I’m sure the grapevine has reached all corners of NH and cyberspace with Annie Kuster’s retirement announcement earlier today. I was at the state house and wearing my “Chuck Morse’s voting record matters” shirt when I received the news just before the executive council was called to order. Readers ought to be familiar with his 11/19/21 crime against NH.
However, I’m here to talk about what happened AFTER all the commotion in the LOB following that unfortunate roll call, and what fellow committee member and former Senator Giuda said as he addressed the unhappy crowd across the street behind the state house. Chau Kelley took a video of him, but she was later unsurprisingly kicked off YouTube, and 15 years worth of citizen journalism disappeared as a result. I reached out to her in hopes that a copy was available through another account, but I am not going to keep you waiting for that, nor will I keep you waiting for what I have to say about Senator Giuda’s words.
He called money the “mother’s milk” and emphasized the importance of donating directly to the candidate rather than a middle entity, such as the NHGOP or an activist group. I’m going to pick on 10 Water Street for a moment. I use the address because it has a “10 DOWNING Street sound” to it; I just need to get Grokster Di Lothrop to say it out loud.
When I returned from Concord, I found a 1:31 pm email from info@nhgop.org in my inbox announcing Annie’s retirement, which also had its routine request for donations. I want to remind everyone that regardless of their current thoughts about General Bolduc, he announced his 2022 candidacy shortly after losing to Corky in 2020. Corky, as most people know, was “the chosen one” despite being a bought-and-sold carpetbagger. In the next election, General Bolduc was essentially ignored as Chuck Morse and a handful of others appeared shortly prior to filing time.
Do NOT allow Chris Ager and the 10 Water Street influencers to do to Lily Tang Williams what they did to General Bolduc! You can help by following Senator Giuda’s advice and donating to her directly.
No donation is too small. In fact, what’s not stated enough is how important it is to have a hearty number of donors from NH, so please, even if it’s just a dollar, do it. If you visit her link, you will find a variety of ways to get your donation to her campaign and choose the method that best suits you.
I’ll also add that when Elise invited Karoline and seven other women running for Congress to a Newsmax panel, I noticed Lily’s absence. While I was happy for Karoline, I emailed Elise’s office, politely, of course. I pointed out that we are the 50% and we had one woman running for Congress and requested that she show her some love. Of course, my email was ignored, which was no surprise.
I later mentioned that to Lily because I previously remember Steve Negron being snubbed in a variety of ways that the darling Mowers didn’t experience. Lily pointed out that she had not met the fundraising requirements to be considered by Elise. Fair enough, I’ve been educated.
I will close with a final talking point: Lily deserves access to the opportunities that (dare I say Dr Chan’s favorite word)ROBUST fundraising provides. So again, if you could pitch in even just a dollar(or more), it would be very helpful, and now, right on the heels of a current event, is a good time. Don’t wait.
