Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, an award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance and the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, and more (yes, there's more) at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, the Republican Volunteer Coalition, and has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

On An Otherwise Slow Saturday…

September 26, 2018August 25, 2012 Steve MacDonald

The Red Sox have announced a 262.5 million dollar trade with the LA Dodgers that will unload, Crawford, Gonzales, Beckett and Punto. the Red Sox will send Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, Nick Punto and the combined $262.5 million remaining on their contracts to Los Angeles for top pitching prospects Allen Webster and Rubby … Read more

Just a Theory…

September 26, 2018August 25, 2012 Steve MacDonald

I think Iran and Egypt are co-coordinating a response to the impending Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear capability.

The expectation is that Israel will do something before the November elections. Egypt, which is now engaging in diplomatic exchanges with Iran, has recently moved more military hardware into the Sinai peninsula to deal with militants and security issues. There are probably plenty of those, and by all accounts, Israel is not balking at allowing Egypt to deal with those (per long standing peace treaty agreements), but there is the matter of Egyptian tanks that were moved into the region, which Israeli officials claim they did not know about in advance.

Did Maggie Cilley Ever Denounce Bill Clinton? (Video Added)

September 26, 2018August 24, 2012 Steve MacDonald

While we’re on the topic of denouncing things, not long ago, Bill Clinton, impeached perjurer and accused serial rapist and sex offender, came to New Hampshire to endorse Maggie Cilley for Governor. Maggie Hassan, the actual object of the endorsement, stood on stage next to the accused rapist, as have almost every New Hampshire Democrat … Read more

Obama’s Abortion Jobs Economy

September 26, 2018August 24, 2012 Steve MacDonald

I think I have finally figured it out. All this emphasis by Democrats on abortion? I think we’re in for a tectonic shift in left wing economic policy. Starting with the upcoming Democrat National Convention, the new savior for a lagging economy with 16 trillion in debt, employment erosion, a flagging GDP, and more government created debt bubbles (not to mention the trillions more in entitlement debt and the likley collapse of Medicare and social security) is…the Abortion Jobs Economy.

That’s right. Abortion jobs will save America.

Don’t forget the Democrats: Schedule for Democratic Party convention released

September 26, 2018August 24, 2012 Steve MacDonald

We may be paying too much attention to the upcoming national GOP convention to be held in Tampa. The Democrats, perhaps trying to steal our attention back, have just released a schedule of their ceremonies and festivities to be held at their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina as follows:

The Obama Campaign Cat Burgler Pays Another Visit To New Hampshire Tax Payers

September 26, 2018August 23, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Americans for Prosperity has some details about the cost to local towns of the most recent incursion of the Obama campaign. Candidate Obama visited New Hampshire—in the capacity of a candidate–to reinfect the local Obama Zombie population with a fresh batch of socialist Rage Virus. Wouldn’t want them to lose that lovin’ hope-changey, “beat Republicans with a bat,” kind of union thugocracy feeling.

As with previous candidate visits, local towns have been forced to cover any extra costs resulting from the candidates court passing through their local municipalities, even when anonymous donors rise up from the Zombie herd to make an unofficial campaign donation to cover the costs. So how much did it cost this time around (seeing as there are no anonymous donors this time around)?

Coos County Democrats…

June 5, 2026August 23, 2012 Steve MacDonald

…might want to update their web site. The elected candidates page lists their US Senators as Jeanne Shaheen and Judd Gregg. That’s a bit out of date, unless you just want to wait until we kick Shaheen out of office and you can change them both at the same time. Just trying to be helpful.

Anyone Dissapointed That Annie Kuster Didn’t Ask Maggie Hassan to Drop Out?

September 26, 2018August 23, 2012 Steve MacDonald

It didn’t take long. Congressional candidate Ann McLane Kuster (I call her McKluster) expressed her disappointment at Charlie Bass for having better things to do than jump in to the circular firing squad against Todd Aikn, of Missouri.

“In New Hampshire, Annie Kuster rapped one of Democrats’ top targets, GOP Rep. Charlie Bass, saying she was ‘‘disappointed’’ Bass hadn’t yet called for Akin to leave the Senate race.”

