After doing GrokTALK! first thing in the morning in Concord, I headed up to Laconia to Funspot where the Belknap County Conservative Republicans were having their Family Fun Day – under the tent, free food, and opening up their arms to the public at large to talk about the Republican Party Platform, Constitutional values, and conservative values. One example of their literature contained information on their mission, who they are, where they stand, and an answer to those that disagree that their group should even exist (full info after the jump). While I was there, I took the opportunity to get a couple of interviews. This first one with is long time conservative activist and co-founder of the group, Don Walker:
Technical note: normally I just use a shotgun mic on the camera but the ambient noise level was just too high for that configuration. Instead, we were wearing headsets due to the noise level and then trying to pipe that into the camera via a soundboard – something I have seldomly done in the past. Post-processing, it became clear that one of the cables used to do this went bad – I apologize to Susan Olsen and Colette Worseman as their interviews were too static-y to use, and I had to edit Greg Moore’s near the end as well.
You know, I can’t remember the last time that the “official” Belknap County Republican Committee had such an event – estimates were that between 125 – 175 people came over at some point during the day.
Our Mission:
The mission of the Belknap County Conservative Republicans (BCCR) is to be the voice for the Conservative movement in our County. We will, at every level of state government, promote conservative solutions that our towns, county, and state, so desperately need.
Who We Are
We are a coalition of traditional Conservative Republican, 9/12 and TEA Party folks, Constitutionalists an others who have been disenfranchised by the GOP Establishment.
Where We Stand
We promote Ronald Reagan’s vision of a coalition of like-minded individuals and groups, all working together in support of our Constitutions (Federal and State) and the Traditional Republican Party Platform. We support the 80%-20% Reagan Rule. If you can support 80% of the Republican Platform, you are considered a like-minded friend.
We fully embrace the Original Intent of our Founding Fathers, and especially the 10th Amendment. it was the states that created the federal government, and as such, are superior in authority. It is this right in particular that allows us to better control our government. The larger the federal government is, the small the citizen will become.
Belknap County Conservative Republicans are not about the politics of division. We promote the politics of ad-dition. If you can support our vision and the principles we stand for, then we offer you these words of encouragement…Welcome Home!
