Tag: Andrew Hemingway

State Party Tries to Co-opt Young Republicans

July 15, 2024October 25, 2015

by Steve MacDonald

Former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Hemingway joins us to discuss a recent NH-GOP Exec. board meeting at which the state party chair and others moved to co-opt the New Hampshire Young Republicans (NHYR). Andrew recounts the events from the meeting, and the degree to which the state party has or is trying to control a group over … Read more

GrokTALK! October 24th, 2015

July 15, 2024October 24, 2015

by Steve MacDonald

This week we are joined by Andrew Hemingway (Caucus and NH Young Republicans), CNHT Chair Ed Naile (Vote Fraud and voter Suppression), and NH House Rep Max Abramson on some upcoming legislation in the NH House.

Coming Up On The Next Edition of GrokTALK!

June 9, 2018May 31, 2013

by Steve MacDonald

This week when we assemble in Concord, New Hampshire to record the next edition of GrokTALK! out guests will be… JR Hoell is a prominent Republican in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and is currently the engineering lead for Segway. You can learn more about JR at jrhoell.com Richard Olson Jr. is is the … Read more

“Honor Your Oath” rally – Andrew Hemingway, NH State Rep Jane Cormier, Jim Hazard (Oath Keepers)

September 26, 2018April 14, 2013

by Skip

Honoring your oath – at least on the Right, it is a recurring and important element that seems to be rather out of style with many. Oh sure, we see the lip service, but how DARE we actually hold them to their word! Their word, their bond – something that should be so basic, but so old fashion in today’s political environment. After all, it seems that the Progressive way is “the means justifies the end”. After all, go READ Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals – the Bible for folks like Obama – he is quite honest in saying that Morals are of no consequence in the obtaining in Power.

And when we bring it up and condemn the Left for believing in it, they simply resort to ad hominem attacks – for there is NO logical or intellectual argument that can be made for prostituting your name for some political advantage. We on the Right see this behavior as disgusting; the Left seems to take it as a badge of honor (er, “I did not have sex with that woman” hasn’t had a deletorius effect on one man’s political correr, right?).

Here we listen to Andrew Hemingway (conservative political activist, entrepreneur, and former Chair of the RLCNH), NH State Rep Jane Cormier, and Jim Hazard of Oath Keepers

Andrew Hemingway NH State Rep Jane Cormier

Jim Hazard (Oath Keepers)

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Guest post by Andrew Hemingway

September 26, 2018March 20, 2013

by Skip

Following Departure of Partisan Attorney General Delaney, Hemingway Calls on Governor Hassan to Appoint Independent-Minded Successor

Contact: Andrew Hemingway
(603)203-4063
firstinthenation@gmail.com

Today, Attorney General Michael Delaney announced he will not be seeking re-nomination as the head of New Hampshire’s Justice Department. This comes after a term when he used the job to push a liberal political agenda and spent too much time fighting the people’s elected representatives. Andrew Hemingway issued the following statement on Attorney General Delaney’s departure “ From his attempts to go behind the backs of the legislature to spend money to his refusal to stand up against the government takeover of healthcare, Michael Delaney has done well by the liberal base in our state.”

“As Attorney General, Michael Delaney engaged in partisan politics on numerous occasions and was repeatedly criticized for it by legislative leaders. Instead of working with the legislature to ensure bills were constitutional, Delaney went behind their backs and tried to spend money on speculative partisan lawsuits and ignored the wished of New Hampshire’s elected legislators [1]. He refused to join 28 other states in the lawsuit against Obamacare, even after multiple bills passing the legislature asking him to do so.”

Phyllis Woods speaks on Andrew Hemingway

September 26, 2018January 24, 2013

There are few Republican leaders in New Hampshire as revered and respected as Phyllis Woods. She has served the Party in just about every way possible over many years. About Andrew Hemingway she says “I believe he will bring a fresh new face and a bold new perspective to our party….He possesses all the skills and talents necessary to be an effective and successful party Chairman. He has my unconditional support and endorsement for Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee.” Phyllis’s entire letter follows….