Like most desperate Democrats with no coat tails to ride in on, McKluster took out the rhetorical bat against her Republican opponent, Charlie Bass. It is, after all, his responsibility as a congressman to denounce everything any other Republican does (or says, or can be said to be thinking…). So by extension, where is it I can find candidate McKlusters call for Maggie Hassan to drop out of the Governors Race.

SEIU Tells You Which Republicans You Should Avoid…by Endorsing them.

September 26, 2018August 23, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Unions - Proud Owners Of The Democrat Party

The SEIU has just informed Republicans who NOT to vote for. For this, we are thankful.

The SEIU (SEA-NH), Obama’s shock troops, the same folks who beat up black conservatives ( or refuse to denounce such behavior), have endorsed the following “(r)epublicans” in New Hampshire.

In Belknap District 8, SEA/SEIU has endorsed Rep. Peter Bolster (R), of Alton. Bolster is train wreck. He barely votes with his own party half the time. If you want a Republican you should be voting for Jane Cormier, to get Bolster out of the House and with any luck, out of our Party.

Palate Cleanser – Superman Dumps Lois Lane?

September 26, 2018August 23, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Now this is important. It looks like Superman and Wonder Woman are going to be an item. The New 52 Justice League issue 12 has them kissing in an air-born embrace. And how perfect is that.? He doesn’t lie so that lasso of truth thing will never be a problem. There is, of course, the … Read more

Former Hooksett Middle School Teacher Got 4 Stars

September 26, 2018August 22, 2012 Steve MacDonald

If you go to rate my teachers.com Hooksett Middle School Music Teacher Andrew Lalos has four out of five stars in all three categories, giving him an overall quality rating of four stars. He also received the “Outstanding Young Band Directer” award in 2004 from the New Hampshire Band Directors Association (NHBDA) where they share … Read more

Return to the 2008 Obama Campaign Strategy (Updated and Bumped-Link Added)

September 26, 2018August 22, 2012 Steve MacDonald

(Link Added- Controlling the Message: None of that random messaging that might embarrass us.)

In 2008 the Obama Campaign hid or at least disguised his lack of experience or skill by controlling the message. He did lofty speeches, and some softball interviews in the safest of places and conditions, but anything about policy–what there was of it–was recorded in a controlled environment, by Obama or a policy advocate, and posted on line. When reporters had questions, they were directed to the appropriate video, or speech, which allowed the campaign to control the message.

The media was too in love with the cult of personality to dig any deeper than what the campaign-spin spoon fed them and the end result was the least experienced and least qualified president in American history…a guy who is good at running for office but not good at holding office.

Educating With Hassan

September 26, 2018August 22, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Maggie “Louisville Slugger” Hassan has a banner ad running over at the Concord Monitor with the pull quote…’I’ll Stand up to anyone who wants to cut Education.’

This is a dirty lie.

Any effort to expand education outside that narrow corridor of Democrat political influence will be blocked. Any existing programs that support education without government directed taxpayer dollars should expect to be cut given the chance.

But Maggie Hassan will stand up…to anyone who tries to educate their kids without public schools staffed by members of the Teachers unions (or outside of pricey private schools for the “fiscally gifted,” that are beyond the reach of all but the very wealthy). Hassan will stand up to defend statist, top-down, government managed, public education. She’ll stand up to spend more of your taxpayer dollars on the inefficient state university system. And like most Democrats she will do anything and everything in her power to protect that government monopoly by cutting into or cutting off any competition.

It’s Time For A Smell Test (Update and Bumped – Democrats spent 1.5 million to elect Akin)

September 26, 2018August 22, 2012 Steve MacDonald

A Republican Candidate for the US Senate in Missouri said something stupid the other day.

“It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” he said.

Akin said later, in a statement, that he “misspoke,” claiming that his comments did not “reflect the deep empathy I hold for the thousands of women who are raped and abused every year.”

He’s referring to the frequency (infrequency) of unwanted pregnancies from rape, measured against his opposition to abortion.

OK. But it sounded really stupid the first time around.