Andy Martin, the man who spearheaded the media tactics that
defeated Massachusetts interloper
Scott Brown in the 2014 U. S. Senate election, says GOP state chair Jennifer
Horn is trying to muzzle 2016 presidential candidates and infantilize the
presidential primary. Andy, an independent New Hampshire Republican Party
leader, says Horn’s tactics failed in 2014 and will fail again in 2016.
“Criticizing the record and qualifications of your opponent is a time-honored
American campaign practice,” Andy says. “Jennifer Horn tries to protect her own
financial interests by pretending she is presiding at a political kindergarten
where candidates can only say ‘nice things’ and cannot say ‘bad things’ about
other contenders. That is not the way politics works. In 2014, Horn tried to
stifle criticism of interloper Scott Brown. By seeking to discourage criticism,
Horn forced Brown’s opponents to go ‘underground’ and Brown lost the
conservative base in the general election. Now Horn is trying to protect Jeb
Bush by stifling campaign criticism in 2016.”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy
Martin says Ted Cruz and Fergus Cullen should be free to speak their mind
without censorship or intimidation from Jennifer Horn
Andy
says Horn has done more to undermine the New Hampshire GOP than anyone else in
the Granite State
Andy
says Horn should disclose her unpaid taxes and arrangements with Barack Obama’s
IRS
Andy
is laying down a marker that he will be a tough player in the 2016 New Hampshire
(Manchester , NH March 17, 2015 )
Let me begin by stating some basics: [1] I do not know Senator Ted Cruz and I
am not a supporter. I am not supporting any presidential candidate at this
time.
[2] I do not know Fergus Cullen. I suspect Cullen doesn’t
like me any more than he likes Ted Cruz, but I unhesitatingly defend Cullen's
right to free speech, to criticize candidates and to engage in “biting” speech.
[3] Jennifer Horn and I are not friends. She has done
everything she can to harass me, and I am committed to seeing her removed. I
believe that because of her IRS tax liens Horn is really a Trojan Horse for the
Obama administration, and a traitor to the state GOP.
[4] I believe the New Hampshire GOP State Committee has
shown egregious bad judgment by allowing Horn to continue as a party leader
when Horn owes back taxes to the IRS. What kind of a message does that send to
voters?
Horn diverted her income taxes from payments to the IRS to
her own failed political campaigns. I suspect she is paying off the IRS on an
installment plan but no one knows what she owes. Horn refuses to be transparent
about her obvious conflict of interest with Barack Obama’s IRS.
[5] I am committed to the defeat of Jeb Bush in the
presidential campaign. We will stop Jebbie cold.
Last week Fergus Cullen said some nasty things about Senator
Ted Cruz (see link #1 below). Cullen had every right to say what he did abut Cruz.
Candidate criticism is an honorable part of our political history.
Decades ago, Ronald Reagan concocted his “Eleventh
Commandment” to silence his own critics. Unfortunately, Reagan worshippers have
extended the late president’s “commandment” into a straightjacket in a way that
was never intended to silence campaign criticism or confrontation. Time after
time, election after election, Republicans stand mute as primary candidates
campaign without any meaningful examination of their records, and without any
meaningful intra-party criticism. Then the Democratic Party’s dirt diggers and
mudslingers attack the unsuspecting Republicans in the fall election.
The biggest victim of this internal silencing was Mitt
Romney, who was surprised in 2012 when Democrats came after him hammer and tong.
Romney had never faced serious confrontation in the primaries, although Newt
Gingrich tried to lay out some of the anti-Romney case.
In 2014 Jennifer Horn imported Massachusetts candidate Scott Brown. Horn was trying to promote her own
financial interests, which I will discuss in an upcoming column. Horn tried to
silence other candidates from criticizing Brown and she tried to disrupt my senate
campaign by silencing me. But I took the truth to the media. I was committed to
defeating Brown and, as I promised in response to Horn’s dirty tricks, if she
stabbed me in the primary in return I would stab Brown in the general election.
She did and I did.
Horn is the most ignorant and
corrupt GOP state party leader in the United States . Her new claim that “all Republicans would be best focused
on promoting their favorite candidates rather than attacking others” (see link #2
below) is an attempt to promote her financial franchise and to muzzle
intra-party criticism.
But the current “New Hampshire system” does not produce viable opponents to confront the
Democratic Party’s standard bearers. In 2014 Horn could not produce a viable
gubernatorial candidate, and she abandoned one congressional candidate to
promote Scott Brown’s money machine. Then, after the election, Horn had the
gall to take credit for state legislative victories, where her minions had
played no meaningful role. Horn did more to defeat Republican candidates in
2014 than to elect them. If Horn had encouraged an open and honest primary
Brown would probably be a senator today. Because she fixed and rigged the
primary, all of Brown’s opponents to some extent worked against him.
Now Horn is trying to repeat her
dirty tricks by rigging the presidential primary in favor of Jeb Bush, because
Jeb Bush has the most cash to pass around to New Hampshire ’s outstretched and open palms. Instead of defending
Cullen’s right to free speech, she was and is trying to tamp down criticism,
which will mostly be of Bush.
I go back a long way in presidential
primaries. I remember the 1988 New Hampshire primary, when Senator Bob Dole accused George H. W. Bush of
“lying about [Dole’s] record.” I observed George W. Bush’s dirty tricks from
the inside in 2000. If Jeb Bush doesn’t want to criticize his opponents, that his
is privilege. But if Cullen, or others, want to rip a candidate or candidates,
that is their constitutional right. They should not be muzzled by Jennifer
Horn.
As for myself, I have every intention
of criticizing Jeb Bush because both he and his family have been a disaster for
the American people. Two unnecessary Bush Middle East wars are enough. Jeb is manifestly
unsuited to lead our nation.
So, Ted Cruz, feel free to “tell
it like it is.” And Mr. Cullen, have it at. I may not agree with either of you
but I will defend your right to free speech. Live Free or Die.
LINKS TO THIS STORY (cut and paste the entire link below and not
just the underlined portion):
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New citations
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that fit into larger political narratives…”
“The only
American journalists that are “standing UP” [to Obama] are, Andy Martin…”
ABOUT ANDY:
Andy is a legendary
New
Hampshire New York Manchester 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 USA
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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