Rebuilding the New Hampshire Republican Party: May 2014

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly asks, “Why?” - U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin answers O’Reilly’s question

Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin concludes his four-part Memorial Day weekend series with a reply to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly’s question, “Why?” [is Barack Obama so passive in the oval office]. As the writer who first exposed Obama’s leadership weaknesses, Andy Martin responds to O’Reilly with an explanation of why Obama is now considered a failed president by both Democrats and Republicans. Andy predicted Obama was too weak to be president. Andy made his prediction in 2007.

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Republican for U.S. Senator

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you can call Andy:

(603) 518-7310

(866) 706-2639

you can email Andy:

andynewhampshire@aol.com

you can write Andy at:

fax (866) 707-2639, or

P. O. Box 742

Manchester, NH 03105-0742

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Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin concludes his four-part Memorial Day weekend series on the U. S. Senate race in New Hampshire

Today: Andy answers Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly’’s question “Why?”

Andy says Barack Obama’s leadership flaws were apparent in the Illinois state senate where Obama often voted “present” on difficult issues

(Manchester, NH) (May 28, 2014)

Dear Republican:

During the past several days I have been writing about New Hampshire politics. Let’s start with the basics: what is it we elect a U.S. Senator to do? First, a U. S. Senator represents the state in Washington. Senators have evolved into contact points between citizens and the federal government.

But senators also have a wider responsibility. They are the 100 individuals who are elected statewide/nationwide to act on behalf of the national interest, to preserve our national economic strength and to defend our national security.

Candidates often campaign against “Washington.” But when someone gets elected with no knowledge of how Washington really works these individuals are often co-opted into the system.

I have pointed out how my three local primary opponents, the Three Zombies (Rubens, Smith and Testerman), are well-intentioned but mostly inexperienced. Jim Rubens and Bob Smith actually abandoned the Republican Party and joined opposing parties. As for Scott Brown, he is a phony who has become very experienced in making the system work for himself. Scott works for Scott and no one else.

Why vote for me? I am the only senate candidate who can both take care of the needs of New Hampshire’s working families, in Washington, and effectively look after our national interest and national security.

Ten years ago I wrote the first comments exposing Barack Obama as a phony. I knew Obama from the Illinois state senate where he often voted “present” to avoid difficult issues. Using my international team we dug out information that embarrassed Obama during his 2004 U. S. Senate race. My evidence and information questioning Obama’s family history turned out to be 100% accurate.

In February, 2007, seven years ago, when Obama announced for the presidency, I wrote a series of articles for what I called “Obama Week.” Once again I again explored Obama’s character and fitness for office, this time in more depth and detail. I found Obama to be a fraud that was not capable of serving as president and predicted he would disappoint those who voted for him.

In February, 2007, I produced my “Psychological Profile of Barack Obama.” (Link below). The profile was part of the first chapter in my book “Obama: The Man Behind the Mask.”

So what did I have to say about Obama almost two years before he took the oath of office as president? See how this fits:

Obama’s “hope” is the absence of reality, the unattainable in his own life scaled up to a national fantasy which he hopes to peddle to unsuspecting voters and especially young people. When he fails, they will feel betrayed.

Can his personality stand the stress? Probably not.

Obama’s personality matrix left Obama weak inside, under the surface, “all sail and no anchor.” He learned to avoid conflict, not fight.

He will strive to be a strong leader on the surface using powerful language and images; but inside he will still be the pied piper of powerlessness. And know it.

Obama’s natural tendency, his default state of mind, is to evade, conceal, avoid - and escape.

War is war, but war is also psychology. Obama’s psychology is weak. His presentation today was weak, and his approach to dealing with adversaries will ultimately come to be seen as weak.

Sound familiar? Someone you know? There have been many profiles since mine appeared in 2007. But none of them have delved as deeply into Obama’s hollow soul and empty heart as I did at the dawn of the Obama Era.

Bill O’Reilly kept asking last week, over and over again, “Why” is Obama so weak? O’Reilly should have gone back and reread my book. He would have found the answer to his question right at his fingertips. I exposed the “real” Obama in 2007. Why can’t O’Reilly see Obama’s character flaws in 2014? Maybe he’s looking in the wrong place. Go back and reread the book, Bill.

