October 2008 Archives

 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
7:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Address:          100 St Anselms Dr
                        Manchester, NH 03102





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Ticket Locations

Victory Offices
250 Commercial Street, Manchester
139 Daniel Webster Hwy, Nashua
151 Portsmouth Ave, Stratham
57 Mechanic Street, Lebanon
664 Main Street, Laconia
42 South Street, Milford
47 N. Main Street, Concord
145 Tremont Street, Boston

GOP Offices
10 Water Street, Concord
356 S. Broadway, Salem

Because of all of the work that Greg did in helping the campaign staff, Secret Service advance team, and the myriad of other people and organizations, He was asked to be the Master of Ceremonies for the event.  Below are a few pictures that were taken:

Date:                October 14, 2008

Contact:           Fergus Cullen, Chairman, New Hampshire Republican Party
                        603-225-9341 office, 603-520-5450 cell


CONCORD – In an interview with the Keene Sentinel last week Executive Councilor John Shea admitted that his main reason for running for office is to maintain a Democratic majority on the Council so he can be a yes man for Governor John Lynch’s appointments and proposals.

Shea also indicated in the interview that Governor Lynch’s staff are calling the shots for his campaign, including setting up his campaign committee for him and raising money for his re-election efforts. Discussing the change in campaign strategy this year, Shea said “This year the governor’s staff has told me I don’t understand the situation here - ‘We want this seat.’”

Explaining himself to the Sentinel, Shea said “The Governor, of course, wants to keep those three seats,” continuing to add, “When you’ve got three Republicans, he cannot get people through.”

“I’ll bet that voters across the state from Brookfield to Chesterfield will be surprised to find out they elected John Shea to be a rubber stamp,” said Fergus Cullen, Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party.

“In fact they will probably be as surprised as John Shea was when he got the call in Belgium notifying him that he’d been elected in the first place. Voters in the Second Council District deserve to be represented by an independent watchdog of taxpayer dollars, not someone who describes his job as doing Governor Lynch’s bidding,” Cullen said.

“That’s why voters will reject John Shea and elect an independent voice in Dan St. Hilaire on November 4,” Cullen added.

The Executive Council is a part of the executive branch of New Hampshire government and is intended to serve as a check on the power of the Governor.

BACKROUND

Shea Sees his Role on the Council to be Lynch’s Puppet: “The once-mystery candidate who two years ago won a seat on the N.H. Executive Council says he is running for re-election for two reasons — he loves his job, and his party loves having a majority… ‘The governor, of course, wants to keep three seats,’ Shea, a Democrat from Nelson, said Tuesday afternoon in a meeting with Sentinel editors.” (“Executive Councilor John Shea runs an activist campaign this time around,” by Dan Greisman, The Keene Sentinel, 10/8/08)

Shea’s Priority, Getting Lynch’s Appointments Through: “‘When you’ve got three Republicans, he cannot get people through,’ Shea said of Democratic Gov. John H. Lynch.” (“Executive Councilor John Shea runs an activist campaign this time around,” by Dan Greisman, The Keene Sentinel, 10/8/08)

Lynch’s Staff is Pulling the Strings on Shea’s Campaign: “‘I had never taken a contribution up to this year,’ Shea said. ‘I refused them. And then this year the governor’s staff has told me I don’t understand the situation here — ‘We want this seat. You can’t do it without raising money. We are going to form a Friends of John Shea committee.’” (“Executive Councilor John Shea runs an activist campaign this time around,” by Dan Greisman, The Keene Sentinel, 10/8/08)

Read the Entire Article Here: http://sentinelsource.com/articles/2008/10/08/news/local/free/id_326529.txt

Michael Hamilton
Executive Director
New Hampshire Republican Party
10 Water Street, Concord, NH  03301
603-296-5116 (c)
603-225-9341 (o)
mike@nhgop.org

Date:               October 14, 2008

Contact:          Fergus Cullen, Chairman, New Hampshire Republican Party
                        603-225-9341 office, 603-520-5450 cell


CONCORD – A paid staffer for U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s re-election campaign has accused Alaska Governor and Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin of using her special needs infant a “prop.”  Six-month old Trig Palin has Down Syndrome.

