE could support this organization is beyond pale.  Anyone who supports Planned Parenthood is the true hater of women and yes that includes every single Democrat who is backed by them and any Republican who is backed by them or supports them.

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Last night someone posted a document so damning about Jim Foley (running for NH Senate in District 19) that the Windham Republican Town Committee almost instantaneously removed it.  Some on the Windham Committee support Jim Foley.  It’s unfortunate they don’t want voters getting the truth.  Luckily the document is still available 
here [and here: FOLEY ].  Apparently Jim Foley has a lengthy record of crime including forgery, fraud and theft.  The man was less than honorably discharged from the Marines but he was also disbarred from practicing law by the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

The very first item in the document shows that Foley was investigated by the FBI for devising a scheme to defraud and to obtain money, funds, credits, assents and security that were under the control of the MCB Federal Credit Union.  The document gives some details from the testimony of an FBI agent.

Apparently Foley was actually a lawyer as well (funny that’s not in his bio anywhere) and was taken to task about his professional conduct in New Hampshire for stealing from a Legal Clinic he was working for.  Foley was accused (and admitted) lying about the total amount of money each client gave him; taking the extra money for himself and giving the Legal Clinic less than 100% of what was truly earned.

Foley’s excuse for the behavior 

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Oh the bittersweet irony.  When I clicked on a link to review another article about failed Republicans putting Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion into place, I got an ad from Senator David Boutin saying he’s ‘fighting for taxpayers’.

Really?  David Boutin fights for taxpayers and I’m Queen Mary.  Give me a break.  The irony was not lost on me.  The article shows how Republicans in Pennsylvania have decided to cave and screw taxpayers, along with the most vulnerable in the state, to put Obamacare’s Expansion into place.

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An email received Tuesday from the Seacoast Republican Women’s organization advertises an event being held by Senator Nancy Stiles.  Stiles is up for re-election in the Seacoast region in district 24.  Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal except they haven’t done the same for any other candidates in the area.  Steve Kenda is Nancy Stiles’ primary opponent and they have never posted any activities or events for him.  Sexist much?

Maybe it’s just bias because they haven’t bothered posting anything for other females running for Senate in the Seacoast Region either.   Have they completely jumped the shark since they claim they do not endorse candidates in the primary?  Or are they just showing their bias against candidates that aren’t in bed with the “Establishment”.   Either way they wouldn’t comment when asked so assumptions will be made.

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The flier above is what’s being dropped around Manchester so that parents and members of the community are aware of the egregious votes that are going on at the Curriculum and Instruction Committee (C&I) and will appear before the Manchester School Board on August 11th.  Members of both the C&I and the school board have said parents don’t care (parents don’t typically know what the school board is doing in the middle of summer) so they may be in for a surprise next Monday.

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As reported by Rich Girard on “Girard At Large” yesterday, the state battle over Common Core continues in Manchester.    Since the Curriculum and Instruction Committee (C&I) decided to approve what they claim to be “better standards” over Common Core and push forward to a vote by the Manchester School Board, there has been controversy about whether they are truly the “highest standards” as Mayor Gatsas promised.

Once people started looking at the standards, they discovered that the “highest standards” were nothing but Common Core standards with a few tweaks.   Since Common Core standards are actually lower standards than Manchester’s original standards, this is causing some issues with people who truly care about the education of Manchester’s children.   Meanwhile parents are on vacation and have no idea what is really going on at City Hall.

That’s when the storm started brewing.  A group in Manchester started dropping off literature about Mayor Gatsas’ “Broken Promises” and why they should “Demand Better” by appearing at the Manchester School Board meeting on August 11.  The literature drops are in various neighborhoods throughout the city and appeared to have started last weekend.  A bulletin board on South Willow Street (a very busy intersection in the city) is alerting parents that they can say “No to Common Core” by attending the meeting.

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According to tweets yesterday from Representative  Timothy Horrigan (D –Durham) and   Representative Peter Sullivan (D – Manchester),   women who are Independent voters are not allowed to have their own political opinions.  The latest attack from my 2 favorite left wing NH Political trolls came from a tweet I  re-tweeted back on July 3.  Not sure why it came back up 3 weeks later but it did (I re-tweeted a meme about Obama sending more people to block WWII vets from the Memorial than sending help to Benghazi):

Now, I was anti-Obama before it was ‘cool’ to be anti-Obama, way back in 2008 after doing my research.  It was never a matter of Democrat or Republican to me, it was that Obama was not a good Presidential candidate (and boy was I right!).  I happen to know a lot of Indies with the same view but apparently to Horrigan I’m not supposed to have an opinion.  Note: the above tweet has since been deleted by Horrigan.

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After the U.S. Senate voted down a bill that would attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling, Governor Hassan thought she’d add her 2 cents in a ridiculous facebook post:

Once again it is clear she never bothered to read the Hobby Lobby case or the SCOTUS ruling.  Once again she continues to treat women like stupid cows who cannot purchase their own birth control.  Birth Control is not a critical health service.  Even if a woman needs to use Plan B because she had unprotected sex, she can easily buy it over the counter at most pharmacies across New Hampshire.   Remember, having sex and using birth control are both choices, as well as buying Plan B.

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