Shaheen has launched a four person committee whose sole purpose is to combat what PR gal Kate Bedingfield calls “distortions of Sununu’s record coming from the Republican side.” But her Truth team for justice and the Non-Republican Way™ is a non-starter from go because this very announcement, coming from the Democrat side, is loaded with distortions of its own. The two republicans (there are also two “democrats”) may be registered as such, but if you had to point them out in a field manual based on their behavior, you’d be at a total loss. Republicans? Where?
So who are Shaheen’s heroes for truth and justice?
Steve Walter is a member of Republicans for Lynch and Republicans for Clinton. And if that isn’t the stupidest thing you have ever heard of, Mr. Walter even introduced Hillary at a campaign rally during the primaries. Steve also voted for Kerry based on public statements he’s made. But in Steve’s defense, his son has juvenile diabetes, and he seems to be voting for anyone who will heavily fund embryonic stem cell research. My heart goes out to him, his son and his family, but I have yet to see any evidence that embryonic research is the more viable path, particularly given the tremendous success of Adult stem cell research and the complete lack of results even from privately funded embryonic research. While I understand his motivation, and don’t begrudge him his priorities, I can’t share his current vision for a cure, or support the people he believes will help him find it; mostly because the cost to the rest of us is too great. These people might fund his research for good or bad, but they are also in favor of so many other things I abhor that any victory in my mind would be pyrrhic.
Having said that it is ideologically impossible to support the policies of Clinton, Lynch, or Shaheen, even casually (because when you vote for one policy you get them all), and still call yourself a Republican. And when you are trolled out as one of two token republicans for the purpose of demonstrating an attempt at balance in a political “truth” experiment, when you are clearly voting and supporting democrats in high places (and don’t question any other consequences from the rest of their agenda) I have a problem. Steve, I want badly for you and your son to find a cure, but in New Hampshire we have people just like you who call themselves independents because of these kinds of policy conflicts.
Rick Russman is also a big Lynch supporter and votes green above all else. Like Steve Walter he appears to have something of a single focus, but in this case it is on what democrats can do for the environment without much concern for what they will do to us in the process. He’s Chairman of the Granite State Conservation voter’s alliance (GSCVA), which just happens to endorse Peter Burling for NH State Senate, one of Shaheen’s two Truth Team democrats. Russman’s GSCVA currently endorses three democrats, two for State Senate (Peter Burling and Sylvia Larson) and one for Executive council (Deb Pignatelli). And don’t forget he also endorses Lynch and now Shaheen.
Russman and his green warriors can endorse anyone they want, and I appreciate their efforts because I happen to be a big fan of the great outdoors, but I happen to think we can do the same thing without growing more government. And claiming to be a republican on these grounds will only get you so far with other Republicans, when you insist on endorsing liberal democrats whose other policy notions are a Republicans worst nightmare. Russman, like Walter, is not a fan of Sununu, but has an overwhelming interest in Shaheen’s left wing Green agenda, and whether they are both in step with the entire agenda or want the candidates despite it, their endorsement results in the same outcome. Another tax and spend big government democrat in the senate.
Kathy Sullivan, a well known NH Dem, has some problems that need to be resolved before we can rely on her to tell the truth about anyone else. She willfully housed a student from out of state who was illegally registered to vote in New Hampshire as a resident. This student was also busted with a trunk full of Republican campaign signs he had been collecting, and while we cannot say for sure if Kathy has plausible deniability, given the fact that the student was doing this while residing in her home, and was registered illegally to vote, you are free to speculate amongst yourselves. She has not admitted any wrongdoing up to this point but speculation alone should have sunk her ship, yet here we have her assigned the duty of truant officer for ‘Truth’ in Republican policy statements.
Peter Burling is a straight line true-blue liberal democrat from Cornish. He appears to be exactly what he claims to be, though I heard a rumor that he can’t even make a right hand turn without making three lefts in succession. (Just a rumor)
So Truth be told, if ever it can be, Shaheen’s little task force is likely to keel over to port with so many left leaning ‘observers’ in the boat no matter what they call themselves. But this should work well for the press when it comes to objectivity. Many of them are already crowded around the left side of the policy lake so it should be that much easier for them to catch whatever the ‘Truth Team’ has to throw out. And they can easily toss them a line if they should fall out themselves.
So keep your eyes and ears open because Shaheen’s fearsome-foursome, the Truth Team for Justice is here, secret identities and all. I don’t know if we can expect to get any truth out of them, but at this point I’m just waiting for the action figures to show up in my kids happy meals.
