Continuing with the agenda for the Hillsborough County Republican Committee Lincoln-Reagan Gala, the next two items: US Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) sent a Letter to be read to the Committee as she could not attend – Kevin Smith did the reading Lincoln-Reagan Award winners – Former Congressman Frank Guinta (unavailable due to a family emergency) and … Read more
The event honoring Ambassador Joseph Petrone and his wife, Augusta was a long one as there a number of folks that have very fond memories of them and wanted to share them with the Petrones in saying thanks for their service as well as in celebration of the Ambassador’s birthday (hey, a birthday is ALWAYS … Read more
Continuing with the event, having received the NRA Endorsements from David Keene, Ovide Lamontagne (Republican Nominee for NH Governor), Congressman Frank Guinta (R, NH-CD1, running for re-election), and Charlie Bass (R, NH-CD2, running for re-election) had their opportunity to address the NRA members at the Londonderry Fish and Game Club :
according to their philosophy. And so say them directly – Hillary Rosen, Ann Kuster, and Barack Hussein Obama. If you are not using your money for the common good according to ReProgressives (presently, one’s money to be “in the economy”), they feel perfectly fine and capable to remove it from you and call it taxation. I remember when Democrat “strategist” Hillary Rosen made this claim back on “Meet The Press” (July 15) on a discussion on jobs and that silly argument that Romney wasn’t paying his taxes:
MS. ROSEN: Well, and that’s the problem. Right now the plan that we’ve seen from Mitt Romney is just mostly significant tax cuts for the wealthy. President Obama actually has put forth multiple plans that the Republican Congress has blocked. So, the only thing we have now is a choice. This conversation may not be what everybody wants, but we do have a choice between these two candidates. And when you look at something like what Mitt Romney has done, hiding his taxes, there’s– you– you know, if every American hid their money and invested it in overseas tax havens, where would this economy be? You know…
Well, Uber-Progressive Regressive Ann McKluster is making the same claim in a debate with Charlie Bass for US Congress in NH CD-2:
“It isn’t about millionaires against everybody else,” Bass said on the tax issue. “It’s about getting this economy turned around again. Raising taxes in the middle of this recession without having any comprehensive plan to turn the economy around is a bad idea.”
“If these resources were being used to create new jobs, then the small business wouldn’t be paying taxes on them,” said Kuster. “That’s a deduction.
“The point is, these people with this kind of income right now are not putting the money back into the economy,” she said. “They’re not hiring new people. Frankly, they’re not even buying new goods.”
You see, you do not own yourself. You are not entitled to the fruits of your labor – your wages, your salary, your income if you are not using it according to THEIR purposes.
Either elwood, over at the Boo-Hoo Hamsters (aka Blue Hampshire), either is not conversant with the various political systems or dares not bring up that which really describes what is going on here in America – and one which Maggie “The Red” Hassan literally tried to do legislatively. He’s whining about a statement from Charlie Bass:
He is running ads claiming that Annie Kuster, who supports the Affordable Care Act, is endorsing a “government takeover of health care.”
Far be it for me to defend good ole’ self-described Progressive Republican Charlie Bass – I’m not going to even paper veneer anything positive for him given that he LIED about only running one more time – and now he’s running again. A pox on his political future (which may well happen this time around). However, that aside, elwood is STILL wrong:
Like Rick Parent, Dennis Lamare ran in the last cycle for US Congress. Like Rick, he decided to run for US Congress again, this time in New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District against Progressive Republican, Charlie Bass. Like Rick, he is MUCH improved with regards to the issues, where his foundational principles come from, where he … Read more
“Or are you that hellbent in giving Obama and the Progressives the tyrannical Administrative State they so ever desire?“
US Constitution, Article II, Section 2, paragraph 2:
…shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments
This is one of those posts that all bloggers have – start it, something else grabs the eyeballs, and it just sits. Unlike some of my others, though, there was a little voice saying – yeah this is important. Why? All during the campaign back in 2010, it was “Constitution Frank” Guinta; I remember that because I interviewed him often. He realized which way the political way the wind was blowing and decided to ride it. Problem was, we all believed what he said (and knew what Carol Shea-Porter would do if re-elected – and still do). The problem is that when you go to the mat for someone, which the ‘Grok did during the primary and the general, when you come across stuff like this, you end up doing more than merely wince and cringe (reformatted and emphasis mine):
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.
