Obama, Osama, & Baldasaro

Hate filled... (4.00 / 2)

In 2007, Baldassaro, while speaking in favor of a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage gave a particularly nasty speech on the floor of the House and mentioned he had just moved up from Massachusetts a few years back. If  I remember correctly it was less than ten years ago, I can clearly remember that I thought "another one? Is there no end to the hateful angry Massachusetts transplants trying to make NH into their version of a right wing hell?". Al is the poster child for that whole crowd.

Have you told a stranger today about Bill O'Brien and his Tea Party agenda? The people of NH deserve to hear about O'Brien  and his majority committed to destroying New Hampshire and remaking it into a armed survivalist preserve.  

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by: Ray Buckley @ Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 11:25:52 AM UTC

The advantage people like Al Baldasaro have when they are (0.00 / 0)

opining about other people is that, like belief, an opinion cannot be validated.  And, if the "facts" on which they are purportedly based are demonstrated to be false, it's always possible to 'fess up to having made a mistake.  

On the other hand, if the pattern holds true and these are the latest GOP talking points, then it's clear that what the McCain camp is worried about is McCain's experience (as in crashing planes) and perhaps even Ms. McCain's addiction to drugs.  It seems that the Ayers story is particularly risky because it prompts the resurrection of David Ifshin.

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by: hannah @ Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 11:42:08 AM UTC

He will be so proud (0.00 / 0)

I can see Al twirling in his office chair, like a giddy child, daintily clapping his hands.

Baldasaro comes across as a Bill-O type. He knows his words and actions speak for a section of his community. They are the most ignorant and backwards thinking segment, but they are there nonetheless.

Baldasaro will flaunt this diary. He fancies himself a hero of men who don't eat quiche.

"Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors." - John Dryden

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 12:15:14 PM UTC

Don't Ignore Politicker.com (4.00 / 3)

It seems to me that New Hampshire voters get their news and viewpoints from a number of different sources.  www.BlueHampshire.com is frequently visited by many Democrats, and our time spent here is useful at refining our own messages and learning what works so we can be more persuasive to our more independent and Republican friends out on the streets.  

I think a lot of people also check into PolitickerNH.com  It is a useful news source, and often covers issues and news releases one doesn't find elsewhere.

It would be useful for more www.BlueHampshire.com Bloggers to visit PolitickerNH.com and offer commentary from time to time, to offset what appears to be a small group of GOPers who seem loyal to that site.  Like all of us, I only have so much time to do Blogging and I limit myself to three basic sites -- I'd like to do more, and sometimes visit a few others, but time in a day does run out.  I'd suggest adding PolitikerNH.com to our lists, however, because it is getting more and more attention statewide.  

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by: Rep. Jim Splaine @ Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 12:22:44 PM UTC

Low (4.00 / 4)

It is taxing to sink to the level set by GOoPer wingnuts. Even if only in response or defense, the danger is becoming what you despise by playing their game.

Now we will hear, "so much for a different kind of politics."

Hope, not fear.

"Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors." - John Dryden

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 13:32:50 PM UTC

Win pretty (4.00 / 1)

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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by: JimC @ Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 13:41:04 PM UTC

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To my point (4.00 / 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Deliberately URL'd rather than embedded. Long, almost 10 minutes, but totally worth it if you have the bandwidth, in every sense. It's OK if you don't like boxing, note the narrative.

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by: JimC @ Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 13:58:22 PM UTC

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In Fergus' Dreams (0.00 / 0)

Anyone a leader of a political party dreams that certain person move into his constituency like Fergus. It's the political equal to waking up from a dream and finding Catherine Zeta-Jones next to you (fellow posters use your own crushes here, thank you)

"I'm not smart enough to run the economy."

- John McCain (r) Arizona

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by: TJMCNH1 @ Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 00:28:36 AM UTC

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Speaking of Christmas Ornaments (0.00 / 0)

How desperate can they be? Gen. Patraeus MIGHT be on of us.

With all the garbage billowing out of the state & national GOP, maybe this ruse is more deodarant, than ornament?

Petraeus a N.H. candidate someday? Cullen calls it 'idle speculation'

By Brian Lawson

New Hampshire Republican Chairman Fergus Cullen dampened any speculation that the state party would attempt to recruit General David Petraeus to run for political office in 2010 or 2012.

"I don't believe he's retiring from the military, nor can we know where he intends to settle when he does eventually retire, so such a question is really idle speculation," Cullen told PolitickerNH.com in an e-mail.

"Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors." - John Dryden

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 15:47:05 PM UTC