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It's Judd Gregg Day!

by: Dean Barker

Thu May 28, 2009 at 05:46:10 AM EDT
In Littleton, anyway:
LITTLETON-The town has proclaimed tomorrow Judd Gregg Day, to formally recognize the contributions U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg has made to the town over the years.

...There will be a ceremony tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. in the newly renovated Littleton Opera House honoring Gregg and featuring local and state dignitaries, including State Rep. Brien Ward, who will be introducing Gregg, and Executive Councilor Ray Burton. There will be a ribbon cutting for the Littleton Opera House and Town Building as well as a Littleton Main Street groundbreaking ceremony. A color guard from the Veterans of Foreign Wars will also be present and the Littleton High School Band will play the National Anthem.

...Among the contributions being recognized are the funds Gregg has helped bring to the town for various town projects. One of the largest projects, according to organizers, was getting funds for the Littleton Industrial Park, which has brought in millions of dollars of tax revenues over the years.

Dear Politicians Public Servants out there of any party:

To those of us who aren't politicians public servants, which would be like 99.9% of us, hearing you go on and on and on about the evils of earmarks one day, and then on the next becoming King of the Village because of your earmarks, is puzzling at best, and nausea-inducing at worst.

Also, anyone who can point me to some Lakoffian words on how these two contradictory political narratives manage to co-exist peacefully, please feel free in the comment thread.

Update: OMG.
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To be so needy, so vain... (4.00 / 1)
I find it weird how much Judd needs these honors, does his staff ask for them or does he do it directly? Every career politician develops an outsized ego but Judd's pattern of participating in these odd events is way over the top. And weird.

Doing my best to elect NH Democrats since 1968 and getting better at it every year!
earmarks (0.00 / 0)
Dean- I think if you asked Dudd, he'd say something about how earmarks ARE bad, BUT - since that's the system we have, he might as well use it for NH's gain, or something similarly Rumsfeldian.  
Feudalism R Judd (0.00 / 0)
Picture this:
It's the 1600s. Here comes a nobleman out from his castle, approaching the peasants village. He's atop a handsome high horse. The peasants in rags gather and cheer as he tosses out little bags of pence and a few shillings. He rides off. The village council,put in place with the blessings of the aristocrats, names a day after the gracious noble in eternal gratitude.
Blech!

No'm Sayn?
U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., has said he won't seek re-election in 2010, and some towns are already sharing the love. (0.00 / 0)
Great lead-in!

U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., has said he won't seek re-election in 2010, and some towns are already sharing the love. Today is "Judd Gregg Appreciation Day" in Littleton, N.H., where officials will issue proclamations and other tokens of thanks. Gregg has won close to $5 million since 2001 for Main Street redevelopment in Littleton, wireless broadband in the North Country and restoration of Littleton Opera House. (Valley News, http://www.vnews.com/05282009/...

Zandra Rice Hawkins (Granite State Progress)

So Judd or his brother happen to own any land nearby? (4.00 / 3)

http://m.commercialappeal.com/...

"But, in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope." Si se puede. Yes we can.  
snark alert (4.00 / 1)
Twomey sharpening his rarely used talons

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The Big Picture (4.00 / 5)
In 1992, when the Juddster was elected to the Senate, Littleton was one of the most consistently right-wing towns in New Hampshire.  Based on my spreadsheet analysis of competitive elections from 1990-2000, no 2nd CD community of its size or larger voted as strongly Republican as Littleton.

In 2008, Littleton gave President Barack Obama a piddling 56% of the vote.  Congressman Hodes squeaked by with 58%, and Senator Shaheen won a majority, too.

Bottom line:  Judd Gregg can have his parade.  We've already had ours.  

LOL LOL LOL n/t (0.00 / 0)


Doing my best to elect NH Democrats since 1968 and getting better at it every year!
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nice DD (4.00 / 1)
Belittle-ton

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A Smile (0.00 / 0)
Thanks, DD, you brought a smile and a laugh.

As the Judd is paraded down Littleton's main street, will there be any souls brave enough to point out that the king has no clothes?

No'm Sayn?

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