Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a
news conference today, Wednesday, August 27th to condemn Scott Brown and
Jennifer Horn, as well as the New Hampshire Republican Party, for falsely
accusing Jeanne Shaheen of anti-Semitism. Andy demands that Brown take his
bogus “anti-Semite” attacks on Shaheen off the air. “The behavior of the New
Hampshire Republican Party is a disgrace to Granite State Republicans as well
as an embarrassment to Republicans nationally,” Andy says. “Brown should remove
his web ad accusing Shaheen of taking ‘anti-Semitic campaign contributions.’ Brown
has brought politics in this state to a new low. We need a house-cleaning of
the New Hampshire GOP leadership. Ordinary Republicans are great; the leadership
is incompetent and despicable. Scott Brown has only exacerbated the decline of
the party.”
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF MANCHESTER, NH NEWS CONFERENCE
ATTENTION
NATIONAL, POLITICAL, NEW HAMPSHIRE DAYBOOK &
ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
condemns Jennifer Horn and Scott Brown for “despicable behavior” in accusing
Jeanne Shaheen of de facto anti-Semitism
Andy says Brown and Horn are disgracing the
Republican Party locally and nationally
Andy says he is extremely reluctant to defend
Shaheen but his sense of “public integrity” compels him to do so
Andy suggests Horn's real target may be New
Hampshire’s Lebanese-American community, which resides in both political parties
It is time to state the obvious: New Hampshire GOP leaders have a grossly
inflated sense of their role and competence
(Manchester, NH)
(August 27, 2014)
Dear Granite Stater:
The last thing I want to do is defend Jeanne Shaheen. But in
a lifetime in politics that spans almost fifty years, I have always put public
integrity, not politics, first. I believe in the truth and I believe in
truth-telling politics, not false accusations of anti-Semitism.
Scott Brown and Jennifer Horn have brought politics in this
state to a new low. (Brown is using one of his “off the books,” so-called
“independent,” committees to smear Jeanne Shaheen with a web video (see link # [5]
below). Brown’s use of such anonymous attacks is a sham and fraud.)
1. The origins of Jeanne Shaheen’s alleged “anti-Semitism”
Jeanne Shaheen is being accused of taking “anti-Semitic”
money from a PAC in Washington
called “J Street.” J
Street is a pro-Israel group with an independent
position on the Middle East crisis. I neither endorse
nor condemn J Street. I am
aware of J Street but I
don’t pay great attention to the group’s views. Jennifer Horn and Scott Brown
are accusing J Street of
being a “fringe” group when J Street
merely reflects a competing view of Middle East
politics.
2. The “old guard” and the “new guard” in pro-Israel
politics
The “pro-Israel” movement is no different than any other
aspect of our society. There is a generational gap and a generational challenge
between those who unquestioningly support Israel’s
policies and others who do not give unquestioning support. The Republican Party
is not immune from this hydraulic pressure.
Governor Chris Christie was recently chastised by a
potential supporter for saying the West Bank was
“occupied.” Only in the United States
would Christie’s remarks be criticized. Indeed, there are many more shades of
nuanced opinion, and much more “freedom of the press,” in Israel
than in the United States
when it comes to debating the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
In my opinion all sides of the contentious Middle
East dispute are entitled to make bona fide arguments (even
denying the West Bank is “occupied” if that’s what they
believe) without being branded as anti-Semites.
“J Street”
in an independent-thinking pro-Israel group that sometimes says provocative things
about the conflict between Israel
and Palestine. But by no stretch of
the imagination are J Street
supporters “anti-Semites” as backers of competing organizations allege. Scott
Brown and Jennifer Horn have tried to portray Jeanne Shaheen as a de facto
anti-Semite because her campaign has accepted contributions from J
Street and J Street
donors.
Brown’s and Horn’s behavior is pure gutter politics.
