John McCain's Empty Talk on the NH Primaryby: Dean BarkerSun Aug 24, 2008 at 22:13:51 PM EDT |
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When are the New Hampshire media outlets going to wake up and notice that we all got played by John McCain's empty words about our primary?
We have known for a little while now that, due to the early date of our primary, the John McCain led Republican party is punishing New Hampshire by not recognizing half of our GOP delegates. This precedent is an ominous one for our First in the Nation status. But all it took was 30 seconds of a YouTube search to find these clips of McCain making promises he had no intention of keeping: "They keep moving the dates up, they keep moving the dates further and further up, and it obviously encroaches, or endangers, the state of New Hampshire. Now, I will promise you, I will do everything in my power - and I say this because of my reverence for the system - everything in my power to make sure that New Hampshire maintains its First in the Nation status." "As you know, every state is literally moving their primary date up, up, up... We must preserve New Hampshire's First in the Nation status for the good of the nation. For the good of the nation, not necessarily just because of the good of the state of New Hampshire. "The state of New Hampshire, as usual, is in danger of losing its First in the Nation status. I want to promise you that I will do everything in my power to make sure that that status is maintained. New Hampshire deserves it." The man's word is not bond. He got what he wanted out of us, and now he's not recognizing half of NH's GOP delegates. Every voter in this state should bring this to bear in the voting booth come November. |