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RINO Remover!!!

RINO Remover!!  Adult content alert.  The very end of this video has the word S**t in it.  You have been warned.   H/T NHTEA Party  

The New Hampshire House RINO Caucus

RINOsHow a representative votes can tell you a lot about their priorities.  The folks who just  voted against HB 89, who happen to run around with an (R) next to their name, think that state-crushing federal mandates like Obamacare should not be resisted by every means possible. 

They seem willing to accept that the Federal government has the right to require citizens to buy something, though I can almost guarantee they would never force you to buy and own a gun for your own self-defense.

A handful of elected "republicans" always seem willing to give up a little more State sovereignty and local control to a distance central power. (A dwindling handful, if you take my meaning).

They are what we lovingly refer to as RINO’s.  Republicans In Name Only.

Now some will argue, RINOs and Democrats mostly, that these folks voted against HB 89, and ACT requiring the NH Attorney General to join the challenge against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, because it was (insert left wing rhetoric here.)  It really does not matter, but I think my favorite is separation of powers which is a silly argument.  How do you legislate anything affecting any department under the governors leadership under those terms.  You can’t.  But I digress. The point is that for most of them this is not their first visit to the RINO rodeo.

These folks are the kind of republicans who might support John Lynch for Governor, or go to a No Labels meeting, or join a left wing run ‘bi-partisan’ House caucus.  Of course that is the only way the democrats will have them.  As democrats they would have no voice in that party at all unless they went all in on the socialist progressive agenda.  They are old school democrats, and unless their only hope is to either form an independent/moderate caucus, or take back the democrat party from the extremist liberals.  There is no longer any room for big government politicians in a small government party.

So without further delay, and to ensure their continued glorification by the left as victims, here are those ‘republicans’ who voted against HB 89 …on the jump!

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Would You Rather Just Play Politics?

Yesterday NHBR.com (New Hampshire Business Review) included GraniteGrok in its content.  One of it’s staff writers or editors (there is no by-line) commented on how the GOP establishment was not the only one taking shots from their right.  The Union leader, NH Journal, and Red Hampshire–which the  author refers to as "those in the GOP media world"–are now in the sights of GraniteGrok and their sometimes paranoid always angry Groksters.

The air-raid siren has been sounded so you less conservative, less liberty minded Republicans had best rouse the troops and scramble the jets or the also "sometimes paranoid and angry" readers of GraniteGrok are going to split the party in two.

So goes the tone of the NHBR.com piece.  So what does it really say?

It says they are biased, short-sighted, and uncomfortable with the facts.

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Jack Kimball Wins

Most everyone will know by now that the GOP convention was a rousing affair, very goodhearted and unifying overall, and that Jack Kimball is the New Party Chairman.

Pam Manney For NH GOP Assistant Secretary

I would like to give a personal endorsement for Assistant Secretary for the New Hampshire Republican Party to Pamela Manney. Ive known Pam for several years now, and worked along side her as an activist. She has a level of commitment and dedication to the party and the platform that make her an exceptional asset.

The Debt Ceiling Vote: STOP THE MADNESS NOW!

There’s a heated discussion going on all over America. It’s about the upcoming vote on whether to "raise the debt ceiling" so that Congress and the political/government/ruling classes can continue spending money we don’t have…WE DON’T HAVE IT! But…there are always "excuses" to continue DOING THE WRONG THING. NH Republican Reps. Charlie Bass and Frank Guinta will show who they are, what they are, what they believe in, and what they don’t believe in, with their votes on this issue.

And let there be no doubt about it: There can be only one decent, honorable, intelligent way to vote….

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Bend It For The Benjamins

As a follow up to this, yesterday or maybe the day before, the NH Journal (NHJ), New Hampshire’s prominent internet news source if the news is whatever Hynes communications is being paid to call news, decided to float a lie called pin the conservative blogger to Jack Kimball.  Someone the NH Journal staff knew would stir the pot was fingered as Kimball’s communications director if he won the job as GOP State party chairman, even though no one–including Kimball and the blogger–knew anything about it until after the digital ink was dry.

