Independent New Hampshire Republican leader Andy Martin says
a New Hampshire sex scandal
involving U. S.
Senator Kelly Ayotte, Jennifer Horn, State Representative Bill O’Brien and Dave
Wihby will almost certainly impact the 2016 presidential primary. Horn’s
inappropriate behavior defending an accused sex fiend could also inflict
lasting damage on both New Hampshire ’s
presidential primary and the local Republican Party.
David Wihby, a senior staff associate to U.
S. Senator Kelly Ayotte, was recently arrested
in Nashua in a prostitution sting.
Ordinarily the actions of the Nashua Police Department’s “Prostitute Squad”
would not have national implications. But Andy explains why the sex scandal and
Horn’s belligerent and incompetent behavior is reopening old wounds and
creating party fissures that will seriously impact the 20216t presidential
primary.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy
Martin says that Jennifer Horn’s attacks on State Representative Bill O’Brien
are certain to impact the 2016 presidential primary
Andy
says Horn‘s corruption and incompetence as a state party leader will make a
mess of the 21016 presidential primary
Andy
says Horn is jeopardizing the integrity of New Hampshire
Andy
says Horn’s corruption and incompetence cost New Hampshire U. S.
Andy
once again defends free speech in the New Hampshire Republican Party
(Honolulu , HI April 10, 2015 )
Let me begin by stating some basics: [1] I am not a friend or supporter of
State Representative Bill O’Brien. [2] I am an admitted political opponent of
New Hampshire Republican State Chairman Jennifer Horn. [3] I am not an opponent
of U. S.
Senator Kelly Ayotte but I generally view her record favorably. [4] I am in all
probability New Hampshire ’s
leading (only?) political and governmental corruption fighter.
Ironically, I am in Honolulu
this week and part of next week investigating a prostitution arrest connected
to President Barack Obama (more to come on that important story as my
investigation in Honolulu
proceeds).
So what caught my attention? A prostitution arrest back home
in New Hampshire because that
arrest will almost certainly affect the outcome of the 2016 presidential
primary.
David Wihby, the “state director” for U.
S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (see multiplicity of
links below) was arrested by the Nashua Police Department in a prostitution
sting. Usually a local prostitution arrest would not trigger national
implications. But the “secondary explosions” following the arrest of local
powerhouse David Wihby do have national implications for the 2016 presidential
primary and perhaps even for primaries after that one. Allow me to explain. (I
will also be providing coverage in greater depth on this issue during the next
few days as we approach a “First in the Nation” presidential candidate event April
18-18 in – where else? – Nashua .
(Hopefully no candidate will be caught by the NPD’s “Prostitution Squad” during
the “FITN” event.)
I worked in the U. S. Senate and have been a follower of the
senate and national politics for half a century. One of the cardinal rules for U.
S. Senators is that they should not intrude
in local politics and party primaries because such local meddling can cost them
support and ultimately reelection. Ayotte has been a decent senator, not
excellent but decent, but her lack of prior elected political experience and
her constant meddling in New Hampshire GOP internal politics and primaries
could cost her reelection in 2016.
In 2014, Ayotte supported Horn’s maneuver to import an
out-of-state candidate, Scott Brown, for the U. S. Senate. The tactic
backfired. Conservatives rebelled. In late 2014 Ayotte again backed Horn during
an internal battle over who would become speaker of the state house of
representatives after Republicans took control in Concord
in 2014. The majority of the caucus supported State representative Bill O’Brien
but Horn and Ayotte backed his opponent. O’Brien was stabbed in the back when
the supporters of Horn and Ayotte supported an anti-O’Brien candidate for
speaker, and the Democrats ended up
choosing the speaker for a Republican majority. Understandably, O’Brien is
still rankled by what happened only a few months ago.
Horn has been attacking me since 2011 and so I have no more
love for her than Bill O’Brien does.
Earlier this week O’Brien issued an attack on Ayotte for her
poor choice of senior staff member in Wihby. End of story? Not at all. Horn then
attacked O’Brien for attacking Wihby and herein lies the crux of the conflict
for 2016 and thereafter.
Horn likes to talk about “party unity.” But Horn is
functionally an idiot. Horn has done more to spread GOP party disunity than anyone else in New
Hampshire . For Horn, “party unity” is a one way
street, and she owns the street. Not surprisingly, conservative and pro-integrity
Republicans such as me are opponents of Horn and her one-way demands for party
unity.
Horn said O’Brien’s critical remarks about Ayotte and Wihby were
“extremely disappointing and beneath the dignity of his public office.” Defending
Ayotte and Wihby, Horn said everyone should be praying for the “john” and his
“recovery.”
I am not defending O’Brien. He is fully capable of defending
himself. But I am defending free speech for New Hampshire Republicans, this
time Bill O’Brien’s. Last month Horn attacked U. S. Senator Ted Cruz, seeking
to limit his free speech; I also defended Cruz’s right to speak his mind.
Horn recently obtained national
publicity when Governor Scott Walker had to avoid her home due to a dog
allergy. How many presidential candidates are going to want to be seen with
Horn or by her side when she is creating intra-party conflicts and reopening wounds,
thereby becoming toxic to local Granite State Republicans? How many? Not many. And
how many candidates are politely going to go out of their way to avoid Horn?
Very many.
I am going to have a lot more to say
about Jennifer Horn’s toxicity in the next week. Horn is a disgrace to the New
Hampshire Republican Party. And because she continually keeps insulting loyal
Republicans, seeking to rig state primaries and prefer one candidate over
another to promote her own self-interest, she is going to negatively impact the
2016 presidential primary. Other states are only too willing to pounce on New Hampshire ’s “first in the nation” status. If Horn keeps making New
Hampshire a place where state leaders – who are supposed to be neutral – keep
attacking loyal local Republicans with whom they disagree, New Hampshire is
going to become a primary pariah in the future. Horn made a lifetime enemy of
me in 2011 (all while her son was driving drunk along the state’s highways,
potentially killing someone and while Horn has IRS tax
liens on her home; she is the complete hypocrite) and Horn is making new
enemies of Granite State Republicans every day.
Bill O’Brien was the choice of a
majority of his caucus. He was screwed by Horn & Co. Any presidential
candidate who allows himself or herself to be featured with Horn is likely to
become toxic to O’Brien and other conservatives. I am not perfect, O’Brien is
not perfect. Horn is not perfect. If we were able to sit down and work out our
differences without dirty dealing and backstabbing perhaps we could. But
because Horn persists in repeatedly screwing us and many, many other
Republicans she is single-handedly destroying the Republican Party in New Hampshire and ensuring ongoing Democratic Party dominance.
Jennifer Horn? She is “First in
the Nation” among corrupt and incompetent state Republican Party leaders. Need
I say more about what this bodes for the 2016 presidential primary and beyond?
And so, an obscure prostitution arrest of an obscure individual will almost
certainly have an impact in the 2016 New Hampshire presidential primary. Any presidential candidate seen with
Horn will be toxic to loyal New Hampshire Republicans.
LINKS TO THIS STORY (cut and paste the entire link below and not
just the underlined portion):
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150409/NEWS06/150409077
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