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Skip The “I don’t work for Scott Brown before he WAS working for Scott Brown” person that decided he was going to record a group of us that were protesting the “Scott Brown event at GONH meeting” across the street – and had a “moment” when we decided to return the favor. Here, he introduces himself to the folks at the Belknap County Republican meeting this past Wednesday:
And as a reminder:
And the last of the candidates – and again, they are running for the NH House of Representatives:
John Burt Lawrence Cheetham
JR Hoell David Murotake
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And the last couple of questions made to Walt Havenstein at this past Wednesday’s Belknap County Republican Committee meeting. Also, and in keeping with the GraniteGrok policy of always putting up everything (which has been done, chopped only for the time for each topic), the complete time is after the jump (with some breaks ONLY because the camera has been starting to fail and I “stopped/started” the recording so as to not get corrupt recording files).
Question 4 Question 6
Quick Result:
The whole schmear:
“murder and violent crime rate has fallen significantly while concealed carry in this country surged 130 percent.” 2007 – 2013: concealed carry permit holders up from 4.6 million to 11.1 million (141% rise). 2007 – 2013: the murder rate fell from “5.6 to 4.4 per 100,000.” (22% drop). 2007 – 2013: Overall violent crime down 22% Apparently, other … Read more
And I bet that NH State Rep Dan Itse doubts that it is this:
NH State Rep Leigh Webb (D): “The role of government is to legislate behavior“
Regardless of what Progressives want to believe (and force upon us), that is not their Constitutional role. Find out:
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Continuing on with the Question and Answer session… Question 2: Would you veto Medicaid Expansion in 3 years if it is implemented? Short Result: Yes Previous video: Intro Ceremonies, agenda for old / new business, importance of delegates, candidate pitches Keynote Speaker: Walt Havenstein, candidate NH GOP nomination for NH Governor Walt Havenstein Q&A: Question … Read more
Certainly, there are many more candidates than just those that have already spoken; there are plenty more to come. Vying for either the NH State Senate directly as the NH GOP nominar (they do not have a primary) or will be striving to be that after September 9th (the day of the NH Primary). Here are three – all in the same District (and obviously, in the same Primary):
Gary Daniels Dan Hynes
Maureen Mooney
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More questions for Walt Havenstein, candidate for the NH GOP nomination for NH Governer, at the Belknap County Republicans meeting this past Wednesday night: Question 3 – Where do your views differ from the NH GOP or the national GOP? Question 5 – Have you taken money from Unions, and if so, which? Question 3 – Views … Read more
Still even MORE candidates for NH State Senate speak at the CNHT Annual picnic held last Saturday in Hillsborough, NH. Lots of folks showed up as it IS considered to be Old Home Day for conservative activists in the State. Here are three more folks that believe that they can make a difference:
Kathy Lauer-Rago Lydia Dube Harmon
NH State Senate District 7 NH State Senate District 15
George Lambert Dennis Lamare
NH State Senate District 18 NH State Senate District 21
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Dang, I THOUGHT I might be able to get these up before Steve gets the audio up. Yes, we had a late start as we couldn’t get into the building at our regular time, so our start time was 9:30am and then ran late on the other end. BUT! A good show with
The Pre-Show – we grouse a bit.
Pre-Show
Segments 1 – 4 after the jump:
My Data Point post on Business Dynamism is here – showing that the rate at which new businesses / start ups has slowed right down. There is also a labor companion to this: “It’s not enough for an economy to generate jobs. There should also be a good amount of turnover in the labor market. Workers … Read more
As most already know, the July meeting of the Belknap County Republican Committee was held last night. As always, the whole thing will be put up, first in “topical segments” and then I’ll put up the entire hour plus meeting (to provide full context, given the controversy from last night) – we may snip out … Read more
After the “preliminary items of business” and the candidates that wished to make a pitch to the assembled Republicans, the next item on the agenda was the keynote speaker for the night – Walt Haverstein who is seeking the nomination (along with Andrew Hemingway) of the NH GOP to be the candidate for NH Governor. … Read more
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes; smart enough to profit from them; and strong enough to correct them. – John C Maxwell Well, gee now…. (H/T: Joe)
Not only did Dr. Betsy McCaughey spend a few minutes with GraniteGrok in an exclusive interview (Steve has the audio here – eventually I’ll get the video up) but she was the Keynote Speaker at the CNHT Annual Meeting. She is ALWAYS well prepared and know how to present her points: Previous Video: CNHT 2014 Annual … Read more
After Walt Havenstein gave his talk to the Belknap County Republicans, he was willing to participate in a Question and Answer session. A few were hard questions, some not as hard. Question 1: As NH Governor, what would your response be if the Federal Government passed legislation on maximum magazine capacities? Response (in part): he … Read more
“One analysis of the Not-So-Great Recovery argues that rebounds after recessions with financial crises tend to be weaker than otherwise. This is the theory posited by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff in their book This Time is Different. But that’s not quite right, according to Michael Bordo. In the paper “The Recovery of Housing and the End of the … Read more
(H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
Update: this will be topmost for a while – newer posts after this one
Nice. As Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit says – punch back twice as hard. Here is the video:
Here is the background: I am a co-founding member of the NH TEA Party Coalition and I believe in the TEA Party’s three (and ONLY three regardless of what the Left, the Democrats, or the Establishment wing of the Republican Party says) Principles: Constitutional bounds for Government, Fiscal Frugality, and Free Markets.
The only problem, “their” idea of family values seem far fetched from the traditional ones and I haven’t seen much in the way of Progressive governance (especially under Obama’s Administration) that says “stronger” – all indications are to the contrary. As to intrusiveness, well, Michelle has that example all locked up with her overwhelming urge to tell … Read more