Likewise, Republican Party leaders have proven totally incompetent at standing up to Obama. In 2008 the McCain presidential campaign all but conceded the election to Obama. I was brought in by people who wanted to fight Obama. We couldn’t resuscitate McCain but we held down Obama’s margin. Likewise in 2012 I tried to steer Mitt Romney into attack mode. But Romney was an ineffective attacker and stood by silently and helplessly as Obama’s storm troopers described Romney as a murderer and even worse.

My track record of being tough enough to stand up in the national arena has two very significant benefits for you to consider when you choose a senate nominee in the September primary.

First, whoever wins the senate nomination is going to come under horrendous attack from the Democratic Party’s smear machine in New Hampshire. New Hampshire Republicans have consistently nominated candidates who faltered under Democratic attacks. In Massachusetts, Scott Brown could not handle Elizabeth Warren, a rookie. So how can he handle Jeanne Shaheen, who is an experienced left-wing power broker?

The Three Zombies in the Republican senate primary (Rubens, Smith, Testerman) are not serious candidates for a national campaign. So your choice is Brown if you want to lose, or me if you want to fight to defeat Shaheen.

What happens when Brown or I get to Washington? Brown has shown he is only interested in making money for himself. He will do what the Republican moneymen tell him to do. Brown is a one-man political “hedge fund,” making profits for himself and no one else.

I am the only candidate who is experienced enough to rally Republicans and lead the battle to stop Obama’s agenda in 2015.

So while you may initially think it is presumptuous of me to claim I am the only choice if you want to fight Obama, once you look at the competing records of Brown and me you will find I am speaking the truth and laying out the factual evidence. My beloved Uncle Bill, who graduated from UNH in the depths of the Great Depression, always said he was a “facts and figures man.” So am I.

Brown, of course, is “endorsed” by the party establishment in Washington. What a track record they have. John McCain could not save himself; now he endorses people who have to keep cleaning up the mess McCain left behind in 2008. I personally like Kelly Ayotte very much. But she is a fellow traveler with McCain, not a leader in her own right. She is usually seen standing behind McCain and Graham. Ayotte is not going to lead the fight against Obama.

And so you have a clear choice: if you want to nominate a strong leader who will take the battle to the Democrats, and fight to block Obama’s agenda in 2015, you really have only one choice in the primary.

We still have two years of Obama, starting in January 2015. In those two years Obama is going to do even more damage to this nation. We may not recognize Obama’s “Amerika” of 2017. Unless loyal Americans stand up and fight today, in New Hampshire, in the Republican senate primary, Obama will continue to undermine our nation.

Will you stand up and join me in defeating Shaheen and taking the battle to Obama? You have a chance to make a real difference in 2014. Just do it.

Or do you want to stand down and support Scott Brown and let Brown make more money for himself and for his Republican billionaires?

The choice is yours.

Loyally,

Andy

COMING SOON: “A Psychological Profile of Scott Brown”

P.S. Please do the right thing. Open your mind. Consider voting for me in the primary. You’ll be proud you did.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Andy Martin (866) 706-2639; CELL (917) 664-9329

E-MAIL: AndyNewHampshire@aol.com

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http://contrariancommentary.wordpress.com/2007/02/10/the-mask-of-barack-obama-a-psychological-profile/

ABOUT ANDY:

Andy is a legendary New Hampshire-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, talk television pioneer, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. Andy’s family immigrated to Manchester 100 years ago; today his home overlooks the Merrimack River and he lives around the corner from where he played as a small boy. He has forty-five years of background in radio and television. He is the author of “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and he produced the Internet film "Obama: The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on New Hampshire, national and international events with more than four decades of investigative and analytical experience both in the

USA

and around the world. For more, go to: www.AndyMartin.com

Andy has also been a leading corruption fighter in American politics and courts for over forty-five years and he is executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Policy Institute. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com. See also www.FirstRespondersOnline.us; www.EnglishforAmerica.org

He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Andy Martin says his campaign has gone through stages from impossible dream to improbable dream to realizable dream

Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin continues his four-part Memorial Day weekend series analyzing the state of New Hampshire’s U. S. Senate race with some thoughts today on his role in the upcoming primary election. Andy began his campaign one year ago, on Memorial Day weekend. He suggests he is in the process of winning the “first primary,” and can then go on to tackle the “general” primary with Scott Brown. Andy’s opponents other than Brown have not shown they have any significant potential to dislodge Brown from first place. Only Andy can take on that task. The anti-Brown electorate needs a leader; that leader is Andy. Andy’s status as the “anti-Brown” explains why Browns supporters, who control the GOP apparatus, are trying to marginalize Andy’s campaign.

