District 3 Special Elections Message

Sometimes voters send clear messages to one political group or another as in the cast of the 2006 and 2008 elections being clear messages to Republicans that people were sick of the wars and the 2010 election to Democrats that people were sick of Obama's liberal agenda.

There are other times when a political party is so desperate to believe people support their views that they read too far into things as is the case we're seeing with the results of the special election in District 3.

Most people already saying, "there was an election?" should be the sign but our leftist friends don't always see things that clearly.

Ray Buckley declared the Democratic party candidate's victory "a complete and total rejection of Republican House Speaker Bill O'Brien's reckless job killing agenda."

Of course in typical Blue Hampshire fashion they got their facts wrong in their story as they bragged of their victory.

They posted the following results:

Town    Free Stater   Perry
Barrington    40% 60%
Farmington 45% 55%
Middleton     52% 48%
Milton        45% 55%
New Durham    45% 55%
Strafford     35% 65%

Right off the bat those results are wrong.  Perry lost New Durham yet Blue Hampshire reports it as a win, to their credit though they do state that these numbers are "unofficial".

The second thing worth noting here is that they show the results as percentages instead of actual numbers.  Politically this is a smart move on their part because claiming their side won 60% to 40% sounds a lot better then saying they won by 727 to 485 in a town of 8,576 (Barrington population from the 2010 census).

Looking at the actual voter turn out would mean they couldn't make a claim like the one Ray Buckley made:

"Bob Perry's victory tonight is a complete and total rejection of Republican House Speaker Bill O'Brien's reckless job killing agenda.  In a historically Republican district, New Hampshire voters turned out in the middle of summer to send a loud and clear message to the out of control Republican majority. Its relentless attempts to make cigarettes cheaper but college more expensive, slash women's health care, and kill jobs by taxing hospitals must stop immediately.  

"New Hampshire voters have seen enough of the radical Free State agenda this year with bills that would allow guns in schools and courts, would remove support for our United States' Constitution out of the oath of office, and would eliminate public kindergarten.

Winning over 727 voters in a town of 8,576 is hardly a "complete and total rejection" of anything.

Here are the counts as reported by Fosters.com:

Perry gained a total of 2,102 votes to Puterbaugh's 1,507, giving him a margin of victory of 595 votes, or 58.2 percent of the total votes cast. Puterbaugh actually won two of the six towns — New Durham (171 to 139) and Middleton (95 to 86) — but Perry won the more populous communities of Barrington (727 to 485), Farmington (359 to 299), Strafford (493 to 267) and Milton (266 to 222).

Look at the total votes cast compared to the last regular election.

New Durham had 310 votes, in the 2010 election they had 1,055 votes cast.

Middleton had 181 compared to 556 in the 2010 election.

Barrington 1212 compared to 3221 in 2010

Farmington 658 compared to 1778 in 2010

Strafford 760 compared to 1638 in 2010

Milton 488 compared to 1394 in 2010

In the case of the largest group, Barrington, they had a turn out of 4764 in the 2008 election of a population of 8576 based on the 2010 census.  Having roughly 1 out of 8 people actually show up and take the time to vote is hardly a sign that people are rejecting anything, if anything that's a sign of voter compliance.  People vote in larger numbers when they are upset or see a vote as important.  If they don't they don't show up.

When numbers are small those who favor big government and who benefit from larger government and thus have more reason to vote tend to show where as regular folks don't.

Given all of this as much as Ray and his fellow liberals would like to believe this to be a "loud and clear message" it is actually nothing more then a faint whisper of those who bothered to show up.

Republicans are the most powerful party ever

I'm convinced that the Republican Party is by far the most powerful party ever.  Clearly one Republican can accomplish more then 100 Democrats and even in the minority they have full control over everything that happens within the government.

What makes me say such a thing?  Easy, the Democrats are making this very argument themselves.

Look at the facts...

In the 2006 the Democratic party won control of both Congress and Senate.

In 2008 while keeping control of the house and senate the Democratic party also gained control of the White House with the election of Barack Obama.

Even after the 2010 election Republicans remain the minority party having only won back control of Congress but Senate and the White House remain under Democratic party lead.

Given that the Democrats have been the majority party in control of government since the 2006 election they continue to blame Bush and Republicans for problems.  So Bush's impact overrides Democratic party control even today.

On top of that, with the tea party Republicans gaining control of congress, democrats now blame them for the loss of the AAA credit rating.  Let me get this straight, even after several years in power the Democrats cannot make any changes to what Bush did prior but yet in less then 1 year in power the tea party Conservatives are already making major impacts on this country?  How can anyone listen to this leap in Liberal logic and buy into anything they say?

