"RUMP" Pence
Today it was pointed out to me that there are quite a number of Trump/ Pence signs being defaced.
"RUMP"
The "T" being blocked out
Wish I had a photo of one of the political signs which was defaced by.....
RUMP - Is this the best that liberals can do? RUMP... This is the mind set of a 5 year old.
Earlier this summer we saw the same kind of behavior being displayed by the left towards Trump. In Chicago for instance democrats came out to heckle and obstruct Trump supporters. At one point major roads were blocked by left supporters - halting traffic and making the lives of those who happened to pass by at that time a living hell.
Why
Who knows. Maybe the left feels that their entitlement is being threatened by a candidate who is anti establishment.
RepubliCAN of Maine supports the candidacy of Donald Trump as someone who is running counter to the establishment.
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Is This Election about Bad Manners and Being Politically Correct?
It's about the courage to focus on defeating the Democrats. It's about the courage to confront the oft-mentioned "educated suburban women" and say, this election is more important than gender sensitivities. It's about the need to fully recognize that you are voting for a president, a vice president and one or more lifetime "Supremes", who will rule (unobstructed) from the bench. It is the courage to recognize that bad manners and a vulgar mouth should NOT block the overwhelming need to end the economic, social and political devastations of the Obama reign in its proposed Hillary incarnation!
The myth that retreating this one and coming back in super strength in 4 years is crazier than voting for Donald Trump. No one will vote for a whipped party or a party that is like a corpse risen from the grave!
Get over it!
RepubliCAN of Maine supports Donald Trump in his bid for President. He is not a career politician and as a result is not polished like Hillary Clinton.
The myth that retreating this one and coming back in super strength in 4 years is crazier than voting for Donald Trump. No one will vote for a whipped party or a party that is like a corpse risen from the grave!
Get over it!
RepubliCAN of Maine supports Donald Trump in his bid for President. He is not a career politician and as a result is not polished like Hillary Clinton.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Four More Years of the Same? Or Are We Ready for a Change?
There are absolutely no surprises with Clinton, 4 more years of a carbon copy of Obama's left wing agenda: more regulation (of everything), more assaults on freedom of religion (kill it!!), more taxes, more government (except for a poorly funded, strangled, castrated military) and a more entrenched federal bureaucracy. Plus, Hillary will continue Obama's nationally polarizing disdain for opponents (known to this administration as "enemies"). Obamacare will collapse and taxpayers will be forced to pay for a single payer plan. 100% predictable.
Trump is certainly far from predictable, but "talks the talk" and offers plausible alternatives. Most important, he takes our security seriously.
Then, last, but by no means least, there are "The Supreme's", governing from the bench. Filling the current empty seat can't be held off for 4 years. It's Clinton vs Trump. An enduring legacy that could last 20 + years.
The choices couldn't be clearer.
RepubliCAN of Maine supports the current Republican candidate and any candidates who endorse the Republican candidate running for President.
Trump is certainly far from predictable, but "talks the talk" and offers plausible alternatives. Most important, he takes our security seriously.
Then, last, but by no means least, there are "The Supreme's", governing from the bench. Filling the current empty seat can't be held off for 4 years. It's Clinton vs Trump. An enduring legacy that could last 20 + years.
The choices couldn't be clearer.
RepubliCAN of Maine supports the current Republican candidate and any candidates who endorse the Republican candidate running for President.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
There is "No need to campaign locally" says Republican official
For months we have been waiting with anticipation for our local republican candidates to ride the wave of change that has rocked the national scene.
But
By the comments from many republican leaders leads one to believe that this election is in the bag for our candidates.
"No need to campaign locally, everyone has pretty much made up their mind about how they'll vote".
With that kind of thinking the voters will make up their mind alright. Very good chance that those on the line will vote for that candidate whom they have seen the most activity. That may not be the local republican candidate.
"No need to "market" our candidate, there is already good "name recognition"".
The good name recognition can always be improved upon as the other candidate is working to improve and expand their good name.
"We don't need to meet locally to work on this campaign, everyone is so busy just now".
You reap what you sow. Put little time and effort into the campaign and there will be little to no name recognition.
