2015: The year in quotes from the Grand Old Party
May 2016 usher in a little less bombast and a little more respect and civility in the public square – but I’m not holding my breath. We begin the new year with a look back at last year’s most provocative, inflammatory and offensive pronouncements from the Grand Old Party.
10. “Thank You Obama And Your Wave Of Illegal Immigrants”
Measles Once Eradicated In United States Now Rampant In 14 States. Can You Say Thank You Obama And Your Wave Of Illegal Immigrants. There Is A Reason To Have Legal Process And Screening!! … Look at the States Connect The Dots and String Of illness Since The Wave Of Illegals This Summer That were inspired to come because of the Non Enforcement Of Immigration Laws By Obama Administration… There were NO Measles in the US for years Now it is rampant. The spread may be helped by those who refused immunization but the problem was reintroduced to this country how?
– State Rep. Leon Rideout (R-Lancaster) blaming Pres. Obama for a measles outbreak that the Center for Disease Control traced to a California amusement park.
9. “He’s a traitor and needs to be arrested”
Obama has been arming and funding ISIS for a long time. It’s his Army. That’s why he doesn’t want to destroy them. He’s a traitor and needs to be arrested. Will it happen? Right now I don’t think anyone has the courage to do what’s right. Sad statement, but true.
– Former New Hampshire GOP chairman Jack Kimball accusing Pres. Obama of committing treason.
8. “It would be like the McDonald’s…cooking their Big Macs wrong”
It would be like the McDonald’s Corporation. They have several restaurants or franchisees that may be cooking their Big Macs wrong because they got instructions from headquarters. And that could be the same with all their affiliates. They need to be treated as one. They’re one corporation and we need to get this investigated and find out exactly what’s going on here for sure. This is criminal activity.
– Executive Councilor David Wheeler (R-Milford) explaining his vote to reject contracts that would have funded Planned Parenthood’s five New Hampshire health centers.
7. “That is a lot of Diaper heads”
Coming to a State near you! “Oh” “Yes” it is coming here too! 1200 to 2,000 a day are coming here. Obama asked for to have 10,000 then it expanded to 100,000 [then within] a week it went to 180,000. That is a lot of Diaper heads. The thing is these that Obama is bringing in does not have a wife or family with them! This a invasion! Wake up people we are being taken under with out a shot fired! Obama’s pen does the same thing! If this pisses you off! GOOD!
– Rep. Richard Marple (R-Hookset) on the Syrian refugee crisis.
6. “They don’t care about human life”
The tragedy of texting bans is that people just hold their cell phone lower to avoid being seen by a cop, which increases accidents and gets people killed. The Law Enforcement Lobby knows this, but pushed for it anyway because they don’t care about human life. It’s not the rank and file cops, It’s the politically appointed officials who are pushing this authoritarian agenda.
– Rep. Max Abramson (R-Seabrook) on police support for legislation that banned cellphone use while driving.
5. “This president is a racist marxist muslim”
This president is a racist marxist muslim - completely consistent with his upbringing. This should not be a surprise to anyone. The forces that influenced his formative years are well known and documented. One does not listen to Jeremiah Wright for 20 years and not learn hatred and racism. One does not grow up with a Muslim father in Kenya and Indonesia and not learn islam. One who believes in the rule of law does not invite Al Sharpton - who owes $4 million in back taxes - to repeatedly consult with him in the White House. One who follows his oath to ‘support and defend the Constitution…against all enemies, foreign and domestic,’ does not bypass the Constitutionally established legislative process to impose his will on a free people with ‘telephone and pen.’
– Former state representative and 2010 congressional candidate Bob Giuda (R-Warren) on Pres. Obama.
4. “The two things seem to be happening at roughly the same time”
Do you think [the rise in heroin overdoses is] related to expanded Medicaid? … Because expanded Medicaid now has substance abuse disorder treatment. So you’re more able to get substance abuse treatment than you were previously. … Maybe it’s a little easier to maintain yourself in that situation. I don’t know… The two things seem to be happening at roughly the same time, you know. Are they causal or related? I don’t know.
– Rep. Dan McGuire suggesting Medicaid expansion may be responsible for the state’s heroin epidemic.
3. Hitlers men remained silent also
Sadly Governor Hassan and NH Law enforcement are willing to allow this discrimination to the people of NH which is known as the “Concealed License.” Why do I have to beg the Government to carry a gun concealed which I do not have to beg the same Government to open carry my gun? The criminals do not beg the Government. … So the next time I am getting a lot of heat for speaking up should I just, "remain silent so I wouldn’t face reprisals?” [Law enforcement officials] are just as guilty. Hitlers men remained silent also. Silence is not always the better side to be on.
– Rep. John Burt, on law enforcement officials who did not support legislation that would have repealed the license requirement for carrying a concealed firearm.
2. “The most barbarous group of people on the face of the Earth”
Let me remind you that the most barbarous group of people on the face of the Earth are all…MUSLIMS! I know of no other group that beheads innocent human beings who have simply exercised their God-given rights to change their religious beliefs. Only muslims do that! I know of no other group that beheads reporters who are merely going about the business of doing their jobs. … And lest we forget: How about the innocent people who were first beheaded and then crucified due to their religious beliefs? Who committed that crime? More muslims. All of them are terrorists…those who did these horrendous acts of barbarity. It does not seem to make any difference if they are Palestinians, or Saudis, or from any of the other muslim theocracies.
– Rep. Don Leeman (R-Rochester) responding to commentary that blamed extremists on both sides for the violence in Israel.
1. “A man’s inclination to stare at it and grab it”
Who doesn’t support a mothers right to feed? Don’t give me the liberal talking points Amanda. If it’s a woman’s natural inclination to pull her nipple out in public and you support that, than you should have no problem with a mans inclanation to stare at it and grab it. After all, it’s ALL relative and natural, right?
– Rep. Josh Moore (R-Merrimack) responding to Rep. Amanda Bouldin (D-Manchester) who expressed opposition to legislation that would make it illegal for women to expose their nipples in public.