Pundits v. Palin

Sarah PalinMark Levin has had it with the institutional Republicans in the punditry class, Charles Krauthammer in particular, in regard to their endless nitpicking and attacks on Sarah Palin.  Levin is asking some important questions, questions I would ask the Union Leader to which I remarked earlier on facebook today, seems to hate the woman.   Every opportunity to manufacture negative press is an opportunity to fill column inches whose sole purpose is to convince people as Krauthammer seems intent on doing, that she is a dolt and unelectable, neither of which is true, but both of which put the UL in the same neighborhood as the liberal left just at a different address.

Which brings us to Mark Levin’s remarks about Krauthammer (which I’d hijack and apply to the UL and all those (r)epublican folks who have it out for her as well.)

“So what is it? What’s the problem?” he said. “She’s solid on social issues. She’s solid on fiscal issues. She’s solid against these subsidies against big companies – in other words, she is not a corporatist. She’s not a crony or a believer in that. She’s solid on taxes and spending. I’m just confused. She’s solid on Israel. She’s solid on the military. She’s solid with respect to our allies. Is there some big issue that’s disqualifying? What – because the liberals don’t like her? …

She’s solid on energy, all of it–suggesting we end all subsidies to all forms of energy and let the market do its magic, saving taxpayers billions and removing a rhetorical hammer from the hands of democrats.  No one else has the balls to say stuff like that. 

So is that the problem? 

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WMUR, CNN, Union Leader – You messed up, guys!

  As I mentioned on Facebook last night after coming home from the Belknap County Republican Committee’s annual M/S Mt. Washington cruise: #WMUR #FAIL learned tonight on the Belknap County Republican annual Mt. Washington cruise that they are excluding Gov. Gary Johnson. The ‘Grok may not agree with the Gov. on all the issues, but … Read more

Join together or DIE, conservatives!

The GOP Presidential primary field is kind of a mess right now (not that there’s anything wrong with that; primaries often are). But as a libertarian-conservative, I have been arguing in the past that all the GOP activist groups should join together behind a single acceptable candidate. If we do that, we can deliver the New Hampshire GOP Presidential primary to … Read more

Republican and Democrat voting blocs: An ironic observation

Have you ever noticed the difference between the voting blocs that make up the Republican electoral alliance, and those that support the Democrats? Democrats tend to have "interest groups" that make up their voting blocs. These interest groups defined by racial or ethnic classification (the black vote, the Jewish vote, the Hispanic vote), social or economic class (the welfare … Read more

HOUSE BILL 474: THE “NAY’S” AND THE “NO-SHOWS”

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“Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.” -Samuel Butler

“The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.”-Michael Caine

HOUSE BILL 474, “An act relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union,” passed out of the house and obtained Senate Concurrence with Amendments. In laymen’s terms, both houses passed the bill.  However, it is important to note that in the House, the bill did not pass with a veto-proof majority. According to the House Bill 474 Roll Call, the Bill passed  225 Yeas and 140 Nays.

How It Breaks down:

DEMOCRATIC

 

 

Yea Vote

 

0

Nay Vote

 

93

Not Voting

 

9

 

 

 

REPUBLICAN

 

 

Yea Vote

 

225

Nay Vote

 

47

Not Voting

 

21

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT

 

 

Yea Vote

 

1

Nay Vote

 

0

Not Voting

 

0

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Republican Change In New Hampshire

NH State SealH/T to Patricia Wulfson for sending me this first.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives received a mandate from the voters of this state to cut state spending; reduce taxes and fees; return fiscal sanity to the state; promote economic development and create jobs; mend a state retirement system that was nearing insolvency; provide our children with an education based on excellence; protect the personal rights and freedoms of its citizens; and maintain transparency in state government. Listed here is a compilation of legislation passed by the 2011 New Hampshire House of Representatives in response to that message that they received in November from the voters.