"We don't need advice or consultation from Republican party headquarters on getting the word out to our voter base. We've been doing this for years".
With so much at stake why wouldn't you want help and the resources that could be provided. The other candidate is getting that help.
"We don't want to put up public signs for national Republic presidential candidates; people will think we are mean-spirited, racist."
That is an irrational fear. A sign does not denote racism or whether or not you as a person is mean spirited.
"Even if our Republican candidates lose this election, it's not a crisis. We just wait 4 years and come back with dynamite candidates and win with a BANG!".
How do you know that in four years the Republicans will bounce back? Don't assume you will have my vote in four years. I want a fighter not someone who quits. The other side didn't quit maybe my vote should go to them.
"I don't know about using modern media (Facebook, twitter, etc). I'm not familiar with it and can't see how it would help our candidates in this town."
Obama won the last election with the effective use of social media. Donald Trump - if he can stay off of twitter - is able to communicate to the masses. Social media i an inexpensive way to be in touch with your current and future constituents. By ignoring these methods of conveying your message you are limiting the audience you reach.
"Things are not THAT "dire"!"
Things are.
RepubliCAN of Maine encourages you to become involved with local politics - especially in this election cycle. Please feel free to comment.
But
By the comments from many republican leaders leads one to believe that this election is in the bag for our candidates.
"No need to campaign locally, everyone has pretty much made up their mind about how they'll vote".
With that kind of thinking the voters will make up their mind alright. Very good chance that those on the line will vote for that candidate whom they have seen the most activity. That may not be the local republican candidate.
"No need to "market" our candidate, there is already good "name recognition"".
The good name recognition can always be improved upon as the other candidate is working to improve and expand their good name.
"We don't need to meet locally to work on this campaign, everyone is so busy just now".
You reap what you sow. Put little time and effort into the campaign and there will be little to no name recognition.
"We don't need advice or consultation from Republican party headquarters on getting the word out to our voter base. We've been doing this for years".
With so much at stake why wouldn't you want help and the resources that could be provided. The other candidate is getting that help.
"We don't want to put up public signs for national Republic presidential candidates; people will think we are mean-spirited, racist."
That is an irrational fear. A sign does not denote racism or whether or not you as a person is mean spirited.
"Even if our Republican candidates lose this election, it's not a crisis. We just wait 4 years and come back with dynamite candidates and win with a BANG!".
How do you know that in four years the Republicans will bounce back? Don't assume you will have my vote in four years. I want a fighter not someone who quits. The other side didn't quit maybe my vote should go to them.
"I don't know about using modern media (Facebook, twitter, etc). I'm not familiar with it and can't see how it would help our candidates in this town."
Obama won the last election with the effective use of social media. Donald Trump - if he can stay off of twitter - is able to communicate to the masses. Social media i an inexpensive way to be in touch with your current and future constituents. By ignoring these methods of conveying your message you are limiting the audience you reach.
"Things are not THAT "dire"!"
Things are.
RepubliCAN of Maine encourages you to become involved with local politics - especially in this election cycle. Please feel free to comment.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Are We Witnessing The Fall of the US?
The Trump/Clinton phenomenon in our current American political scene is a fascinating one. My view is that it is more fascinating, if one steps back from the admittedly colorful players and looks a bit deeper. What on earth is going on? Has the US gone mad? Has the whole country succumbed to the ancient Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times"? I wanted to share a few thoughts that may be too extensive, but it is hard to be concise about this complex topic. At the risk of boring, herewith are my thoughts"
Regarding the interesting times in which we live - and they are indeed interesting! - it is very challenging to sort it all out and to make sense of the "noise and confusion", as well as the competing views about the state of the nation. Are we in good shape, or on the brink? The press/media deluge us with many highly colored, 'ad hominem' tabloid dramas. Everything seems reduced to polarized contests between good guys and bad, or bad guys and bad guys. All of this colorful coverage never seems to ask why - or why now?