The goal for Hynes and Millerick, (owner and editor respectively at NHJ)  appear to have been to send the RINO’s into a mad stampede.  RINO’s stampede easy so it worked.  Some RINO’s were so miffed, and wanting so badly for just such a story to jump on, they picked up the lie and ran with it. (Just like a progressive if that’s not too provocative a statement to make.)

There was a bit of damage control but once it’s out there, it is out there, no different than when CNN or MSNBC does it.  But the story did not end there.

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How To Know You Have A Winner

You can just tell when you have a winner. It becomes more important for your opponents to smear your candidate than to promote theirs. It’s all about scare tactics. The noise machine. The echo chamber. Creating a narrative. And the media and the career party folks all seem like they are on the same side frantically offering doomsday scenarios.

The WHOLE story here?

I kinda threw out a general challenge at the end of this last post:

What took you so long, boys? Landrigan’s version is here (registration may be required).  Compare his to mine to see the spin.

Well, someone took me up on it, is not happy with Landrigan’s spin; here’s the issue (and note: I have a new challenge at the end of this post!):

“Juliana never said she was against traditional marriage or failed to support it,’’ said newly elected Swanzey Republican Rep. John Byrnes, the state Senate’s former doorkeeper.

“Juliana never said she was against traditional marriage or failed to support it,’’ said newly elected Swanzey Republican Rep. John Byrnes, the state Senate’s former doorkeeper.

“There are people with extreme non-tolerant views in this community, and she was trying to bring people together.’’

Her critics and even one neutral observer there who praises Bergeron’s leadership heard Bergeron say she was against paying homage to heterosexual marriage alone as being in the party’s issues manifesto.

My first "he said WHAT?" on a re-read was on the "extreme non-tolerant views"; that has generally been tagged against TEA Party type folks, a la the Left.  Now, I wasn’t there and cannot verify that was the intent.  But one has to agree, it is often used simply because the speaker doesn’t like the stances that are orthogonal to his.

But I digress! The person taking me up on the challenge sent the following in and referenced this page which was from a Letter to the Editor.  In reference to the above, this caught my eye:

…I believe that we cannot always be rescued or bailed out of the consequences – not banks, not corporations, not state and local governments and not special interest groups.  If a person intentionally chooses to have pre-marital sex, they should be prepared to deal with the responsibility of a pregnancy….

…I believe a happy, traditional home with one (genetic) father and mother is an ideal environment for rearing a child and should be celebrated, protected and encouraged whenever possible.

Right.  I had no problem with either of those stances at all.  In the first, I have often said that too often, the Progressives and Liberals in our society are trying to socialize all risk out of society – that they have, via laws and regulations, absolved the entity (be it corprate or individual) for being stupid and force the rest of us to pay for it. 

In the second, I also believe in the traditional value of a traditional family – that makes ME a person holding an extreme non-tolerant view?  Is this what the Bergeron supporters believe and think? Gosh, that seems awful liberal to these eyes…

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Jack Kimball: Letter to the State GOP Committee Members

From the desk of

Jack Kimball

January 10, 2011

Dear Member,

I am writing to ask for your vote in the upcoming election for New Hampshire GOP Chairman.

The Republican values of limited government, freedom and individual responsibility are the same principles our Founding Fathers used as a foundation for our Democratic Republic.  It is our responsibility as activists and leaders to assure that we continue to elect those candidates who most firmly embrace these principles.

Our state and our nation face great challenges in the years ahead and you and I both know that in order to overcome those challenges and emerge a stronger, greater nation, we must have the strong, principled leadership of Republicans.

That is why I am running for NH GOP Chairman and that is why I am asking you to please work with me.  

As the next Chairman, my primary goals will be as follows:

  1. Maintain the Republican majority in the State House
  2. Return the Governor’s Office to strong Republican leadership.
  3. Deliver NH in the Presidential primary to the Republican nominee.
  4. Grow the size of the Republican Party in every county in the state.

