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Belknap County Conservative Republicans’ Family Fun Day – interview with Greg Moore

The last interview from the Belknap County Conservative Republicans’ Family Fun Day was with Greg Moore, the Executive Director of the New Hampshire chapter of Americans for Prosperity.  His mission as Exec. Dir., as always, is to reach out to all kinds of groups, current and new (as the BCCR group is) and let them know what AFP is all about and see if there is common ground on which the groups might be able to collaborate.

This is a three part interview (split for time, and at the end, for technical issues (er, bad cable yielding lots of static – and again, apologies to Colette Worseman and Susan Olsen for the time they spent with me graciously doing interviews which will never be heard).

Parts 2 &  3 after the jump:

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Belknap County Conservative Republicans’ Family Fun Day – interview with Don Walker

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:

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Belknap County Conservative Republicans: “Family Fun Day” – May 18, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm at Funspot in Laconia

Belknap County Conservative Republicans Hear ye! Hear Ye! Calling All Conservatives! Belknap County is now home to a new political group in town, Belknap County Conservative Republicans. This political grassroots organization is dedicated to offering conservative solutions for contemporary issues. Don Walker, one of the founders of BCCR: “We believe that progressivism, in all of … Read more

Great, Just What We Need, More Anti-Republican Crap

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When I first announced the return of GrokTALK! a few weeks ago, in pursuit of likely guests, the very first response I got on my status update from a Republican Facebook page was, “Great, just what we need, more anti-Republican crap.”

In some respects yes, but not because the objects of our remarks happen to “claim” to be Republicans.  It would be a result of their behaving as something other than a Republican.  (And yes, I probably am a better arbiter of who is or is not behaving like a Republican, as we shall see shortly.)

And while we (I will include all of us on the Grok) are more than willing to accept the 80-20 rule in a general sense, there are specific issues and some votes that are just too important to let slide.

And when Party leadership itself does stupid things, yes–we will be all over that, as any regular reader already knows.

Here’s a recent example.

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Democrats are not (NOT)  suggesting that Democrat Dick Patten resign–he is accused of stalking and what amounts to sexual harassment.

“A city man has received a temporary stalking order against Rep. Dick Patten, D-Concord, after the man complained Patten allegedly tried to kiss him and was repeatedly calling and texting him, according to the Concord Monitor, which broke the story Tuesday.”

(The Democrats may have managed to spike that story about Dick in major media so it would not outshine the Tremblay remarks that they wanted to push.  No comment on that either.)

Democrats did not suggest that Rep Cynthia Chase resign when she said straight out that Democrats and the state government could use the power of the state to”…make the environment here so unwelcoming that some will choose not to come, and some may actually leave.”  The Castro brothers would have loved that.   And that was awfully embarrassing to New Hampshire.  Chase is still in office isn’t she?  Oh yea…here she is, a few weeks ago, doing the “peoples” work.

But they are trying to get Rep. Stella Tremblay to resign for simply remarking on Glenn Becks web site that the government is somehow involved in the goings-on with the Boston Marathon Bombing.

So Dick may be guilty of a crime.   Cynthia Chase is guilty of fomenting legislative tyranny.  Stella is guilty of exercising free speech and not trusting the government.   It’s a typical day in the hypocrats tyrannical, left-wing, homosexual bullying neighborhood.

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Belknap County Conservative Republicans!

Hear ye! Hear Ye! Calling All Conservatives! Belknap County is now home to a new political group in town, the Belknap County Conservative Republicans. This political grassroots organization is dedicated to offering conservative solutions for contemporary issues. Don Walker, one of the BCCR founders, says: “We believe that progressivism, in all of its forms, has corrupted … Read more

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Take It Back or Burn It Down?

The current New Hampshire Republican Party has devolved away from being any kind of bulwark against creeping progressivism and the ardent promotion of candidates who will man the bulwark or (God help us) take us into battle, to little more than an exclusive group for hand-picked political insiders, partying away in the captain’s quarters of our anchored and sinking fleet.

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Re: Take It Back or Burn It Down?


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Send me in, coach – Isaiah 6:8

New Hampshire’s “No Information” Voter

Grok Friend Spec Bowers just posted this on facebook. (Talk about a bridge too far.) A friend was talking with a neighbor about the gas tax. The neighbor said, “Yeah, that’s what you get when you vote Republican.” My friend told him the bill is being pushed by the Democrats. His neighbor replied, “No the … Read more

GrokTV: Hillsborough County Republican Committee Lincoln-Reagan Gala – John O’Sullivan, Parts 1 & 2

The featured speaker for the Lincoln-Reagan Gala held last night at the Crowne Plaza in Nashua, NH was John O’Sullivan. During the Reagan era, he was a Special Advisor to then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and currently is Editor-at-Large at National Review, and also is a noted Conservative columnist, author, and speaker.  Here are … Read more

GrokTV: Hillsborough County Republican Committee Lincoln-Reagan Gala – John O’Sullivan, Parts 3, 4 & 5

John O’Sullivan (special assistant to PM Margaret Thatcher and National Review Editor-in-Large), spoke to the assembled Hillsborough County Republicans on the occasion of their Lincoln-Reagan Gala,as the featured speaker for the evening.  Here, he continues on his varying takes on the themes of “What now, GOP?” as well as reminiscing on what it was like working for Prime Minister Thatcher during that time well looked upon by Conservatives.