Being in the throes of reading Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, I am inclined to think (after Gibbon) that our present (US election) symptoms portend something bigger than two decadent personages competing for the US presidency. There seems to be a huge socio-cultural shift in the US (and the world) that goes beyond mere elections. The outcome of this US election (or any election) is unlikely to alter the socio-cultural trajectory that we are on. One factor, social media, alters (smashes?) all sorts of "boundaries" and reaches all sorts of people. Social media involve everyone in public discourse, if they feel so inclined. Suddenly, people who have never spoken "in public" have a "soap box" and their opinions appear as comments in electronic fora. Mobs can be put together electronically, and they can be motivated to take action. It has to require a certain toughness (hardness?) of character to play politics in this highly visible, highly volatile game.
Edward Gibbon saw the loss of "civic virtue" as the central cause of the Romans' "decline and fall". It played out in many ways getting worse over time. There was the adoption of an increasingly soft, luxurious lifestyle, the loss of patriotism and a shift from public service as a form of highly regarded duty, to public service as personal opportunity for material advancement. In the declining days of the Roman empire, those who could avoid military service for themselves, or their children, did so. Initially, they yielded military service to the lower classes; then, used mercenaries to spare Roman lives. Religion and family life were given lip service, but were a less powerful force in the state.
For us, as for the Romans, there has been the growing problem of effectively governing a huge - and ever growing - increasingly diverse country. The size, scope and complexity of the issues urgently needing to be dealt with, challenge the political structure and functioning of our federal republic. The US Constitution, designed when we were a recently liberated collection of small former English colonies with a relatively homogeneous anglo saxon population, is stretched to the breaking point. Consensus on anything is hard (nearly impossible?) to achieve, and conflict gets increasingly polarized. President Obama has "experimented" with bypassing Congress and ruling by presidential decree on a number of pressing issues, like immigration. It is arguably a clear violation of our Constitution; it sets dangerous precedents, it changes the constitutional foundation of our rule of law. It solves problems, but… at what cost? And it guarantees challenge in the courts as to its constitutionality. Might one see this sort of presidential move is as a baby step towards future presidential autocracy, dictatorship, Caesarian power? Were similar sorts of dynamic forces at play in Rome on the eve of Julius Caesar.
There is the problem of taxation. Who gets taxed? For what? For whose benefit? Huge disputes: "bread and circuses" vs "my wealth". How are the rich and poor to be accommodated? Compromise is increasingly fraught in an Internet age when there is no place to hide for long. With social media onlookers wanting to see EVERYTHING, previously backroom political disputes disputes, where things got sorted out privately, today, with Internet players "supervising" can become a war against "enemies"; not a compromise between opponents in the course of parliamentary processes.
Like the later Rome described by Gibbons our population has become increasingly diverse. Roman citizenship became a near universal in the Roman Empire with a noticeable impact on previously shared values and standards of civic virtue. One of our political problems is with the social integration of immigrants, who are arriving too fast to allow for the "melting pot" to "melt" them into an American identity of any sort. More turmoil, more social unrest, no common values, more fragmentation more splits. There is also the variable economic impact of immigrants on lower middle and working class US citizens. Industrialists love them as cheap labor, non-union labor and make a virtue of "diversity". Native workers see them as lowering the price of labor; thereby, lowering their standard of life, etc. Free trade is a similar issue. Apart from slogans that market diversity, for whose benefit does it work and how?
Rome was able to integrate foreign religions into their existing pantheon of gods. The US handles this problem by the promotion of of "politically correct", which tends to supersede religion. All religions are of less importance than social "rights" - even if these "rights" challenge freedom of religion. Government enforcement of social rights is in danger of becoming the new "state religion".
Into this caldron of turmoil, we inject two extremely defective candidates for presidency. Are they the result of the complex recipe for the "stew" that we've been cooking? Who but a severely compromised person would subject themselves to the human torture of being the center of a US presidential campaign? On a much larger scale, it resembles the politics of so-called "banana republics"! How it will end is impossible to say, but the actual election of either candidate is worrying. Can the US Constitution prevail despite dysfunction of the head of one of the three branches of government?
I may not have all of the "moving parts" in this scenario in the correct proportions, but I would suggest that any assessment that looked at these- or alternative dynamics might be of some interest, and worthy of thought.