3. Is Horn’s attack is really one on Lebanese-Americans
Is Brown’s attack on Shaheen really an anti-Semitic accusation
or is there a back story? Perhaps Brown and Shaheen are trying to draw
attention to Shaheen’s Lebanese-American name. I assume Bill Shaheen, Jeanne’s
husband, has a Lebanese-American background. Horn and Brown may be trying to
stir up hostility to Bill Shaheen as part of their attack on J
Street. Who knows what lurks in the deranged minds
of Jennifer Horn and Scott Brown? You tell me what you think.
4. Horn lodged the same lies against me
A third of a century ago (yes, century) I was involved in a nasty
litigation with a cocaine-crazed judge (yes judges did go crazy with cocaine in
the 80’s, along with a lot of other people). Horrendous attacks were lodged by
all sides in the series of lawsuits. Ultimately two judges (Cabranes and
Neumann) were very likely denied appointments to the U. S. Supreme Court
because of their misconduct involving me. Out of millions of words in the
lawsuits, most of them vitriolic, especially on the part of “Cocaine Cabranes,”
my political opponents have sought to take a few sentences out of context to
suggest I am anti-Semitic. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I grew up in a philo-Semitic home, with a spiritual parent
that was a refugee from Nazi Germany. I was being schooled in the Holocaust
when most kids my age were studying baseball standings. Nevertheless, we all
know that in lawsuits (where husbands and wives routinely accuse each other of
“extreme cruelty” before counting out the cash) Horn has tried to pretend I am
an anti-Semite to undermine me politically. Horn’s tactics have backfired.
Instead of letting voters make up their own minds, Horn has tried to harass me
and ended up making a sworn enemy who is dedicated to her removal from party
office.
Now Horn is using false accusations of anti-Semitism against
Jeanne Shaheen. I hope you will agree with me that Brown’s and Horn’s behavior
is an embarrassment to the Republican Party.
5. I demand that Shaheen and Brown apologize
Brown and Horn should apologize for their misconduct, withdraw
their dirty ads, and stop demonizing the Democrats. Telling the truth and
proffering the facts about Shaheen are more than enough to defeat her without
dragging the state GOP into the gutter.
6. What’s wrong with this picture?
So far as I am aware Jennifer Horn has no meaningful
professional distinctions or accomplishments. We have a problem in New
Hampshire. Because of our national prominence in the
presidential primary process a lot of our Republican “leaders,” who are actually
third raters, suddenly believe they are first rate politicians who can spout
off as though they really know something.
The New Hampshire Republican Party has been in decline for
decades. I do not expect that process to stop in 2014. Brown may slip into the
senate if he wins the primary, but he has yet to pass the primary bar. It
behooves people of limited accomplishments and intellect such as Horn and her
posse to act cautiously when they are participating in politics at a level far
beyond their competence.
Brown's loose mouth is also legendary.
Horn’s loose mind is also painfully evident to anyone with
minimum political experience at the national level.
You disagree with me? Well, tell me what you think about
undermining the GOP brand by lodging false accusations of anti-Semitism against
the Democrats.
Please take a look at the links below. I have documented my
views with references to all of the relevant issues. As always, and unlike
Horn’s and Brown’s attacks, my accusations are evidence-based, not political
hot air.
Loyally,
Andy
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News conference details: Manchester,
NH August
27, 2014
WHO:
New
Hampshire U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHAT:
Andy Martin attacks Scott Brown
and Jennifer Horn for falsely accusing Jeanne Shaheen of anti-Semitism
WHERE:
Manchester, NH, Northwest corner of Elm and Webster Streets
WHEN:
Wednesday, August 27, 5:45
P.M.
LINKS TO THIS STORY (cut and paste the entire link below and not
just the underlined portion):
[1] http://nhgop.org/news/nhgop-denounces-shaheen-support-for-fringe-group-attacking-israel
[2] http://nhjournal.com/nhgop-asks-shaheen-shea-porter-kuster-to-return-j-street-pac-contributions/
[3] https://www.facebook.com/pages/J-Street-U-Dartmouth/284611641585230
[4] http://freebeacon.com/politics/shaheen-under-fire-for-taking-j-street-money/
[5] http://freebeacon.com/politics/ad-jeanne-shaheen-does-not-stand-with-israel/
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