America’s Watchtower endorses Ovide Lamontagne for United States senate
I have had a tough time deciding who I was going to support in the New Hampshire Republican primary for the United States Senate. There are four main candidates; Kelly Ayotte, Bill Binnie, Joe Bender, and Ovide Lamontagne. My decision came down to either Kelly Ayotte, Bill Binnie, or Ovide Lamontagne.
All of these candidates have been trying to “out conservative” each other claiming that they are the one true conservative in the race. So who really is the true conservative here? Let us take a look.
Bill Binnie has run a slick campaign in New Hampshire and I had given him some serious thought over the last few weeks, but then we began to learn more about his past(?) positions on some issues–including abortion, gay marriage, and the Value Added Tax. Couple these positions with the fact that he has also donated money to Democrats Jeanne Shaheen and Martha Fuller-Clark in the past, and I had no choice but to eliminate him from consideration– I simply do not trust him. He is not a true conservative.
My choices were now narrowed down between Kelly Ayotte and Ovide Lamontagne. I like Kelly Ayotte, as Attorney General she was no nonsense, seeking and receiving the death penalty for cop killer Michael Addison. When a federal judge ruled that New Hampshire’s parental notification law–a law that required the parents of an underage girl be notified before she was allowed to get an abortion–was unconstitutional, Kelly Ayotte realized how backwards the state had become; a student cannot even get an aspirin at school without parental consent, yet that same student could get an abortion without the parent’s permission, so she challenged this ruling all the way to the Supreme Court where she personally argued that a parent had the right to know if their underage daughter was going to get an abortion. Her argument to the Supreme Court landed her–and parents across the state–a partial victory.
For these two reasons I greatly admire Kelly Ayotte.
But then came the news that Kelly Ayotte failed to act quickly on a major Ponzi scheme that cost thousands of New Hampshire residents millions of dollars. The lone Democrat candidate for the senate seat–Paul Hodes–has tried to claim that when resigning as Attorney General to for office, Kelly Ayotte deleted all of her emails in an attempt to cover this scandal up.
These accusations appear to be baseless and Kelly Ayotte has ordered the release of her emails to prove her innocence. This will be a major campaign issue if she wins the nomination and I do not feel that the Republican party needs this at a time when we have seen how ethically challenged the Democrats in the congress are. We need to be able to stay above this.
But that alone was not enough to eliminate her from consideration, so I dug a little further into her past.
Kelly Ayotte has always stated that she is a firm believer in the second amendment; she has always claimed that she believes in the individual’s right to keep and bear arms, but at the same time she opposed “no-duty-to-retreat,” otherwise known as the “Castle Doctrine” which states that when defending your home your first duty is not to try to escape before using lethal force. The “Castle Doctrine” gives you the right to defend yourself in your own home. Her position on this issue is concerning.
Kelly Ayotte has stated that she probably would have voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court (although she opposed Elena Kagan), and she supports a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan.
But here is the kicker. I have written in the past about Governor John Lynch’s attempt to balance the state budget by taking $110 million in private funds from the Joint Underwriting Association, claiming that this money belonged to the state; a notion that was struck down by the state Supreme Court. It was a legal brief written by Kelly Ayotte that Governor Lynch used to justify the attempted theft. While she now claims that she would have used spending cuts to balance the budget while leaving the JUA funds alone, one cannot ignore Kelly Ayotte’s role in this nefarious scheme. Kelly Ayotte is no true conservative.
The choice is now clear; there is only one true conservative in the Republican field and that candidate is Ovide Lamontagne.
Today I pledge my support, my vote, and my endorsement to Ovide Lamontagne. I hope that New Hampshire voters will do likewise and elect Ovide Lamontagne to the United States Senate.
