FULL AGENDA

Lots going on at the local, state and national levels.  Here is a compilation of local activities with apologies for those omitted.  Get out your calendars–here goes!

1.  Kittitas County Republican Party Platform Committee has been meeting regularly and will meet again tomorrow March 9 at noon.

2.  We the People Tea Party participants will meet on  Wednesday, March 10 from 12-1:00 at the Rodeo City BBQ in Ellensburg.

3,  We the People Tea Party participants will meet on Wednesday, March 10 from 7-8:00 at the Highland Fruit Growers in Yakima.

4.  Kittitas County Republican Party March Meeting will be Thursday, March 11 from 6:30-8:00 PM at the Rodeo City BBQ in Ellensburg.

5.  Preparations for the Lincoln Day Dinner continue.  Contact Susan Martin or Kayla Carbon for tickets.  Kirby Wilbur is the speaker.

6.  Kittitas County Republican Party Convention is April 17 at the Hal Holmes Center in Ellensburg.

ALL “RIGHT” MINDED FOLKS THINK ALIKE

All “right” minded people think alike–Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, Tea Party Participants, angry Democrats. 2010 will see a change we can believe in…………

REPRESENTATIVES BILL HINKLE AND JUDY WARNICK

Thanks to Bill and Judy for taking time from their busy schedules, especially during the session, to meet with we the people.  Their Ellensburg Town Hall forum was attended by a friendly down home group appreciative of their straight talk and their open sharing of their frustrations with the lack of long range planning.  They made it clear that this was not a partisan meeting, but from my admittedly biased position if those attending did not realize what is going on in Olympia they need to get their heads out of the sand.  Governor Gregoire and her majority Democrats are intent  on thrusting their tax increases down our throats no matter the well grounded arguments in opposition.  No cuts of consequence, no future planning, no consideration of your family’s ability  to pay—-just redistribute the wealth!  All Republicans need to line up and give Bill and Judy the continued support they need as we all look forward to the change coming in November!

OBAMA’S CHANGE

President Obama campaigned long and hard for change.  What happened?  Now he is campaigning long and hard for the status quo—-talk about a flip flop!

FEBRUARY 25 HEALTH CARE MEETING

Don’t fall for it unless President Obama is willing to start with a clean slate!!

According to Obama’s ground rules for the meeting the meeting must be bipartisan, but any GOP plans “…must make health coverage affordable and available to the tens of millions of working Americans who don’t have it right now.”  Since MA the word “bipartisan” has become a key word on Obama’s teleprompters.  The February 25 meeting is just another public relations gimmick to influence the majority of Americans who oppose Obamacare.

If Republicans determine they must meet–I can’t understand why they would without changes in the ground rules–why not establish their own ground rules; for example, address all participants by their first names:  Barry, Joe, Harry, Nancy and start from ground zero with no preconditions.  Republicans should also insist Obama does not chair the meeting so there is no opportunity for him to use the “bully pulpit” and his teleprompters to dominate the discussion.  In so doing, all parties would begin as equals and let “we the people” decide on the facts, “just the facts, ma’am”.  That would be real transparency, not staged transparency!

A COMMANDER IN CHIEF, NOT A………

Ask Governor Sarah Palin what kind of Commander in Chief we need in America today.  She will tell you.  Palin’s Tea Party Convention keynote, her Q/A session afterward and her interview on Fox News have shown how she was mishandled during the presidential campaign.  When candidates are over controlled–and that is what it was–the real person does  not appear.  After listening to her this weekend, I know her a lot better.  Do you?  And if you do, are you willing to admit it?

GOP LANDSLIDE

Anyone you know ready for a GOP Landslide in the 2010 elections?  I, for one, can hardly wait.  What about you?

PUSHBACK NO TAX PETITION

Thanks to all of you who signed the Evergreen Freedom Foundation’s Push Back No Tax petition some 20,000 signatures were turned in this week.  A Push Back Rally to seal the deal is scheduled in Olympia on February 15 from 10-11:00 AM on the North Capitol steps.

LAST CALL NO NEW TAXES PETITION

Final call.  If you have not signed the EFF Pushback, No New Taxes petition.  Do it now!

KCRP ANNUAL REORGANIZATION MEETING

There was a SRO crowd at the KCRP Annual Reorganization Meeting last Thursday.  Search is on for a larger room as we prepare for 2010.  Let’s keep up the momentum while gearing up for precinct and county meetings and the Lincoln Day dinner.  Adriana needs help with auction items.  And Susan and Kayla could use help with  ticket sales.

Clint Didier was the main speaker.  He is challenging the “Mom in Tennis Shoes” for a seat in the US Senate.  Didier left no doubt in my mind that he represents traditional conservative Republican values; i.e., individualism, private enterprise, small central government, 2nd and 10th Amendments, no new taxes, military support, energy independence by drilling, state’s rights, etc., etc.  Clint Didier has his roots deep in Eastern Washington soil.  He is NOT a RINO!!!