( - promoted by William Tucker)
(UPDATE: Here are Parts Two and Three of the series as well - Dean)
John DiStaso at the Union Leader has put out his second puff piece to help along the Kevin Smith for Governor trial balloon.
Smith, you may recall, was, like Kelly Ayotte, a functionary of the one-term Benson era, and is currently the director of Cornerstone, which released the single most immoral, offensive ad of the 2010 campaign season in New Hampshire.
In his ode to Smith DiStaso writes: "He said several legislative leaders 'thanked me' for not pressuring them to focus on the social issues."
Does DiStaso read his own paper? Here's the Union Leader's Tom Fahey on how thankful Republican reps are not to be pressured by Kevin Smith, or Kevin Smith's proxy:
O'Brien lobbied last week to save from certain doom a bill that barred state funding for Planned Parenthood and any other abortion provider.
Health and Human Services Committee clerk Rep. Susan Emerson, R-Rindge, steamed, "I really resent being pressured like that" when she emerged from the GOP mini-caucus with O'Brien.
She complained later that a bipartisan subcommittee from both sides of the abortion argument met for hours before voting, 8-0, to kill the bill, HB 228. They worried about the effect it would have on 26 hospitals and 24 health clinics across the state, as well health insurers, Emerson said.
"I've been here 10 years, and I have never had a speaker call us in and tell us he wanted a bill passed," Emerson said. "He told us he did not want that bill killed because Cornerstone wanted it passed."
Of course, as it turned out it was the Executive Council that took away funding from Planned Parenthood, denying thousands of New Hampshire women access to affordable health care, including cancer screenings.
Which brings me back to Kevin Smith for Governor.
I think this is a great idea. Many voters do not even know what the Executive Council is. But with Kevin Smith as the Republican nominee for governor, all of New Hampshire voters who are appalled at what was done to the women of this state will have a very identifiable person to keep in mind as we march into our town halls and schools on voting day to toss the EC out and keep Smith from getting in.
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