Here is Ovide Lamontagne’s 15 point pledge to the citizens of New Hampshire, followed by twenty minutes of vidoes (sans teleprompter):
OVIDE’S OATH TO THE VOTERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
1. I pledge that I will use every means possible to repeal the trillion dollar Obamacare takeover of our country’s health care system that will increase healthcare costs, harm small business and decrease the quality and availability of care;
2. I pledge that I will refuse any earmark requests, and lead the effort to enact a permanent ban on these corrupting influences, while fighting daily to cut federal spending and government waste at all levels. I further pledge that if elected, my office expenses and schedule will be transparent and posted for all to see, so the people of New Hampshire can trust that their Senator represents their interests alone;
3. I pledge that I will introduce legislation that will repeal the failed $787 billion stimulus, and use the unspent portions of it to reduce our bloated national debt and reduce taxes for hard working Americans;
4. I pledge that I will introduce legislation establishing a constitutional Line-Item Veto for the President. The Governors of 43 states have this essential tool to veto individual examples of wasteful pork-barrel spending. It is time the President is given the same tool, to help eliminate budget busting spending programs;
5. I pledge that I will work to amend the Constitution to establish term limits for all Members of Congress, to end the cycle of entitlement and inside dealing with the special interests. Our Forefathers envisioned a citizen Legislature, not a permanent political caste of powerful insiders insulated from regular Americans. In addition, I pledge to limit myself to only two terms in office, if elected;
6. I pledge that I will work to amend the Constitution to establish a Balanced Budget Amendment, a tool nearly every state has, to compel legislators and the government to balance its checkbook and end the all too familiar DC culture of debt, deficit spending and bailouts;
7. I pledge that I will work to fundamentally reform the IRS and scrap the incredibly complicated and loophole filled federal tax code, replacing it with a fairer, flatter, simpler tax code that frees families and small businesses held hostage annually by high tax rates and complicated rules and regulations;
8. I pledge that I will support the appointment of only those judges who have proven that they will adhere to the Constitution and rule of law, shown due regard and respect for private property rights, and who have shown that they will not legislate from the bench. With that in mind, I have publicly opposed the nominations of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court without hesitation, because they are activists who do not pass this fundamental test;
9. I pledge that as Senator, one of my top daily priorities will be the security of our country and her people. In particular, I pledge: (a) to continue support for our operations against terrorists abroad, and provide support for our troops in the field with the resources they need to defend freedom, while ensuring that they receive the finest care and treatment possible upon their return home; (b) to work to ensure that we treat foreign terrorists as enemy combatants subject to military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, not as criminal defendants; and (c) to stand firm against allowing a nuclear Iran to emerge, while supporting our proven allies throughout the world, including our staunch friend Israel;
10. I pledge that I will read and understand the legislation that I am asked to vote upon, to respect and advocate for the principles of federalism articulated in the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, and look first to the Constitution for guidance on whether any proposed federal legislation is constitutionally permissible;
11. I pledge that I will not move to Washington to become part of the establishment culture there. If elected, I will live in my home in Manchester – the same home that I grew up in – and commute to my job each week on behalf of the people of New Hampshire. I further pledge that I will hold regular town hall meetings with my constituents, understanding that elected officials must be held accountable to the voters and prepared to explain their actions to them;
12. I pledge that in all aspects of my job as U.S. Senator, I will work to uphold and support the dignity of human life, from conception to natural death;
13. I pledge that I will work tirelessly to end illegal immigration. While I support the recently enacted Arizona immigration law, the federal government must finally live up to its obligation to address this serious issue. As Senator, I will work to see that our borders are secured once and for all, that we turn off illegal immigration magnets by aggressively enforcing laws against employers who hire illegal aliens, and that we ensure there is no amnesty for illegal aliens;
14. I pledge to be a strong and unrelenting advocate for the individual right to keep and bear arms, as embodied in the 2nd Amendment, and to ensure that this fundamental right is not infringed upon;
15. I pledge to oppose any iteration of the ‘Employee Free Choice Act’ and its card check provisions, which would deny workers the right to a secret ballot when considering unionization. I believe inthe private ballot, and I further believe in right to work laws that give workers the right to decide for themselves whether to join a union or not.
America's Watchtower 
We have the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms and Defend Ourselves – 2nd Amendment
“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
It is a right not a privilege, just like you have the right to live and breath.
Right to Bear Arms is an unalienable right; it cannot be given to someone by someone else, they already have it at birth, and thus, it cannot be taken away no matter how good the reason seems to be.
