Category Archives: Democrats

Bernie Sanders Bails on St. Johnsbury Commencement Speech to Hawk His Book

Dan McLean, in Sanders’ office, said initially when contacted only that Sanders was “traveling” and unable to get to St. Johnsbury for the graduation. In a follow-up conversation seeking additional details, McLean said Sanders will be in Europe beginning mid-week … Continue reading

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Putting Some Perspective On the Democrat Win in Wolfeboro, NH

The epic inspirational “flip” in Wolfeboro was a 51% to 49% victory with 811 votes for the Democrat and 755 for the Republican. That’s 56 votes in a town that cast 4,395 ballots last November and only 1566 last week. … Continue reading

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My Turn: How liberals discuss politics

I recently had a pleasant discussion with a friend, whom I’ll call Tim. I mentioned to him that I’d written a newspaper column stating that the 2008 credit crisis had been caused by wretched federal government policies. The discussion immediately … Continue reading

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Clinton Meat Puppet Calls Trump Budget Immoral

“A budget is a moral document, and this immoral budget does not reflect the values we share as Americans. The values we share as Americans. The President’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal would hurt students, working Americans, seniors, and our … Continue reading

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NH Democrats Lying About the AHCA (Just Like They Lied About Obamacare)

Democrats lied repeatedly about Obamacare when they were trying to pass it.  The video below, for example, shows 36 instances when Obama lied about being able to keep your current healthcare plan.  Actually, Obamacare would have forced insurance companies to … Continue reading

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Do a Pair of State House Wins Portend a Democratic Wave?

Clearly not, not after this, but… Democrats are looking to wins in state and local elections for signs of a comeback, as the party tries to prove it can channel voter enthusiasm under the Trump presidency into votes and expand its … Continue reading

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AP corrects crowd estimate in Conway visit, won’t use reporter again for politics

The Associated Press has issued a correction in connection with its report on Kellyanne Conway’s speech to New Hampshire Republicans last week, acknowledging that its crowd estimate was wrong. The original, four-paragraph report from freelance reporter Melanie Plenda estimated the … Continue reading

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Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years

The National Security Agency under former President Barack Obama routinely violated American privacy protections while scouring through overseas intercepts and failed to disclose the extent of the problems until the final days before Donald Trump was elected president last fall…More … Continue reading

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Did NH Democrats collude with AP Reporter to Publish ‘Fake News?’

Today, the Union Leader talked to a free-lance reporter for the Associated Press who got herself into some hot water over some actual ‘fake news’ reporting that she did at a recent Republican event. Kellyanne Conway was a speaker at … Continue reading

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NH State House seat flips to Democrat. Went 51-44 Trump. First ever Democrat elected in Wolfeboro!

Talk about desperate for good news. First ever Democrat elected in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and where Trump won 51-44 and Mitt Romney won 56-43 in 2012. First flip for Democrats under Trump. What’s awesome, Donald Trump won here and it’s NEVER gone Democrat! More… … Continue reading

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