AN ESSAY: Mark Levin & Andrew Hemingway? Or Mitt Romney & Jennifer Horn?

September 26, 2018January 23, 2013

Andrew Hemingway For NH GOP Chair! — Andrew Hemingway…

Strange juxtapositions, you say? Especially when talking about the the race for NH GOP chairman between Jennifer Horn, the “establishment” choice, and Andrew Hemingway, the “Movement Conservative” choice? No, I say, not at all. Levin/Hemingway on the one hand, and Horn/Romney on the other are emblematic of the state of the Republican Party today…both in New Hampshire and in the United States. It is separated—note that I did not say

“divided,” “fractured,” or “split”; the word is chosen carefully—into two divergent “points of view.” On the two sides there are what might be called “the hard-corps, committed, Constitutionalist, activist, movement conservatives” on the one hand, and the…

Well, IS this how the Old Guard Establishment Republicans wish to operate? Well, so can we!

September 26, 2018January 19, 2013

by Skip

We can play the game of “Sampson brings down the house” (Judges 16) as well as they wish for us to play in their sandbox. I am on Andrew Hemingway’s email list and while I was working on the post rebutting Bruce Perlo (“Like father, like son? Like Jim Foley, like Bruce Perlo?“), I received this from Andrew:

As the face of our party, I fully expect to be attacked with false claims and baseless attacks from the Democrats. It’s disappointing to see my opponent’s campaign sink to a new low by using a committee member to send out an email to the entire Republican Committee filled with baseless claims and character attacks.

Upon receiving his email, I called Mr. Perlo today and asked him to back up his claims and he was unable to do it. His attacks on my honesty, my character, and to infer that I am anti-Semitic were disgusting.

Exactly what I said in my post – he made a whole lot of accusations and conveniently went after Andrew. But Bruce’s problem is the for every accusation, the same can be said for Jennifer Horn – or that there is NO history at all of her even trying in these areas.

I am glad of one thing – unlike many in the Party today, Andrew was willing to make waves and stand up for his background, his history, and (better yet), his beliefs. No tap dancing, no hiding, and no “silence is golden” (actually what I have found, is that “golden silence” is mostly like gold – you are deeply buried to the point of irrelevance).

But this next point was rather interesting – show how inbred the Establishment can be:

Like father, like son? Like Jim Foley, like Bruce Perlo?

September 26, 2018January 19, 2013

by Skip

NH GOP Chair race. Heating up. Exposing a longstanding flaw in an Establishment mindset. A Big one -> “Activists out side the Party are worthless”. Remember what Finance Chair and Derry Chair said:

In addition- we have a meeting of activists every month- it is know as the Executive Board

with the implication of “we are the activists that count”. Well, that was pretty inclusive right there, eh? In 2006 & 2008, you had the Party activists – period. And in a lot of cases here in NH, given the “down the nose” treatment by “Party Activists” and Mucky-Mucks like Foley, a lot of the volunteer outside the Party folks either sat on their hands (and wallets) or moved a whole lot slower if they helped at all (trust me, I heard the stories). Top-down, command-and-control; 2012 had results more similar to 2008 and 2006 than 2010. Sure, there were other factors in play here this cycle (muchly due to the Obama Big Data for which the Establishment Republicans (and the money they represent) had no answer, but a good deal of the “down enthusiasm” of the grass roots had to do with the way they were treated – and with the way that Bill O’Brien was treated). When hard work was put in on Constitutional and Party Platform issues and bills, only to see it defeated by “less grassroots oriented” / Establishment Republicans, why support the Party? So instead of getting a heartfelt “thank you for your work in the election” (e.g., TEA Party / 9-12ers/ RLCNH / Constitutionalists / Libertarians, Papa Smurf (aka, the Gnome of the North) took much of the credit for the election results. No matter. But when the kicks were laid in afterwards during the legislative Sessions, well, one could say that the NH GOP did it to themselves.

And no one has EVAH laid out how much better of a NH GOP Chair MacDonald turned out to be than Jack Kimball (and I can throw in Fergus “The Fringe” Cullen into that mix with MacDonald as well) when actual results are compared.