“Barack Obama would fire a member of his staff for making that sort of offensive comment about Governor Palin’s infant child, and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter ought to consider doing the same,” said Fergus Cullen, chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party.  “Imagine the outrage on the left if a Republican made a similar comment about the Obama children.”

“Susan Bruce, left-wing activist, can say whatever offensive things she wants.  But Susan Bruce is a spokeswoman for Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter.  For Shea-Porter to tolerate that sort of despicable comment from a member of her paid staff says a lot about Shea-Porter’s judgment,” Cullen said.

BACKGROUND:  Bruce’s full quote is found at http://www.politickernh.com/brianlawson/4112/palin-visit-dover-high-school#comment (posted October 12, 2008).

Middle America Values
posted by Susan Bruce

If Sarah Palin has middle America values, I'm glad I live in elitist northern NH. I don't think that making women pay for rape kits the police use to gather evidence on their bodies after a rape is a value we should be proud of. I don't think that putting a scarlet letter on your own teenaged and throwing her to the wolves in front of the whole world is something to be proud of. I don't think that using a special needs baby as a prop on late night TV appearances is a value to crow about. I don't think that preaching hate, and encouraging racism, fear, and violence at campaign rallies is something to be proud of.

If those are the things we value in Middle America, I want no part of it.
10/12/08 12:36 am

  Bruce is a paid Shea-Porter staffer: 

“Hi everyone. I've taken a part time job with Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter's campaign - I'm working on netroots outreach around the nation.”

– Susan Bruce, bluehampshire.com, July 29, 2008. 
http://www.bluehampshire.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4720

Fergus Cullen
Chairman, New Hampshire Republican Party
10 Water Street
Concord, NH  03301
603-225-9341 o
603-520-5450 c
fergus@nhgop.org

                 

Just got the news from a VERY informed source (H/T: G) - Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, Senator McCain's Vice-President running mate is coming to Laconia!

It's official now.  Sarah Palin will be at the Weirs on Wednesday directly in front of the Mt. Washing building.  It is open to the public starting at noon.  Expect long lines getting through the Secret Service so get here early.  This info can be posted on the 'Grok or elsewhere

Call if you have questions.

(H/T: Greg)

Details are sketchy right now - as I get more, I'll update this post.  So far:

Place: Down at the Weirs at the Mt. Washington building (the railroad depot).

Date: Wednesday, October 15.

Time: Noon

Parking: at the Weirs Drive-in (across the street)

Caution: attendees will be screen before getting "in the area" - and only 1 spot to do it.  Think lines....long lines....

More later!

Date:        10/08/08 (Wednesday)

Time:        5:30pm   Buffet Dinner ($12)

                6:30pm   Meeting

Place:       Shanghai Restaurant
                331 South Main Street
                Laconia, NH
                (603) 524-4100
                (see map below)

Agenda:   

No special Speaker
Focus on candidates and races
Brief review on how VoterVault may help campaigners

Map of Shang-hai:
    (map)

From the Laconia Victory office:



VICTORY Office (LACONIA, NH)
Laconia Victory Headquarters,
664 Main Street, Laconia, NH

Contact: Brent Perrin @ 603-524-1999 or Brent@nhgop.org


Meet at Laconia Victory Headquarters, 664 Main Street staging location @ 10:30am
Knocking on first door at 11:00am
Walking Laconia Ward 1 then Laconia Ward 2

Shift 1: 11:00pm – 1:00 pm

Door Goal - 100
Volunteer Goal - 3

Shift 2: 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Door Goal - 200
Volunteer Goal - 4

Shift 3: 4:00pm – 7:00pm

Door Goal-    200
Volunteer Goal-    4

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                       CONTACT: David Chesley

October 3, 2008                                                                         (603) 212-9888

press@JenniferHorn.org

JENNIFER HORN STATEMENT ON HOUSE BAILOUT VOTE

NASHUA –Jennifer Horn, Republican candidate for Congress, released the following statement following the passage of the economic bailout bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. 

Jennifer Horn: “The Bush/Paulson bill was a bad bill. I applaud Sen. Gregg’s leadership in trying to make a bad bill better.  I agree that we have to do something to ease the credit crunch, but the premise is wrong that the American taxpayer has to pay the bill - they did nothing wrong.

