GrokTV – Jane Cormier for NH House – Questions 13 & 14

This winds up our interview series with Jane Cormier (running for the NH House in Belknap 8 – Alton, Barnstead, and Gilmanton) against Peter Bolster (one of the worst RINOs in the NH House, IMHO, who boasts of being a Democrat who changed registration to Republican just to vote against the Republican Platform on many, many occasions).

Question 13: Expansion of Medicaid in NH as a result of Obamacare: take the money?

Question 14: What is your outlook on Founders version of the definition of “protect”?

  

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GrokTV Event – Seacoast Republican Women Congressional Forum – Opening Remarks

Last night, the ‘Grok had been invited to cover the Congressional Forum sponsored by the Seacoast Republican Women – a well respected non-partisan (with respect to the Republican Party events) organization whose events are usually open and well attended as their execution in having an event is normally flawless.  The event, held at the most beautiful Elks Lodge I have ever been in (on an inlet in Portsmouth, NH), had six four Candidate attendees:

NH First Congressional District – Rick Parent, Vern Clough

NH Second Congressional District  – Will Dean, Dennis Lamare

There should have been two more:

The videos of the Opening Ceremonies  and Candidate Opening Remarks after the jump.  There were six questions asked of the Candidates – they will be in subsequent posts.

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Tolerance

Massachusetts gay groups wont go to Nashua if Chik-fil-A food is thereTwo Massachusetts Gay Groups will not be participating in the Nashua Pride Fest this Saturday because the Nashua Chick-fil-A is providing 200 chicken sandwiches to the event.

The groups claim that by accepting the donated food event organizers are promoting the Chik-fil-A brand, even though the owner of the local restaurant supports Gay Pride events and homosexual causes.

Question: Isn’t that judging the guy by the wrapper and not based on who he really is as a person and what he can contribute?

whisper/ “hypocrisy.”

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GrokTV Event – Seacoast Republican Women Congressional Forum – Question 1

The questions for the four Candidates at the Seacoast Republican Women Congressional Forum were contributed before and during the event duration by the actual attendees with the lone exception of the last Question by Stella Scamman, the moderator.  The Candidates in attendance were: NH First Congressional District – Rick Parent, Vern Clough NH Second Congressional … Read more

GrokTV Event: AFPF Defending the American Dream – NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien

AFP - Defending American Dream 2012This past weekend was the Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit; a gathering of free market and Liberty and Freedom loving activists who came to go to workshops to sharpen their skills and to listen to an impressive list of well known (and loved) Conservative and Liberty speakers.  GraniteGrok was invited to come  and spent the weekend on Radio Row where, obviously enough, radio talk hosts came in to do their shows remotely and to interview some of the speakers and notables that were at the event (we were the only blogsite allowed and the only ones doing live video of our interviewees!). So besides the first interview series (“What is your American Dream – and Obama’s?“), we had a fair number of folks to yak with.  What was curious were the number of NH folks that came down from NH to attend the workshops, listen to the speakers, and of course, stop by Radio Row and yak with us!  Imagine that – travel over 500 miles just to be with GraniteGrok!

And one of them was a surprise to see: NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien.  Part 1 here, Parts 2 and 3 after the jump.

Interested in joining and helping to defend Free Markets, Economic Freedom, Individual Liberty and Freedom, and Constitutional values?  Click here for the NH Chapter of AFP.

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NH Foreclosures Trending Downward

Foreclosures in New Hampshire are steadily trending downward
Steadily Trending Downward In New Hampshire

Fosters Daily Democrat (Fosters.com) is reporting some encouraging news on New Hampshire home foreclosures…

The cumulative total through the first half of the year — 2,029 foreclosure deeds — is about 3 percent below the same period in 2011, when there were 2,100, and 7 percent below the same period in 2010, when there were 2,188.

…”Barring disruptions in the economic recovery, there is reason to believe the number of new foreclosures in New Hampshire will continue to decline,” said the authority.

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Notable Quotes: Henry C. Alford (President & CEO -National Black Chamber of Commerce)

Harry C Alford - National Black Chamber of Commerce
Harry C Alford - National Black Chamber of Commerce

“When Obama became president, we were all happy about the symbolism–America’s first black president.  We didn’t really care about his position or views on anything.  We just wanted a black president no matter what.  We should have been more careful, as his views on small business, especially black business, are counter to ours.

