Some of you may have seen the Project Veritas video released this morning showing their investigator journalists, who were posing as out-of-state campaign workers, being coached and offered information on how to vote illegally in NH.
Remember, this is a Federal Election, not a town meeting or state election. Federal law prohibits interstate voting – no matter what NH election officials, the NH AG, or Secretary of State say.
Pay close attention to the phrase “duly qualified resident.” It is the same requirement imposed by every significant domicile court case.
Yup, those jolly jesters of the “poke them in their political eyes” genre of investigative journalism have done it again. Here. In New Hampshire. During the First In the Nation Primary. Did I mention “Again”? Yep, James O’Keefe and his compatriots are showing us, once again, that the “thing that cannot happen here in NH” actually can be done thanks to clueless (or better put, hyper-partisan) election officials more excited about helping “their side” than protecting The Rule of Law.
Take a gander:
So, will former NH Assistant AG Dick Head come out of retirement to track James O’Keefe down? Will he (or his replacement) be having someone knocking on Grokster Mike’s door? Will the newest version of “the manila envelope” open up and spill my picture on the ground? Stay tuned for this riveting second round of the parody “Vote, vote, who is stealing our votes!”.
In the meantime, here’s a bit of a transcript – and it TRULY is very sad. If we cannot trust government workers to obey the law, see to it that the laws are faithfully kept both in the Letter as well in Spirit of it, well, why should we little people have to follow it? The Rule of Law is only effective when it applies to ALL. But the transcript showing that those that would want to break the Law have willing co-conspirators in those that should be shouting “Hey, I need Law Enforcement here!”
From Susan Olsen c/o Facebook…The House votes on HB1696, Expanded Medicaid today. Get ready… And yes, I may well make it my mission to help unseat every Republican that votes to pass this. Every. Republican.
Yessir, they be all over this incipient broad based tax barrelling down the tax tracks. So, tell me – HOW is he a part of the “Smaller Government, lower taxes Party”? Actually, where has that Party gone? (H/T: Susan)
That would be both Chris Christie AND Carly Fiorina – after really disappointing results (and blowing millions of bucks), they have dropped out of the race seeking the Presidency. TMEW asked me about Carly as she had boasted that she was going all the way as recently as last night; all I could do is shrug my shoulders and go “that’s politics”.
Ladies first – message from Carly:
From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for everything you’ve done for this campaign. For standing with me, for fighting with me. For your generosity, for your support, and for your faith. Thank you.
After anticipating a devastating loss in the NH Primary, Hillary’s 2016 campaign plans to reveal a new initiative that is expected to play well with her base: replacing Old Glory. Out of many possible replacements expected to be well received by the Democrat constituency with the goal of galvanizing her campaign are the Rainbow Flag, … Read more
On a 5-4 vote the US Supreme Court has blocked implementation of the Presidents Clean Power Plan while legal challenges work their way through the courts. Let us hope that the legal system drags this one out until at least the end of January 2017. If the GOP doesn’t screw this election up we might … Read more
This past Saturday we had Lisa Dejardines on GrokTALK! – it wasn’t clear to me at the start what we were supposed to talk about but it sure was a lot of fun and on some deep issues (we’ve asked her to come back if her Bosses will let her). However, the main reason she was in studio was to do an interview with Steve which will run during the NH First In The Nation Primary this Tuesday.
UPDATE: we held this post until PBS could run their tonite. That has now aired.
Take a listen – I think it was a very well done interview on both sides of the camera. Unsure how much time he will have during the actual piece but in staying with my mantra of “video everything” (especially with journalists), here is the uncut video from the entire time (just split into two pieces – all material is there).
I previously posted the full interview that Lisa Dejardins, Political Director for the PBS News Hour, conducted with Steve. Her piece, talking about the different factions within the NH GOP in the run up to today’s primary, is here. Steve’s interview, quite short, starts with some B-roll on the front end that they shot during … Read more
Given the Iowa results and now his disappointing finish (8% with 75% of the vote in), NJ Governor Chris Christie is going home to NJ tomorrow and to talk over the what’s what with him, the lack of positive results, the aspect of going forward, and I bet, campaign funding. And, oh yeah, he’s bumped … Read more
With 89% of the vote in, 266 out of 300 precincts reporting, Donald Trump walks away with New Hampshire. That’s not news. We knew that by mid day. So where are the real stories? Record turnout? Bernie Sanders crushing Hillary Clinton 60% to 38% is a huge punch in the neck for the Shaheen cartel and … Read more
PBS NewsHour included me in a story (full interview here) but before that, political reporter Lisa Desjardins joined us for a spirited discussion. Check it out.
It is First in the Nation Primary Day in New Hampshire. Tomorrow the phone will ring less, the mailbox will not runneth over with shiny circus-like campaign literature, and the digital froth in my email, well…this morning I woke to this from NHRebellion:
BREAKING NEWS: Jeb Bush calls for Overturning Citizens United to stop Super PAC spending
Did you spit your coffee on your keyboard? Sorry about that.
The not so breaking news is that NHRebellion is a front for another item on the progressive punch-list, but this? It’s a punch line.
Updated: Originally posted 11/18/15. Bumped for tomorrow’s First In The Nation Primary
The last couple of election cycles, the ‘Grok as been rather stingy with endorsements. We decided that we would raise our bar high and no longer do the “least worst” that we did in some cases in the past. We decided that it was no longer sufficient that an “R” followed someone’s name. It is about Principle and, if at all possible, to look at their actions. After all, winning is merely a precursor; what is most important is what is done afterwards. Our evaluation started.
