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A few pictures:

Roped Jim Bender, Jack Kimball, Mike Castaldo together for a picture (potential candidates for Senate, Governor, and Congress):

Caught Doug Scammon (former NH House Speaker) and Sean Mahoney (current RNC Committeeman from NH, possible Senate candidate):

The 'Grok's and Meet The New Press's great friend, Jorge Mesa-Tejada joing The Most Esteemed Wife and I during the speeches:

Jack Kimball and his wife, Donna Marie, sat with TMEW and I as well:

Jim Lyons, Republican activist from Portsmouth, acted as MC for the event:

Tweets:

#TCOT Am at the Red Hook Brewery (Portsmouth, NH) for STEWARDofProspert

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Lyons has started the event - live video stream here: http://bit.ly/3K47GL

Doug Scammon was the first speaker:

Tweets:

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Doug Scammon, former NH House Speaker is about to speak

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Doug Scammon - NH budget increases by Dems by 17% and additional 11% this year. Lunacy!!!

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Doug Scammon: Dems are claiming 3.4% down in general fund - but $200 million from other funds

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Doug Scammon - borrowed money that used to come out of regular operating expenses

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Doug Scammon - with the JUA money - $500 million to be spent w/out supporting revenues

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Doug Scammon - Dems NEVER talk about less spending ; only more taxes!

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Doug Scammon - examples of Dem led subcommittees putting spending back in EVEN with huge deficits

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Doug Scammon - as a freshman Leg., he cut 23% from his Agriculture subcommittee , so it CAN be done

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Doug Scammon - need good Republicans to run to win back the House else Dems will raise taxes.

Followed by Sean Mahoney:

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Lyons is introducing RNC Committeeman Sean Mahoney

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney is now speaking - not the typical stump speech - what can Rs do to recover majorities

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - came of age during Reagan - the people money belongs to the people and not the govt

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - we can NOW (and have to) go back to our principles - we have lost our way

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - the values he cherished then are still the values of NH

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - 5 values that are needed: transparency (accountability of politicians).

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - stop secret earmarks - esp. those in the dark of the night

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney-READ THE BILL (BIG applause from the crowd) -brings up Conyers saying too complicated

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - we got painted as the Party of NO - and we rightly said no.

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - we have to present the better alternatives - buying across state lines, aggregating

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - Dems are flying against the law of economics - Dems not for tort reform

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - trial lawyers should not be inbetween patients and docs

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - Cap N Trade? Well intentioned - but will kill our country - need nukes

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - we need to be the Party of Main Street and not Wall street - deficit is $1.4 Tril

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - the spending has got to stop and has to stop now. Stop the generation debt

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - Obama on economy? Ignoring small biz, bailing out Wall Street and unions at car co

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - Obama and Dems DISTRUST capitalism (me - heck, they hate it)

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - we have to emphasis individual rights and freedoms - 2nd Amendment, castle doctrine

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - everytime the Dems go after the 2nd amend. they really are going after ALL rights

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - time for us to stop wringing our hands - time to STAND UP!

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Sean Mahoney - local govt , local control, personal responsibility

 Next up was Ovide Lamontagne:

Tweets:

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim is introducing Ovide Lamontagne

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - don't you have anything else to do except making a difference here in NH?

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - thanking Fred Tausch for starting and funding STEWARD of Prosperity

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - NOW is the time to mobilize and start getting the work done.

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - how many want to leave a better world for your children?

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - Are the Dem policies in DC doing so (no hands raised)

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - debt to GDP is now 90%. EU limit is 60% or less. Not to join, but train wreck?

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - household indebtedness to income is 120%

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - we have a spending crisis in Washington

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - enough spending in DC - stop it. He would stop that by repealing the Stim bill

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - Work on a REAL budget (0 based budgeting). need to support institutional change

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - Fed Constitution - a balanced budget, as taxes are a function of spending

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - term limits for House and Senate.

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - why doing this? Successful, empty nester - citizens need to step up, make diff

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - wants to be a voice in the Senate for NH and connected to the people

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - DiscoverOvide.com

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Ovide Lamontagne - that is where you will find out if he continues or not

Taking the podium from Ovide was Kelly Ayotte:

Tweets:

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim is introducing Kelly Ayotte, former NH Attorney General

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - we need your enthusiasm to win in 2010 - and need more

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - talking about her activities as AG. Born in NH, talking about her family

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - always have to protect and give our troops the very best

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - why running? Passsionate about serving the people of NH 24/7

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - really why? My children - leave them a better place , & we are not doing that now

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - we are spending them into ruin. Current deficit is larger than all years before

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - cannot do that as families, why should govt? Bailed out banks and cars

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - did you know that we give tax credits for golf carts?

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - we should not spend another Stim dollar - should never have passed it!! (applause)

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - need leaders, not politicians. As AG, she was not afraid to make the tough decision

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - Call ideas bad no matter if from Repubs or Dems.

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - not afraid to put her job on the line to fight for parental notification at Supremes

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - Hodes - strength of America is bigger govt. Wrong!!!

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest-Kelly Ayotte-it comes from individual self-responsibility and families, not govt. Small biz,not pols

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - ordinary folks can't get credit - just the big people

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - rewarding self-responsibility or does govt reward those that rely on it?

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - even if it means only 1 term, she would do that if it was reducing spending

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - we need fiscal sanity and common sense in DC from NH

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - we HAVE to win this election - Gov, Legislators, Fed.

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - been talking about this issue all up & down the state. Farmer: don't drink DC water

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Kelly Ayotte - farmer: whoever drinks the DC water forgets their common sense.

The last speaker was Jim Bender:

Tweets:

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim is now introducing Jim Bender (who has created 3 bizs and hundreds of jobs)

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - most pols have no clue how to create jobs - he just cringes at their ideas

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - he's met a lot of pols, esp. most that think they can be President.

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - Harkin wanted to start at the dock and move up the chain. Harkin couldn't build a box

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - dock foreman: good think he's a US Senator - not qualified to do anything else

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - govt does not create jobs

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - taxes are TOXIC to creating wealth

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - 1960: 10 largest bank, 3 biggest car - top Co. in world were US. US budget $128 bil

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - we had rebuilt Europe, interstate highway system, & no green signs to take credit.

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - no longer have ANY of the top banks, Car COs, or other.

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - Difference? Look at the size of government for 1 BIG factor.

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - MA has a 6% sales tax: and the NH bizs are killing their counterparts.13 minutes ago from TweetDeck

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - govt is 4.5 X when Reagan. NO need for this! Philosophy-it's only the taxpayer money

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - To live like the President, need a $50 million income. DC buying new jets?

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - In the worst recession, Congress voted themselves more $ - 40 Million!!!

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - no more career pols - biggest problem we have!

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - need people, straighten it out, come home

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - Rangel has hid his income and his fellow Congressmen can't even cite him!!

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - Constitution is 28 pages. Bills are now Thousands of pages?9 minutes ago from TweetDeck

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - Founders were men of accomplishment BEFORE going to Philedelphia - we don't have that

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - last line of Independence

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - we pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor-do that today?

#TCOT STEWARDofProsperity' Chowdahfest - Jim Bender - need to shrink govt and congressmen staffs (who help only to relect)

Now, as far as the videos are concerned: The entire session can be seen here:

I'll be adding individual videos tomorrow.