“His view of business is that it should be a few major corporations which are totally unionized and working with the government, which should also be massive and reaching every level of American Society.  Thus, his first Executive Order was the reinstatement of Project Labor Agreements in government contracting. 

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A Jail Sentence For Drinking Water

“All oppression creates a state of war.”  —Simone de Beauvoir

Gary Harrington Goes to Jail for Collecting Rain Water

On Wednesday, July 25 Skip featured a Guest Post from Ken Eyring. The central thesis of Mr. Eyring’s post was that the NH Water Sustainability Commission gave a low-profile public notice seeking input from the public regarding management of  Granite State water resources over the next 25 year period.

On Sunday July 29, Skip followed up with a response from House Democrat Representative Judith Spang  to Ken Eyring. As shown, Spang made several, “The state owns the water, not you,” implied assertions.”

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It’s About Character…Or in This Case, the Lack Thereof…

Just talked about this Yesterday…and I’ve been asking pointed questions for weeks (years?) about the fatal character flaws of Democrats who ignore the hate and violence in their own party that they would never tolerate from anyone else.  It is hypocritical.  And it is a cultural feature of the politics of the left that shows … Read more

A Special Message to the Independents and Undecided Voters from Michelle Obama.

A special message to the independents and undecided’s from Michelle Obama.  You are a confused knucklehead. (audio) This from the woman who in her $317,000.00 dollar per year make work job, instead of helping to promote programs to assist underprivileged blacks on the south side of Chicago, launched program called the South Side Health Collaborative.  … Read more

Surveys – a candidate’s conundrum (in some areas)

As a first-time candidate for elective office, I’m amazed at the number of surveys I’ve been sent by a whole bunch of different organizations wanting to know what I think about this or that and, depending upon how I think about this or that, they may or may not endorse me, send me money or “inform their members’ of my beliefs.  Some are obvious crackpots, most seem legitimate. I’ve answered those from organizations I believe to be serious and simply filed the ones I don’t.  But yesterday, I got one that, as a friend of mine would say, made me “throw up a little in my mouth”.  Allow me to share some just a couple of the questions (and my thoughts) with you:

3) Do you support the right of a minor woman to obtain abortion services without her parents’ consent, notification, or a court or agency order?

At last glance, NH law states that young people under the age of 18 cannot get married without their parents’ permission nor can they legally consent to having sex. If I…

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From Top To Bottom The Democrat Party Lacks Principles

The blatant double standards exercised by Democrats is regard to what is outrageous becomes clearer every day.  Here in New Hampshire, spewing hate-speech and laughing at inferred acts of violence are pushed aside when we know that were it the Republicans making ‘off-hand’ remarks of a similar nature, the left would never let it go…. it would be an example of the underlying hate they hold for (insert name here), and would disqualify them for office….and yet not one Democrat has the honor to stand up and say as much when it’s them.

And at the national level the Obama Super PAC has called Mr. Romney many things and most recently a murderer.  But like everything else wrong with the Democrat party, from the violence to the slurs, to the racism, none of them, at least in New Hampshire, has the ‘teabag’ to admit that this is just as wrong as if Republican’s had done it.

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NRCC Steak Out 2012!

Brian Sussman

The Nashua Republican City Committee (NRCC) is at it again, with their annual “Steak Out” dinner/fundraiser planned for Saturday, August 25, 2012.

They’ve always managed to get some great keynotes, from the late Andrew Breitbart and James O’Keefe, to Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, to former Fox News anchor, E.D. Hill.

This year, they are hosting former meteorologist and science reporter, now conservative talk radio host and author, Brian Sussman.

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Pot Calling The Kettle Black?

Yesterday I reported on a the efforts of NH Right to life (NHRTL) to challenge the legality of Planned (non) Parenthood’s (PP) pharmacy licenses now that they are no longer receiving funding directly from New Hampshire Taxpayers for preventing families.  (see Will Planned Parenthood in NH Lose its Pharmacist Licenses). NHRTL claims that the exemption PP receives is only valid when state funding is present from NH Health and Human Services.  Since they claim state funding is not, they say the exemption no longer applies.

Well, over at RH Reality Check, (Reproductive & Sexual Health and Justice) Robin Marty covers the story with the headline…New Hampshire Right to Life Falsely Attacks Planned Parenthood.  Is she right?

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Mitt Romney made a gaffe: He told the truth.

The Lamestream Media liars were stumbling all over themselves last week to convince everyone—perhaps even themselves—that Romney had committed a terrible gaffe! in Israel! Turns out he made the unexceptionable observation…

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