Andy Martin is running for congress promising to begin a
program of reconciliation between Republicans and Democrats. Can he accomplish
that goal? Does he believe in miracles? Well, yes, actually.
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ANDY MARTIN /2018
Republican candidate for Congress
First Congressional District
www.AndyMartin.com
www.FirstRespondersOnline.us
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E-mail:AndyNewHampshire@aol.com
Tel. (603) 518-7310
Fax (866) 214-3210
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www.AndyMartinforCongress.wordpress.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
This letter is one of New Hampshire First District congressional
candidate Andy Martin’s continuing reports to the citizens of his district
(MANCHESTER , NH August 26, 2018 )
Dear New Hampshire Citizen:
Stop and Think: I am
running as part of a multi-candidate race. My major promise is to be a
conservative Republican, go to the House of Representatives and -- horrors --
talk to Democrats.
You would be forgiven
for saying “Martin must believe in miracles” to think I can accomplish that.
Well, as it happens,
I do believe in miracles.
My first memory of
life in Manchester
Father Pascal (he had
a longer Greek name) had founded a new church. My grandmother was one of
Father's most fervent supporters. The year was 1936, in the depths of a
depression. Manchester
Father Pascal and my
grandmother (among about 100 founding families) had the temerity to start a new
church, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church at Cedar and Union Streets (they have
since moved to a beautiful new church on Island Pond Road
Well, eighty-two
years later, Assumption Church
At 3:00 P.M. I will walk into the church as part of a
tour. The tablets listing the names of founding families are on a stairway.
I’ll be happy to show you mine.
Who would have
thought that a bunch of impoverished immigrants could found a church in the
depths of the depression, and that the church survives 82 years later? Sounds
like a miracle to me.
When my grandmother
died, Father Pascal preached services in Connecticut Manchester
If you want to see
the church, my family’s name on a tablet, and enjoy genuinely great Greek food,
come by this afternoon and we’ll meet at 3:00 P.M.
Now you can see that
in my DNA there is the belief that if you try hard
enough and if your intentions are worthy enough, you can accomplish almost
anything, even miracles.
I’m not suggesting
that by talking to Democrats they are going to start signing the praises of
President Trump. Not at all. What I am saying is that my congressional office
will be a house of reconciliation, where conservatives and, yes, even liberals,
can come to debate the future of our great people in a civil environment.
The process of healing
has to start somewhere but, sadly, it never really does.
In primaries,
candidates in both parties try to outdo each other savaging the opposition
party and promising to inflict even greater punishment on D’s or R’s. There is
always the ritual incantation of “bipartisanship,” “as long as you agree with
me and I don’t have to agree with you.” (Ask President Obama how that worked
out for him.) But the very essence of conversation is that we will not always
agree. We won’t always succeed in persuasion.
But we can still talk.
Right now, the Democratic
“base” cries out for impeachment of President Trump. But that process could
endanger both our national and economic security. Someone has to sit down and
quietly tell House members impeachment is a bad idea. In fact, the last time
the Republicans tried impeachment, and impeached President Clinton, the tactic
boomeranged even though Clinton
Democrats now want to
adopt the very same approach that failed for Republicans. How’s that for the
triumph of faith over experience?
I do not want to
suggest I am going to be sitting around in my office all day, Mr. Rogers-style,
waiting for Democrats to walk in. Once the president is aware his old neighbor
is in the neighborhood, he’ll be on the phone. Actually, Trump needs me. I can
and will do a lot to help the president. I almost always agree with his
policies, but I do not as often agree with his tactics. And, as you can see, my
tactics are very different.
But I am willing to
try to bind up the wounds and try to heal this nation. Both parties have made
significant mistakes. Neither has the right to claim moral superiority.
All of my life I have
been someone who builds bridges, someone who is a reconciler. Four decades ago
I helped warring factions speak to each other; no one could figure out what was
happening, but in the background I was there talking to all sides.
So I have practiced
what I am now preaching.
It doesn’t take a
miracle to succeed if you believe in the goodness of people, and in the
ultimate authority, and, yes, superiority, of our Constitution. Please give me
a chance to try. I’ll make New Hampshire
See you this
afternoon at Assumption Church
Andy
P.S. Please see link
[1] below for the full story of this great journey of faith in Manchester , NH
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ANDY MARTIN - A BRIEF BIO :
Andy Martin is a
legendary New Hampshire-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, talk
television pioneer, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. With fifty
years of background in radio and television and with five decades of intelligence,
investigative and analytical experience in Washington USA
Andy has also been a leading corruption fighter in American
politics and courts for fifty years and is executive director of the National
Anti-Corruption Policy Institute. See also www.FirstRespondersOnline.us; www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com.
He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of
Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City
University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
He is the author
of “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and produced the
Internet film “Obama: The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the
Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” blogging at www.contrariancommentary.wordpress.com
and www.ContrarianCommentary.com.
Andy’s family
immigrated to Manchester , New
Hampshire Merrimack River and he lives around the corner from where
he played as a small boy. He is New Hampshire
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