The Wall – it will be YUUGGEE!

Shot: Donald Trump may want to build a wall across the U.S. southern border to keep Mexican migrants out but don’t expect Mexico to pay for it, former President Felipe Calderon told CNBC, calling the billionaire a “not very well-informed man.” The GOP presidential hopeful insisted in October that if elected, he would build a wall … Read more

Are the Polls Crap?

We open with guest-host Emily Sandblade who knows a thing or two about math and polling to discuss what the current presidential polls likely reflect and why you probably should not ‘buy’ what they are selling.  

Why NH Should Vote for Ted Cruz and not Donald Trump

Ted Cruz knows that you are the best hope for saving America. But to do that you need a president willing to get the government out of the way so that you can. “… just like the left, Donald Trump’s solutions are all built on the “smarts” of certain gifted people and then empowering those … Read more

Smart Guy and Mommy Dance in the Wind

south-park-WoW guy with no life

Here is a post dedicated to Smart Guy and his Mommy! Smart Guy is being pretty nasty to us humble Groksters. All of us are under strict grammar and spelling patrol.

I think what initiated this cranky, liberal, game of scrabble is that Smart Guy has a blog which gets MAYBE one comment per month – from the same commenter.

Obviously Smart Guy has “Comment Envy” and a lot of free time living in Mommy’s basement. Wanna bet Mommy is a teacher?

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Carson, not Cruz, at fault for Iowa

Who’s to blame for the rumor that Ben Carson was suspending his campaign after the Iowa caucus? 
Was it CNN which accurately reported that Ben Carson was returning to Florida after the caucus, wouldn’t go to New Hampshire or South Carolina, would go to the Washington prayer breakfast, would be speaking at 9:15 regardless of the caucus results, and speculated that a serious Presidential candidate wouldn’t act this way?  Was it the CNN tweet:  “After the #IAcaucus, @RealBenCarson plans to take a break from campaigning.”  
Was it the Marco Rubio campaign that “was pushing the narrative hard” that Carson was dropping out?  Was it the Ted Cruz campaign that passed the CNN report to its caucus leaders?  Was it the Rand Paul campaign that apparently did the same? 
Was it Carson’s staff which, hearing of the CNN report, didn’t correct the speculation?  Or was it the Carson campaign itself for giving CNN the information that led to the report and the subsequent speculation which they reported as “Breaking News”? 

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Feb. 6th, 2016 Podcast

This week we welcome PBS News Hour political reporter Lisa Desjardins. Senior Economic Advisor at the American Principles Project, Ralph Benko. From the New Jersey Second Amendment Society, Alex Roubian. Max Abramson talks NH Medicaid Expansion. And our special guest host this week is Emily Sandblade. .  

Groksters and GLoP

Starting around 5 pm this evening several of us will be attending an event in Manchester sponsored by Ricochet and National Review. A panel session featuring Rich Lowry, Charlie Cooke, and other at-the-scene NR editors and writers, in the Granite State to assess the presidential race and the looming primary vote, followed by a special … Read more

NHSecState predicts record NH FITN turnout

NH flag state - Image from Facebook page 'Women for New Hampshire"And it definitely shows a higher intensity level on the Right than for the Left (emphasis mine, reformatted):

CONCORD — Secretary of State Bill Gardner is predicting a record 550,000 votes will be cast in Tuesday’s Presidential Primary. He believes 282,000 Republican ballots will be cast – a record for the GOP – and 268,000 Democratic ballots, second to the 272,000 cast in 2008.

…There are 882,959 registered voters in the state, with 389,472 undeclared voters, 262,111 Republicans and 231,376 Democrats. If Gardner’s prediction is actuate, 62 percent of the state’s registered voters will participate in Tuesday’s primary.

And the bonus part?

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So Howard “The Scream” Dean confirms what Unions really are!

If you EVAH thought that Unions were about the little people, the people who band together for a common cause and mutual benefit (at the expense of everyone else, btw), well, you’re stupid, ignorant, and haven’t been paying attention.  Pay good attention to the good Dr. / former DNC head honcho Howard Dean – he’s … Read more

And I’m betting Bernie and Hillary shared the same sentiment

Bernie Amerika flag

HS Hillary it takes a socialist“…Other left-wing groups described them as Leninist and even Stalinist. (snip).  As late as 1969, well after Bernie’s 1963 visit, Dissent was describing Hashomer Hatzair kibbutzim as “Stalinist”.

…Its founder, Ya’akov Hazan, described the USSR as a second homeland and eulogized Stalin, writing how shocked he and his comrades were, “to hear of the terrible tragedy that has befallen the nations of the Soviet Union, the world proletariat and all of progressive mankind, upon the death of the great leader and extolled commander, Josef Vissarionovich Stalin. We lower our flag in grief in memory of the great revolutionary fighter, architect of socialist construction, and leader of the world’s peace movement. His huge historical achievements will guide generations in their march towards the reign of socialism and communism the world over.”

Al Hamishmar, the movement’s paper, had a headline which read, “The Progressive World Mourns the Death of J.V. Stalin”

OK, the piece was about Bernie’s 1963 stay at a socialist kibbutz, Kibbutz Sha’ar Ha’amakim, and showing how much it was aligned with Stalinism; the above is from its founder upon the deceasement of Joe Stalin, former butcher leader of Soviet Union during WW II. It wasn’t that it was about Stalin that caught my eye,nor the thought that Bernie Sanders must have fit in like he was rolled in that Red flag.

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The Left Doesn’t Care About Race

cruzRubioCarson… or gender or sexuality and never has.

Despite the preening sanctimonious chest thumping and general clamoring on about how the Progressives, Left, and Democrats are all for inclusive diversity (as they see it, I.e. diversity of race, gender, sexuality etc) above all else, it’s just a lie.  The Progressives and Left are just like the Right, they just don’t want to admit it.  (I have my reasons as to why this is the case, but that’s for another post.)

Case in point.  Ted Cruz is the first Latino to win a primary election in United States history.  If the pro ethnic diversity cult on the Left were truly in it for the cause, we’d be awash in his praise right now.  But does anyone take notice?  Are we flooded by oozing saccharine stories about Cruz’s tough slog against the nefarious, white, intractable oppressive culture?  Are there video segments on mainstream networks interviewing members of various Latino communities throughout the country, capturing reactions or even asking for one?  Is Cruz’s mug gracing all the right magazines with articles extolling praise on his courageous victory and asking him stem winders like, “What’s it feel like to finally break through the brown barrier barricading Latinos out of the political process?”

What about the fact that another Latino came in third?  Same questions.

What about the fact that 60% percent (60 percent) of those hideous white racist Iowa Republicans voted for non-white candidates (Cruz 28%, Rubio 23%, Carson 9%)? 

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Tomorrow on GrokTALK!

Join us Saturday morning at 9 am Eastern as we welcome PBS News Hour Political reporter Lisa Desjardins | Senior Economic Advisor at the American Principles Project – Ralph Benko | From the New Jersey Second Amendment Society – Alex Roubian | Max Abramson talks NH Medicaid Expansion | Along with this week’s guest co-host, Kimberly Morin.  

Carson Blames Media for ‘Take a Break After Iowa’

Screen shot of a fundraising email reported to be from the Carson campaign. Carson blames CNN. ‘That includes holding the media to account when it spreads false or misleading information which is what CNN did at the start of the Iowa Caucuses on Monday night.’  

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