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Johnny Stephen

Why I'm working my #%@! off for Governor Lynch (and you should too!)

by: Rep. David Pierce

Fri Oct 15, 2010 at 15:03:01 PM EDT

(Yes! - promoted by Dean Barker)

Some up in my neck of the woods in the Upper Valley say Governor Lynch is not their favorite Democrat.  They say he's not liberal enough. They complain he works across the aisle too much.

That's probably true for a lot of people here in Hanover, where Obama won 82% of the vote in 2008 and where Granny D beat Judd Gregg by almost 2:1 in 2004.

Yes, John Lynch works for consenus in Concord.  Yes, Governor Lynch works for all the people of New Hampshire, not just the ones who want him to beat up Republicans.

But Governor Lynch has proven himself over and over again to us who believe in Democratic values that we need him to stay in the corner office.  Lynch has been the strongest Democrat on the statewide ticket in the last two cycles and his victory in 2010 will be our victory.

Here are my top ten reasons for supporting Governor Lynch's re-election in 2010.

There's More... :: (12 Comments, 639 words in story)

John Stephen Starts His Campaign Where He Left Off: Distorting Facts for His Political Agenda

by: HarrellKirstein

Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 13:16:35 PM EST

NHDP Launches Website to Tell the Real John Stephen Story

CONCORD - John Stephen began his campaign for governor where he left his last campaign:
distorting facts to suit his political agenda.

"This is why John Stephen was known as the most untrustworthy person in state government. He
distorts the facts to advance his own political agenda," said Mike Brunelle, executive director of
the New Hampshire Democratic Party.

According to the Concord Monitor, John Stephen incorrectly claimed that New Hampshire was
ranked last in the nation in business tax climate. In fact, the independent Tax Foundation ranks

New Hampshire one of the top states in the nation for the business tax climate.
Greg Moore, a spokesman for Stephen, tried to explain away the distortion by saying: "If he did
a better job of reading his notes, he would have gotten it."

Brunelle said, "This is just another example of why people don't trust John Stephen. This was
one distortion among many he made during his press announcement yesterday. Governor Lynch
has made the tough decisions to hold the line on spending - with the average annual increase well
below inflation and well below previous governors. That's why New Hampshire has the fourth lowest government spending per capita, one of the nation's lowest tax burdens, and an
unemployment rate 30 percent below the national average."

"Stephen's notes apparently did not include any information about his own record," Brunelle
said.

"John Stephen has a clear record of fiscal incompetence: 103 percent increase in spending during his years at the Department of Safety, asking for huge budget increases at the Department of Health and Human Services, and making mistakes that were costly to the taxpayers," Brunelle said.

The New Hampshire Democratic Party is launching www.realjohnstephen.com today to fact check John Stephen's distortions and to provide the public information about John Stephen's real record.

(Posted by Harrell Kirstein, deputy press secretary for the New Hampshire Democratic Party.)

Discuss :: (3 Comments)

Johhny Blunders Out of the Gate

by: Kathy Sullivan 2

Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 09:11:53 AM EST

( - promoted by Laura Clawson)

The Concord Monitor reports on the sort of classic Johnny Stephen moment that we can look forward to with regularity over the course of the next several months.

In criticizing the state's tax climate, Stephen cited a recent report by the independent Tax Foundation.

Stephen said the foundation ranked New Hampshire as the last state in the nation in business tax climate. A report on the foundation's website ranks New Hampshire as seventh-best in that category.

Greg Moore, a spokesman for Stephen, said the candidate misspoke about New Hampshire's business climate yesterday.

"If he did a better job of reading his notes, he would have gotten it," Moore said.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/...

 

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