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(WMUR New Hampshire)   Fine, we'll have our own First Primary with granite and maple syrup. You know what, forget the granite. And the maple syrup   (wmur.com) divider line
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eurotrader [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 6:46:56 PM  
The DNC made clear any candidate that appears on the NH ballot will be stripped of delegates beyond  the number from NH
 
poconojoe [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 6:55:08 PM  
honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?
 
aaronx [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 6:56:51 PM  

poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?


Their liquor stores are stellar.
 
NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 6:58:24 PM  

aaronx: poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?

Their liquor stores are stellar.


Also, shopping eithout sales tax.

And people that drive hours to see leaves each Autumn.
 
revrendjim [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 7:03:40 PM  

NeoCortex42: aaronx: poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?

Their liquor stores are stellar.

Also, shopping eithout sales tax.

And people that drive hours to see leaves each Autumn.


The lack of sales tax and the epic liquor stores are related.
My brother lives in MA, and I went with him once on a liquor run to NH. I have never before or since seen a liquor store the size of a Walmart. A liquor store with shopping carts FFS.
 
NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 7:06:27 PM  

revrendjim: NeoCortex42: aaronx: poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?

Their liquor stores are stellar.

Also, shopping eithout sales tax.

And people that drive hours to see leaves each Autumn.

The lack of sales tax and the epic liquor stores are related.
My brother lives in MA, and I went with him once on a liquor run to NH. I have never before or since seen a liquor store the size of a Walmart. A liquor store with shopping carts FFS.


And so conveniently located right across the border along I-95. I can't imagine what their daily revenue must be.
 
Fingerware Error [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 7:24:06 PM  
Maggie Hassan was just on TV here. She made the point that if Al Gore had won NH's 4 electoral votes history might have been different.
 
EvilEgg [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 9:13:54 PM  

poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?


Mt Washington is pretty amazing. It's the windiest place on earth.
 
NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 9:15:09 PM  

EvilEgg: poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?

Mt Washington is pretty amazing. It's the windiest place on earth.


New state slogan, "New Hampshire: It Blows!"
 
max_pooper
2023-02-06 11:25:05 PM  

eurotrader: The DNC made clear any candidate that appears on the NH ballot will be stripped of delegates beyond  the number from NH


Good, I hope candidates and the media stop wasting so much time in such a tiny state.
 
Snarcoleptic_Hoosier
2023-02-06 11:27:14 PM  
Do it, losers. You have every right to run your own state events. You'll be doing it without the major parties, but you're free to host a shindig nobody goes to.
 
Murkanen
2023-02-06 11:27:32 PM  

eurotrader: The DNC made clear any candidate that appears on the NH ballot will be stripped of delegates beyond  the number from NH


They said the same thing about Florida and Michigan in 2008, only to backtrack it later for reasons relating to a certain candidate's embarrassment.
 
sinner4ever
2023-02-06 11:29:22 PM  
They don't want this to happen again.

Bernie Sanders' Rise Prompts Media Meltdown, Establishment Panic: A Closer Look
Youtube Zjj7VJpqy1w
 
sinner4ever
2023-02-06 11:36:05 PM  
Oh wow! What I am getting here is that the residents are upset that their taxes are being raised while the wealthy get huge tax cuts.
It is almost like they don't know what a Republican is.
 
full8me
2023-02-06 11:37:00 PM  
Some other state should pass a law that their primary must be exactly 6 days after the New Hampshire primary.
 
sinner4ever
2023-02-06 11:37:52 PM  

sinner4ever: Oh wow! What I am getting here is that the residents are upset that their taxes are being raised while the wealthy get huge tax cuts.
It is almost like they don't know what a Republican is.


Sorry, This was for the Villages thread.
 
Palined Parenthood [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 11:41:45 PM  

poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?


Funspot in Laconia, NH - Sep 2019 Walkthrough
Youtube HrcE51pbOjc
 
thorpe [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 11:45:56 PM  
"The date will likely not be set until the fall, he said."

This is an article about nothing. Glad to see a couple Sanders supporters showed up, though. We always enjoy your bitterness.
 
MaliFinn
2023-02-06 11:51:13 PM  
Nobody gives a shiat about old hampshire
 
powhound
2023-02-06 11:52:23 PM  

revrendjim: NeoCortex42: aaronx: poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?

Their liquor stores are stellar.

Also, shopping eithout sales tax.

And people that drive hours to see leaves each Autumn.

The lack of sales tax and the epic liquor stores are related.
My brother lives in MA, and I went with him once on a liquor run to NH. I have never before or since seen a liquor store the size of a Walmart. A liquor store with shopping carts FFS.


