Americans For Prosperity

AFP – Remembering Andrew Breitbart.

March 1, 2013

March 01, 2013 A year ago today we were stunned by the loss of the prolific, insightful and passionate new-media general Andrew Breitbart. Breitbart’s persona was larger than life and his impact far greater than any circumstance. It is fitting then that his zany style and online ferocity effectively converted an army of thousands, each [ Read more ]

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Apparently, what was not good for the goose IS good for the gander

February 9, 2013

Obama’s political promises all come with expiration dates – every.single.one.of.them.  It seems that his political taunts do as well – at least those that can help him if he conveniently forgets that he used them against his enemies earlier.  Like when being a non-profit was BAAAD for Americans for Prosperity and but now good for [ Read more ]

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OFA Goes After ‘Dark Money’ (Wait -Is that Racist?)

February 1, 2013

From one 501-c4 to another, American’s for Prosperity–which was attacked by Obama and the media for being a 501-c4–would like to know what changed…other than Obama for America “changing” its name to to “Organizing for Action”…aaannnnd becoming a…501-c4. While I certainly don’t begrudge Obama for making use of such an organization and taking donations from [ Read more ]

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Americans for Prosperity Blogger of the Month – Steve Mac Donald!

December 13, 2012

Yesterday, Steve let us know that AFP had selected him as their Blogger of the Month – my immediate response was: YAAAAAAAYYYY!!!!!!!!  Way to go Steve! Absolutely tickled pink!  In my estimation, well deserved.  Just about every day, Steve has made sure to let us know what his opinion is on a whole range of [ Read more ]

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Michigan AFP Tent Truthers?

December 13, 2012

You’ve heard by now, I hope, that the American’s for Prosperity (AFP) Tent in Lansing, Michigan (State Capital), was knocked down and overrun by angry Union protesters–while some activists remained trapped underneath?   (You can find Grok Coverage on that and more  here, here, here, and here.) AFP was there on the front lines to educate and [ Read more ]

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Update AFP -Michigan

December 11, 2012

Right to work Bills have passed both Houses of the Michigan State Legislature and the governor has already said he’d sign them into law. Earlier today Tim Condon updated us with the video of union protesters knocking down the Americans for Prosperity tent in Lansing, trapping some activists under it.  It’s sad but none of [ Read more ]

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Merry Taxmas!

December 6, 2012

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is celebrating the fiscal cliff with a series of suitable Holiday Greetings. It all begins at Merrytaxmas.org where you can send a special holiday message to one of the Legislators on their Naughty or Nice list, or you can share one with your Facebook Friends or Twitter followers. You can learn [ Read more ]

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President Obama: fewer Americans employed than when he started

October 7, 2012

Which results in this: Change that we were not hoping for… (H/T: Americans for Prosperity)

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GrokTV Event: AFPF Defending the American Dream – Adam Nicholson

August 12, 2012

Events the size of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Defending the American Dream Summit 2012 take a lot of project management – setting up the overall theme, what workshops to offer (what are the activists needs all up and down the experience levels?), what speakers can energize and inform the attendees, what venue is big [ Read more ]

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GrokTV Event: AFPF Defending the American Dream – NH GOP edition (sorta)

August 11, 2012

Travel 500 miles and what do you get?  NH folks who are willing to talk with you.  Earlier, it was Bill O’Brien, Speaker of the NH House that attended a couple of the workshops that the Americans for Prosperity Foundation had at its Defending the American Dream Summit 2012.  This time, it was two activists, [ Read more ]

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GrokTV Event: AFPF Defending the American Dream – NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien

August 9, 2012

This past weekend was the Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit; a gathering of free market and Liberty and Freedom loving activists who came to go to workshops to sharpen their skills and to listen to an impressive list of well known (and loved) Conservative and Liberty speakers.  GraniteGrok was invited to come  [ Read more ]

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GrokTV-AFPF Defending the American Dream – Pam Bondi, Attorney General for the State of Florida

August 8, 2012

This past weekend was the Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit; a gathering of free market and Liberty and Freedom loving activists who came to go to workshops to sharpen their skills and to listen to an impressive list of well known (and loved) speakers.  GraniteGrok was invited to come  and spent the [ Read more ]

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AFPF American Dream Summit – This pretty much summed up the mood!

August 5, 2012

Well, got home at about 2:15 am this morning.  Am absolutely convinced that Washington DC is the pits to try to get out of when you are driving a car, don’t know the city, and the GPS is absolutely convinced that you HAVE to go up the street that the DC DPW folks have closed [ Read more ]

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AFPF American Dream Summit – “What is your American Dream? Obama’s version?”

