To set the stage: NH Constitution, articles 2A and 10:

[Art.] 2-a. [The Bearing of Arms.] All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.

[Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.

And it was a very positive one! Simply gobsmacked that they printed it all.  The ‘graphs that caught my eye (entire thing after the jump):

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We may forget, but never these folks!

(H/T: K C)

Previous Restevus Campaign Contest posts after the jump:

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Ah yes, yet another missive from the Left complaining that the amount raised by property taxes here in NH should be paid by anyone other than by themselves.  While the original is after the jump, this Letter to the Concord Monitor quickly sums up their argument (reformatted, emphasis mine):

The writer cites a $250,000 house for sale in York, Maine, whose property tax is $2,000. He asserts that is not a low property tax and that Maine’s sales and income taxes don’t hold down property taxes.  I checked my 2016 Concord property tax bill and that same house would be taxed $6,835 in Concord – 3.4 times the York tax.  For a retired couple living on $40,000 per year, the York tax would be 5 percent of their gross income; the Concord tax would be 17.08 percent of their income. The difference of $4,835 would pay for the heat, utilities and insurance on their house for a year, with enough left over for an occasional pizza.

Well, if John is arguing that his property tax is too high, well, I’d agree with him.  His math is probably right, so I’ll hand that to him as well.  What I WON’T do, however,

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If you missed this story, I’m sorry to have to be the one to share it. US-backed rebels in Syria took a selfie before beheading a Palestinian child thought to be an enemy fighter. The resulting blowback from the selfie produced a statement from the al-Zenki movement leadership. In it, they say this is not their policy. They will locate and subject those associated with the child’s execution to a judicial committee and suitable punishments. Annnnnnnnd they blame the rest of the world.

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Former Secretary Above-the-Law verifies that countries are reluctant in sharing information with the United States.  Hmmm. I wonder why.  Maybe this is a consequence of keeping an unprotected, unsecured server containing classified information in a bathroom?  From an interview on July 14, 2016,  O’Reilly factor (emphasis mine):

CLINTON: … We still do not have enough intelligence cooperation between our agencies and those in other countries, including in Europe, and we need to have a focal point —

O’REILLY: Why is that? I didn’t know that. Why is that happening? Why don’t we have the intelligence?

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One of the more frequent concerns I hear from conservatarian voters about Kelly Ayotte’s primary opponent Jim Rubens regards past remarks about global warming, energy, and the environment. If you believe that Ayotte should get your Primary vote because “she is better on the environment” than Rubens you may want to rethink that.  Kelly Ayotte is awful on the environment.

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“…Clinton and her liberal supporters believe the First Amendment to the Constitution must be curtailed to eliminate protections on certain speech.”

This is what Betty Tamposi now believes in.  Curtailment of one of the bedrock freedoms we have here in America.  This is the price she is willing to bear for defeating Trump?  Once again, let me remind our readers that Republican scion, Betty Tamposi, has gone all in on the idea that the only way to save the Republican Party (from The Donald) is to embrace, fawn over, and to become a bootlicker to a person that would wipe out the entire Republican Party if her broomstick wasn’t already in the pawn shop to pay for all the political favors she’s promised (c’mon Bill, ya gotta start giving those half million $$ speeches again!):

So, a few more words to Ms Clueless in her existential war to the US Constitution (and make NO mistake, supporting Hillary is endorsing the third (and,, gulp) and perhaps fourth term of the worst Constitutional President in history):

Democrats are fond of calling their Republican counterparts “extremists.” They’ve been deploying the charge since 2010 but, having lost control of the House, Senate, over 30 governorships, and 900 legislative seats in that period, they don’t seem inclined to revise this strategy. Rarely do Republicans reply in kind. When they do, it’s even rarer that the political press uncritically echoes the charge that Democrats have become too extreme for middle America. That is no boon for Democrats, though. The party that quite nearly chose a self-described socialist to lead it has lost all perspective. There may be no better example of that inclination than Hillary Clinton’s latest campaign promise—one that has been applauded by her fellow liberals: a constitutional amendment to restrict free speech.

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With my posts on Betty Tamposi, a reader just had to email this in (reformatted):

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When you quoted Tamposi about stepping on the accelerator I (almost) lost it.

Last summer I was on the DW highway in Nashua. As I was just coming up on exit 7-N.. In heavy traffic. A vehicle passed me at a high rate of speed from the second lane…with little space to spare.. It was a female and she had her cell phone at the 12 o’clock position on the steering wheel TEXTING or whatever. I seen the plate…right — a NH State plate.  I found out it was hers.

I began to write a letter to send her… I didn’t send it…darn it! I’m sure the NO TEXTING issue was out there. She must be special. I have no doubt she has and will continue with this dangerous practice. Hopefully she’ll be sighted & cited = $$$$$.

Thanks for letting me relive that episode

Rochester NH

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The Candidates edition! Is Eric Estevez, of the “Estevez for Congress” and “Estevez for the Restevus” playing footloose and fancy free with his campaign donations?  Making them seem to be larger than actual?  Is this why these other candidates, fearing a blowout by him (heh! In more ways than one?) and are deciding “on other arrangements”?  First, is Jack Flanagan, running against him in the primary – but with that Estevez sticker (H/T: Facebook via Kimberly)???

and then there is

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“Let us honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion and draft a sensible conscience clause.”

President Obama (2009), Notre Dame Commencement.  Hmm, so the Congress decided to do exactly that – from LifeSite:

House passes bill to stop govt from forcing people to participate in abortion

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – The House of Representatives has passed the Conscience Protection Act of 2016 (S. 304), by a 245-182 vote.   Three dependable pro-life Democrats – Henry Cuellar, Daniel Lipinski, and Collin Peterson – voted for the bill, while one pro-abortion Republican – Richard Hanna – voted against it.  The bill, which would prevent the government from discriminating against any health care provider who refuses to “perform, refer for, pay for, or otherwise participate in abortion,” also allows victims of discrimination to sue in civil court.

And what was President Obama’s response (hint: he is aligned with NH GOP State Committeeman Steve Duprey)? Utterly predictable and speaking out of both sides of his mouth (emphasis mine):

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For a guy who wants to be the next congressman from New Hampshire’s 2^nd district, you’d think he’d be smart enough to know when to stop hammering nails in his own campaign coffin. 

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