News from:

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Republican for U.S. Senator

www.AndyMartin2014.com

you can call Andy:

(603) 518-7310

(866) 706-2639

you can email Andy:

andynewhampshire@aol.com

you can write Andy at:

fax (866) 707-2639, or

P. O. Box 742

Manchester, NH 03105-0742

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Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin continues his four-part Memorial Day weekend series on the U. S. Senate race in New Hampshire

Today: Where does Andy’s campaign fit into the primary mix?

Are Scott Brown’s supporters in the GOP establishment trying to run Andy’s campaign off the road because Andy is the only serious threat to Brown?

Andy says “New Hampshire Democrats come to fight; New Hampshire republicans come for tea. Guess who wins?”

(Manchester, NH) (May 27, 2014)

Dear Republican:

One year ago on Memorial Day weekend I announced my candidacy for the U. S. Senate. It seemed like an impossible dream. Jeanne Shaheen was the political colossus. No one expected her to be challenged for reelection. More candidates were running away from the senate race than announcing their candidacies. I had a game plan and decided to take on Shaheen. It looked like an impossible dream, but tough assignments are nothing new for me.

By last fall the Obamacare fiasco had made Shaheen appear vulnerable. Scott Brown began doling out his Massachusetts money to greedy New Hampshire GOP party leaders. The Three Zombies also announced late in the fall.

1. Scott Brown’s decision

In December, Scott Brown started to make serious noises about running. But Brown’s support appears to be centered in the desiccated and enervated New Hampshire GOP leadership. At a meeting in Nashua for a “holiday party,” Brown had more opponents on the street than he had supporters inside at the “party.” If you want to see a short Patch video of me at Brown’s event there is a link below.

Brown’s decision to run against Shaheen has never made sense to me. But as I have studied Scott Brown’s psychology (watch for our “Psychological Profile” of El Scott-o next month) it is clear Brown’s mind does not work in a straight line. While knocking off Shaheen might have appeared an easy task at the end of the year she was never going to be an easy mark for Brown or any other Republican.

Brown was making piles of money and had a sufficient national profile that he could have been a vice presidential balance wheel for a conservative presidential candidate in 2016. But Brown wanted to run against another woman (three in a row).

Later today Brown is going to receive several endorsements. I don’t think endorsements are worth very much in a primary. Unlike official party organizations and officials who take an oath of neutrality, people are free to “endorse” whom they want. But an “endorsement” also carries with it the baggage of the endorser.

On balance, I think every decision Brown has made is questionable or flat out wrong. He is leading because of his “past,” not his “future.” The media have inflated Brown and, in due course, they will “go liberal” and deflate him if he wins the primary.

But there is still a pesky primary to come in September. Brown is obviously favored to win. But the odds are against him winning by a sufficient margin to threaten Shaheen.

2. The “Three Zombies” fail to make an impression

Once Brown made clear he was coming into the Senate primary I then felt and feel even more strongly today there would be “two” primaries. One preliminary primary would come among the non-Brown candidates, to see who could “roll up” the primary opposition against Brown into a leading role as the Brown opponent. Then the “first primary” would take place, between the winner of the “challengers’ primary” and Brown.

Despite a relentless effort by Brown’s supporters to pretend I don’t exist, I slowly started to win the “first primary.” A recent article in the Lowell Sun showed how desperate Brown’s supporters are. (The Lowell Sun link is below.) It is quite obvious that the “Merrimack Business Association” is a front for Dave McCray, and Mr. McCray is a stooge for the GOP leadership. McCray’s claim that he has “not met anyone in town who has shown an interest in this other gentleman (Martin)…” shows he has only been talking to his GOP handlers in Concord. Merrimack is also Jennifer Horn territory.

