NH GOP

Last night, GraniteGrok was invited by the folks at the PBVRC to cover their Lincoln Day dinner (a fundraiser staple of Republican Committees everywhere – regardless of the event actually being on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday or not).  There were two headline speakers:

* Herman Cain (who has announced his Presidential Exploratory Committee)

* An Abraham Lincoln "replicator" who did a very credible job!

As with many other events, there are other parts of the event. this clip is of the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.

"Notables" were recognized after the jump

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Last night, GraniteGrok was invited by the folks at the PBVRC to cover their Lincoln Day dinner (a fundraiser staple of Republican Committees everywhere – regardless of the event actually being on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday or not).  Another of the speakers was US Representative Charlie Bass (R-NH02) who gave a brief address:

A slightly different view after the jump:

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Well, a couple of folks took the time in taking pictures of us at the NH GOP Annual meeting – if they were willing to take the time, we’re willing to take the time to post them!

This by Bob Jursik is really neat:

Top left is Jorge Mesa-Tejada being interviewed by me, Tom Flaherty is at his laptop talking to a couple of passerbys.  I got there real early and kinda" commandered this spot as being best suited for our special edition of GrokTALK! all day long – mixer, cameras, mics, et al – and we thank Mike Rodgers for the comms gear and expertise to keep us up pretty much all day long (no Wifi).

And Alan "The Camera" Glassman took this and the two after the jump:

I’m yakking with Steve as Phyllis Woods, RNC Committeewoman from NH, stops by to say hello (and yes, we did talk with her as well).

Many thanks, sirs!

Oh yeah – many people thought this was amusing as I wore it all day long:

(in reference to the rumor that I was going to be the next Comm Dir of the NH GOP – Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!)

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I need to amplify what Tom said here before you read Phyllis’s words:

Ever-sympathetic to the grassroots, Woods was the ONLY speaker (aside from Jack Kimball), who praised the work of the activists and the "Tea Party", who helped make the successes of 2010 a possibility.  As time goes on, I find more and more reasons to appreciate Phyllis’ contributions.

Indeed on both counts.  She has been a tireless worker for Conservatism and hasn’t always received the thanks she has earned.  I also agree much of the self-aggrandizement said about the Republican victories on Nov 2 was totally unearned – the absence of the reality that Republicans were the beneficiaries of the TEA Party movement and the groups that worked hard to put Republicans into elected seats NOT because they were Republicans but because they weren’t Democrats.  I note with no small amount of irony that it was the Strafford County Committee, consisting of many Rochester 9/12ers, put the virtual smackdown on the person who should have been singing their praises (and I’m not talking about Ms. Bergeron).

Kismet.

Gosh, Phyllis is gonna kill me…

Guest post by Phyllis Woods, RNC Committeewoman from NH, at the NH GOP Annual Meeting:

The RNC is under new management!  The members of the Republican National Committee met in DC last week to elect a new Chairman. Reince Priebus is a young, dynamic, tireless fundraiser and proven leader. He’s already making changes and changing faces. He began work immediately on his plan to restore our donor’s faith in the RNC. He’s not a rock star – but he’s a rock-solid conservative. And today, as we mark the 38th anniversary of Roe v Wade, it’s notable that our new Chairman describes himself as a 100%, Psalm 139, pro-life Republican!

Congratulations on becoming a member of one of the largest Republican State Committees in the country! Ronald Reagan once said, “A political party is a mechanical structure created to further a cause. The cause, not the mechanism, brings and holds the members together.”  We stand united today because our cause is the very salvation of our Republic.

With our basic freedoms at risk, the stakes are high. We must elect a Republican president in 2012.  America can’t continue to slip toward becoming the land of the “partially free.” We took back our state last year; we’ll take back our country next year!

Our state will play a key role in this effort. The eyes of the country will be focused on our First In The Nation primary. We have a responsibility to…

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