“Do not punish or deny the rights of the masses for the sins of the few”
This applies to any and all rights and privileges stated in the Constitution of the United States.
The Second Amendment is one of our most cherished. The right to keep and bear arms is what keeps government subservient to its citizenry. Without the right to bear arms, we would have anarchy in the streets, the criminals would still have guns, and violent crime would escalate.
Thomas Paine:
“Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property.”
We plan on exercising these rights to the fullest extent of the Constitutional Law.
Our society today is brainwashed that when some people abuse their constitutional rights we must punish all of society and revoke that right and privilege.
When some one uses a weapon, any weapon, gun, knife, pick, ax, saw, car, etc. they get prosecuted, when convicted, they are sentenced not all the people of the country.
Abuse by some people has been going on since creation and will continue till the end of time. We must control and punish the abusers, not the whole society.
Case and point is the punishment society is taking today due to terrorism. Since governments are helpless to fight and control terrorism they punish the masses in the name of safety and cause extreme economic hardship and the loss of our constitutional liberties.
There are Nations that under their Laws citizens are permitted to posses firearms. Check out some of those countries. Crime rate has not increased. Abuses happen, the abusers are punished and not the rest of society.
It is a known historical fact that the Criminal will always find a way to get a weapon.
Restricting the average citizen from having a weapon to protect himself and his family, leaves the door open to the criminal to violate those citizens, due to the knowledge that the average citizen has no weapon and cannot protect himself and his family.
A weapon is a tool like any other tool and should be used properly.
A knife, pick, ax, saw, car, etc. is also a tool that must be used properly. It is not outlawed, is it?
A car in today’s society is an absolute must. Do the citizens of this country know how many people are killed and injured by automobiles every year, it amounts to thousands, which is much less than with guns.
And to those who would say this was but a “temporary violation” for the greater good, Ben Franklin admonishes;
“THOSE WHO WOULD GIVE UP LIBERTIES TO OBTAIN FREEDOM DESERVE NEITHER.
Folks, we live in dangerous times, a government that does not trust its citizens to bear arms, is a government not to be trusted by its citizens.
As the threat to all of our liberties continue basically unabated, remember the words of the great political philosopher Edmund Burke; “The only way for evil men to prosper is for good men to do nothing.”
The right to keep and bear arms should be of great importance to all Americans, if we are to remain a free country we MUST NOT let this right be taken from us
Remember, freedom isn’t free. God Bless you, and God, please bless the United States of America.
By: YJ Draiman, Northridge, CA
PS
The Supreme Court ruled on the Heller case at the end of its term in June, 2008. The Court, which found for Heller in a close 5-4 decision, wrote that the 2nd Amendment did, in fact, protect an individual right. While the court was careful to note that the case did not call into question any laws that regulate guns, it did state, unequivocally, that Heller and his fellow petitioners had a right to own guns in their home. The Court also ruled that while reasonable regulation may be permitted, the requirement that guns be locked and disassembled was not reasonable.
Supreme Court affirms fundamental right to bear arms
Tuesday, June 29, 2010;
MCDONALD v. CHICAGO Syllabus
The Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the Second Amendment right, recognized in Heller, to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self defense. Pp. 5–9, 11–19, 19–33.
The Second Amendment provides Americans a fundamental right to bear arms that cannot be violated by state and local governments, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a long-sought victory for gun rights advocates.
The 5 to 4 decision does not strike down any gun-control laws, nor does it elaborate on what kind of laws would offend the Constitution. One justice predicted that an “avalanche” of lawsuits would be filed across the country asking federal judges to define the boundaries of gun ownership and government regulation.
But Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who wrote the opinion for the court’s dominant conservatives, said: “It is clear that the Framers . . . counted the right to keep and bear arms among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of ordered liberty.”
The decision extended the court’s 2008 ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller that “the Second Amendment protects a personal right to keep and bear arms for lawful purposes, most notably for self-defense within the home.” That decision applied only to federal laws and federal enclaves such as Washington; it was the first time the court had said there was an individual right to gun ownership rather than one related to military service.
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