But, obviously if one of the Three Zombies (Jim Rubens, Bob Smith, Karen Testerman) had shown some break-out potential my role as the upcoming anti-Brown avatar might be diluted. Unfortunately for the zombies they are, well zombies. Let’s take a look at them.

A. Karen Testerman

I do not know Karen Testerman but what I have heard speak to the fact that she is a very decent and honorable person. Notwithstanding those salutary personal characteristics Testerman has not shown that she has any serious potential as an opponent for Jeanne Shaheen, who is a hard core, dirty-fighting New Hampshire Democrat. I am certain Testerman is a sincere candidate, and she probably has an equally limited but sincere following. But she has no more chance of dislodging Brown as the front runner, or even shaking up Brown, than she has shown in her prior races.

B. Bob Smith

I am not going to beat up on Bob Smith. The fact that Smith has announced as a candidate of many political parties, and held a self-confessed “anger” for Republicans sufficient to endorse John Kerry in 2004, speak to Smith’s fitness for a comeback in his mid 70’s. Since Smith has stated openly he holds grudges, will he endorse the Democrat if he loses the GOP primary? No one can predict what Smith will do, not even him. Unpredictability does not bode well for what will have to be a very hard fought and highly concentrated race against Shaheen.

C. Jim Rubens

We finally arrive at the desk of Jim Rubens, the “mini Romney” who took a 16 ( or is it 18?) year vacation from politics to make a fortune as a private equity financier. We all know how that turned out in New Hampshire for Romney. Not very well.

I have actually met Rubens and I think highly of him. He seems like a very decent fellow. But Rubens has a fatal flaw, one in the primary and one in the unlikely prospect he won the primary.

In the primary, Rubens will not attack. He is running what he apparently calls a “positive” campaign. But primaries are supposed to be “negative” by their very nature. A political party holding a primary is trying to sort out who is the strongest opponent to fight the opposing party. Both the strengths and weaknesses of a candidate can legitimately be brought out. Unfortunately for Republicans, they love to hold “Ostrich” primaries, where nothing “negative” is said. Then they watch in horror as their untested and un-vetted candidate is clobbered into extinction by the Democrats in November. With the hitherto undisclosed “negatives.”

In New Hampshire, Democrats have reduced the GOP to tears over the past several decades. Democrats come to fight, and Republicans come for tea. We all know how the GOP has done in the past 20 years. Downhill. Without the skis.

I am not attacking Rubens but here is a hypothetical question for Jim: If you have been out of politics for 16 or 18 years, and your principal opponent holds the “high ground,” with the media and GOP establishment in his pocket, how do you propose to dislodge Mr. Brown from his seemingly secure position? Pardon the phrase, but I will answer my own question. “It ain’t happening.”

So Jim Rubens is a fine man. But if he is unable to attack Brown and rip into Brown's lies, inconsistencies and insufferable arrogance, Rubens will never dislodge Brown from first place. Rubens says he is in second place in the primary. Doubtful.

By process of exclusion, that leaves me as the only “anti-Brown” candidate who can attack Brown and dislodge him from his perch. That’s why Brown’s supporters in the GOP hierarchy are working overtime to undermine my candidacy.

3. Andy’s campaign

This year, my family celebrates 100 years (yup, a full century) in New Hampshire. Unlike Mr. Brown, whose New Hampshire “roots” amount to being dumped on relatives from his abusive family in Massachusetts, I actually played on Elm Street in Manchester and today live around the corner from where I have happy memories. I was supposed to go to UNH but a twist of fate sent me to the University of Illinois to play football.

Afterwards, I was intrigued by the brawling city of Chicago and spent years fighting corruption and sending crooked public officials to jail (see www.AndyMartin.com for details). Needless to say, fading violets do not survive in the sometimes violent milieu of Chicago politics. And so I “learned” a very tough form of politics.

When Barack Obama decided he was presidential material I already knew him as a state senator in Springfield. And so, initially by osmosis and after the collapse of the McCain campaign by default, I became a leader in the battle to save the United States from Barack Obama. Obama obviously felt I was costing him votes because he came back and attacked me by name. Obama tried to revive an old smear that I was anti-Semitic, when nothing could be further from the truth. Obama’s crude smear backfired.

