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Me too! Count me in!
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The liberal blog Blue Hampshire had a posting Friday that plainly illustrates the problem, as I have long seen it, that the Republicans create for themselves when they continue to allow their elected politicans to stray far afield from core principles & beliefs. They rightfully (unfortunately) finger a serious problem that plagues the party at the present moment. I had no idea that the NHGOP had done this sign business till Skip alerted me to this story…
looking at the latest NHGOP signs plastered along roads after the toll increase (for verification that these are the work of the Republican State Committee, view a close-up shot), I’m stumped on which of the two frauds being perpetrated here is more egregious..The fact that the toll increase garnered the support of two Republican Executive Counciliors (including one, who, now realizing he just ruined the state elephant’s theme song against Lynch, is pretending to claim that he has no idea why he voted the way he did and wants a do-over)?.Or the fact that the signs, by their design, color, and font, are meant to trick unsuspecting folks into thinking that "higher taxes" is Lynch’s new campaign motto?.Both deceptions rely on the ignorance of potential voters in order to be effective.
The mantra of "low taxes" and efficient spending has been the mainstay of the New Hampshire GOP for as long as any can remember. Yet, it has been a long time since anyone can remember when certain "leaders" and stalwarts have actually taken any type of stand in defense of such notions.
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As I have stated ad-nauseum, Burton and Wieczorek blew it bigtime on the toll increase matter. That our political opponents would use it against us is a no brainer. The state party making and distributing these signs on this matter, given that Republicans could have stopped it, is something that really makes me wonder. To me, their time could be better spent trying to convince Republicans to act like Republicans. We KNOW Lynch will raise taxes. Unfortunately, thanks in no small part to Messers Burton & Wieczorek, and a host of others, we KNOW Republicans will too…
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(H/T Skip… AND Blue Hampshire for a nice bit of reporting)
PS– Is buying 100 of these signs really good use of scarce NHGOP dollars?