And now, former Grafton County Chair Bruce Perlow is doing it again. Nice:

GraniteGrok endorsement – Andrew Hemingway for NH GOP Chair

September 26, 2018January 9, 2013

by Skip

A few years ago, I got a call out of the blue one evening from a person that I did not know, was very polite (especially to this ordinary schlub blogger), seemed to know me fairly well, and wanted to talk about my thoughts about politics in general. And wanted to know if he were … Read more

Someone Else Now A Solid Second For NH-GOP Chairman

September 26, 2018December 17, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

What a difference five days makes. Last tuesday we reported on a poll running at the political fiction section of the NH Blogosphere (also known as NH Journal), in which the establishment candidate for NH-GOP chairman, Jennifer Horn was running in third place behind Andrew Hemingway and ‘Someone Else.’

A few hours later we updated that story with a report of an alert on Horn’s Facebook page about the poll that had pushed her into second but that surge seems to have vanished. ‘Someone Else’ is now leading Jen Horn by 11 points.

Jennifer Horn – Is She Wishing She was “Someone Else?” (Updated and Bumped)

September 26, 2018December 11, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

Well, ain’t this sweet?

NH Journal, you remember them, Shawn Millerick, Pat Hynes…they specialize in political fiction. Well, I guess they had a poll asking who should be the next Chair of the NHGOP.

The NH Journal Poll has the following results:

Who should be the next Chair of the NHGOP?
Andrew Hemingway (59%)
Someone else (21%)
Jennifer Horn (20%)

So does the Candidate NH Journal and the Establishment GOP are pimping for, Jennifer Horn, wish she was “someone else” about now? At least that way she’d be in second place in the race for Chairman instead of last.

Who is Andrew Hemingway?

September 26, 2018December 8, 2012

Who IS this guy?

Well, he’s a candidate for chairman of the New Hampshire state Republican Party, and his support appears to be growing among multiple parts of the party, including the rank-and-file. Why? There seems to be a growing recognition that…

An endorsement on behalf of Andrew Hemingway’s quest for NH GOP Chair

September 26, 2018December 5, 2012

by Skip

I received this earlier today from Ms. Monson – I do not know her but certainly we can put up her Letter: “I’m electrified for Andrew Hemingway’s bid for Chairman of the NH GOP. Andrew inspired me when I met him a couple years ago. Andrew is friendly and is animated. At our first meeting, … Read more

Andrew Hemingway for NH GOP Chair – questions from the ‘Grok

September 26, 2018December 5, 2012

by Skip

Updated and Bumped: Since a number of GraniteGrok readers have already posed questions on the posts I put up concerning Andrew Hemingway’s running for NH GOP Chair, I decided to see if they could get answers to those questions. I have emailed with Andrew and he has indicated that he’d be most happy to oblige. So, I’ll gather them up and will start / continue to post both the questions and the answers here over the next few weeks. The idea will be to have answered questions “up top” and unanswered ones after the jump; so prepare to see this post a number of times. Stay tuned!

Sidenote: Other than this particular outreach to the Hemingway campaign, this is about all the contact we have with his campaign. Neither I, GraniteGrok, or any of the other writers (that I know of) are working for the campaign (just in case you were wondering).

Answers from Andrew:

Andrew, Why are you seeking this position?

I am seeking this position because I believe I am uniquely qualified and positioned to help move the party in a new direction. I believe the NH is a better state when Republicans are leading, and so I want to dedicate my efforts to seeing republicans elected all over the state. The party needs leadership, creativity, and a sound understanding of technology. I can provide all of these and we can once again begin winning elections and helping turn around our state and our country.

Our current method of reaching unknown, prospective voters in nonexistent, what your vision to help reach voters?

This hits the area I am most excited about. We need to expand our Republican voting base and we can do this through data collection, analysis, and implementation. Data will drive the decisions that we make if I am elected as Chairman. We will be able to target new voters and deliver the right message to them.

Andrew, how will you bypass the old media (or do you have to) bias towards Republicans and conservatives in this state?

