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 .
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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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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”
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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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