Shame on we at the ‘Grok for not doing more for Brendan Kelly, the Libertarian who supports more of the Republican platform and issues that "the union" Republican that won, Kevin Janvrin, in District 14 today.
Upon logging into FB tonite after trying to do some catch up posts, I saw the news from Seth Cohn:
Janvrin’s true colors, minutes after winning: @JamesPindell tweets: GOP Janvrin tells me his victory "sent the message that the Tea Party needs to get out of NH" #nhpolitics #whoa #nhhouse #Rock14
Yay! More unity in the Party! Over at Pindell‘s:
GOP, Dems: Tea Party Loser Of Special Election
Both the Republican winner of the special election in Rockingham County and the Democratic loser said that the Tea Party was really the big loser of the election tonight.
Oh, there’s a difference between the two of these clowns ideologically? Frankly, from the Lefty unionists, either of them winning was a win for the union agenda – which is antithetical to the Republican Platform.
In an interview Janvrin, a union firefighter, said that the victory meant that voters wanted a common sense Republican.
“This sent the message that the Tea Party needs to get out of New Hampshire,” said Janvrin.
Really? I’m betting that a number of the current House members will have far different thoughts concerning this line of thought. While his first order of business is to try to railroad the Right To Work veto override, I’m quite sure that at the end of the session, his vote scores aren’t going to beat some of the Democrats. By that statement, we now know that:
- he will vote against bills that would foster a smaller government
- he will vote against devolving State power to foster more individual freedom
- he will vote against bills that reduce spending
Further snippets of thought:
Democrat Mahoney echoed the same sentiment. “Kevin (Janvrin) has a lot of great relationships in his hometown of Seabrook, and his win there sealed the deal,” Mahoney said. “He is part of that small moderate group of Republicans that are a thorn in the side of Speaker O’Brien.”
Given his part in the ouster of Jack Kimball, I’m not too thrilled with Speaker O’Brien right about now. In fact, being human, I read "thorn in side" and smiled (a bit, but only a bit). But here, we see a collusion of Democrats (and not a Republican and Democrat) – interchangeable collectivists who both are clearly for a continued Statist policy. There are a lot of Liberty and Freedom folks in the House that are now seeing this and gritting their teeth. Why?
This was the first special election victory for Republicans this year. It came just days after newly minted state Republican Chair Wayne MacDonald took over the party. He took over on Thursday night, and by Friday he was already addressing the special election. By Saturday, he was campaigning side by side with Janvrin.
Today was also MacDonald’s 57th birthday.
“All I wanted for my birthday was a win,” MacDonald said. “The credit should be given to Kevin and his wife Missy who worked hard. The party helped out in the best way we knew how.”
Right! Let’s all watch the Republican Party go back to the good old mindset that a win is a win – with no repercussion of what that person winning does after the election. Let’s go back to the mindset that any old R in the seat is a plus is the message. Does it make any difference that this plant will not support the Platform? That he will sneer at the notion of "self governance" and happily work for more centralized governance? That his ideology has already set him against most of the Party?
Didn’t you hear the words of Jimmy Hoffa over the weekend? Or Maxine Waters?
MacDonald said that one thing that helped his candidate is time away from press coverage of the controversial legislative session.
“The voters were more removed from the tough decisions that the legislature had to take,” MacDonald said, compared to the two previous special elections when Republicans were blown out.
That’s about as silly and lame a statement as I’ve heard lately – a couple of weeks removed from the last special election REALLY is going to make that much of a difference? One of the knocks on Jack was that he was not "communicating well". While I appreciate the years he has given to the Party, at least one could say "Hey, Jack was a novice" – certainly MacDonald has heard far better for far longer to use as examples. I’m hoping that the NH GOP Chair can muster far better going forward. Heck, even if I’m not the Second Coming of Ryan Williams, it wouldn’t take much to step over that low bar.
In an interview Janvrin, a union firefighter, said that the victory meant that voters wanted a common sense Republican.
“This sent the message that the Tea Party needs to get out of New Hampshire,” said Janvrin.
Democrat Mahoney echoed the same sentiment.
So, is this a "lipstick on a pig" moment? Or is this the "new new" Republican that the Establishment Republicans are waiting for? Does it now adequately and correctly describe the view of the new NH GOP leadership? Well, Obama didn’t disavow Jimmy Hoffa’s "take these sons of bitches out" remark concerning the TEA Party up at the Labor Day union rally in Detroit. Certainly, MacDonald would have said something in the way of trying to keep the Establishment / TEA Party / Liberty and Freedom coalition together within the Party, right? Even the smallest admonition for the sake of unity?
Er, do YOU see one here?
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Well, still some more video from last week as I continue to play catch up. 
