My GOSH, what is WITH these people? First, let’s start with David Hershey (yes, THIS one) who with his wife, decided to make HB1397 a campaign issue against sitting NH State Rep and Belknap County Republican Chair Norm Silber. In doing so, he shows almost a complete lack of situational awareness of even the basics … Read more
I had taken the Grandson to Water Country in Portsmouth, NH on Monday. On the way back, coming up through the center of Alton (but not quite to Alton Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee), I saw the above sign. According to the NH Secretary of State Republican Cumulative Filing document (Election Division), he is a resident … Read more
ALTON – Community members and taxpayers gathered Tuesday evening, August 25 17, at the Prospect Mountain High School (PMHS) to attend the joint board meeting of Alton and Barnstead. Invited guest, Dr. David Strang, also attended.
Two issues that have been at the forefront of the present Legislative session were pension reform (where NH has among the highest per capita public pension costs in the nation going forward) and perhaps unsustainable, and whether or not having the State of New Hampshire would participate in Obamacare via setting up a health insurance exchange and that huge cost upon NH citizens vs the resurgence of States’ sovereign Rights.
Question 11: Pension reform for NH Public Sector Unions?
Question 12: Obamacare – insurance exchanges. Outlook on the use of the 10th Amendment / States Rights?
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”?
Well, it has been a wee bit of time since the last post of our interview series with Jane Cormier (running for the NH House in Belknap 8 – Alton, Barnstead, and Gilmanton) as we spent half of last week / weekend in Washington DC at the Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream event. Thus, time to ramp it up again and finish up.
Question 9: can the NH Budget be further trimmed? How much if yes?
Question 10: Right To Know – For or Against?
Also after the jump, it turns out that Jane was also in DC for the AFP event (I did not know that she was going), so when she strolled by in Radio Row, I invited her to sit.
#7 Are Government and Society interchangeable terms? #8 Should they be?
Continuing on with our questions for with Jane Cormier (running for the NH House in Belknap 8 – Alton, Barnstead, and Gilmanton), we wanted to know which should be the driving force in the land: Government or Society? Are they two different entities? If not, should they be looked upon as such? Jane did answer the question but we split the answer into the Federal level and then at the State level:
Question 7: Proper Role of Government-Progressive conflate Govt & Society; Conservatives split them. Your outlook?
Question 8: Same as Q7, but bring it to down from the Federal level to the State of NH.
Govt vs Society: Difference? Ditto, for State level?
# 5: Where on the Political Spectrum are you? #6: Proper Role of Government – Your outlook?
Labels, while not always completely describing who what is in politics, can generally give others a good idea of where one stands on the issues. For instance, Democrats generally spend more and are more liberal than Republicans, who trend to greater fiscal frugality and more conservative social issues. However, there are exceptions to the rules (like Zell Miller, who was a Blue Dog Democrat for years, being more fiscally tighter than most of his Democrat contemporaries)
On the other side of the aisle, there are also Progressive / Big Government Republicans that vote more in line with Democrat philosophies and, in the case of some, use the “R” next to their name as a cover. A GREAT example of this is current NH State Rep Peter Bolster who calls himself a Republican but his voting record screams “I AM REALLY A DEMOCRAT!!” and has admitted to such to some. (think I’m wrong? Do a search just on GraniteGrok and review the times he shown up voting AGAINST the Republican Platform!)
Fortunately, Jane Cormier is running against this “RINO to the max” in the primary in Belknap District 8 (Alton, Barnstead, Gilmanton).
Question 5: Where are you on the Political Spectrum (from Jim DeMint on the Right and Carol Shea-Porter on the extreme Left)?
Question 6: Should politicians be held accountable to their Platform?
Political Spectrum? Adherence to Party Philosophy / Platform?
Having gone over the preliminaries questions of “have you done this before” and ‘why are you running” with Jane Cormier (running for the NH House in Belknap 8 – Alton, Barnstead, and Gilmanton), from her answers came the next two questions (heh! It is ALWAYS better to ask questions from what people themselves have already … Read more
A little while ago, we were directed to a video that was taken when the “Values Bus” rolled into NH (sponsored by the Heritage Foundation and the Family Research Council). While I recognized Karen Testerman and Phyllis Woods in the video, the person that was behind the podium at the time was someone that I had never seen before. As I listened to her, I realized a couple of things:
This person speaks well
This person knows her mind and what she believes
She’s a first time candidate – this could be a good thing!
My gosh – she’s a female version of Jack Kimball!
Why that comparison? Forceful, a take no prisoner style of speaking, and you’d be hard pressed to not understand what she is for. So, we got in contact with her and did an interview with her.
Question 1: From the Values Bus talk, you seemed well at ease behind the podium and in front of the camera; where does that come from and how will that translate in answering the question of “Why are you running”?
Question 2: “A Change of Course”: Where did we start from and where are we heading to, and why is where we are going, dangerous?
Why Running? Why is “where we are heading” dangerous?
