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Again, what happened to Giffords (shot in the head by a mentally ill person) was awful, but it seems that her husband, Mark Kelly, is intent on waging a 1 man jihad on all gun owners; from an email I received, he took quite the credit of the actions (so little they were) of their anti-gun / citizen disarmament group, the so-called “Americans for Responsible Solutions” after their “national tours” (here and here; Steve reminds us that Granite State Progress supports them).  Well, they are trying to put a happy face on the awful results of spending millions on gun control:

Sometimes it can be difficult to identify a signal through all the noise in the hours after a big election. There were a lot of races called last night, each one with unique factors, local and national, influencing the final outcome.  We felt it important to check in with you — today — on the progress of our shared work as an organization committed to keeping our communities safer from gun violence.

Rest of the email contents after the jump.  Yeah 13 races – and their record was not good overall.  Especially when you compare with the results that the 5 million members of the NRA (and yes, I renewed my membership before the election after an absence for a number of years) had.  Big Government has a long list of the NRA backed folks that won their races (reformatted):

Gubernatorial level:

• Arizona – Doug Ducey (R) beat gun control candidate Fred DuVaul (D) [Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly endorsed DuVal]
• Florida – Rick Scott (R) beat gun control candidate Charlie Crist(D). [ Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly’ PAC gave $100,000 to Crist]
• Texas – Greg Abbott (R) won.
• Maryland – Larry Hogan (R) won. In
• Alabama – Governor Robert J. Bentley (R) won.

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Yes, that old California rock ode to surfing – for it is clear the voters had had enough of the contentious bickering they brought to the Belknap County Delegation as they sat and bickered, sniped, kvetched, and yelled.  Sullen to yelling to waging lawfare against Jane Cormier and Collete Worseman when they couldn’t get their way.  Being in the minority, they proved that the Democrats are not just the Party for Government, they proved they were the Party OF and IN Government.  At all times, unlike the Republicans who saw overextending costs and a disregard for the taxpayers, they showed that in every case, their primary outlook was to never let Government be diminished and that employees are merely the victims of Government (got that straight?  Fer real, folks).  And sided with the 2 Republican and 1 Democrat County Commissioner (note: pretty much, in this fight over power, the 2 Republicans acted little different than the Democrats when I went to a few of the budget meetings).

They waged their fights in all venues possible including in the local media.  They were full of hubris as they figured that with all of this hooting and hollering, they had convinced themselves that the local voters would CERTAINLY reward them at the polls – after all, aren’t they the CHAMPIONS of the Aggrieved and Victimhooders??  The Social Justice Warriors!

Actual results?  Well, two of the three battling Commissioners either retired or was ousted – replaced by REAL commonsensical conservative Republicans Dave DeVoy and former NH Rep Dick Burchell (yay!).  And for the actual members of the Delegation:

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Finally got my first call from the NH GOP GOTV (Get Out The Vote) process two nites ago.  I could tell it wasn’t done from the State Committee Member list – on that, I am “Skip”.  No, it was using my formal given name – so I knew instantly it was from the RNC official list.  I also knew that the guy at the other end of the line had access to where I lived, what I do, what my interests are, and most importantly – how often I vote (just about every election except when an emergency biz trip doesn’t allow time for an absentee ballot) and all the like.  So, I was expecting The Question:

“Can we count on your vote for the Republican races on Tuesday”?

My instant reply:

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Earlier today, a lady called:

“Can I count on your vote for the Scott Brown on Tuesday”?

My instant reply was a bit more emphatic than here:

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We’ve given out no ‘Grok Endorsement for the General Election this year.  In fact, the subject didn’t even come up between the primary and now.  But that doesn’t mean that each individual Grokster can’t make their own personal endorsements (and if they have the time….hint, hint) here on the front page – I’d be interested in seeing them where they can intersect with mine nearer to the top of the ticket.

But this year, this cycle, the bottom of the ticket is MUCH more important than ever before.  As Grokster Susan is wont to say (heck most of us are): screw DC, save NH.  And those that we can hold more accountable (after all, this IS New Hampshire – we can walk down the street and yell at them if we so desire (heh!)) are at the bottom of the ticket – THESE are the folks that I believe can help us save NH more than those at the top.  Why?

As we saw this session, those higher in the pyramid have more resources that allows them to ignore us.  How responsive, for instance, were the NH State Senate Rogue Republicans?  As we saw in the Primary, they had enough $$$$ to wave the back of their collective hands at the grassroots (remember, GRINDING an ax is also SHARPENING an ax).  The close the candidate / politician is to you, the more you can have of their ear.  They also know that you are more able to bring about corrective action if they stray.  But I digress.

So in order of importance (that is to say, from the Bottom up) here is how I am planning on voting tomorrow:

For NH House:

Glen Aldrich, Russ Dumais, George Hurt, Herb Vadney (Belknap County District 2)

Belknap County Commissioner District 1:

Dave DeVoy

NH State Senate District 7:

Kathy Lauer-Rago

NH Executive Council:

Joe Kenney

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TOP 10 REASONS TO VOTE DEMOCRAT (not!)

#10. I vote Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I’ve decided to marry my German Shepherd.

#9. I vote Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon at 15% isn’t.

#8. I vote Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

#7. I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

#6. I vote Democrat because I’m way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves. I am also thankful that we have a 911 service that gets police to your home in order to identify your body after a home invasion.

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And yes, there are those in the welfare class that DO believe your money (MY money!) should be given to them to the point of being a Right – the de facto fulfillment of FDR’s intent with his Second Bill of Rights.  I know that, as I have said before, I had bunches of them standing around in my daycare lobby kvetching about it.  It was always about how to getting onto more government programs – and living better.

Meanwhile, as money is taking from the working class, we are told “it is the price we pay for living in a society” – and living worse.

I’ve had to use the safety net a couple of times during my career, especially during the time of IT technology disruptions when newer replaced older technologies.  I NEVER felt “it is due me”; I never felt “hey, I supported all those other people – now they MUST support me”.  Rather, it was “how the heck do I get a REAL check instead of this govt check”?

I felt that I wasn’t pulling my own weight.

But Liberals? 

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