Even John Kerry has jumped onto the blame the tea party band wagon.  He's saying it's all their fault because they refused to raise taxes.  In other words its not the fault of those who spent out of control for all these years it's the fault of those who ran and won saying they would stop spending and fight to lower taxes for actually doing what they ran on and won.  Hmmmm.

Is this a bit like blaming a dealer for someone going through withdraw symptoms because they refuse to give them more free drugs after getting them hooked?

This country has a problem that needs to be dealt with.  Both partys have acknowledged it and at different points in history both parties have even called for balanced budget amendments to deal with it when the other is in power and controlling the purse strings but until the tea party group took control no one has been actively dealing with it.  And clearly since Republicans have had such an influence on everything even when they've held a minority for years, just think of what will be accomplished if they come back into full control with help of the tea party.

Welcome to Boston, Come Steal Our Cars

Once in a while you find a story in which Democrats show their true colors.  There is a story out of Boston this week that does exactly that.

The debate on illegals has waged on for years in this country with Republicans wanting to protect our boarders and enforce the rules we've established for entry into our country.  Democrats on the other hand support open boarders.

As with most arguments Republicans can point to a foundation of support based on the Constitution which grants Congress the ability to "to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization" and the founding fathers who argued likewise that immigration would be bad if left unchecked.

According to their writings, America's founding fathers were skeptical of massive immigration. Thomas Jefferson was concerned that, "they will bring with them the principles of government they leave." Alexander Hamilton speculated that, "The safety of the Republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment:...The influx of foreigners must, therefore, tend to...corrupt the national spirit....."

That brings us to this week when Mayor Menino in Boston exposed Democrats for how extreme they are willing to go.  Until now I thought they would at least support deportation when an illegal was caught in a felony but yet here's Menino this week blasting a Boston cop who ran the prints of a criminal caught stealing a car.  The car thief turned out to be an illegal alien as well so they deported him. 

“I don’t want my city to be a city where if you’re an immigrant, you’re afraid to be deported to another country for simple acts,” said Mayor Menino. “This is supposed to be on issues like homicides, major crimes, and they were taking this too far. A guy stole a car, they do the finger prints to watch him and have the person deported. That’s not the Boston I want. I want Boston to be a city that welcomes immigrants.”

So the message is welcome to Boston, come steal our cars and we'll protect you from the law?

I guess this is typical of the Democratic party considering they are also the ones who argued that the reason children should be able to sneak behind their parents backs and get abortions without permission from anyone is to allow them to cover up pedophile rape and/or incest.  Best to just let that little girl cover it up with an abortion then have her go to the police and have the criminal arrested, right?

And what amazes me the most is when politicians like Menino come right out and say they are for defending criminals such as the case here the press just brushes over the stories as if it's no big deal.

4th of July a Right Wing Holiday

Based on a new study from Harvard expect to see towns and cities look for a way to start attacking the 4th of July the way they attack Christmas.

A new Harvard University study finds that July 4th parades energize only Republicans, turn kids into Republicans, and help to boost the GOP turnout of adults on Election Day. "Fourth of July celebrations in the United States shape the nation's political landscape by forming beliefs and increasing participation, primarily in favor of the Republican Party," said the report from Harvard.

"The political right has been more successful in appropriating American patriotism and its symbols during the 20th century. Survey evidence also confirms that Republicans consider themselves more patriotic than Democrats. According to this interpretation, there is a political congruence between the patriotism promoted on Fourth of July and the values associated with the Republican party. Fourth of July celebrations in Republican dominated counties may thus be more politically biased events that socialize children into Republicans," write Harvard Kennedy School Assistant Professor David Yanagizawa-Drott and Bocconi University Assistant Professor Andreas Madestam.

Republicans consider themselves more patriotic than Democrats?  Well duh!  Which party more often than not quotes the Constitution while the other tries to ignore it and keep people ignorant of what is written within it?  Which party supports our military?  And for that matter which party is supported by our military while the other continually looks for ways to block their votes.  And while at the same time continually looking for ways to block the votes of the military which party looks for ways to make it easier for people to vote illegal or even for illegals who shouldn't even be in this country to be voting in the first place?