When I came home to New Hampshire (my grandparents are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Manchester) I was a “Democratic” type of fighter instead of a more effete New Hampshire GOP-style patsy for the opposition.

Bottom line: I have shown from the gitgo I have the willingness to attack Brown and to expose his bogus record. Anyone who does not want Brown pretty much has to want me if he or she wants to vote against Brown. The Three Zombies have not shown themselves to be in the same class as Brown and me.

Slowly, perhaps imperceptibly for our rather forlorn and provincial media, my campaign has moved from being the impossible dream to the improbable dream and it is on its way to becoming a realizable dream.

The only reason we are voting to select a candidate is to decide who is the best person to battle Shaheen. Brown has shown he can’t run against a serious woman. He is fixated on Obamacare, when a Republican candidate needs to me more than a Johnny-one-note to bring down the Great Shaheen. Brown is leading based on name recognition and the Massachusetts money he squirreled away after losing his 2012 race, which he is now passing out as political candy to greedy GOP leaders. (Under federal law, money from old races and other states can be spent in new races and different states, which is what Brown is doing.)

Brown is actually rerunning his 2012 from Massachusetts in 2014 in New Hampshire. Bad strategy.

4. What if they gave a primary and no one paid attention?

Scott Brown’s strategy is very obvious. He is going to ignore the Three Zombies, thereby deflating their hopes for a contested primary, and pray his establishment supporters can derail my campaign with dirty tricks. But the media are becoming wise to Brown’s strategy as the Lowell Sun article (link below) confirms.

If Brown effectively boycotts the primary and the three Zombies are left to flail about among themselves, the GOP will become a laughingstock and the primary will become a clown show. I suspect that Brown’s “schedule conflict” for June 18th (see Lowell Sun) is only the first of many conflicts that he will discover during the summer.

And so my friends, there you have it. Allow the GOP leadership to harass and attack me, and there won’t really be a U. S. Senate primary. The Three Zombies will peddle their wares to an empty theater, and Mr. Brown will waltz into the nomination effectively unopposed.

With the foregoing prospect rather obvious from Brown’s “conflicted” schedule for joint appearances, the only way New Hampshire Republicans can have a real primary is if I am a part of the election. And of course, if the party establishment attacks me, I will fire right back, Chicago style. If Jennifer Horn brings her fists, I will bring a knife. If Horn brings a knife, well you know how this ends. The man who popularized this escalation of weaponry now sits in the White House.

If the Republican Party leadership continues to rip me, they can expect to be ripped back. That’s the Chicago Way, and the New Hampshire Democratic Party Way. I would rather run against Brown, but football-style I will run against anyone who is in the way.

The senate primary is starting to get interesting.

Loyally,

Andy

P.S. Please do the right thing. Open your mind. Consider voting for me in the primary. You’ll be proud you did.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Andy Martin (866) 706-2639; CELL (917) 664-9329

E-MAIL: AndyNewHampshire@aol.com

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http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_25828714/lots-fuming-and-n-h-debates-still-weeks#

ABOUT ANDY:

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He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

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Monday, May 26, 2014

Andy Martin: “Who has lost the most ground in New Hampshire?” (Answer: “Jeanne Shaheen has lost her sheen”)

Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin continues his four-part Memorial Day weekend series analyzing the state of New Hampshire’s U. S. Senate race with some thoughts on whether Jeanne Shaheen is still up to the job. Today: who has lost the most ground in New Hampshire? Who lost the most ground in the U.S. Senate race? Andy says Shaheen’s remarks on Boko Haram may signal a decline in the senator’s capacity to serve in Washington.

News from:

Andy Martin

Republican for U.S. Senator

www.AndyMartin2014.com

you can call Andy:

(603) 518-7310

(866) 706-2639

you can email Andy:

andynewhampshire@aol.com

you can write Andy at:

fax (866) 707-2639, or

P. O. Box 742

Manchester, NH 03105-0742

Blogs/web sites (partial):

NewHampshireRepublicans.wordpress.com

AndyMartin.com

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Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin continues his four-part Memorial Day weekend series on the U. S. Senate race in New Hampshire

Today: Who has lost the most ground in the

U. S.

Senate race?