August 3, 2012

Well, I didn’t get the interviews I wanted to this morning at the Americans for Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit, so I changed gears and found a number of attendees just arriving that agreed to a quick Grok “micro-interview”.  Two questions: What is your version of the American Dream? Contrast that with what you [ Read more ]

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation: Defend the American Dream Summit 2012

August 2, 2012

I drove down here to DC yesterday for AFP’s Defending the American Dream Summit 2012.  There’s a packed agenda  for sure, and I have some slots tomorrow (10 – 2pm) and on Saturday ( 8 – 3pm) for the ‘Grok to be on Radio Row so am hoping nab some good interviews.  I’ll put up [ Read more ]

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Americans For Prosperity NH- 2011-2012 Legislative Score Card [Updated-Added A+'s]

July 10, 2012

[Updated and Bumped- I added the Republican House Rep A+ grades on the jump.  Grok Updates by county etc coming soon.] AFP-NH has released its 2011-2012 Legislative scorecard for New Hampshire.  In my review of the score card results there is not much that will surprise anyone who makes it a habit of paying attention [ Read more ]

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You know, if you’re gonna hold a protest sign…

July 3, 2012

…you ought to: Know what it says Know what it means Know how to explain it And when a guy with a camera asks you about all three, Know that keeping quiet makes you look stupid. My friend Tony Katz, from AllPatriotsMedia, was riding with the Americans for Prosperity bus tour called “Real Facts. Real [ Read more ]

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No, Mr. President, the Private Sector is not doing fine

June 21, 2012

From Americans for Prosperity:  “The private sector’s doing fine” – President Obama, June 8 2012 With 40 straight months of unemployment above 8%, 12.7 million unemployed, and 15 trillion in debt, how can President Obama be so out of touch? The private sector is not doing fine. Tell President Obama to support the Americans for [ Read more ]

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GrokTV Special Event: AFP/NH 2012 Conservative of the Year Award – Recipient, US Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

April 22, 2012

And as is the case with all these award dinners, the recipient gets a spot to speak.  Certainly, she went through the litany of thanks, put in her plug for Mitt, and continued the theme of most folks on the Right side of the aisle – we cannot allow Obama to continue to take this [ Read more ]

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GrokTV Special Event: AFP/NH 2012 Conservative of the Year Award – Award Presenter, US Senator John Thune (R-SD)

April 22, 2012

The next to last speaker Friday night was the US Senator from South Dakota, John Thune.  If nothing else, he rates high on my list because he took out Tom Dashle – the incumbent Democrat who was the leading Democrat in the Senate at the time (and who, when Obama chose him to be a [ Read more ]

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GrokTV Special Event: AFP/NH 2012 Conservative of the Year Award – Ovide Lamontagne, candidate for NH GOP nominee for NH Governor

April 22, 2012

AFP is, no doubt, a conservative organization that supports limited government, free markets, and lower taxes in the pursuit of enhanced individual freedom and liberty (full disclosure – I was selected to be AFP’s 2011 National Activist of the Year for GraniteGrok’s new media activities; I believe in these foundational ideas).  In being such, it [ Read more ]

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GrokTV Special Event: AFP/NH 2012 Conservative of the Year Award – AFP/NH Executive Director Corey Lewanowski’s introductory remarks

April 22, 2012

“It’s my party and I talk if I want to!”  Heh! Of COURSE Corey got to speak – he and his assistant Joy Lutes put a lot of time and effort into setting this up right and I think it came off well – I believe that every seat was filled in the large ballroom [ Read more ]

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GrokTV Special Event: AFP/NH 2012 Conservative of the Year Award – Intro ceremonies

April 22, 2012

This past Friday, we live streamed the Americans For Prosperity / NH’s Conservative of the Year Award given to US Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) for those who could not be there (either for scheduling or financial reasons).  Well, if you missed it, the entire live stream is after the jump. Sidebar: On GraniteGrok 1.0, I [ Read more ]

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Frank Guinta In DC

November 16, 2010

Speaking at the AFP event, Congressman-elect Frank Guinta says a few words guaranteed to piss of Manchester democrats…which to be honest, is why I posted it.

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Following Mahoney’s Money Part I

September 7, 2010

CrossTarget, the polling organization, was created by Stephen DeMaura and Patrick Hynes, both connected political insiders. DeMaura is no fan of Guinta, and Hynes works for Mahoney. So why would AFP choose CrossTarget for a poll given these obvious questions of conflict? I have no idea why, but it was a bad call by Lewandowski and it questions AFP’s neutrality on the race if there even is one.

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