Posts Tagged ‘Sarah Palin’

I was just about to post something thanking Rep. Horrigan for taking responsibility for his stupid, hurtful comments. And then I found out that he maybe, sorta won’t be stepping down.

It took over 24 hours, a news story that spread from Concord to Anchorage, a mention on Fox News, and denouncements from state Democrats but Keith Hallaron has told WMUR that he will not actively campaign for the NH House.
Halloran at first called the criticism of his comment a “tempest in a tea party tea [...]

Today, the NHGOP issued the following statement regarding State Rep Timothy Horrigan (D-Durham) comments concerning Sarah Palin on Facebook. The statement can be found below:

SHOCK: NH DEM STATE REP CLAIMS PALIN “MORE DANGEOUS DEAD THAN ALIVE”
Twice In Two Days: NHGOP Condemns NH Democrats’ Latest Hateful Comments About Governor Palin
CONCORD – The New Hampshire Republican State [...]

Here is a roundup of the local and national press that wrote on the Halloran comments yesterday.
John DiStaso’s The Granite Status:
THE BIG BLUE CRINGE. Democratic leaders collectively gasped yesterday afternoon when the state Republican Party happily exploited Rindge Democratic legislative candidate Keith David Halloran’s astonishing “death wish” for Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston.
Shortly after midnight [...]

Yesterday will go down as a bad day for New Hampshire Democrats across the board.  With stories featured on the Drudge Report, POLITICO, and The Daily Caller featuring the Facebook comments from Democrat State Rep Candidate Keith Halloran.  Once his comments went NATIONAL (keep in mind that Red Hampshire CRASHED because of this story.  At [...]

Yesterday, Paul Hodes’ campaign continued their explosive reaction to Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Kelly Ayotte begging for campaign contributions by tweeting and uttering the name Sarah Palin every chance he gets.  Almost like it is the secret password to have liberals and their interest groups magically open their wallets and donate to his rapidly depleting [...]

In a front page editorial, UL Publisher Joe McQuaid welcomed Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Kelly Ayotte by stating what political observers, and all of the campaigns have known for a year now.
SARAH PALIN’S endorsement of Kelly Ayotte for U.S. Senate should neither surprise nor upset the other campaigns. The race will be won by the [...]

Following Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Kelly Ayotte for US Senate, Ovide Lamontagne issued the following hard hitting statement on the endorsement and why he thinks Ayotte is the wrong choice.
Ovide: “I am not at all surprised by today’s endorsement – this is not the first time that Governor Palin has endorsed an establishment candidate [...]