Has Jeanne Shaheen lost her sheen?

(Manchester, NH) (May 26, 2014)

Dear Republican:

If you watched the final episode (for now) of “Mad Men” on AMC Sunday night, one of the themes was how people’s needs and priorities change as they go through life. At different stages we want to live our lives in different ways.

When I went back to Memorial Stadium last September to celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of my team’s winning the Big Ten Championship and the Rose Bowl I was surprised by the toll age had taken on my teammates. In the half-time photo I was the only person on the football team who still bent a knee. My college roommate, who meant so much to me as a freshman football player, had died. But other, old players were still going strong. There is seemingly no rhyme or reason as to who loses energy, and who maintains their zip, as we go through life.

One of the comments on the Wall Street Journal’s “Mad Men” blog stated, “Living is a great sweet adventure which can only be obtained via the wisdom of experience!” Well, Jeanne Shaheen has been “living” in Washington for the past five years. What has she learned from the experience? Is Shaheen’s mind really on the job in Washington? Or has Jeanne effectively “retired” from public office without making a formal announcement?

In my opinion, Shaheen’s remarks on Boko Haram may reflect that she is no longer up to the job of national office and can’t face the stress-and-strain of being a national legislator in a world where terrorism is likely to be a major factor in our lives for the foreseeable future.

Shaheen’s grossly incompetent and unbelievably inappropriate remarks on Islamic terrorism may have triggered a “death spiral” from which her campaign will not emerge unscathed.

Shaheen’s comments on Boko Haram (please see link below) manifested both blind partisanship and gross negligence. In an editorial, the Union Leader (link below) called Shaheen’s comments “ridiculous and dangerous.” Calling into question Shaheen’s own mental competence, the newspaper referred to “Shaheen world,” as though Shaheen is now working and living in a parallel universe. Rick Moran in American Thinker (below) said Shaheen was a “naïve fool.”

We have a very spirited and animated democracy and there is a lot that Democrats and Republicans justifiably argue about. Is Obamacare good or bad? Most Republicans say bad, most Democrats say good. Differences on unemployment compensation, health care and similar controversies are not a basis to question a candidate’s competence for office.

But the inability of a federal official (U.S. Senator Shaheen) to understand the global threat posed by Islamic extremism? Such ignorance or blindness to reality may be a basis to question whether Mrs. Shaheen’s mind is “still in the game.”

Recently a great deal was made of the fact that Shaheen voted with President Obama “99% of the time” in 2013. Fair enough. But did Shaheen vote with Obama out of partisan loyalty, or because she had no idea what was going on in Washington and merely acted as a rubber stamp for the president?

Shaheen was elected governor of New Hampshire three times because whatever her policies, the state was still standing at the end of each term. But New Hampshire is not at the crossroads of the urban dilemma. Concord, the capital, is still a somnolent New England town, not the center of urban experimentalism. Shaheen’s gubernatorial decisions affected slightly over a million people, in a state that was solid when she arrived and was still standing when she left New Hampshire and headed to Boston.

But Washington is different. The Cold War is back with a vengeance. Vladimir Putin has proven more adept than the Nazis at invading countries and stealing territory. Putin threatens “Europe,” just as Europeans are always threatened by their own divisions and mendacity.

China

is building a massive military machine. For what? In order to threaten, terrorize and possibly invade its neighbors.

North Korea

? Don’t ask. Too scary to contemplate. Africa? A basket case with sub-Saharan Africa the latest “headquarters” of Islamic extremism and Al Qaeda sympathizers.

Unlike being governor of New Hampshire, serving as a

U. S.

senator is working in a dangerous, high risk, high pressure environment with worldwide challenges.

But Jeanne is acting in Washington as though she is still the governor of New Hampshire. She does photo ops and supports non-controversial bills. Probably over 90 percent of what Shaheen does is done for her by her staff, or scheduled by her local New Hampshire office. Shaheen’s U. S. Senate “career” is all non-controversial, harmless political pap. Shaheen’s mind is effectively shut off and disengaged from any critical thinking. A good staff can complement a senator’s high energy level. But Shaheen’s own energy is nonexistent in Washington. Her staff is propping her up.

