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OPINION: “Leaving the Party But Not the Principles”

August 25, 2026 Aaron Penkacik

A dear and faithful friend of mine, Al Fulchino, wrote an essay and has given me permission to publish it on his behalf. Al is a true Constitutional Patriot and wants the best for our state and country. We had a meeting the other evening with one of our local candidates, during which Al raised … Read more

Is Her Highness Denise Ricciardi Entitled To That Senate Seat?

June 25, 2024June 24, 2024 Skip

And that we, the voters, aren’t entitled to make our choices known and to boot your arses out when you are no longer representing us? Nice display of condescension. Great display of Government vs its Subjects; “The peasants are revolting!”

State Rep. Melissa Blasek Must be Doing it Right – The GOPe is Attacking Her with Negative Mail

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Steve MacDonald

If I had to come up with a short list of highly effective freshman Republican legislators in the New Hampshire House, Melissa Blasek would be not just on the list but high on the list. She’s been so effective a Bedford-based pro-Sununu PAC is attacking her.

MAGA Is Ascendant And The Establishment Republican Party Needs To Die

April 29, 2022 Op-Ed

Our piece isn’t about Disney. But I will use Disney as an example. It’s about what I’ll refer to as Conservative Inc., and I don’t mean the Ben Shapiro, Charlie Kirk version of conservatism.

NH Governor Chris Sununu (r) Says Trump is F**king, Crazy!

April 3, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Governor Sununu continues to show us who he is and always was, not that we ever doubted it. He’s a Sununu. A creature of the GOPe. He is an establishment tool that finds more comfort in the company of ruling-class swamp creatures.

Notable Quote – The “Civil War” Between the GOPe and the Base

August 17, 2021 Skip

Commenter Alex at Ann Althouse has this to say. He’s not wrong, you know:

“I get we like to fight for what’s right, but I wish it were channeled against our common foe”

September 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The NHGOP recently ~~held~~ scheduled an event at a venue owned by a notorious Democrat donor. Skip took them to the woodshed. They didn’t care for that. In one email exchange he forwarded to me from someone who sounds like they are inside the State Republican Party (or carry their water) we got this response.

I really try to wrap my head around the circular firing squad we so often engage. I get we like to fight for what’s right, but instead of just fighting for fighting’s sake, I wish it were channeled against our common foe.

Help me out here? Who exactly is this common foe? How do we recognize them?

So Grant Bosse is advocating the same for the NH GOP as Obama actually did for immigration?

September 26, 2018May 21, 2018 Skip

Grant is the Editorial Editor for the UL and with his latest missive, he’s both right – and horribly wrong. First for the good part (reformatted, emphasis mine; his editorial after the jump):

Where’s the big tent? NH Republicans hurting themselves

As a Republican’s Republican for the sake of the Republican Party (he leans more GOPe than Liberty) to say that the NH GOP and elected officials are off the rails is quite the stretch (careful Grant or they may revoke your hall pass!). He’s correct in that the NH GOPe Republicans hurt themselves but often doesn’t bring what really ails them to the attention of the general public.

Kasich Konservatism

July 15, 2024November 16, 2015 Steve MacDonald

After the last debate is has become as clear as ever that John Kasich is simply an ass, as in, a Donkey, in elephant clothing; a costume in which NH Senator Kelly Ayotte has found increasing comfort. The Grokster discuss Kasich, Ayotte, Guinta, and other unprincipled invertebrate Republicans forced on us or who sounded good … Read more