Regarding the interesting times in which we live - and they are indeed interesting! - it is very challenging to sort it all out and to make sense of the "noise and confusion", as well as the competing views about the state of the nation. Are we in good shape, or on the brink? The press/media deluge us with many highly colored, 'ad hominem' tabloid dramas. Everything seems reduced to polarized contests between good guys and bad, or bad guys and bad guys. All of this colorful coverage never seems to ask why - or why now?
Being in the throes of reading Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, I am inclined to think (after Gibbon) that our present (US election) symptoms portend something bigger than two decadent personages competing for the US presidency. There seems to be a huge socio-cultural shift in the US (and the world) that goes beyond mere elections. The outcome of this US election (or any election) is unlikely to alter the socio-cultural trajectory that we are on. One factor, social media, alters (smashes?) all sorts of "boundaries" and reaches all sorts of people. Social media involve everyone in public discourse, if they feel so inclined. Suddenly, people who have never spoken "in public" have a "soap box" and their opinions appear as comments in electronic fora. Mobs can be put together electronically, and they can be motivated to take action. It has to require a certain toughness (hardness?) of character to play politics in this highly visible, highly volatile game.
Edward Gibbon saw the loss of "civic virtue" as the central cause of the Romans' "decline and fall". It played out in many ways getting worse over time. There was the adoption of an increasingly soft, luxurious lifestyle, the loss of patriotism and a shift from public service as a form of highly regarded duty, to public service as personal opportunity for material advancement. In the declining days of the Roman empire, those who could avoid military service for themselves, or their children, did so. Initially, they yielded military service to the lower classes; then, used mercenaries to spare Roman lives. Religion and family life were given lip service, but were a less powerful force in the state.
For us, as for the Romans, there has been the growing problem of effectively governing a huge - and ever growing - increasingly diverse country. The size, scope and complexity of the issues urgently needing to be dealt with, challenge the political structure and functioning of our federal republic. The US Constitution, designed when we were a recently liberated collection of small former English colonies with a relatively homogeneous anglo saxon population, is stretched to the breaking point. Consensus on anything is hard (nearly impossible?) to achieve, and conflict gets increasingly polarized. President Obama has "experimented" with bypassing Congress and ruling by presidential decree on a number of pressing issues, like immigration. It is arguably a clear violation of our Constitution; it sets dangerous precedents, it changes the constitutional foundation of our rule of law. It solves problems, but… at what cost? And it guarantees challenge in the courts as to its constitutionality. Might one see this sort of presidential move is as a baby step towards future presidential autocracy, dictatorship, Caesarian power? Were similar sorts of dynamic forces at play in Rome on the eve of Julius Caesar.
There is the problem of taxation. Who gets taxed? For what? For whose benefit? Huge disputes: "bread and circuses" vs "my wealth". How are the rich and poor to be accommodated? Compromise is increasingly fraught in an Internet age when there is no place to hide for long. With social media onlookers wanting to see EVERYTHING, previously backroom political disputes disputes, where things got sorted out privately, today, with Internet players "supervising" can become a war against "enemies"; not a compromise between opponents in the course of parliamentary processes.
Like the later Rome described by Gibbons our population has become increasingly diverse. Roman citizenship became a near universal in the Roman Empire with a noticeable impact on previously shared values and standards of civic virtue. One of our political problems is with the social integration of immigrants, who are arriving too fast to allow for the "melting pot" to "melt" them into an American identity of any sort. More turmoil, more social unrest, no common values, more fragmentation more splits. There is also the variable economic impact of immigrants on lower middle and working class US citizens. Industrialists love them as cheap labor, non-union labor and make a virtue of "diversity". Native workers see them as lowering the price of labor; thereby, lowering their standard of life, etc. Free trade is a similar issue. Apart from slogans that market diversity, for whose benefit does it work and how?
Rome was able to integrate foreign religions into their existing pantheon of gods. The US handles this problem by the promotion of of "politically correct", which tends to supersede religion. All religions are of less importance than social "rights" - even if these "rights" challenge freedom of religion. Government enforcement of social rights is in danger of becoming the new "state religion".
