Well, well, it seems that a last-minute storm has been brewed up by my posting about libertarians who are refusing to vote for Romney tomorrow. You can see it—and the video that prompted the posting—HERE. That caused quite a bit of reaction, both here and on Facebook, which in turn caused Grokster Skip Murphy to jump into the fray ‘with THIS POSTING after the Project’s redoubtable Chis Lawless opined that “The video wasn’t that much a convincer to be honest.” And that caused me to revisit my own reasoning and assumptions that impel me to vote for Romney tomorrow…which causes me to say this:
New Hampshire’s Constitutional Questions
Tomorrow you can decide some things that will change your New Hampshire State constitution. Media outlets and others who object have been actively trying to make them as confusing as possible, so as a public service, we’re here to help. Question 1 asks if you would like to keep the Legislature from taking taxes directly … Read more
Notable Quote: Edmund Burke
“There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that dazzles the imagination, but which neither belongs to, nor becomes the sober aspect of truth.” And… “There is an air of plausibility which accompanies vulgar reasonings and notions, taken from the beaten circle of ordinary experience, that is admirably suited to the narrow capacities of … Read more
So, RINO Republican Alida Milham of Gilford decides to endorse the Democrat in the race – instead of the Conservative Republican in the NH House race
To regular readers of the ‘Grok, this should have come as no surprise at all – in fact, this is almost expected (think Ray Burton in drag. Or is that the other way around? I dunno, all RINOs not only talk and vote alike, they seem to look alike….) as she has won our RINO of the Week award in the past. This is what happens when the Republican Party Leadership (such as it is) continues to do head-in-the-sand reactions when Democrats-with-Rs-next-to-their-name sully the Republican Party brand. Oh, I’ll ask the Belknap County Chair, and I’ll ask the Area Vice-Chair (a two-fer, in this case) and I will ask the NH GOP Chair for what they will do, but I bet I already know the outcome of doing such – words, maybe even a lot of words, but in the end, it’s back to a mush muddle of middlingness madness of self-denial. I would use Jim Bender’s magnificent phrase of “self-assured incompetence” but that seems to be a bar too high for this crop.
So, Alida has seen fit to endorse someone that openly financially threatened the entire Town of Gilford simply because voters would vote Her Highness’s spending ways? Yup. Way to go, Alida – endorse not the person who wants you to keep your own money and make your own decisions, but someone who had no problem DEMANDING that others pay for her demand. To wit, Lisa DiMartino, NH Democrat Extremist from the Town of Gilford. She wants to go to Concord to spend your money. She says so herself – and RINO Alida agrees.
Another “Political Campaign Stunt” By Romney
“It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth.” —Mitt Romney
Throughout this campaign, there is one issue Mitt Romney has not talked about. What the Romney has not talked about is his profound generosity over many, many years to so many people. Mitt has not only given of himself personally, but he has given his time and a significant amount of his wealth to truly help others in need.
We have seen report after report of others (Not those in the Romney Camp) going forth to the media and speaking of how Mitt and his family have been so exceedingly generous to so many for more than 40 years. Let me say that again. Mitt and his family have been so exceedingly generous to so many for more than 40 years.
Guest post by Jim Adams: “DERELICTION of DUTY”
DERELICTION of DUTY
Veterans, the Benghazi massacre showed Obama’s true concern and his real agenda regarding the safety of our troops and Americans on foreign soil. As the truth continues to come out in bits and pieces, through little help from the national media, the evidence is very clear. Obama’s Rose Garden comments were the beginning of the worst cover-up and distortion of the truth seen in this country since the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that led to our ever-deepening commitment to a war in Vietnam. Whatever the virtues of stopping a vicious Communist takeover of a predominately Christian nation (South Vietnam), LBJ’s political expediency trumped making an honest case to the Congress and the American people. Much like today, his political dissembling to the nation had the effect of snatching stalemate or worse from the jaws of victory ~ at terrible cost.