 

Trans-formative Change:

• Passed a constitutional amendment to require a super-majority in the House and Senate to raise taxes or borrowing. (CACR 6)

• For the first time in NH history, that included more that 50 attempts in the legislature, the House passed a constitutional amendment to expand local control of education funding by returning authority to elected officials, not unelected judges. (CACR 12) Setting an example for our citizens by “living within our means:”

• Passed a fiscally responsible budget that, (1) was balanced by using realistic revenue figures; (2) did not increase taxes or fees; (3) does not downshift onto local property taxpayers; and (4) does not increase borrowing, setting New Hampshire on a financially sustainable path will allow our economy to grow and create more jobs. (HB 1 & 2)

• Passed an education funding formula that maintains existing levels of aid to communities and allows additional targeted aid to needy cities and towns. (HB 337)

• Passed a bill to allow local communities to enact tax and spending caps. (HB 341) Moving our economy forward, creating more jobs and putting out the “Open for Business sign” in New Hampshire once again.

• Passed a small business tax cut to protect reasonable compensation from the business profits tax. (HB 557)

(more on the jump…)

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GrokTALK! live With Michele Bachmann

GraniteGrok and GrokTALK! are streaming live from Barrington New Hampshire where Representative Michele Bachmann will be addressing the Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC.

Ovide Lamontagne at the Belknap County Republicans

At this past Wednesday meeting of the Belknap County Republican Committee, Ovide Lamontagne was the featured speaker.  It is clear that unlike what may have transpired before, he is going to stay active in politics and is "making the rounds" of the GOP groups (among others).  Having started the Granite Oath PAC, it is obvious … Read more

Time for the GOP to go bare-knuckles? Uh…long overdue.

Is there a lesson here for the GOP super-majority in New Hampshire? Well yeah….

Yesterday the super-majority Republicans in the Wisconsin State Senate voted 18-1 to strip government employee unions of all collective bargaining rights. The unions now are essentially…not unions. For all intensive purposes, they have been outlawed. Good. The "Demorat" members of the Wisconsin Senate weren’t there to help their government union friends. They’re hiding somewhere in Illinois, denying the Republicans a quorum to conduct financial affairs. That’s why the vote was so lopsided: No Demorats present.

In the meantime, some say "It’s About Time." The GOP needs to man up and realize they’re in a war. A political and cultural war. They need to admit it, understand it, and act accordingly. Here’s a comment about the Wisconsin events from a RedState.com member:

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Two Congressmen And A Free Throw

HR 1 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?

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House Bill 29: What we have here, is failure to communicate

Upon reading the House Journal Majority report on this Bill, I am reminded of Strother Martin’s line in Cool Hand Luke, “What we have here…is failure tomonkeygun.jpg communicate…” House Bill 29, was deemed “Inexpedient to Legislate” this past week for reasons that can be best characterized as, “Bizarre.” The bill was an adjustment to the N.H. RSA 159:6-c which addresses Appeal, denial and Revocation of pistol and revolver licenses. Under current law, such actions are heard only in District Court.

In writing for the majority, State Representative Larry Gagne confusingly writes, “RSA 159:6-c was designed to allow a denial to be heard in a district court. This allows the applicant to appeal the decision of the issuing authority either pros or cons with an attorney.” I haven’t the foggiest idea what this means! The Bill has nothing to do with the particular merits of a denial or revocation of a pistol revolver license. Moreover, this bill has absolutely nothing to do with the representation an appellant has or does not have in seeking a remedy under this chapter. HB 29 deals instead with the “forum” in which a remedy is sought from denial or revocation.

Representative Gagne in reporting for the majority continues, “If the issuing authority did not follow the procedure outlined in RSA 159:c, License to Carry, the procedure then is outlined in RSA 159:6-d, which allows the applicant to file in superior court…”

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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  

This stuff doesn’t fly in New Hampshire, though….

America basically has a two-party system. There is the Evil Party, and there is the Stupid Party. The Republicans are the Stupid Party. Here’s why. Just one thing: It doesn’t hold true in New Hampshire. Not anymore.

The Three Legs of the New Hampshire Republican Alliance

As I have said before, the NH GOP is pointing the way for all Republican Parties in all the states to form an alliance that will produce tsunami-like electoral triumphs such as that just experienced in New Hampshire. The “New Republican Alliance” consists, broadly, of three groups, as follow. 1. First, the “TRADITIONAL REPUBLICANS,” or the “Old … Read more

If you have a vehicle, and that vehicle has a bumper….

Then at LEAST one of these bumper stickers needs to be on those bumpers:           WHY, you ask? I do not quote Nancy Pelosi and sayy, "Are you serious? Are you serious?" After all, as the Speaker of the House, she was only talking about ignoring and shredding the U.S. Constitution. No. … Read more

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