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ANDY MARTIN /2018
Republican candidate for Congress
First Congressional District
www.AndyMartin.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
Martin explains how his “Right to Know law” agreements with the
Attorney General have devastated the campaign of his primary opponent Andy
Sanborn
(MANCHESTER , NH August 28, 2018 )
Dear New Hampshire Citizen:
This is my twelfth letter
to you from the congressional campaign trial. Honestly, I didn’t think we would
make political history in this campaign, but we have. After the way I have
campaigned, and after what I have achieved, New Hampshire
Ask yourself: what kind
of a congressman would you like? Obviously, he would be a person responsive to
the people of his district. Then you would want someone tough enough to survive
in Washington, someone who isn’t a quitter. Finally, you would want a dogged investigator;
because both Republicans and Democrats agree there is a lot to investigate in Washington
I’d like to add two more
qualities: you would want someone to be honest with you, someone you could be
proud of. Most campaigns are focused on fear, fear of the “base,” fear of
appearing to be less extreme than your opponent.
So how have I matched up
with your expectations?
You wanted an
investigator; you got one. I negotiated agreements with the Attorney General for
the release of “Right to Know law” (“RTK ”) information
concerning two of my opponents, Andy Sanborn and Eddie Edwards. (More of
Edwards in a subsequent letter.)
Today Sanborn's campaign
is smoldering. He should have taken my advice and stepped down in June. Monday
night the Attorney General released yet another installment of RTK materials
and they were disturbing to say the least. The by now infamous “boom boom room”
at Sanborn’s saloon was confirmed by another witness, with even more weird
information.
The witness testified
that Sanborn apparently invited the intern who started the state house scandal
to Sanborn’s saloon, after closing hours, to a basement room where Sanborn was
cooking somewhere in the vicinity. I’ve never heard stuff like this. But the
“Boom Boom Room” appears to be real. Sanborn is reported to have asked the
intern leading questions, which suggests some sort of recording capability in
the “room.”
The testimony about
Sanborn’s boorishness and crassness is endless.
Can you believe - I am
sure Sanborn doesn’t -- that through my efforts we have secured the release of over
1,000 pages of testimony concerning the Sanborn scandal? Yes, over 1000
pages.
Now, either the people
at the Attorney General’s office are all incompetent, and they wasted time and
money assembling a record, or else there was something there to investigate. Let
me explain a little bit more to you. When the TV lights are turned off,
prosecutors are pretty conservative people. They do not like to bring weak
criminal cases. And, no, Sanborn was not criminally charged. But in
deciding whether to pursue a criminal case, the prosecutors assembled thousands
of pages of testimony and evidence. I have only obtained a fraction of it, and I
am still asking for more. Not being criminally charged is not the standard for
electing a congressman.
So check off the first requirement
for your congressman. You want a dogged investigator, you have one in me. My
results speak for themselves, with more to come (big day tomorrow).
Knowing Sanborn was dead
in the water if the truth came out, the Republican Party, from State Chairman
“Joker” Wayne McDonald down to his munchkins at the local level, did everything
they could to derail my campaign and defeat me. But my campaign gets stronger
every day.
You don’t want a
quitter? Well, you can see I don’t quit. The Attorney General did not want to
release Sanborn’s papers until after the election. I persisted until we negotiated
a deal for early release and it has made all the difference. I didn’t quit
until I negotiated a good deal for the citizens of new Hampshire
You want someone who
will respond to the needs of your district, and take care of day-to-day
business? I will be there for you every day of the year.
Finally, you want
someone to be honest with you, someone who will make New Hampshire
Politicians by nature
are not brave men and women. Everyone talks about ending the partisan
bickering, but no one wants to take the first step. You have to be very
confident to take charge of the process.
I have made it a
hallmark of my campaign - perhaps the only congressional candidate in the
nation - promising to go to Washington
Let me say one more
thing about Andy Sanborn. What I find and found most astounding was that the
most controversial incident of the Sanborn scandals, which span years of
abuses, involved a gross comment made in front of his wife. Now I played Big
Ten football, so I am no stranger to locker rooms. But almost everyone would be
reluctant to make a gross remark involving his own wife in front of his wife.
No one can decipher the secrets of a marriage. But Sanborn’s attitudes were becoming
offensive fifty years ago. Yes, Sanborn is fifty years behind the times in his
attitude towards women.
I wish we had the money
to put the “Sanborn Papers” on the Internet. They are gross and crude, but they
are also revealing about the candidate’s attitude in 2018. I do not hate Andy
Sanborn, though I disagree with him. (And I am waiting for my “Mr. Rogers sweater,” because Sanborn keeps calling me a
“moderate,” which I am not.) I feel sorry for Sanborn that he took the totally
wrong approach to responding to his scandal. Nevertheless, it’s over for him.
There is still a lot we do not know about the Sanborn Scandal, but we know
enough, some would say too much about the tawdriness of our state legislature.
I met Donald Trump forty
(40) years ago. We were neighbors. I think he wants to do a good job. Most of
us want him to do a good job. Few people want to do a bad job. But Trump lacks the
political experience to leverage his good intentions. I have the depth of
experience to help the president accomplish much of his agenda.
The First Congressional
District leans “Republican” but it is not a right-wing district. We are not
right-wingers in New
Hampshire
On the contrary, I know
that if I lie to you in the primary, I will pay for it in November. I have
chosen to tell you the truth: I’m conservative, but an independent
conservative, not a lockstep one. I will take on the toxic partisanship in
congress and make a dent, a big dent, in that institution. Rest assured. I am a
New Hampshire
I have more respect for
your intelligence than my opponents do. I know you want to win. You want me to
campaign on a positive platform, not just bow to a rote right-wing agenda. I
will protect Medicare and Social Security. While pursuing a conservative
approach, I will ensure that no American is left behind. Our “Safe Stations”
approach to helping drug abusers in Manchester
Over the weekend I told
you about a church in Manchester New Hampshire U. S.
There is hard work to be
done in Washington
Respectfully,
Andy Martin
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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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