The highest ranking Administration personnel watched this well-planned and executed military-style attack take place, in real time via camera link from predator drones. Meanwhile, the Obama spin team crafted the clumsy lie; that it was a spontaneous response to a provocative YouTube video degrading Islam. When Obama endorsed this fabrication in the Rose Garden, he also apologized to the Islamic nations regarding the video and stated that the guilty parties would be hunted down.
The truth: his administration is guilty of criminal dereliction of duty. Numerous requests were made for additional security for the consulate and embassy prior to the attack; yet each time they were denied, leaving all of those Americans in grave danger. However, even that incompetence pales in comparison to what actually happened on the night of the attack. Do you remember the famous White House Situation Room scene where the President watched brave Seal Team Six nail Bin Laden? Likewise, on September 11, 2012 the White House was getting a live-feed of exactly what was happening at the Benghazi consulate and knew from multiple real-time videos, that this was not a spontaneous demonstration.
What I have been hearing about Voter Fraud
The Democrats tell us voter fraud doesn’t exist…except when they lose an election. Early voting for the 2012 election has begun and reports are already flowing in about voter fraud. It’s amazing that all reports to date are giving votes to Democrats, in particular President Obama.
Below are some voter fraud techniques:
Voter Machine tampering. Voting machines have been reported to be malfunctioning. People in North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio and either Kansas or Iowa (I can’t remember which, possibly both) have reported that when they push the button for Mitt Romney, the machine selects Barack Obama. So far, no reports of Obama votes being changed to Romney votes … you would think if this was a random problem, some Obama votes would go to Romney but no reports so far. One wonders how many Romney votes have been converted to Obama votes before the machine “failure” was noticed. Hopefully early voting will have found and corrected all these mistakes or tampering… but I wouldn’t bet on it. If you are using a voting machine, check carefully before finally submitting your ballot.
Re-Elect Jeanie Forrester
Despite years of Democrat condemnation of rich bankers, Senatorial candidate Bob Lamb shows that rich bankers can even be applauded if they parrot Democrat talking points, promote the special interest groups that fund Democrats, and help the Democrat Party extend its control over the lives of the American people.
Describing lawsuits against him and other executives, Lamb says, “these lawsuits never went to trial, and no factual determination was ever made that the allegations were true.” This strange wording proves nothing. Similar wording, e.g., “no criminal court ever determined that I killed Nicole and Ron” allows OJ to claim innocence.
Lamb seems like a nice guy but he repeats the old Democrat complaints and promises. Did Democrats improve your life when they controlled the NH Legislature (2007-2010)? E.g., did they fix all the roads and bridges? No. But, they raised our cost of living and hurt NH employers with 99 new or increased taxes and fees.
Brenda and John Grady – Toeing the Liberal Lie in Merrimack
I wasn’t going to expend any effort on these two, Democrats, more moderate on their face than most I am told by some, but Democrats none the less. But today (Sunday), they dropped off a page of printed nonsense at my home which requires some attention.
There are four bullet points on their missive to which they claim to object. Downshifting costs to local government, the cost of college education (the reduction of State University funding), Gridlock (Washington and Concord), not listening to constituents instead of talking to them.
The Grady’s are making the case (without ever mentioning that they are Democrats) that they deserve your votes so they may right these so-called wrongs. But by refusing to admit to their own pedigree or its history they–intentionally or not–participate in a deception that does the people of Merrimack a great disservice.
FaceBook Doodlings: Libertarians & Free Staters: let me amplify what Tim said about Tuesday
Tim put up this post, urging movement Libertarians to consider how they’d be voting on Tuesday:
If you are a libertarian, or if you are a Free Stater, or if you just believe in limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility….
David Mamet, the famed playwright that was hard Left and just veered Right after finally realizing what the results of the Left have done, put it another way (even as he was speaking to Liberal Jews, it fits here):
Are you prepared to explain to your children not the principles upon which your vote is cast, but its probable effects upon them?
