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John DiStaso's Granite Status: That's them, not us!
By JOHN DISTASO
Senior Political Reporter
Monday, Sep. 15, 2008
The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce says it had nothing to do with a TV advertisement attacking Jeanne Shaheen.
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Shaheen's NH record of expansion of taxes and government is nothing to be proud of.
Shame on the Manchester CoC. They ought to take the advice of the US CoC.
Shaheen would be bad for the economy. Look what havoc she wreaked in NH!
- Jane Aitken, Bedford
The Democrats doing push poling and other illegal election stuff?? Say it ain't so! I just can't believe it lol! Obama manipulated cacuses in the primaries, so it honestly doesn't surprise me when the Democrats do stuff like this.
For example, I actually saw Obama's supporters going around college campuses in NH encouraging Massachusetts and other surrounding state students to register to vote in NH since our primary was more valuable than theirs. So Obama would use out of state students by getting them to vote in NH when they don't even live here. That is wrong and I am sure they are doing the same thing again now in the general election. Just because you are a student living on a college campus for a few months out of the year in NH shouldn't qualify you to be able to vote as a NH resident. But once again, Obama found a loophole to manipulate since he can't win the state on his own.
- Ryan Feltner, Manchester NH
"WALTER E. WILLIAMS wrote: Seven years ago, then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen pushed a sales tax. Businessman Gary Levy and the retail merchants sounded the alarm, and the sales tax was defeated predictably and easily. " One can clearly look up former Governor Shaheen's record and see that Mr. Cullen is offering up some honesty to his comments. There are those who would like the people of NH not to remember this. Sorry but the majority does remember it. Sununu is the best choice for NH and for our nation.
- Robert M Tarr, Manchester
Blevens has never changed his mind on issues
Hopefully voter will remember the 02 election where the only candidate that
was right on both major issues was Libertarian Candidate Ken Blevens. He was
opposed to the war in Iraq Sununu and Shaheen supported the war. Blevens
supported Drilling in Alaska Shaheen and Sununu did not. Is there really a
difference? Libertarian Candidate Ken Blevens is the only other choice for
U.S. Senate
- Libertarian Ken Blevens, Bow
Why does Backus need to have a poll, in order to tell us what we want to hear? Why doesn't he just tell us what he thinks?
- Henry, Bow
Frank,credibility?
You mean the very credible Joe Biden,who repeatedly said that Obama was not ready to lead(when running for the top slot himself),and then was tapped for VP by that same not ready to lead man.
Maybe Biden was just reading that accusation from somebody elses speech.
After all,he is a self-admitted plagurist.
JUST SAY BUBYE OBAMA '08
And take your lipstick painted pig with you.
- Michael Paradis, Manchester
Fergus Cullen simply embarrasses himself and he's too ignorant to realize it. I suppose that's the job of a political party mouthpiece. Now that's a job with a future. Who needs credibility these days?
- Frank, Manchester
Keep Sununu - tell Shaheen & her taxes to take a hike. Vote out Shea-Porter-Pelosi. Vote Kenney for Gov. Stop the Democrats from turning NH into an extension of MA.
Send the Left back to MA, NY, & NJ where they belong. Good bye Democommies! No state income tax! No more tax & spending for NH.
- Mac Wade, Newmarket, NH
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