Sununu urges Republicans “not to be polite”

New Hampshire Republican Chairman John H. Sununu urged New England Republican activists to “rub [the Democrats’] noses in every trivial issue” during a GOP forum in Rhode Island this weekend.

Sununu also told Republicans “not to be polite,” according to the Providence Journal.

“Every time they burp,” Sununu said, “we explain why that burp is bad for America.”

Sununu’s comments come at a time when partisan conflict appears to be at an all time high in the Granite State.

Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes (NH-02), who is running for Senate, recently referred to opponents of President Obama’s health care reform plan “the Flat Earth Society.” Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) has referred to them as “tea-baggers” and has inaccurately accused Republicans of lying when they pointed out she was forcibly removed from a 2005 George W. Bush town hall meeting. A NowHampshire.com exclusive news report confirms she was removed by the local police. Shea-Porter has also falsely accused former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte of conspiring with “tea baggers” to protest a recent visit to Portsmouth.

Democratic State Chairman Ray Buckley has referred to tea party protesters as “an unhinged mob.”