There are things that I like about the bill; removing golden parachutes, authority to suspend mark to market accounting and increasing the levels of FDIC insurance.  But this bill is nothing more than $700B of taxpayer money to try and artificially prop up the economy.   When the government tries to manipulate the free market, it always has unintended consequences – usually costing us money and costing us jobs.  
 
On the most important issue facing us, this Congress couldn’t even be trusted to pass a bill without pork-barrel giveaways for special interests, including money for wooden arrows designed for use by children, Puerto Rican rum, wool research, and film and television production. This just further illustrates the broken Congress that has failed to act until there is a crisis and has chosen to risk taxpayer money in the hopes that it will go away.

Congress was not debating bailing out Wall Street; they are trying to bail out themselves.

At its core, this is a failure of government – a failure of government oversight, a failure of Representatives to put the voters above the special interests, a failure of leadership.  It is unconscionable that tax payers are now being called upon to pay for the failure of government to the tune of $700 billion.

It was on Paul Hodes’ watch and under his party’s leadership that we got into this mess.  This Congress turned a blind eye to this impending economic crisis for two years.  Paul Hodes and the Financial Services Committee have failed to provide any oversight and protection to the American people and their money, instead taking campaign handouts from the special interests regulated by his committee. 

We should have considered options that protect the integrity of the free market and protect the American taxpayer from more debt.  We need solutions that address the problem so that we don’t find ourselves in this situation again.”

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ABOUT JENNIFER HORN:

Newt Gingrich weighs in on the
Economic Battle in Congress

Date:              September 30, 2008
Contact:          Fergus Cullen, Chairman, New Hampshire Republican Party
                      603-225-9341 office, 603-520-5450 cell

FACT CHECK:  SHEA-PORTER FAILS LOBBYIST PURITY TEST

CONCORD, NH – In the latest DCCC ad being run in New Hampshire on behalf of embattled Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, the congresswoman repeats her claim that she does not accept campaign money from lobbyists.  But a review of Shea-Porter’s finance reports reveals that Shea-Porter has, in fact, accepted money from lobbyists.  Examples include:

Alan Lopatin, 3/27/2007, $250

Edward Gabriel, 9/21/07, $250

Sandra Schubert, 9/30/07, $250

“The problem with claiming to be purer than the driven snow is that the yellow spots stand out,” said Fergus Cullen, chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party.

“Shea-Porter should do one of two things.  Either she should re-cut her ad and honestly state that she does take money from lobbyists, or she should return all donations she’s taken from lobbyists so that her record matches her rhetoric,” Cullen said.

 BACKGROUND:

Text of Shea-Porter Ad:  “Remember what George Bush and the former Congress did to the middle class? No oversight on Wall Street. Tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas and tax breaks for the rich. I ran against that in 2006 and you voted for change. I fight Washington for us, the middle class. I voted for middle class tax cuts and I refuse money from corporate PACs and lobbyists. I’m Carol Shea-Porter and I approve this message because we can’t go backwards.”

Edward Gabriel

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lobbyist.php?lname=Gabriel%2C+Edward+M&year=2003

http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?27990768581

 
Alan Lopatin

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lobbyist.php?lname=Lopatin%2C+Alan+G&year=2008

http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?27930577837

 
Sandra Schubert

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lobbyist.php?lname=Schubert%2C+Sandra&year=2008

http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?27990768596

Like meeting new people?  Enjoy talking?  Great - have we got phones and neighborhoods for you!  The Laconia Victory office staff is looking for help that can help bring in some victories for our candidates.  But that is not going to happen unless our message gets out to those voters.  Just think, you could be that one person, that one contact, that could persuade that one last person to vote for a Republican!

So, where do you go?

Laconia Victory HQ
664 Main Street
Laconia, NH  03246

What if I have questions?

Call: 603-524-1999

What do I do?  How do I do it?  Do they have anything for me to use?

Phones
Suggested messages / phone lists
Suggested neighborhood walking list / polls
Helpful people there to assist you!

When?

Tomorrow!
Saturday, 10/3/08
Start Time:  I bet they'll be there before you get there!
End Time:   I bet they'll be there long after you leave!
Actually, an hour, couple of hours, whatever time you can spare!