In recent months Shaheen almost appears as though she has spent more time in Manhattan (New York) than she has in Manchester (New Hampshire). Shaheen may have come to that stage in her life where public service is on autopilot, and she just wants to enjoy the “benefits” of serving in public office without putting in the hard work and grueling hours. That’s why she just automatically pushes the “Obama button” 99% of the time when she votes. Her mind is not focused on the national interest and national security.

In common with many other congressional spouses today, Shaheen’s husband functions as her bag man, offering “legal services” to those who can’t comprehend the laws Jeanne enacts into law. (Dick Durbin and other Democrats also use their spouses as de facto conduits for “honest graft.”)

Which brings us back to Boko Haram, Al Qaeda and Jeanne Shaheen’s bizarre claim that the Nigerian terrorist group is not “Islamic.” Barack Obama, of course, was born into the Islamic religion, since his putative father was a Muslim. In office, Obama has gone to great lengths to denigrate Christianity and elevate Islam to an equal status in the

United States

. His reward: Islamic fanatics have shredded his foreign policy and made a mockery of Obama’s genuflections to the mad mullahs.

Shaheen, however, is in Washington to represent New Hampshire, and New Hampshire’s interest in national security and a safe world - not Obama’s misguided pro-Islam poppycock.

Unfortunately, Shaheen is towing the Obama-Islam party line: “Islamic terrorists are not Islamic.”

No wonder the Union Leader calls Shaheen “ridiculous and dangerous,” and Rick Moran calls her a “naïve fool.”

So is Shaheen making stupid statements because she has “lost” her political instincts, and is way over her head in Washington? Or has she lost interest in the hard work of the senate, and wants to merely kick back and enjoy being a senator, with a minimal presence in New Hampshire? None of the possibilities reflect well on Shaheen. She is now on a slippery slope to irrelevance as a political leader.

More significantly, Jeanne Shaheen has become just another Obama acolyte who is a threat to our national security. Is Jeanne too old, too lazy, too greedy or too disinterested to represent New Hampshire? The options are scary. She can still rely on the formidable Democratic Party machine to give her reelection a boost. But does she really care? Is her new campaign motto, “Meet me in Manhattan (at the Hearst Corporation headquarters).”

Jeanne Shaheen has lost her sheen. That is why I believe she has lost the most ground in the senate race; she had the most to lose and she went ahead and lost it.

Loyally,

Andy

P.S. Please do the right thing. Open your mind. Consider voting for me in the primary. You’ll be proud you did.

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LINKS TO THIS STORY (cut and paste the entire link below and not just the underlined portion):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BxJkqhskWs

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140522/OPINION01/140529756

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/dem-senator-boko-haram-not-islamist_792891.html

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/05/dem_senator_boko_haram_not_part_of_islam.html

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

Andy Martin: “Who had the worst week in New Hampshire?” (Answer: “Slippery Scott” Brown)

Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin begins a four-part Memorial Day weekend series analyzing the state of New Hampshire’s U. S. Senate race. Today: who had the worst week in New Hampshire? Next: Who lost the most ground in the senate race? Three: Who moved from being the impossible candidate to the improbable candidate? Last: “Why?” An answer to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly.

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Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin begins a four-part Memorial Day weekend series on the U. S. Senate race in New Hampshire

Today: Who had the “worst week” in the upcoming senate primary?

(Manchester, NH) (May 24, 2014)

Dear Republican:

Media often shut down over Memorial Day weekend (e.g. the Manchester Union Leader) or slow down (e.g. the cable networks). But I am offering you a four-part series of original local and national analysis based on the New Hampshire U. S. Senate race.

Unlike candidates who deliver “set” speeches or “canned” remarks, I actually write my own material. If you don’t like what I have to say, please let me know.

In just ten (10) days, on June 4th, filing will open for the September primary. (Filing closes on Friday the 13th.) This is a good time to take a pre-filing look at the “state of the primary.” Today we focus on the “worst week.” Next, on the biggest loss. Then on the largest change-in-status. Finally I present a national perspective in response to Bill O’Reilly’s cries for help.