There's at least one liquor store in Utah with shopping carts that's probably about a third of the size of a Walmart.

There's literally no point to this post except to highlight that shopping carts aren't a great metric.
 
sinner4ever
2023-02-06 11:52:59 PM  
We always saw the DNC settling scores with Democrats who they didn't consider to be loyal enough.
None of us could have foreseen them doing the same for whole states.
 
DannyBrandt [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 11:55:31 PM  

MaliFinn: Nobody gives a shiat about old hampshire


Nobody gives a shiat about South Carolina, either.
 
nakedswamp [BareFark]
2023-02-06 11:57:03 PM  

powhound: revrendjim: NeoCortex42: aaronx: poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?

Their liquor stores are stellar.

Also, shopping eithout sales tax.

And people that drive hours to see leaves each Autumn.

The lack of sales tax and the epic liquor stores are related.
My brother lives in MA, and I went with him once on a liquor run to NH. I have never before or since seen a liquor store the size of a Walmart. A liquor store with shopping carts FFS.

There's at least one liquor store in Utah with shopping carts that's probably about a third of the size of a Walmart.

There's literally no point to this post except to highlight that shopping carts aren't a great metric.


Hell, I think the one in Magna has those half-size shopping carts.
 
bighairyguy [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 11:58:55 PM  
We should look into what happened to Old Hampshire.
 
Summoner101
2023-02-07 12:00:33 AM  
Hostage takers unwilling to let go of hostages.
 
The Irresponsible Captain [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 12:11:28 AM  
While we're at it, ignore Iowa too. While the Democrats should be investing heavily in down ballot races in most places they don't have a practical lock it's largely useless to spend so much time on places that don't adequately reflect their voting base or provide a potential boon to electoral votes.
 
Troy McClure
2023-02-07 12:12:15 AM  

sinner4ever: We always saw the DNC settling scores with Democrats who they didn't consider to be loyal enough.
None of us could have foreseen them doing the same for whole states.


This isn't settling scores.   This is about shaking up a stale rotation.  Letting Iowa and New Hampshire go first every time with their tiny populations was creating silly narratives about who was a front runner or had momentum when their delegate counts are tiny.
 
foo monkey
2023-02-07 12:26:16 AM  

revrendjim: NeoCortex42: aaronx: poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?

Their liquor stores are stellar.

Also, shopping eithout sales tax.

And people that drive hours to see leaves each Autumn.

The lack of sales tax and the epic liquor stores are related.
My brother lives in MA, and I went with him once on a liquor run to NH. I have never before or since seen a liquor store the size of a Walmart. A liquor store with shopping carts FFS.


If you find yourself in Kentucky, check out a Liquor Barn. It's what Total Beverage was 30 years ago, but with liquor too. They also have shopping carts.
 
peachpicker
2023-02-07 12:28:03 AM  

poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?


I went on a hot air balloon ride there once, during a hot air balloon festival. That was pretty great.
 
mistahtom
2023-02-07 12:32:17 AM  
Whatever, man, fark Iowa.
 
Dinjiin [BareFark]
2023-02-07 12:33:54 AM  
It sure would be nice if every state was required to have their presidential preference election on the same date.  Sure would save everyone having to deal with the bullshiat process they use now.
 
LockeOak
2023-02-07 12:33:59 AM  

poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?


They'll still have a wide assortment of the finest artisinal opioids.
 
austerity101
2023-02-07 12:36:22 AM  

eurotrader: The DNC made clear any candidate that appears on the NH ballot will be stripped of delegates beyond  the number from NH


This is idiotic.
 
ox45tallboy [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 12:43:25 AM  

full8me: Some other state should pass a law that their primary must be exactly 6 days after the New Hampshire primary.


Or better yet, one day before.
 
saturn badger [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 12:58:52 AM  

poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?


The Albacore sub in Portsmouth. You can LARP with the periscope and torpedo cars on the highway.

I had fun with that. Mark! Fire tube one! Others found it amusing too.

/all I got
 
saturn badger [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 1:02:38 AM  
But New Hampshire may very well vote first. Secretary of State David Scanlan notes that a 1975 state law mandates that New Hampshire hold its primary at least seven days before any other similar contest.

They made a state law saying neener! We get to be first! That seems rather bold of them. Or is this one of them states rights thingies they are always harping about.
 
LockeOak
2023-02-07 1:03:45 AM  

ox45tallboy: full8me: Some other state should pass a law that their primary must be exactly 6 days after the New Hampshire primary.

Or better yet, one day before.


And suddenly the NH primary is tomorrow
 
misanthropicsob [OhFark]
2023-02-07 1:04:52 AM  
Why is the DNC so intent on punishing New Hampshire?

