GrokTALK! went to AFP’s RightOnLine conference this weekend (June 17th/18th) in Minneapolis, where we set up GrokTalk in Radio Row – a promotion from last year.
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Groksters Skip and Mike manned the booth and interviewed guests almost non-stop from 8:30 to 3pm on Friday (booth required for another station) and from 8:30 to 5pm on Saturday. In addition to the guests lined up in advance, we snagged several conservative movers and shakers on their way through Radio Row, cross-interviewed some of the other bloggers, and had a steady stream of additional guests directed our way by Roving Grokster Chris. Many of our guests have promised to return for GrokTALK! special interviews on our Saturday shows – Stay tuned!
In fact, we had such a good time that it will take several iterations to get all of the relevant information pictures and links together for you – keep on checking back – it will be worth it 🙂
Top catches: Tim Phillips of AFP, Ann and Phelim of Not Evil Just Wrong, Andrew Breitbart, James O’Keefe, Michele Malkin, Betsy McCaughey of Defending Your Healthcare, Peter Ferrara – economist, and many more
Full guest list after the jump…
==============Friday=================
Corey Lewandowski, State Director of AFP/NH
Warner Todd Huston, blogger extraordinaire
Tim Phillips, President of Americans for Prosperity
Tony Katz of PJTV.com’s "The Conversation"
Seton Motley of LessGovernment.com
Fingers Malloy of FTRradio.com
Anita Moncrief BootsOfLiberty.com
Phelim McAleer & Ann McElhinney of "Not Evil just Wrong"
Richard Manning of GetLiberty.com
Andrew Breitbart of Breitbart.TV, BigGovernment.com, BigPeace.com, BigJournalism.com
Martha Zoller The Martha Zoller WXKT Georgia News Network
GrokTV Special Interviews from RightOnline: Vincent Venuccio from CEI
===========Friday Evening===========
Dinner, Speeches, including Andrew Breitbart, awards, including our very own Skip Murphy as “Activist of the Year”, and more (video to follow)
After dinner, we met with conservative artist extradordinaire, Steve Penley, to discuss his art and invite him for a future GrokTALK! interview. Please check out his amazing book of Reagan art.
=========Saturday================
Former Lt. Gov. from NY, Dr. Betsy McCaughey, a leading Obamacare law antagonist. Wonderful info!
KrisAnne Hall, JD – "Our Constitution is worth Defending"
John Hawkins with RightWingNews
Steve Bannon, the producer of the new movie "Undefeated" – a story about Sarah Palin.
Bob Williams of State Budget Solutions, a think-tank providing advise and real-world budget solutions for state legislatures.
Eric Telford, Father of RightOnLine, stopped by to talk about how the show had grown, and the fun of setting it opposite NutRoots each year!
Eric O’Keefe of Health Care Compact, an agreement between states to take back control over healthcare.
Chris Kelleher, Georgia conservative activist, and communications (director?) for the GAGOP
Harris Kenny, Policy Analyst, REASON FOUNDATION
And then, James O’Keefe of Project Veritas sat down for a combination interview – what a combo! "Disruptive Technology" exposure YouTubes meet libertarian policy analyst……and it WORKED!
Economist Peter Ferrara on the economy and his book"America’sTicking Bankruptcy BOMB – how the looming debt crisis threatens the American dream and how we can turn the tide before it’s too late."
Michelle Malkin, Blogger, pundit, author, and TV personality was kind enough to stop by for a few minutes at the end of a gruelling day of speaking and interviewing.
Kids book author Melanie Angell Elliott came to talk about her new book "Why Am I Conservative: 24 Topics for Kids or Anyone", and she had Skip sold at the first sample chapter!
Katie Harbath, Facebook – A former campaign worker and republican operative – She’ll be back to talk to us about Facebook’s outreach to conservative organizations and the challenges of converting large groups to a new platform.
