That’s right. I’m perusing the liberal Blue Hampshire blog, our always worthy counterparts on the left, and came across this video put out by New Hampshire Democrats. Now don’t get me wrong, by "worthy counterpart" I mean the ying to the ‘Grok’s yang. We stand poles apart on most issues, especially when it comes to the role of government in our lives, and the funding thereof. Then I watched this posted on the site. Quite frankly, there’s little to disagree with here, save for its negative characterization of our friend Karen Testerman.
While I admit that the sentiments expressed by Kelly Ayotte shown in the video certainly cater to a conservative point of view, I am suspicious as to whether it’s real. Let’s not forget that she told GraniteGrok she would have voted yes on the Sotomayer confirmation had she been in the Senate in Judd Gregg’s place (who voted in the affirmative), despite the strong conservative case that had been made in the contrary.
The other interesting point– one which comes close to home, btw— is what candidate Ayotte says regarding "stimulus" versus what she was saying a scant few months back. Is she REALLY opposed to stimulus now? Is stimulus bad… for everybody else, but ours GOOD? This raises the legitimate question as to whether she will REALLY shrink government, having been a creature of same for many years, or simply pay lip service to such notions? A Nashua Telegraph story appearing today on Drudge reports that that stimulus money created or saved 796 New Hampshire jobs,
with 700 of those state workers who did not have to get laid off thanks to the federal grants
A case CAN be made that, thanks, in part to Kelly Ayotte, government was NOT reduced in cash-strapped New Hampshire. How many of these jobs were in the stimulus-supporting NH Attorney General’s office? "Oh, come on Doug. Aren’t you being a bit hard on Ms. Ayotte?" Perhaps you might view it that way, but what else are we to make of a press release on May 15th proudly announcing this?
CONCORD – Gov. John Lynch and Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte today encouraged state, county, local and non-profit agencies to apply for criminal justice grants funded through the federal stimulus act. These grants will be administered by the Attorney General’s Office.
The goal of this funding is to assist agencies and non-profits in the criminal justice community impacted by the recession, which will help to preserve and create jobs.
As she says in the video, the stimulus is responsible for "record deficits our children are going to have to pay." If only she had this sentiment back in May. Or back in April. But no, back then, she hungrily lapped up the Washington largesse bankrupting the country– all borrowed from China.
I’m sorry– I want to be able to trust how my potential representatives are going to act once we send them to Washington. America is on the brink. Our liberty and constitutional republic is at stake. I’m not sure Ayotte will have what it takes to do what needs to be done at this critical time in history… Since I’m in tune with Democrats in this post. I’ll close by quoting one– longtime Clinton mouthpiece Lanny Davis–who famously said, "show me the pwoof…" I’m still not ready to buy into the notion that Ayotte is the "right-winger" the Dems think she’ll be. If only it were so.