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Last night was the city of Nashua’s local elections. Most winners were announced after votes were tallied except in one area, the school board. The school board was a bit of a contentious race because there were five seats and five candidates running but they weren’t union-backed candidates. The unions waged a write-in campaign. After the polls closed all the votes were tallied, including the write-in votes but something happened that does not appear to follow New Hampshire’s election law.
Trump still has the lead in NH but in Iowa and nationally Dr. Carson is ahead by a hair. RCP’s average break down has Carson followed by Trump, Rubio, Cruz, Fiorina, Kasich, Paul, and then the rest. NH RCP averages have Trump leading by +14 followed by Carson, Rubio, Kasich, Bush, then Cruz. Here are the … Read more
Yesterday Governor Maggie Hassan called on the Executive Council to allow a special session of the legislature to push for her outrageous agenda to help resolve the perceived drug crisis in New Hampshire. Not only does Hassan want to increase spending by millions of dollars she wants to play doctor and limit how many pain pills a doctor is allowed to prescribe each month.
Insistent on adopting Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion while crowing about all that “free money” that’s going to make it happen (or the other way of doing the same lie – “bringing Ohio’s money back home”. Stuff takes money to do and why is it that ALL state level politicians talk about Fed money as if their citizens never had to pay a Federal tax?). Or that even more evilishness – attacking anyone that doesn’t agree with him as being a bad Christian. Last time I read that “new part”, I didn’t see Jesus pleading with either Pontius Pilate (the Roman Governor) or the High Priest in Jerusalem nor any of the Pharisees or Saducees to implement massive government programs for the poor – but he did implore individuals to do just that. Kasich? Not so much (in addition to having favorable words for the CNBC moderators):
The expansion has already run $1.5 billion over budget, and more people are enrolled than the state thought would ever sign up. . . . The Department of Medicaid reports that nearly 60 percent of these able-bodied adults aren’t working at all. By unilaterally adding more than 600,000 able-bodied adults to Medicaid under Obamacare, Kasich has made Ohio the most dependent state in the Midwest.
So, just like NH State Senators Jeb Bradley, Chuck Morse, Nancy Stiles, and others of their ilk, let’s make people who are or COULD be self-reliant be government-dependents. Yep, that’s what the Republican platform calls fer, don’t it?
After all, good Democrats are Progressives are Socialists – just ask Democrat National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz! And Socialism is just a stepping stone to Communism – ask Marx! (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
Interesting way of putting it: “We’re a civilized society, are we not?” Esterbook blinked. “Since when,miss? We’re a democracy.” “Just what I mean. We have dispensed with violence as a means of governing ourselves, have we not?” “The heart of democracy is violence, Miss Tagwynn,” Esterbrook said. “In order to decide what to do, we … Read more
Heh! Well, there may be other trouble in Bushville that needs a’fixin’: It is a portrait of deep frustration. Jeb Bush’s campaign has 10 paid staff members in Iowa, it has made 70,380 phone calls to state Republicans and it has collected 5,000 email addresses. For all that, it has recruited just four volunteers statewide … Read more
The series, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year, has had about half a dozen television series over its run and multiple films including the 2009 reboot blockbuster, “Star Trek.” OK, readers – name those half dozen series! Honestly, I did not realize that magic number, 50 years, was my reality. Wow! BTW, the post … Read more
The general lesson is that if some part of government fails in its function, it will most likely be given greater funding and power. Of course, the purpose of this is not to reward failure; the thinking would be that more money and power will enable the agency to solve the problem. But the effect … Read more
Joe Scarborough: No Republican Has Hosted Network Sunday Show or Newscast in 50 Years. I also like the idea that was thrown out there about moderators for Republican debates: if you have never pulled a Republican ballot and voted in a Republican primary… (H/T: Instapundit)
So many possible WTF’s and so little time but we make time. Here are some of our nominees for the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot of the week. Looking for the rest? Get it all here. GrokTALK! is a Mobile-Ready Broadcast
Salvo | “…rather than look into the matter to determine whether some true injustice lies beneath a particular disparity (Was there theft? Is there ongoing oppression?), proponents of the new social justice pronounce the disparity itself to be the injustice. In a feat of monumentally poor thinking, reminiscent of the child who wails “No fair!” … Read more
Sen. Lee is speaking to you Sen. Ayotte, or as Susan likes to call you, Sen. McWhyNotte. “The bill is a product of an unfair, dysfunctional, and fundamentally undemocratic process, a process that is virtually indistinguishable from what we promised the American people a GOP-controlled Congress would bring to an end. We made that promise, … Read more
After all, this:
I have no feeling for the electorate anymore. It is not responding the way it used to. Their priorities are so different that if I tried to analyze it I’d be making it up.
And John E Sununu is out in the hustings hustling for John Kasich; it is clear that the Sununus have gone all in on and for him. But I guess I’m part of that electorate Papa Sununu doesn’t get. So, when I look at the stances that the Sununus must be in favor of (after all, Kasich holds them out), I don’t get how these are Republican values: illegal alien amnesty, supporting Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion, bigger Government and spending. Go ahead and do the “if A & B” formulation – I can point to the NH GOP Platform where the planks are AGAINST Kasich’s and, by inference and endorsement, Sununu’s.
Yeah, their priorities are so different than what good solid conservative Republican ones are – well, does it really need analyzing?
I read this post that seemingly has blown the cover of a “secret” meeting concerning
Sidenote: if this was supposed to be “secret”, who couldn’t keep their mouth shut? Or is seeking “fame by proxy” by running to blab? Either way, I hope they feel great about themselves in betraying a Trust that is no longer there. If we find out who..
this meeting about the NH Senatorial Primaryand then took a call from a reader of the ‘Grok that pointed me this section:
Businessman Andrew Hemingway, who received nearly 40 percent of the vote in the 2014 Republican gubernatorial primary against nominee Walt Havenstein, replied, “No comment,” when asked by WMUR.com if he is considering taking on Ayotte.
Understand that
This week’s CLOSEUP had a couple of tidbits in it that I just went “really”? For instance, in his first interview, with Hillary Clinton, he had the chance to put her under the journalistic microscope with a follow up question. No, not a CNBC type gotcha type – but just good journalism. Result?
Whaaaat!? New reports from a reliable source, indicate some Republican candidates are not going to let the Republican National Committee set up the next debates. It looks like the Charlie Browns have had it with Lucy and her football. And isn’t it about time. If I am not mistaken it appears this batch of Republican candidates … Read more
I know, laws are for the “little people” but if we were still a land of laws Hillary would be prohibited from holding the office of President, or any office. And she’s not alone.
Karen Vaughn, the mother of fallen Navy Seal Aaron Vaughn, joins us to discuss Hillary Clinton’s remarks on the VA Scandal, Clinton’s recent walk-back, and what it says about candidate Clinton’s priorities. Don’t want to wait for the rest? Get it all here. GrokTALK! is a Mobile-Ready Broadcast