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Oh.
 
powhound
2023-02-07 1:11:30 AM  

nakedswamp: powhound: revrendjim: NeoCortex42: aaronx: poconojoe: honestly - if you take away New Hampshire's status as the "first primary", do they even have a reason to exist?

Their liquor stores are stellar.

Also, shopping eithout sales tax.

And people that drive hours to see leaves each Autumn.

The lack of sales tax and the epic liquor stores are related.
My brother lives in MA, and I went with him once on a liquor run to NH. I have never before or since seen a liquor store the size of a Walmart. A liquor store with shopping carts FFS.

There's at least one liquor store in Utah with shopping carts that's probably about a third of the size of a Walmart.

There's literally no point to this post except to highlight that shopping carts aren't a great metric.

Hell, I think the one in Magna has those half-size shopping carts.


Probably does. Including a handgun for self-defense.
 
misanthropicsob [OhFark]
2023-02-07 1:12:06 AM  

Troy McClure: sinner4ever: We always saw the DNC settling scores with Democrats who they didn't consider to be loyal enough.
None of us could have foreseen them doing the same for whole states.

This isn't settling scores.   This is about shaking up a stale rotation.  Letting Iowa and New Hampshire go first every time with their tiny populations


Iowa population: 3M.

South Carolina Population: 5M.

Washington State population: 7.7M.

California population: 39.5M.

Hrm...let's not talk about Iowa's tiny populations as a defense for putting South Carolina first when South Carolina has a tiny population itself.

This is both about settling scores - Jaime Harrison, who was formerly a Podesta Lobbyist and is now the DNC chair, came from the SC Democratic Party - and about ensuring conservative Democrats stay at the forefront of the conversation (SC delivered Biden on a silver platter).
 
MaliFinn
2023-02-07 1:13:47 AM  

DannyBrandt: MaliFinn: Nobody gives a shiat about old hampshire

Nobody gives a shiat about South Carolina, either.


They do now
 
dietbubba [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 1:15:13 AM  
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Karma Chameleon
2023-02-07 1:21:13 AM  
First SC gets to vote first then the balloon gets shot down over there. What's really going on?
 
FatherChaos [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 1:34:35 AM  
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Murkanen
2023-02-07 1:47:06 AM  

saturn badger: But New Hampshire may very well vote first. Secretary of State David Scanlan notes that a 1975 state law mandates that New Hampshire hold its primary at least seven days before any other similar contest.

They made a state law saying neener! We get to be first! That seems rather bold of them. Or is this one of them states rights thingies they are always harping about.


They can hold it, but no delegates from the state will be valid.

Supposedly.  This is the second time they're making that particular threat and last time they caved.
 
Nonrepeating Rotating Binary
2023-02-07 1:52:09 AM  

MaliFinn: Nobody gives a shiat about old hampshire


bighairyguy: We should look into what happened to Old Hampshire.


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ox45tallboy [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 1:52:34 AM  

LockeOak: ox45tallboy: full8me: Some other state should pass a law that their primary must be exactly 6 days after the New Hampshire primary.

Or better yet, one day before.

And suddenly the NH primary is tomorrow


We could force it into one of those recursive things like when Amazon bots advertise a book they don't have for 50 cents more than the lowest price it can find, then when someone orders it, the bot orders it from the other person and tells them to ship it directly to the buyer - which works fine until no one has the book so it's just a bunch of bots trying to order from each other and the price skyrockets.

Eventually the 2024 NH primary will take place during the Battle of Hastings.
 
saturn badger [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 1:57:06 AM  

Murkanen: saturn badger: But New Hampshire may very well vote first. Secretary of State David Scanlan notes that a 1975 state law mandates that New Hampshire hold its primary at least seven days before any other similar contest.

They made a state law saying neener! We get to be first! That seems rather bold of them. Or is this one of them states rights thingies they are always harping about.

They can hold it, but no delegates from the state will be valid.

Supposedly.  This is the second time they're making that particular threat and last time they caved.


It just seems weird that any state would make a law affecting national elections in this way.
 
cousin-merle
2023-02-07 2:06:59 AM  

mistahtom: Whatever, man, fark Iowa.


Expect Iowa to do this too. Both states have first in nation laws. One state is first in nation law for primary, one is first in nation for caucus. These laws are stupid.
 
DannyBrandt [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 2:12:40 AM  
So if New Hampshire voters don't vote in the first primary, I guess they're all breaking the law? Okay. So what then?

Do a bunch of N.H. cops (who for some reason in my mind are dressed up like Canadian Mounties) run around beating the crap out of everyone aged 18 and older with billie clubs?
 
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