Part 3 is here; Parts 4 & 5 after the jump

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GrokTV: Micro-Interview with John O’Sullivan

At the end of the Hillsborough County Republican Committee Lincoln-Reagan Gala, we started to breakdown the livestreaming equipment pretty quickly – it was late, it would take a while, and then there was the long drive home (and the Mtn. Dew WAS failing me!).  However, John O’Sullivan did come over to our disheveled table (a prime scenario for a disorderly conduct citation, audio equipment wise!) so Grokster Mike and I quickly thanked him for his willingness to extend his already long evening and started the camera rolling:

Sidenote: “…camera rolling” – such a quaint old fashioned term for recording an event, being that there is no longer anything (i.e., tape) to be rolling when all goes onto a flat SDmicro chip….

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GrokTV: Hillsborough County Republican Committee Lincoln-Reagan Gala – Intro Ceremonies

Well, per our usual operating standards after livestreaming an event, we put up “smaller chunck” videos (and thanks to Grokster Mike for manning this camera).  For those of you that missed it: Last night was the Hillsborough County Republican Committee Lincoln-Reagan Gala where two Lincoln-Reagan Award winners were recognized: Former Congressman Charlie Bass and Former … Read more

GrokTV: Hillsborough County Republican Committee Lincoln-Reagan Gala – Kelly Ayotte’s Letter and L-R Award Winners

Continuing with the agenda for the Hillsborough County Republican Committee Lincoln-Reagan Gala, the next two items: US Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) sent a Letter to be read to the Committee as she could not attend – Kevin Smith did the reading Lincoln-Reagan Award winners – Former Congressman Frank Guinta (unavailable due to a family emergency) and … Read more

Did some of those HB617 Republicans not like that Flashlight that shined brightly? Good – Mission Accomplished

gas pump oldOK, I know this is a couple of days old, but still worth posting as an object lesson.  We here at the ‘Grok raised a fuss and a big ‘ole stinkeroonie as we figuratively shined our flashlight into a dark corner – the kind of one where taxpayers end up paying for the mistakes that Government makes, either in actuality or in priority (e.g., not doing what it should be).  We berated those Republicans that voted to raise the gas tax (that Pike Industries loves so much) that would hurt ordinary working folks.

Well, our motto is to “Spank’em when they’re wrong and Thank’em when they’re right”; we did the former and now time for the latter:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 19th, 2013
Contact: 603-271-3665

House Republican Leaders Comment on Gas Tax Increase Bill

CONCORD – Today House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) and House Republican Policy Leader Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) offered the following statements on the committee vote on HB617, a bill that would raise the gas tax. The House Ways and Means committee voted 11-7 to recommend the bill ought to pass with amendment. The committee amendment would raise the gas tax by 67%. Republicans on the committee were unanimous in their opposition to the bill.

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Guest post by NH State Rep. Jane Cormier: “Sleepless Nights”

It is now 4:45 am. I am wide awake, thinking about the vast number of things that need to be accomplished today. As a wife, mom, legislator, volunteer, and music educator, I can tell you there are lots of sleepless nights.  I suspect it is a difficult time for most of us as we struggle with the financial, personal, and political challenges of our time.  Life is definitely a test these days.

Much of my worry seems to be rooted in the insecurity of what is coming down the pike.  What country will our children/grandchildren possess as they grow older?  Will our children still have all the opportunities our generation enjoyed?  Will our grandchildren enjoy the personal freedoms we always assumed would be there for them?  All of these questions are overwhelming in scope and stop many of us dead in our tracks.  As our country becomes deluged with crushing, liberty-stealing debt and disingenuous politics, people are checking out.  Many folks have just become immobile under the weight of it all.  But, most frightening is the fear this is exactly what those in political power desire.  If “the people” drop out of the process and leave governing to others, (especially those who may not be looking out for our Constitutional Republic) well, let’s just say this is NOT what our Founding Fathers had in mind!

I joined the NH legislature because I could no longer be part of the silent majority.  I unequivocally believe the majority of our neighbors ARE for conservative principles of smaller government, smaller debt, and broader personal freedom.  But we are hitched to a leviathan of debt and corruption.  How can we possibly hope to stand under such weight?  One answer – we become politically active in the Conservative movements in our communities.

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Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me One Hundred Times….Call Me A Republican Senator

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The Sunday Union Leader has a staff editorial in which it comes to the defense of Senator Ayotte accepting and attending  an invite to dinner with Mr. Obama and a number of other ‘Ranking’ (see also Rank) GOP Senators.

To suggest that there is no value in conveying that message to the President in person, in a casual setting in which a working relationship might develop, is to misunderstand the way politics works.

Last August, Sen. Tom Coburn (who attended last Wednesday’s dinner) came to the defense of the Tea Party during an interview on MSNBC. Among his points was that Tea Party activists “understand that you’ve got to have human relations to get along in this world.” It is amazing and disappointing that so many activists on both sides think that progress is made by refusing to work with anyone in the other camp.

This is the way politics works, except in the case of Mr. Obama’s politics, this only works for him.

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As Glenn Reynolds says, ‘Heh’

Via Instapundit: “This is probably why John McCain and Lindsay Graham have their panties in a wad: Rand Paul filibuster energizes Tea Party against GOP establishment.” Meanwhile, seen on Facebook:

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