Social media allows Republicans a great opportunity not only reach voters and to bypass the media, but to target exactly who we are talking to, and what to say to them. We can talk to “Business Owners” about taxes and spending and to “hunters” about gun rights and land ownership, etc. The NHGOP needs to build a complete technology infrastructure that will facilitate such targeting and messaging.

More unanswered questions after the jump.

Andrew Hemingway for NH GOP Chair

September 26, 2018December 4, 2012

by Skip

As reported here and here, grassroots activist Andrew Hemingway has decided to challenge the Establishment candidate, Jennifer Horn. If you are looking for more information, he has a Facebook page up here. In fact, he is planning a reach out tonite via Facebook:

Dear Concerned Republicans,

Today has been an exciting day for the future of our party! This morning I announced my candidacy for Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party. I am doing this because I have a unique set of skills that I want to use to serve our party and strengthen it. Tonight I will be laying out some of my vision for the future of our party. Please join me tonight at 8pm for a live Facebook Town Hall about my candidacy and my ideas to help Republican Party in New Hampshire. The video will be streamed on my Facebook page via Ustream.

Sidenote: or watch it live here after the jump:

“The Future of the New Hampshire GOP”

September 26, 2018December 1, 2012

by Skip

“I have been told that I will receive more details later on this afternoon” – just like my Magellen GPS: “you have arrived”:

The Future of the New Hampshire GOP

Dear Concerned Republicans,

Like you, November 7th, was a very sad day for me. I awoke to the realization that we had been defeated. All the time, money, and energy seemed a waste. Though I had seen what I thought were some weaknesses, I could not imagine President Obama being re-elected given his horrendous record.

The country needs Republican leadership. States where Republicans govern are far better financially than those where the Democrats are in charge. We especially need principled Republicans in leadership here in New Hampshire.

Out of my anger and frustration, I began to analyze what went wrong and what needed to be done to correct our mistakes. Here is a short list that I came up with:

Breaking: Andrew Hemingway to run for NH GOP Chair

September 26, 2018November 30, 2012

by Skip

Breaking details: The once cleared table for Jennifer Horn to assume “by accolade” the NH GOP Chairmanship may have gotten a rightward tilt to it. Former RLCNH Chair Andrew Hemingway has announced that he will be opposing Horn’s ascendancy. I have been told that I will receive more details later on this afternoon. Hmmm, the … Read more

Honoring Ambassador Joseph and Augusta Petrone – Part 3

September 26, 2018October 21, 2012

by Skip

Another set of folks to offer their words of praise for Ambassador Joseph and Augusta Petrone – family friends, the Miners, were the next to take the podium. In addition to those that were physically present, a number of folks sent their words in by proxy due to other commitments; some came later in the … Read more

4RG Chairman Hemingway: “Hassan Should Withdraw From Gov Race”

September 26, 2018July 26, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 26, 2012
Media Contact: Andrew Hemingway, 603-203-4063, info@4RG.org

4RG CHAIRMAN HEMINGWAY SAYS HASSAN SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM GOV RACE AFTER INCITING VIOLENCE

Republican Governor Candidates Smith/Lamontagne Share Ideas For Boosting New Hampshire’s Economy

While Democrat Maggie Hassan Is Talking About Beating Republicans ‘With a Bat’

CONCORD, N.H.—4RG Chairman Andrew Hemingway is calling for Democratic Gov. Candidate Maggie Hassan to drop out of her race for governor after she agreed that it was “a good answer” for Democrats to literally beat Republicans “with a bat … with your hands … [and] with your feet.”

Hassan, the former Majority Leader for the N.H. Senate, was asked at a Goffstown meeting “How do you plan to beat a Republican?” Democratic operative and Rep. Kevin Hodges, who introduced the candidate at the event, yelled out in reply, “You can beat ‘em with a bat, you can beat ‘em with your hands, you can beat ‘em with your feet.” Hassan was caught on video tape immediately responding, “That’s a good answer.” Please review the video here: http://youtu.be/V8zjC8NHlgI.

Later, when asked by the press about the comment, Hassan’s campaign manager Matthew Burgess replied that she was just “kidding” about beating other human beings with a bat as if the comment was just a joke.