A brief overview
of embarrassing commentary by NH GOP legislators. (Not intended to be
comprehensive.)
January:
Rep. William O’Brien, speaking at a “right to work” hearing:
“New Hampshire wages are artificially high, a symptom of
stagnation.”
February:
Rep. Donald LeBrun in a committee hearing (Health and Human
Services) was quoted as saying: “Rather than spend money on people
with disabilities we have another choice, Voluntary Euthanasia….”
h/t Tuck at Miscellany Blue
March:
Rep. JR Hoell speaking on one of last session’s gazillion
gun bills: “Maybe Democrats want a young mother to allow her children
to be murdered as she runs under a table to hide instead of take a weapon from
her purse and save her most precious loved ones?”
h/t to Tuck at Miscellany Blue
April:
Rep. Peter Hansen, posting on
the House internal email system for legislators gave his opinion
on what was missing from the debate on the stand your ground bill: “Why children and vagina's
of course.”
Rep. Romeo Danais used the
House internal email system to compare feeding poor children to feeding wild
animals – twice in the same day.
Rep. Al Baldasaro testifying
before a committee hearing on a bill to phase out lead sinkers and jigs –
because they’re killing the loon
population:
“If you take a look at other areas, uh, what’s going on
around the country under Agenda 21, this isn’t get – the nose is already under
the tent. This now is pushing the foot under the tent, to slowly get the
fishermen off the lake. That’s what this is gonna do.”
Rep. Stella Tremblay gave her
opinion on the Boston Marathon bombings on Glenn Beck’s website: “Just as you said
would happen. Top Down, Bottom UP. The Boston Marathon was a Black Ops “terrorist” attack.”
May:
Rep. Jane Cormier, in a lengthy
floor speech on SB11, a bill to allow municipalities to work together on
financing and building water and sewer projects: “The EPA now considers
rainwater a pollutant.”
June:
Rep. William O’Brien gives a speech
from the floor, describing the budget that was just passed as “his legacy.”
He had also just voted against the budget.
July:
Senator Andy Sanborn:
Sanborn, R-Bedford, was the guest host of the afternoon
radio show on WTPL-FM in Concord Tuesday afternoon. During one segment he was
talking to former State Sen. Ray White, also a Bedford Republican, about the
new national health care law. Sanborn has been vocal opponent of the law.
At one point Sanborn said the new law "is barreling
down on us like a jet landing into San Francisco. It’s (laughter) it should
make people really concerned."
After the program Sanborn didn't recall the remark, but
after hearing the audio of the program said he apologizes for it.
"It was my mistake. If I offended anyone I am
sorry," Sanborn said.
Two people
were killed and 168 injured in a plane crash in San Francisco just 2 days
before Sanborn was yucking it up on air.
August:
Rep. William O’Brien, at an
Americans for Prosperity rally against the ACA:
And what is Obamacare? It is a law as destructive to
personal and individual liberty as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 that allowed
slave owners to come to New Hampshire and seize African Americans and use the
federal courts to take them back to slave states.
h/t to Tuck at Miscellany Blue
September:
Rep. Al Baldasaro retweeted
something posted by his friends at Americans for Prosperity: “RT if you want to be exempt from #Obamacare like
members of Congress! Yes!”
Sadly
for Al, that proved to be a falsehood.
h/t to Tuck at Miscellany Blue
October:
Former
Rep. Pete Silva tripped over
his racism during a particularly ugly special election battle. Silva was trying
to regain his former House seat. He
said that on the day of the primary election "I thought I was in New
Delhi." His opponent is Latha Mangipudi, who is of Indian descent. His
further comment about how Indian voters would be "coming out of the
woodwork" to vote for Mangipudi seemed, to many, to carry the unappealing
aroma of racism.
November:
Representatives Laurie Sanborn and Neal Kurk on the
subject of expanding
Medicaid:
Is it fair that eligibility for expanded Medicaid is based on income
only and not assets, so that a 50-year old who lives on a yacht and has a very
low income qualifies for free health insurance?
December:
Rep. JR Hoell was the gift that kept on giving in December. First, from
an interview he did on wingnut radio:
“We’re not here to threaten anybody. We’re here standing
on our soapbox as opposed to standing with our ammo box in hand to make a point
politically. The message needs to get out that Scott Brown does not represent
New Hampshire.
If things continue the way they are, there may be a day or
a time where firearms and ammo are necessary. It happened in the Revolutionary
War. I’d like to think we’re not there yet, but as things continue to unravel,
that may be the next step.
h/t to Tuck at Miscellany
Blue
This lead to more
tantrums:
“Regardless of where Brown lives, he BROKE his oath of office by
stating he wanted to ban certain semi-automatic rifles.
Brown does not support NH values!
(BTW, he has taken an oath to up hold the constitution on at
least 3 separate occasions: Swearing in as a National Guard member, MA
legislature and US Senate)”
And finally, this little gem
from the NSFW files.
The wheels are coming off the GOP clown car, kids. Stay tuned, and Happy New Year
to all of my readers.
PS: Thank you Tuck. Not only could I not do this without you, it would be so much less fun.
PS: Thank you Tuck. Not only could I not do this without you, it would be so much less fun.
2 comments:
A very Happy and satisfying New Year to you too!!
Does their Clown mobile even have wheels? Since they don't read much, don't educate themselves on real issues and are completely ignorant of reality, I would imagine their clown car runs on greasepaint and is mobile only by their methane gas.
The EPA is one of many fairly corrupt outfits which runs similarly to the FDA etc. etc. No one needs these bureaus to explain to us that rainwater is indeed highly toxic and along with acid mist has been deemed so for decades.
Only an idiot who can't be bothered to read further than hate messaging would not know this.
Thanks, Susan! I can't wait to chat with folks in some of these districts. We sure don't need a repeat of what happened when Stella melted down. Remember all those folks saying, "I had no idea! I voted for her because of the 'R' next to her name." Hopefully that 'R' will now serve as a warning, not a beacon.
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