Charlie Bass promised to vote against Obamacare – did. That should have signaled the intention to kill it anyway possible or needed – so why didn’t he sign the Letter? Would he actually vote to defund Obamacare?
241 US Congressmen are Republicans. 127 of them have signed a Letter saying it was time to use THE power of the US House of Representatives – the Power of the Purse. They have voted to repeal Obamacare multiple times (33, by some counts) but given the Democrat leadership in the Senate, it died. And no one would ever think that a sober Obama would kill off his legacy namesake for the ages and sign a bill that would do exactly that. Thus, defund it. And then have the stones to stick with it. And that scenario would come up with the bills to run the Government – the Doomsday setup. The House vs the Senate, I think, in this case. Here’s the Letter:
Dear Speaker Boehner and Leader Cantor,
We are outraged by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to rewrite and largely uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ObamaCare”), as we know you are as well. And we know that our sentiments are in line with the vast majority of Americans who believe that healthcare should be controlled by patients and doctors, not by the government.
We appreciate your willingness to schedule a vote on the full repeal of ObamaCare. We should continue efforts to repeal the law in its entirety this year, next year, and until we are successful. However, in the meantime, there is more we can do in Congress.
The fiscal maw of the US Federal debt crisis is staring us in the face – $16 Trillion dollars and not one peep of a credible plan to pay it back; All we get is platitudes about winding down the annual deficit of $1 trillion-plus that is plaguing our nation’s future year after year with … Read more
NH CD-2 Republican Primary candidate Dennis Lamare (Challenging incumbent congressman Charlie Bass), was recently interview by the Nashua Telegraph. Dennis is running as a Constitutional Conservative and in defense of State sovereignty. He who would act to limit the abuse of congress and vote against anything the US Constitution has not empowered the Congress to … Read more
At yesterday’s CNHT Annual Picnic, there were a number of folks running for US Congress (both of NH’s Congressional Districts) that wanted to get their name out there and try to convince some of the activists there “Hey, look! You should back me!”.
In order of their speaking yesterday:
Congressman Charlie Bass (CD-2) Rick Parent (Candidate, CD-1)
More, MUCH more after the jump:
Previous posts:
Over at RedState, I learned of this new site, The Madison Project, whose purpose is to measure our Federal Representatives to see if they measure up to their districts. Put it another way, are they acting as Conservative as their District is, worse, or better. For instance, if a Rep is very Conservative Republican but is from a very Democrat leaning district, consider them a hero (for as long as they can stay elected, that is). Or, if they are underperforming (i.e., in a district that is evenly split, but as a Republican, their votes show them to be a squish or vote like a Democrat) consider them a Zero. Especially when election time comes around:
Worse yet, during every election cycle, nearly every single Republican candidate is quick to promote cherished American values such as free enterprise and individual liberty while out on the campaign trail. However, once elected, a disheartening majority of these elected officials end up abandoning the very principles that got them elected. They talk the conservative talk at home and walk the statist walk in D.C. Worst of all, many of these members of Congress represent strong conservative states and districts. They’ve been able to hide their not-so-conservative performance…until now.
Through conservativevotingrecords.com, the Madison Project is committed to putting an end to this duplicity by exposing Republicans whose liberal voting actions speak louder than their words. Our goal is to give voice to the millions of Americans who demand that their elected representatives govern by conservative values … and to aggressively primary out those that shamelessly pander to them during elections.
Indeed! So I looked up Frank Guinta (R-NH CD-1) and Charlie Bass (R-NH CD-2; hey didn’t he promise to NOT run this term last time???). Based on their methodology (using, in part, Club for Growth and Heritage Action scores):
Woke up early this morning, so the easy decision was to toddle downstairs and start processing the video from last night’s Nashua Republican City Committee event labeled “Growing the Grassroots”. Intro ceremonies here and after the jump are the videos of the reading of US Senator Kelly Ayotte’s letter to the NRCC, Congressman Charlie Bass‘s address to the crowd, Charlie’s opponent in the primary Dennis Lamare implored the crowd to vote for him, and Kevin Smith made his pitch to be the next NH GOP nominee for NH Governor (note: NH State Senator Bob Luther was a surrogate for Ovide Lamontagne, but the it seems that my original button press to restart the recording did not really “press” – apologies. It can be seen in the replay of the live stream (to be posted later).