1. The “worst week” angle

Fox News and the Washington Post and probably others like to feature a “winner” or “worst week” story. While I don’t plan to write a “worst week” every week, the approach provides a useful frame of reference.

Undoubtedly, Scott Brown has had the worst week in New Hampshire.

Brown’s appearance before the Gun Owners of New Hampshire (“GONH”) reinforced every negative stereotype about Brown. Brown was so desperate he asked the people present to look at his “entire record” instead of only his record on the Second Amendment. That’s a new one.

James Pindell of WMUR-TV said the GONH said Brown’s appearance before the GONH was a “big deal.” Indeed it was. And Brown flopped. (Pindell, who has the political instincts of a cantaloupe, is cheering for Brown but never mind the Hearst Corporation’ political mouthpiece.)

What will be remembered about Brown’s GONH appearance is his refusal to allow taping/recording, his exclusion of media and his shabby treatment of conservatives who appeared. Instead of wooing conservatives (see link below) Brown is increasingly turning them off.

Brown’s problem is a straightforward one: he is not very bright. The best campaign staff can’t turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse. Brown need have no fear of becoming the proverbial “silk purse.” His political instincts are poor.

Brown is acting as though he is the big dog, when Granite Staters do not want some “import” to start acting as though he owns the place without a proper learning curve. Brown falsely believes a few days of driving around in his old truck is a substitute for real knowledge and real insight into New Hampshire values.

Because Brown treats ordinary New Hampshire Republicans as his “subjects” and not as people to be won over, his appearance before GONH did not help his primary cause. Brown lost ground. The “loss” may not be obvious today; but be patient.

The impact and effect of the loss will appear as the summer primary grinds on. Brown is treating the three-month primary as a mere “inconvenience” in his upcoming “coronation” as the GOP senate candidate in November. I don’t think so.

2. Why Scott Brown is doomed, both in September and November

Scott Brown is running precisely the opposite of a campaign he should be running if he expects to dominate the primary and win in November. I don’t think Brown will dominate the primary; he could lose. And I am certain Brown cannot win in November. Here’s why.

If you have a reputation for being “slippery” (my meme calling Brown “Slippery Scott” is starting to catch on with other conservatives) then you have to be totally open, totally candid and totally prepared to be taped and recorded. Brown is doing the opposite on all issues. Because he thinks he has already won the primary, Brown falsely believes he is in “general election mode.” (See James Pindell’s remarks linked below.) Brown is not.

More importantly, Brown can’t beat Shaheen by being in “general election mode.” The only way Brown (or any other Republican) can beat Shaheen is by not being in general election mode.

So what is Brown doing?

Brown ignores candidate forums. The Lowell Sun reports today on one of Brown’s most controversial primary decisions (link below).

Brown refuses to appear at a meeting unless there is advance agreement there will be no video taping and no audio recording.

Brown spends time in Las Vegas with hedge fund operators, asking them to come to New Hampshire. (No, we don’t want hedge fund crooks coming to New Hampshire to buy a U. S. Senate seat as another bauble advertising their ill-gotten fortunes.)

Brown is treating the three-month summer primary as an irrelevant formality.

Mr. Brown may not realize it yet, but his campaign “peaked” on the day he announced. This week, Brown’s senate hopes began a long, slow but steady decline into oblivion. He is not mentally prepared for the upcoming senate primary.

As a result, with every passing day Brown is reinforcing his “Slippery Scott” image, not diminishing it. As the songwriter Paul Simon put it best: “Slip-sliding away.”

Loyally,

Andy

P.S. Please do the right thing. Open your mind. Consider voting for me in the primary. You’ll be proud you did.

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LINKS TO THIS STORY (cut and paste the entire link below and not just the underlined portion):

http://www.wmur.com/political-scoop/why-browns-meeting-with-gun-owners-was-a-big-deal/26101542#ixzz32Nhda44N

http://granitegrok.com/blog/2014/05/scott-brown-gun-owners-nh-meeting-cameras-recording-devices-yup

http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_25828714/lots-fuming-and-n-h-debates-still-weeks#

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