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Gary Krupp is a candidate for the School Board in the town of Merrimack, New Hampshire. As a Major in the US Air Force, Gary has had extensive experience with contracts, budgets, and negotiations with contractors and unions. He has also served on the Merrimack School board Budget Committee. I sat down with Gary to … Read more
Ah yes, the second point – the pitch. The first point is that every politician has to know why they are running. The latter can be simple (“somebody asked me to, and I said ‘why not?’”) involved (i.e., a whole series of either interlocked or random issues that finally, in toto, reached a tipping point), … Read more
Continuing on with GraniteGrok’s interview with Pam Tucker (currently the Deputy Speaker of the NH House of Representatives) who is running to be the next RNC (Republican National Committee) Committeewoman from NH. We have a series of questions that we asked; here is Question 2: Why should the ordinary Republican care who their RNC Committeewoman … Read more
Today is William Shatner’s birthday and in honor of same, one of his professional impersonators has not only declared it “Talk Like William Shatner Day,” (way back in 2009), he provided us with a…. five minute tutorial on….how….best to do it.
Continuing on with our interview with Pam Tucker who is running to be the next RNC (Republican National Committee) Committeewoman from the NH Republican Party, we switched our emphasis to that of the Party platform. This document represents the approved (by the State Committee in toto) philosophy and political stances of the NH GOP. As … Read more
Last night, GraniteGrok interviewed Pam Tucker who is the Deputy Speaker of the NH House of Representatives. She is also running to be the next RNC (Republican National Committee) Committeewoman from NH, as Phyllis Woods is not seeking another term. Meeting at The Draft in Concord, NH, she graciously took our questions. This is Question … Read more
Well, Dr. Jennifer (as we used to call her – she was a frequent guest of our’s on our Meet The New Press redio show a few years ago) wasn’t done with just Parts 1 and 2 – she had 2 more to go! She goes into detail of comparing traditional marriage of one woman and one spouse with gay marriage:
Part 3:
Part 4 is after the jump
Well, after Parts 1 and 2, 3 and 4 of Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse‘s (of the Ruth Institute) lecture on ““Making the case for Traditional Marriage for New Hampshire“, she said she would have a 20 minute Question and Answer period. In fact, however, it went far longer than that and some interesting questions were … Read more
This past Monday night, Cornerstone Action held a lecture at St. Anselm College’s Institute of Politics featuring Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute giving a talk on “Making the case for Traditional Marriage for New Hampshire”. A crowd of about 150 people filled just about every seat in the auditorium. Just before the … Read more
This past Wednesday night the Belknap County Republicans held their monthly meeting and one of the special speaker was Pam Tucker. A relative newcomer to NH state level politics, she has risen fast within the NH GOP. She is a candidate to become the next NH GOP’s Committeewoman to the Republican National Committee.. Here, she … Read more
We continue the interview with Amherst Republican Town Committee Chairman, Mark Vincent. Mark is running for the position of NHGOP Area 3 Vice Chair. Question 7 deals with the NH GOP State Party Platform, Question 8, with the NH GOP State Party by Laws.
This past Monday night, Cornerstone Action held a lecture at St. Anselm College’s Institute of Politics that featured Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute (“Making Marriage Cool”). The title of her talk was “Making the case for Traditional Marriage for New Hampshire“. A crowd of about 150 people filled just about every seat in the auditorium and she gave them their money’s worth with a long and idea filled discussion of the benefits to traditional marriage vs homosexual marriage.
This is Part 1 of her talk:
By the way, it seems that GLAAD thinks that she is a VERY dangerous person (among a bunch of other conservative / traditional marriage supporters) and is now trying to shut her down.
Part 2 is after the jump:
Here are questions five and six, from my interview with Mark Vincent, the Amherst, NH Town Committee Chairman and candidate for NHGOP area 3 Vice Chairman. Q5: What, if anything, (As Amherst RTC Chairman) has not gone as well a you’d hoped? Q6: What do you see as the biggest need in area 3?
I sat down with Mark Vincent, the Chairman of the Amherst Republican Town Committee, to talk about his candidacy for the position of NHGOP Area 3 Vice Chair. Here are Questions 3 and 4. “As Chairman of the Amherst RTC what accomplishments are you most proud of?” And.. “Enrollment grew in th Amherst Town committee … Read more
I sat down with Mark Vincent, the Chairman of the Amherst Republican Town Committee, to talk about his candidacy for the position of NHGOP Area 3 Vice Chair. Here’s Question #1 “How did you get started with the New Hampshire Republican Party?”
I sat down with Mark Vincent, the Chairman of the Amherst Republican Town Committee, to talk about his candidacy for the position of NHGOP Area 3 Vice Chair. Here is Question #2 “Were your expectations met going in as a new member of the Amherst Republican Town committee, and what did you learn?” (If … Read more
Here is the concluding session of the Hillsdale College Introduction to the Constitution. (Part 5) To see earlier versions posted on Granite grok, here is Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JJnWoDskkHU (Sorry – MP3 Version was too large to add to the post) Please visit Hillsdale College and register … Read more
Finally, the crowd decided it was time to move on from talking healthcare. Next up – economic development; they wanted to hear what Ovide Lamontagne would do to heighten economic development in the State of NH if he were to become the next NH Governor: Talk to the crowd, Question 1, Question 2, Question 3, … Read more
This is the last of the questions that Cliff Hurst that the ‘Grok asked – one near and dear to GraniteGrok and to many others that brings up the event where Jack Kimball was forced out of the Chairmanship of the NH GOP (even as technically, it was a resignation): What is your message to … Read more
Following part one– link back here, or part two–here, we proudly bring you part 3 of the Hillsdale College Introduction to the Constitution.
(An MP3 version and the Study Guide questions for part 3 are on the jump.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y5ZtCRLAkc&feature=player_embedded
Please visit Hillsdale College and register for this series and their Hillsdale College Constitution 101 class.