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Skip Over at NHPolitical Report (warning: $400 / year subscription required – pretty much all of it Google-able, btw, from other sources if you wait a tad), Jim Pindell has a weekly feature called Political Standing. This week, I see that he "used" information from GraniteGrok without attribution: Frank Emiro: When you are a Republican running … Read more
And the ‘Grok will be there! Tweeting and live streaming (as possible) as always! Contact: John A. Burt FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETel. 603-624-5084Email: … Read more
As I said here, house events are an absolute necessary activity if you wish to gain political office here in NH – the old saw hangs true: "whatdoya think about so-and-so? Dunno, only met’im twice". I also mentioned that Blip.TV was having a hissy fit – let’s see if it will play the video of … Read more
If I’m going to correct a Republican, you KNOW I would be a hypocrite not to do the same to the Democrat on same said show. Ann McLane Kuster, running to be the Democrat nominee in NH’s Second Congressional District, was also on- albeit, a different segment. While Sean merely slipped up (but yes, an … Read more
And no, I don’t mean differentials in terms of either calculus or or drive trains. In politics, the differences between candidates can count (those between Parties do as well but are generally more easily seen). Often candidates make the decision to move Right or move Left to simply and merely appeal to more voters with … Read more
And if you do, you may learn that your actions may have consequences: So says Mr .22, Mr. .380, Mr. 9mm, Mr. 45, Mr. 5.62… and Mrs. .357
Yesterday, I was at the Rochester, NH home of Warren Groen (NH House of Representatives and running for re-election) for a house event for Ovide Lamontagne who is running to be Republican nominee for US Senate where there was a good assemblage of folk.. One of the staples of the campaign trail for any candidate … Read more
Closeup is WMUR‘s (Channel 9 here in NH – effectively, the only state-wide commercial channel) Sunday morning show – and the vast majority of the time, it is political in nature. Sean Mahoney was the guest in the first segment (I am watching this on the DVR now) and he said to the host, Josh … Read more
A bit more on my Big Tent post. In surfing around the ‘Net this morning, Powerline had this up from Gallup: Surprised by the uptick in Conservative numbers? Not me – and even Gallup reports that the Dems are shoving people away even faster than the Republicans did a few years ago by acting as Democrat-lite … Read more
The war rages on – on and about our border. It came to light this week that there are large swaths of Arizona are now off limits to American citizens (Dept. of Interior running the Parks in AZ) – similar to the "no-go" sections of cities due to crime. The $$ line? Big Government President … Read more
In its final estimate on the first quarter on Friday, the Commerce Department said gross domestic product expanded at a 2.7 percent annual rate instead of the 3 percent pace it reported last month. (H/T: Big Government) So much for the cheery pronouncements of "things are getting better! Happy faces all around!" With all of … Read more
Ovide Lamontagne invited GraniteGrok to his house event in Rochester, NH (hosted by Warren Groen who is running for re-election for the NH House of Representatives). These events tend to be much smaller than the regular campaign event, much lower key, and more of a meet and greet than the regular, much more involved … Read more
…first check a map BEFORE flapping your gums? Ideology over brains, at work, in Milwaukee. (H/T: Read Debate Wisconsin – Hi Fred!) I was listening to the Lars Larson radio show while out and about this evening – Peggy West’s fellow board member was on….and it was pointed out that she proudly displays a Mexican … Read more
Last week the Rochester 912 held their latest debate – the Republican Gubernatorial candidates. Question 14 was the following: We often hear the term bipartisan, big tent, and walking across the aisle to identify governmental cooperation between different parties or different factions within the same party. What will be your leadership approach to those that … Read more
My friend, Bill, over at the Freedomist has what should be a very alarming post – if the DISCLOSURE Act had been in force just before the Revolutionary war, when the very first Patriots were planning to break away from the tyrannical King George, we would still be singing "God Bless the Queen": America Could … Read more
filed under "Just because" Update: Paul from over at Pun Salad gave me a tip: Apparently not the Shuttle. http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_070620.html But still very cool.
I do believe that socialism is entirely antithetical to the Constitution of 1789 as Amended. For a very long time the Supreme Court of the United States believed that as well. Now the Court is divided on the subject. A majority of the Congress is held by a party that doesn’t purport to believe in … Read more
Like I told someone today, politics can be rather humorous at times. In this case, a sense of farcical vindication. Certainly, there were a number of claims and protestations that TEA Party events had participants had such signs. Glad to see a Democrat, one that is absolutely serious about running, holding such a sign: And … Read more
The above was the subject of an email received from a reader, Kevin. He was rather surprised – to some degree, I’m not. Why? Ever since its inception, the ‘Grok has taken not a Republican stance but a Conservative one. Where the two intersect, things are fine. When a Republican strays from that, they have … Read more
(H/T: NetRightDaily)