Go read the whole thing. Tim’s post started a bit of a conversation on Facebook and I waded in (note: I’ve not been active on FB for a while but given the tenor (pretty much, I “went there”. Now Leah was the main respondent and we’ve been friendly ever since we met when the TEA Party decided to “meet & greet” back in 2009 when Obama sojourned to Portsmouth, NH. On FB, she expressed an attitude that many Libertarians seem to hold: both Romney and Obama are pretty much communists and there’s no difference between them (and many view Romney as actually being worse). The comment that set me off was one about Romney not being able to reverse what Obama has done:
“He is not a king, and cannot just make a pronouncement that he declares a law null and void.“
Have you not been paying attention!! What the heck do you think Obama has actually been doing???? My response (edited to be more bloggish and a bit more expanded here):
Blogline of the Day: by Instapundit’s Glen Reynolds
“let me just say that if Obama wins on Tuesday, I intend to be every bit as gracious and cooperative as the Democrats were in 2000 and 2004.” here. And remember, we will only be mirroring what US Senator / US Senate Majority Leader and Democrat Harry Reid said if Romney wins: “Mitt Romney’s fantasy … Read more
Does Clinton have the same idea of “Womens Health” that Maggie “The Red” Hassan has?
Somehow, I think that Slick “I did not have sex with that women!” Willey has a different idea of “women’s health” than Hassan has….
Obama: I will bankrupt the coal industry
When is the last time you saw a Gadsden Flag on a coal barge? Remember what he said just before the last election? (H/T: Chicago Boyz via Instapundit)
So Dan Eaton wishes to “To restore transparency, civility and fairness to the institution”. Fine – how about Ethics, Dan?
The Sentinel asked why Democrat Dan Eaton, who resigned from the NH House due to ethics charges, why he was running. Well, the guy seems to have a pair (if nothing else): “To restore transparency, civility and fairness to the institution“
Riiiiiiight. If I remember right, he resigned when he became under an investigation of a “lapse in ethics” – does this mean he’ll be “transparent” as to the charges AND why he resigned? And the stories are that he wasn’t all that civil about things, either. So, what IS fairness, Mr. Dan? And why now is a better time for you to be back in the NH House, again, now that you are a “resignee”? A mailer that went out to folks in that area was forwarded to me (note: you HAVE to like the name of the PAC – “the “Do You Know Who I AM” PAC. And that’s his brother, the Chair??):
Well, seems like Dan might have been the bad boy, eh? The PAC goes on to list the Top 5 Reasons To REJECT Dan Eaton for State Representative:
Jan Schmidt – Democrat candidate for NH State House from Nashua, hates religion. That includes Muslims, so it seems.
Tesha has a habit of saying things in such a way that I’d be censoring her a lot: “The Catholic Church in a powerful force in Maine so when the men in dresses who f*** little altar boys told their parishoners[sic] that gay marriage was wrong and a sin, the rubes in the pews believed … Read more
Obama: Revenge. Romney: For Love of Country
The true Obama is coming out – contrast with what Romney thinks.
“He asked his supporters to vote for revenge. For revenge. Instead, today I ask the American people to vote for love of country.”
(H/T: Instapundit) Again, Romney was not my guy in the primary; in fact, there were almost as many choice before Romney as there were his opponents in the primary. But yes, THIS is what I want to hear from a President, for love of country, and not seeking revenge on one’s political opponents. Obama has shown us yet another glimpse of his real side in that gaffe (““No, no, no. Don’t boo. Vote,” he said. “Voting is the best revenge.””). I need to hunt down that video because it absolutely BEGS the question: “Revenge for WHAT?”
Here it is:
It’s Time for Us to do Our Part
Four years ago was historic. The first black president was inaugurated. For the first time, a former First Lady became the Secretary of State. It was the first time the Democrats controlled the Oval Office, House of Representatives, and the Senate since the nineties. It was the first time I stopped yelling at the news and rolled my lazy butt off the couch and started actively participating in the political discourse (okay, that part’s not really historic).
If you are a libertarian, or if you are a Free Stater, or if you just believe in limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility….
…and you plan on voting for anyone other than Mitt Romney—or if you plan on not voting at all, on principle—then please watch this video. —Tim Condon
Is the future of America…Argentina?
It will be if Obama wins this election. Read how and why HERE.