NH GOP

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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You know what I’m talking about here – I’m talking about the next Chair of the NH GOP, and about the direction this Party takes over the next couple of years, too.  While we’re at it, consider these arguments when thinking about the next NH RNC Committeeman.

Here’s where my thinking takes me on the subject:

Recent Republican History

Republicans lost their way, somewhere between “read my lips”, immigration "reform", David Souter, rare stamps, the "New World Order", No Child Left Behind, NAFTA/CAFTA, and “sure, TARP sounds like a good idea.”  And to be honest, both Bush Presidents were closet-globalists.

It’s no wonder we’re angry; angry with Obama and the Progressives, then angry at those who didn’t push government growth and spending back to 1850-levels BEFORE Obama and his minions got their hands on the national checkbook.

As a country, we are fiscally screwed, upside-down, and inside-out, and so many Republicans in DC helped mix the mortar of the concrete shoes Obama just put on us, ever-so-ready to give us a little shove off the pier.  Honestly, I’m not sure there aren’t a couple of RINOs standing by to help him do it.

We needed better than that then, and we need better than that now.

To me, Gov. Sununu smacks of this era – being dead-center in GHW Bush’s staff and NH Governor – a virtual life of politics.  He can make claims to appreciate these “new Republicans” to the obedient press and even invite a couple of “safe” activist groups into his tent, but I honestly don’t get the feeling that he fully appreciates the active, liberty-oriented crowd.  Our problem is that we say what’s bothering us, and we aren’t afraid to call anyone out – Sununu and RINOs, or anyone who doesn’t follow the Conservative path.  If you think about it, that’s the Tea Party community’s biggest contribution to the game – someone had to finally do it.  And Gov. Sununu’s just never took steps to make us feel like he’s in OUR tent.

If he were smarter about this, he would have offered a powwow caucus, making nice with us all a long time ago (pre-election) – and it probably would have worked out for him.  Now, he’s whining to the press about us being “divisive” when we simply dare to challenge fellow Republicans – those days are long gone, Governor.

And so, Juliana is his hand-picked, endorsed successor.  She could be Mother Theresa, but she’s John Sununu’s Mother Theresa, which rubs me the wrong way.

Party Experience (more after the jump….)

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