Into this caldron of turmoil, we inject two extremely defective candidates for presidency. Are they the result of the complex recipe for the "stew" that we've been cooking? Who but a severely compromised person would subject themselves to the human torture of being the center of a US presidential campaign? On a much larger scale, it resembles the politics of so-called "banana republics"! How it will end is impossible to say, but the actual election of either candidate is worrying. Can the US Constitution prevail despite dysfunction of the head of one of the three branches of government?
I may not have all of the "moving parts" in this scenario in the correct proportions, but I would suggest that any assessment that looked at these- or alternative dynamics might be of some interest, and worthy of thought.
Monday, September 5, 2016
Chairman Bennett issues a statement regarding Senate President Thibodeau's Press Conference
"I commend President Thibodeau for his steady stewardship of the Maine
Senate under the Constitution and the proper rules of order. As a
former Senate President, I know the difficult role he has to
appropriately lead the institution as a Constitutional officer and as
the leading Republican in the Senate.
"President Thibodeau is right to call out the Democrat leadership for putting political advantage ahead of exercising their sober duties of office.
"President Thibodeau's measured leadership stands in stark contrast to the zealous efforts by Speaker Mark Eves and other Democrat leaders to have a costly, open-ended legislative session to re-litigate and overturn the 2014 election results."
"President Thibodeau is right to call out the Democrat leadership for putting political advantage ahead of exercising their sober duties of office.
"President Thibodeau's measured leadership stands in stark contrast to the zealous efforts by Speaker Mark Eves and other Democrat leaders to have a costly, open-ended legislative session to re-litigate and overturn the 2014 election results."
The
Maine Republican Party is the state’s premier political organization
holding the State’s highest office, a U.S. Senator, a U.S. Congressman,
and a chamber of the Maine State Legislature as well as many local
elected municipal offices.
Sunday, March 1, 2015
March 10 2015 - Veteran, Small Business Owner, True Mainer.
Last month, at the Republicans monthly meeting at the Tradewinds Motor Inn in Rockland, I met Jim Kalloch for the first time. Now after having been writing for him and after voting for him, to meet him and listen to him was refreshing.
Sure, I knew all the important bullet points of his life: the military career spanning over 30 years in both the Marines and the Navy, returning to his hometown to start a small business, the contribution to serving the youth of this area as a Boy Scout leader and to help both the young students and the taxpayer by serving on the local school board.
But what I didn't know was what a funny and personable man Jim is until I sat in the meeting last month and heard him laugh, talk and share stories of the how and why he wants to run again after investing time and money in the November election.
The reasons were sincere and heartfelt. They included love of the area, the people and the belief, as many of us have, that Jim can make a difference, an improvement that we would all like to see.
The fact of the matter is Jim barely lost and that the winner, Democrat Elizabeth Dickerson left, leaving an open seat in the Maine House and that means someone needs to fill that seat.
Why not the man who came so close to winning the first time around? The man who served his country faithfully for over 30 years? The man who came home to serve his area in so many ways again, why not him?
The man is Jim Kalloch and he wants your vote on Tuesday March 10th 2015!
For up to date information on Jim Kalloch find him on Facebook.
Hear Jim Kalloch speaking out to his future constituents.
Sure, I knew all the important bullet points of his life: the military career spanning over 30 years in both the Marines and the Navy, returning to his hometown to start a small business, the contribution to serving the youth of this area as a Boy Scout leader and to help both the young students and the taxpayer by serving on the local school board.
But what I didn't know was what a funny and personable man Jim is until I sat in the meeting last month and heard him laugh, talk and share stories of the how and why he wants to run again after investing time and money in the November election.
The reasons were sincere and heartfelt. They included love of the area, the people and the belief, as many of us have, that Jim can make a difference, an improvement that we would all like to see.
The fact of the matter is Jim barely lost and that the winner, Democrat Elizabeth Dickerson left, leaving an open seat in the Maine House and that means someone needs to fill that seat.
Why not the man who came so close to winning the first time around? The man who served his country faithfully for over 30 years? The man who came home to serve his area in so many ways again, why not him?
The man is Jim Kalloch and he wants your vote on Tuesday March 10th 2015!
For up to date information on Jim Kalloch find him on Facebook.
Hear Jim Kalloch speaking out to his future constituents.
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