Spinning Kenney's Fundraising Fail

We last saw Joe Kenney when he was the GOP sacrificial lamb  ran for governor in 2008. He's trying another comeback, running for Ray Burton's Executive Council seat in the ridiculously sized District One. Ray's family has endorsed Mike Cryans, the Democrat in the race. Joe's been endorsed by a cross section of the far right fringe. In Carroll County that means well known racist Ray Shakir, birther Laurie Pettengill, Bircher Norm Tregenza, and bellicose bigot Frank McCarthy.

Some of the other fringe support he has comes from the libertea crowd:  Rep. Leon Rideout, Free Stater Rep. Michael Sylvia, and Rep. Jane Cormier, who wrote a marvelous spin on Joe Kenney's inability to fundraise, posted over at the home of libertea fratboys: 

Joe Kenney is running a grassroots campaign in his election against Michael Cryans in the District 1 Executive Council seat. In yesterday’s Laconia Daily Sun, there was an article regarding Cryans receiving a “2 to 1 advantage in funds raised”. For those who have been watching the political left’s ability to ‘raise funds’, it is not surprising that Cryans is 2- 1 ahead.

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I actually like the fact that Joe Kenney is willing to take $40,000 out of his own pocket to SERVE NH. It proves Joe has no problem putting his money where his mouth is. Those of us who know Joe, know he is a man of honor. Whether it was as a Colonel in the US Marine Corp or a legislator with a 14 year conservative voting record, voters understand there is a real and substantive difference between the politically backed progressive that is Michael Cryans, and the humble public servant that is Joe Kenney.


There ya go - it's not that career politician Joe Kenney can't raise money. This isn't a self-funded vanity campaign - it's the grassroots campaign of a humble public servant. 

Apparently we aren't supposed to wonder WHY a humble public servant with  14 year record is having such difficulty raising money. 


Joe didn't mind taking money from special interest groups in 2008.


Any mention made of Joe being a career politician is scrupulously scrubbed from his candidate page.

Who Sabotaged Joe Kenney's FB Page?

Joe Kenney is running for the District One Executive Council seat that belonged to beloved north country icon Ray Burton.  Like anyone running for office in 2014,  Joe has a candidate Facebook page.

Things went awry at Joe's FB page the other night, and as luck would have it, I got a screenshot. Was Joe's page hacked? Did someone prank him while he wasn't looking?  Does he have a high fever that is causing him to hallucinate? Someone logged in as Joe Kenney and gave some rather ill-tempered (and badly punctuated) replies: 

Despite the protestations of supporters, Joe is a career politician. He's far too slick to answer Erik Corbett (a business owner who lives in District 1) so rudely. That does leave one wondering - who would? 

The questionable responses have since been removed, with no explanation.