The three key findings of those attending July 4th celebrations:

• When done before the age of 18, it increases the likelihood of a youth identifying as a Republican by at least 2 percent.
• It raises the likelihood that parade watchers will vote for a Republican candidate by 4 percent.
• It boosts the likelihood a reveler will vote by about 1 percent and increases the chances they'll make a political contribution by 3 percent.

What's more, the impact isn't fleeting. "Surprisingly, the estimates show that the impact on political preferences is permanent, with no evidence of the effects depreciating as individuals become older,"said the Harvard report.

Finally, the report suggests that if people are looking for a super-patriotic July 4th, though should head to Republican towns. "Republican adults celebrate Fourth of July more intensively in the first place."

I love how the woman at the end of the video refuses to accept what Harvard discovered.  Typical of what I find by people on the left, if they dislike the study or the fact they refuse to believe it.  I wonder if similar results could be found of gay pride parades and people voting for Democrats.

Let's not forget the real reason for the parades in the first place:

When you have one party that supports the very ideas we were founded on and another embarrassed by the founders or who want to forget about them is it really a shock to find out that a celebration that reminds us all of where we started from as a nation boosters the party that supports those ideas?

I'll tell you what I voted for

Democrats are at it again circulating a petition around the internet asking "Is this what you voted vote" with a series of questions that I copied below.  Now for starters I doubt any of those actually signing this petition or those all up in a bunch about it on Blue Hampshire voted for any of the current Republicans so their stating that this isn't what they voted for is about equal to my saying Obama's actions aren't what I voted for either... moot point since I didn't vote for him.

But I digress, let's take a closer look at what they are petitioning.

IS THIS WHAT YOU VOTED FOR?

Huge Cuts in Services for the Seriously Disabled and Mentally Ill?
Failing to Provide Constitutionally Mandated Funds for the Education of Our Children?
Ending the State's Enforceable Duty to Provide an Adequate Education to Every Child Regardless of the Child's Income or Circumstance?
Shifting State Costs to Towns and to Local Property Taxpayers?
Huge Cuts to Programs for Troubled Children in Need of Services?
Huge Cuts to our Community and State Colleges and to the University of New Hampshire?
Closing the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Office?
Ending Energy Efficiency and Affordable Energy Programs?
Ending All Restrictions on Guns in Our Statehouse?
Attacks on Teachers, Firefighters, Police and Other Public Employees and on Collective Bargaining Rights?
Huge Cuts to Hospitals and Community Health Centers?
Eliminating All Funding for the State Arts Council?
Lay-offs of State Troopers?
Closing the State Prison in Berlin?
Frivolous Demands for Baseless Lawsuits against the Federal Government?
Bullying and Slandering Those Who Dare to Oppose the House Leadership?
A Rigid Commitment to an Antiquated and Unfair Tax System that Hurts the Middle Class and is Forcing Seniors Out of Their Homes?

With the exception of a few items on this list it all comes down to spending cuts.  Personally I find it interesting that liberal democrats can claim after increasing spending by double digit percentages for multiple budget cycles that suddenly cutting spending back down to levels we can afford and were at just a few years ago is suddenly causing such turmoil.

The truth is the house budget at $10.2 billion brings us back to the SAME LEVEL we were at in 2009.  Our state budget has sky-rocketed in recent years jumping from $9.8 billion in 2008 to $10.2 billion in 2009 and then to an unsupportable $11.5 billion in 2010.  According the to sunshine review NH's debt has increased from $634 million to $823 million since 2006.  A 30% increase under Democratic leadership.

I would recomend looking at the house bill itself found HERE and read the truth about many of the budget cuts.

It's really nice to think government can be everything for everyone and provide everything anyone ever needs from cradle to grave but the truth is it can't.  Every line item spent in a town, state or federal budget is money that must first be taken from someone's pocket.

As for some of their other claims such as gun restrictions I would refer them to the US constitution.  And the "attack" on collective bargaining, would that be the same one Democrats in MA pulled in a middle of the night vote claiming that they can no longer afford the demands the unions put on their state either?

When considering facts and looking at the truth behind some of the votes, I think most of us will agree that yes this is what we voted for.

I voted to end the deficit spending even if that meant making hard choices.

I voted to restore our constitutional rights including rights to own and carry a firearm as given by the 2nd Amendment.

I voted for less government and to put an end on the unreasonable demands some unions put on employers and towns.

I voted for more individual freedom and liberty and to put an end to government making choices for me.

I voted to put an end to Democrats stripping away our rights and taking away parents rights to know if their children are getting abortions or not.

I voted to put an end to politicians telling us we have to pass a bill first to know what's even in it.

That is what I voted for!