Editorial: For Bob Smith

The Concord Monitor ^ | 9/4/02 | Concord Monitor editorial

[Gothmog]

The only thing I really dislike about Smith is his green streak, but it got him an endoresement. I wonder who the Monitor will endorse in the general if Smith wins the primary?

[Poohbah]

Smith is, for right now, a "useful idiot" for the greenies. Once the primaries are over, the watermelons (green on the outside, pink on the inside) will flock to their reliable comrade, Shaheen.

[sinkspur]

Anytime somebody gets applauded for "turning greener," it comes from a leftist source.

The CONCORD MONITOR doesn't want Smith to continue in the Senate; it wants Shaheen to be the new Senator, and this editorial proves it.

[Torie]

What are the political leanings of this paper? If they tend liberal, I suspect this is a disingenuous attempt to get the weaker candidate into the general.

[GraniteStateConservative]

EXTRA! EXTRA!

Communist Monitor endorses Smith!

[GraniteStateConservative]

See post #5.

This rag is the New Hampshire New York Times.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Jeanne Shaheen-- unequivocally. They would endorse her regardless of who wins the GOP primary.

[Malcolm]

As for me, I would not vote for Smith, (unless he makes it to the general, of course). He will lose against Shaheen if he does. In '96, Smith barely eeked out a victory, and that was before he had his recent identity crisis. Against Shaheen, this time in a midterm election, he will not be so fortunate. Those of us that are shrewd know that the November election is the one that is most important, and if Smith is the candidate, he will almost certainly lose. I would do my duty and vote for Smith in the general, if he was somehow fortunate enought to win the primary, but many GOP activists will NOT do so, remembering his "revolving door" affliation with the Republican party.....

[Dog Gone]

This editorial explains exactly why voters should choose Sununu. He's smart, he pushes the party line, and he's not an environmental wacko.

How Smith can object to opening ANWR is beyond me. Alaskans overwhelmingly want it. Why is some two-bit supposedly conservative Senator from the other side of the continent trying to block it?

[Jmouse007]

"The CONCORD MONITOR doesn't want Smith to continue in the Senate; it wants Shaheen to be the new Senator, and this editorial proves it."

BINGO... you win the Cupie Doll. This liberal rag is supporting Smith because they know he will loose to the soper liberal Shaheen.

I haave lived in NH since 82 and up till now have supported Smith, but I am voting SUNUNU because he is going to whip her bottom in the election.

[Jmouse007]

"The CONCORD MONITOR doesn't want Smith to continue in the Senate; it wants Shaheen to be the new Senator, and this editorial proves it."

BINGO... you win the Cupie Doll. This liberal rag is supporting Smith because they know he will loose to the soper liberal Shaheen.

I haave lived in NH since 82 and up till now have supported Smith, but I am voting SUNUNU because he is going to whip her bottom in the election.

[Redleg Duke]

The Monitor is strongly liberal and pro-Shaheen. They realize that her best shot is through Smith and not Sununu. If the Monitor had their way, the Republican Party and all Conservative organizations would be outlawed under pain of death.

Now, you figure why the Monitor is endorsing Smith!

[Redleg Duke]

Remember, Smith barely beat Dick Swett, the turncoat bastard who voted for Clinton's gun control bill, ten minutes after assuring the gun owners of NH that he was their man and would protect the 2nd Amendment.

[Saundra Duffy]

Looks like the Bush Administration is reversing itself on the guns-in-the-cockpit issue. That's good for Smith. Yahoo! Go, Smith! (What on earth were they thinking when they decided to put the young pup Sununu in this primary race?)

[Wait4Truth]

I agree. The Monitor wants Smith because they believe Shaheen will beat him - which I also agree with. The Monitor was anti-Bush in 2000. We need Sununu to win if we are to retain this seat. With another Bush nominee down the tubes today, this is imperative.

[ServesURight]

Guys, Smith offers a practical, common-sense approach to protecting the environment. He's far from being one of those left-wing environmentalists.

[SirAngus]

an environmental wacko

That is not a term I would use to describe Bob Smith. Very incorrect.

[SirAngus]

two-bit supposedly conservative Senator

If Smith is a two-bit conservative, I shudder to think of your other political views.

[1rudeboy]

Aw, c'mon . . . we're all friends here. Tell us you want Shaheen to win.

[jwalsh07]

They don't tend liberal. They are liberal. They endorsed Al Gore wholeheartedly and I would post their endorsement but their website sucks.