The video of the Keynote Speaker for the evening, WRKO talk host and Boston Globe Columnist Howie Carr, will be posted later on today.
Intro Ceremonies:
Low expectations for Charlie on my part – am not enthused that he has failed to meet that height challenged standard. For Frank, however, who campaigned hard with TEA Party constituencies, the bar was higher – MUCH higher. Sigh….Today, I get to repeat my lament: why isn’t your name among the other Conservatives that voted against spending more? Oh, to be sure, I got both eBlasts about H.R. 4628:
I note with no small irony that Obama has recently visited over 120 colleges and universities. My response concerning this out-and-out-pander vote back at Frank’s office (NH CD-2 is not my district and I’ve given up on Bass):
So, we’re taking money from a program that most of us want to kill, for which we had no money for it in the first place, to fund a program that Obama nationalized.
Er, where am I wrong here?
“Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one’s own despised and unwanted feelings.” —Alice Duer Miller
New Hampshire’s own RINO Charlie Bass was on Fox this morning defending Mittens’ comments about firing people. Charlie Bass was right. Here is what Mittens said:
“I want individuals to have their own insurance,” he said. “That means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. It also means if you don’t like what they do, you can fire them. I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.
“You know, if someone doesn’t give me a good service that I need, I want to say I’m going to go get someone else to provide that service to me.”
In addition to Newt, there were plenty more speakers at the event last night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nashua, NH held by the Hillborough County Republicans:
Here is the video clip of former LA Congressman and Governor Buddy Roemer:
The rest are after the jump:
The Union Leader’s Mark Hayward features a front page story today entitled, “Activists: Feds’ bill would lead to gun control“. The thesis of Hayward’s article is that two activist are against the bill because it gives the federal government a toe-hold into states’ rights and is a pretext to arbitrary national gun control.
The National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act, HB 822, passed in the U.S. House yesterday and enjoyed strong support. The intent of this legislation is to allow law-abiding citizens with a concealed-carry permit in one state to carry concealed in states with similar systems. Obviously, the bill must have some strong support because Charlie “the RINO” Bass is a co-sponsor.
Yet my good friend and esteemed fellow gun advocate Representative J.R. Hoell opposes the bill. J.R. asserts, “The federal government will then want a photo ID for concealed- carry. Then a microchip Real ID card.” J.R, the feds already want that, irrespective of “how” or “who” regulates guns. And numerous attempts at nationalizing gun registration, gun control, microstamping of ammunition, suing gunmakers, the assault weapons ban and any other novel, unique or creative trick, dreamed up by the pablum-puking, ant-gun liberals has already dawned within the halls of our congress…irrespective of this legislation.
“At this point, everything is on the table, … All possible offset options remain open, including reconsidering highway projects sought by members in the transportation bill.”~Congressman Charlie Bass RINOism. Congressman Charlie Bass has demonstrated once again that he is the epitome of all things RINO. Bass, the Granite State’s most notable blue-blooded, Rockefellerian has once … Read more
The US House just finished it’s work on HR1, cleaning up after democrats who in 2010 abrogated yet another obligation when they found themselves incapable of writing the budget they really wanted right before an election.
The liberal-progressives wanted more spending but that was not politically advantageous. And since the single driving-force behind all Democrat decisions is politics the budget got relegated to the back of the bus, where the electorate’s short attention spans were meant to forget that democrats were never fiscally conscious representatives–they just tried to play them on the campaign trail.
But avoiding the high profile budget battle was more evidence that they had something to hide. The Democrat House majority was appropriately sedated and placed under observation, while the Senate saw minor adjustments but no change in leadership. So the process of changing our spending ways would still have to go through a Democrat controlled Senate and across the desk of a President who thinks the words "spending cuts" are just a rhetorical flourish used to provide cover for more spending.
Obama’s budget is proof enough of that.
But Obama only proposes a budget. The House is in charge of spending. So the new Republican congress went to the back seat of the Hopey-changey bus and picked up the budget obligations abandoned by the 111th congress. This wwas a free shot at changing the fiscal direction of the country before writing their own first official budget, which was not due until later in 2011. It was a gimme, a free throw, but one that had to survive the democrat Senate and the Spender in Chief.
So how did it turn out?