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This past Saturday was a two-fer for rallies that we attended. The first one was a Right To Life Rally and March – a Pro-Life affirmation that even the unborn children deserve have the Right to live a full and exemplary life even in the face of the 40th anniversary of Roe vs Wade. After … Read more
Susan Olsen is one of our folks that works behind the scenes here at the ‘Grok and does not post all that often. However, she is well known in the activisit community and has just had the Smart Girl Politics Activist of the Year bestowed upon her! The rest of us are thrilled for her! … Read more
In addition to Nat Healy and Dr. Joe Tarta, there were three more speakers:
Dan Itse (he of the tri-corner hat!):
Now on WSMN 1590am Thursday mornings, 10am – 11am, is Grokster Susan Olsen’s new radio show called “The Peoples’ Voice” with ‘Grok friend, Karen Testerman: Susan Olsen and Karen Testerman (both above) and of Smart Girl Politics in NH present The People’s Voice, every Thursday at 10am. Whether it’s local, state or national politics, this … Read more
Listening to twenty or so people give political speeches in succession may well be worse than being water-boarded. Listening to twenty or so political speeches in an air-conditioned room with close to 300 people who (more or less) are on board with just about everything that is likely to be said at that kind of event is choir practice. But having that kind of access to that many candidates for three hours is priceless.
That is the CNHT annual picnic, in a nutshell–plus an all you can eat buffet of picnic fare, with P.J. Rourke as a guest speaker right in the middle of it all. From noon to three today, at the VFW hall in Hillsborough New Hampshire, the 12th annual Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers picnic attracted dozens of candidates for every level of office and hundreds of people who were looking for an opportunity to meet and talk to the candidates who want to represent them. It’s like a House party for every candidate all at once, and if you missed it you missed a chance to get personal attention in a very important election year.