I understand that some may look at that list and say “no way” or “you’re dreaming.”  

I say, we can, and we MUST.  Our neighbors across New Hampshire put their faith in us on November 2nd of last year and come November 6, 2012 they will look to us once again. If we stand united now and work closely with one another these are easily accessible goals.

Here’s how we do it:

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Grant Bosse Drops Out…

I have been told by reliable sources that Grant Bosse is no longer seeking the position of RNC Committeeman. Whether true or not, and while Granite Grok has not yet formally endorsed a choice, I have already made an endorsement as co-director of the NHRVC, and I will do so now here for myself. Jordan … Read more

Reading The Constitution…

Reading the Constitution to progressives on the floor of the US House is like a priest reading from the bible at an exorcism. They scream out and writhe, swear, insult, spew hatred, and do everything in their power to intimidate you before you can get to the end. They started screaming days ago, actually.

Unite Behind What?

As for “bringing the party together,” it is not a notion in a vacuum nor desirable if the product moves us in the wrong direction. Unity, more often than not, is the product of a force of nature whose clarity about the goal or mission is so clear that people gather round to listen and then feel compelled to act. Julianna Bergeron may be faithful and competent from the perspective of a party insider, but so is a good accountant. That does not make them capable of leading and inspiring a movement.

Endorsement for Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair: Jennifer Horn

Jennifer Horn, former candidate for Congress in NH Second Congressional District, radio host, and NH GOP activist has announced her endorsement for Jack Kimball in his quest to succeed Gov. and current Chair, John Sununu: Nashua, NH   Jennifer Horn, 2008 Republican Congressional nominee and 2010 Congressional candidate, announced today her endorsement of Jack Kimball for … Read more

Endorsement for Jack Kimball for NH GOP Chair: Republican Liberty Caucus

REPUBLICAN LIBERTY CAUCUS ENDORSES JACK KIMBALL FOR NH GOP CHAIRMAN Hemingway: ‘Kimball will unite grassroots energy with longtime party supporters for future victories.’ CONCORD, N.H.?Because a New Hampshire GOP Chairman’s first duty is to rally support for the party’s agenda and its candidates, the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire endorses grassroots favorite Jack Kimball … Read more

So, Gov. Sununu – going “story shopping” now?

First it was Landrigan in the Telegraph.  I couldn’t figure out exactly what it was, journalistic malfeasance or bias, so I went with the latter. Now, in Roll Call, I see pretty much the same story.  Gee, I JUST can’t figure out WHY a national level reporter at a national level newspaper would deign to … Read more

The kerfuffle in the NH GOP – you know “you have arrived” when: Sununu Editorial in The Onion

Who Was I, And Why Was I Important Again?

January 4, 2011 | ISSUE 47•01

I was flipping through the channels the other day when I heard a CNN reporter say something along the lines of "Something, something, since John Sununu," and I thought, "Oh, yeah. John Sununu. Who was I again?"

I’ve heard my names enough times to think that I was a fairly big deal in Washington back in the day, but I can’t put a finger on what exactly I did or why I was important.

John Sununu. John Sununu. It’s like one of these iconic Washington names that you just know, right? I know it, people from Generation X know it, even some kids in their 20s might kind of know it, but all that comes to mind when I hear it is "political guy during the ’80s or early ’90s."

It’s on the tip of my tongue, just give me a minute.

Press secretary maybe? Secretary of state? I’m pretty sure I had a really important title, but I have no clue what that was. I know I wasn’t the president of the United States. I know that. I think I was fairly close to the president, though, because I vaguely remember news clips of myself shaking hands and talking with him, possibly in the Oval Office, so I must have been pretty high up, right? Which president, though? Bush? Or was it Reagan? I don’t think it was Clinton, because I’m pretty sure I’m a Republican who wasn’t Newt Gingrich.

Was I a senator? I don’t think so. Maybe.

Ugh, this is killing me. I really feel like…

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