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James O’Toole over at the Eagle Tribune decided to spin an article on "It’s time to look at NH Legislative winners and losers". Now, it was rather even-handed (three pro, three con) as far as the numbers went.  Tone?  Certainly those on the Left were more, er, strident, including our ‘Grok B.F.F Zandra ("you’re still a racist homophobe") Rice-Hawkins from that bastion of Colorado Progressivism thrown east (yes, a transplant from a philosophy far, far way from New Hamsphire’s):

Zandra Rice-Hawkins of Granite State Progress, a progressive advocacy group, said lawmakers went on the attack against families and workers, while aggressively working to lower business taxes.

"This Legislature was beholden to special interests," Rice-Hawkins said. "Everybody else is being left behind."

Like "her" legislature wasn’t bought (lock, stock and wedding rings) by outside money? Unions, enviro-wackos, and the gay money – just chockablock FULL of special interests. Oh, that’s right – she’s part of the Regressives that believes that diversity only starts with being skin deep and in only one thought deep to boot. 

I have news for her; this year saw the LARGEST contingent of unaligned and unsupported (and thus, ‘unbought’) of Conservatives and Libertarians who had one thing in mind – Individual Liberty and Freedom.  This was the year of devolving power back out of Concord. Now, how could Zandra be against people making their own decisions (oh yeah, her legislature of the four years previously took power from the people and centralized it into Concord).

Yes, people will pay less for cigarettes now, Rice-Hawkins said. "But they are going to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars more in tuition."

The Legislature also promoted a "Wild West mentality," Rice-Hawkins said, by easing gun laws and expanding deadly force.

Only time will tell if the lowering of the cig tax will be a plus or a minus from a revenue standpoint (although VT raising theirs will help our retailers). 

As to the Wild, Wild West – pure shrillness.  Have heard it over and over again from those, like Zandra, who just cannot trust her fellow citizens.  They also have rather quaint (and not in a good way) notion that adults are mere children and cannot (except for themselves, natch) be given reponsibilities that would be the same as sitting at the "adult table". More guns have been sold since Obama became President than any other time.  And violent crime has gone down.  If Zandra had been right, we’d all be be sitting on ammo cases and have mined our front yards with claymores.  Zandra, you are lacking evidence for your screed.

Here, my dear, is your high chair…

Rice-Hawkins gives this Legislature a grade of "F." Lawmakers will tell you they did what the voters asked them to do, but being a legislator is more than answering to your supporters, she said.

"When you’re a legislator, your responsibility is to represent everyone in your district," Rice-Hawkins

Really?  When most people in NH were against higher budgets, against the expansion of regulations, of changing "the social contract", the voters of New Hampshire showed their ire – and gave Republicans super-majorities in the House and Senate.  It shows, Zandra, that your legislature didn’t listen BIG time.

As bad as she deems the Legislature’s performance, she thinks it could have been worse. Legislation was turned away that could have rolled back the rights of women or limited abortion, Rice-Hawkins said.

Vs the Rights of innocent babies, Zandra?  The self interest of "me" vs a human that will never see the light of day?  A baby’s smile that will only end up in screams of pain?

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