Is Bob Maginn "The One"?

Bob Maginn is the new chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party today after receiving a vote of 51-21 with one abstention from the 73 members in attendance last night at a hotel in Newton, MA. So when I woke up today, the first question that crossed my mind was is Bob Maginn "The One" that is finally going to lead the Republican Party of Massachusetts out of the wilderness we've been wandering through for decades like the ancient Jews of Israel?

I hope so but according to my sources a lot of greasing of the skids took place before Bob was able to grab the gavel and prepare to lead his people forward into the promised land, unlike Moses who was never allowed to because of his unbelief. But that was the Bible, where integrity and righteousness matter, not the MA GOP. Apparently State Committee members were invited to two receptions including one last night before the meeting where they were wined and offered bribes in the form of their own Web Page with support provided by Bob's staff.

What a guy! If I hadn't seen the invitation myself I wouldn't have believed it nor would I have known about the 5 regional dinners he hosted for members at no cost for either food nor drinks. Wow! What a deal? Maybe I should think about running for State Committee someday with those kind of perks added to the job? Just to show you I'm not making this up, here is a copy of the invitation.

From: robert maginn [mailto:bob_maginn@msn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:02 PM
Subject: To My Supporters

After calling all of the State Committee members and hosting five regional dinners, I have reached 66 members to date in person or by phone. The result is a strong majority of the State Committee is now committed to vote for me on November 30th and we can only identify a handful of votes that will go against me. After my reception and the State Committee meeting tonight we need to confirm that all of our committed and strong leaning State Committee members will attend on November 30th. We cannot take anything for granted after all of this work and effort by each of you and many others. We need to Get Out The Vote (GOTV) on November 30th.

I would also like to begin promoting members of the State Committee to help in our planned online outreach where each State Committee member who wants to have a website gets one. And each State Committee member who wants to put up a video statement about themselves and the work they are doing can do so. For each of you who will attend tonight we will have a video camera available if you want to record a statement to put up on the web. This will be most important for any of you who are opposed in your race in March. Our team will give you support as one of my key early supporters. Also wanted to let you know I'm looking in to setting up a separate fundraising entity that will provide funding to support State Committee member elections.
So thank you for all you have done and please join me if you are coming tonight for my reception starting as early as 4pm for those who will be in Newton early, and continuing until the meeting starts at 7pm.

Best to you,

Bob Maginn


Congratulations Bob you did it. Now what? Where do we go from here Oh great leader? From what I heard most of the State Committee member dinosaurs who began their political careers back in the 70's wouldn't know a web page if it smacked them in the face and knocked the cocktail they were holding last night all over their unbuttoned size xxxx jacket. In fact at a recent meeting, a younger computer literate activist requested that they add committee member contact information to the MA GOP web site, you know, just in case someone in the area wanted to get in touch with them about, say when the next meeting is.

The request ran into a lot of resistance from the old guard, I understand for fear that such an addition might blow their cover as a "secret GOP agent" I guess,and we wonder why the Republican Party hasn't been growing. Well Bob your announced strategy for expansion of the party ranks using technology is intriguing but did you explain to them that they need to own a computer in order to get the most out it?

Okay, I may have gone too far with the sarcasm, after all a good many of them do manage to find their way to the Red Mass Group Blog every day, one of the RINO's favorite hang-outs where they obviate with old friends and like minded rascals, waiting to gang up on any Conservative, especially a social conservative or Tea Party activist who dares to enter their world and say something nice about a conservative candidate or prospect or even worse than that something nice about Ronald Reagan or Rush Limbaugh.

Also, I hope you enclosed a free copy of The Internet for Dummies Bob to go along with their copy of Selecting and Developing Good Political Candidates for Dummies, which apparently most of the old guard haven't got around to reading yet.

According to reports a large gathering of supporters of your opponent, Frank McNamara gathered to cheer him on last night full of optimism for the promise that lay ahead. Unfortunately they weren't allowed to vote and the old "politics as usual crowd", won the day, which I know must be disheartening for those who dream of a day when "one party rule" will no longer be the norm in Massachusetts and we can celebrate like Republicans nationwide did when the GOP won a landslide victory nationally in the 2010 Congressional elections instead of reaching for real-estate pamphlets from other states as soon as we arrive home every election night after another disappointing loss

In fact a very disappointed member of a Massachusetts Republican Town Committee, who we will call Mary feared the inevitable would occur last night so she wrote her Chairman yesterday chastising Maginn for giving $2400 to Senator Chuck Schumer of NY stating that "he is one of the most loathed Senators by all who love freedom and liberty." She also accused Maginn of out right bribery of state committee members and closed the letter by stating " he should be ashamed for bragging about his wining and dining efforts to recruit supporters." "Crony politics is dirty politics", Mary declared and concluded the letter by stating "This is the kind of thing that is frowned upon and gives the Republican Party a bad image."

And with that I would like to just add that I have no idea if Frank McNamara would have made a better Chairman. Who knows? Maybe Bob Maginn will turn out to be "The One" we've been waiting for i.e. "The One" who will lead the MA GOP out of the political wilderness and present the voters of the State of Massachusetts with a viable 2nd option for candidates on election day by intelligently developing candidates at the grassroots level who can return the GOP to being the party of exciting ideas for the first time in years, rather than the party of personal attacks, without compromising integrity, spending money foolishly on high profile and questionable races, and greasing the skids of the good ole boy network along the way, but I haven't seen anything to suggest that will happen yet.

Interview with Frank McNamara on Jeff Katz Show

The following is an interview with Frank McNamara on the Jeff Katz radio show today. Frank is running for Chairman of the Mass GOP and has the full support of Conservatives and the Tea Party throughout MA for his willingness to fight to get the GOP back to being a viable political party in this state of one party rule for many decades. I don't know his opponent Bob Maginn, but I'm disturbed by the fact he is receiving support from the MA Republican establishment, which is always a bad sign. If the RINO's that run the MA GOP like someone, it's always better to vote for the other guy in my opinion.(LOL) Frank and Jeff Katz discuss the $2400 contribution donated to radical socialist Senator Chuck Schumer from NY. Are you kidding me? And this is the person who wants to run the MA GOP? Also it has been reported, though not discussed in the above interview, that Maginn's wife has consulted with the OWS movement. Oh boy, here we go again. Please contact your Republican State committee person and urge him (her) to vote for Frank McNamara. The following is a list of the RTC committees throughout Massachusetts.

Additional information can be found concerning the election by clicking on the following articles entitled MA GOP to choose new party chairmanand at the Mass Tea Party web site Another blogger who has been doing a great job following this story is Iron Mike over at the Rabid Republican Blog

Down Memory Lane with Barney Frank

On a day when liberals nationwide and democrat constituents back home are lamenting Barney Frank's decision not to run again, I think it's time for a reality-check. Considering the amount of historical revision that Frank has been engaged in for some time, this simple but clever animation brings Frank's role in the financial crash of 2008 back into focus. People forget that the Democrats regained control of the Congress in 2006 and Frank took over as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee with all the power that entails.

We've seen video after video that shows him encouraging the policies of unbridled lending practices that had gone in to overdrive during the Clinton Administration. The evidence shows that President Bush and Republicans in Congress tried to get more regulation implemented but were discouraged from doing so by Democrats like Frank, Maxine Waters, Charlie Rangel, and Chris Dodd.

This video is a great reminder of what really happened, lest we forget with the insane outpouring of praise being heaped upon him today. Don't ever forget that Barney was the driving force behind the financial crash of 2008: He just kept driving while ignoring the housing bubble. I love the music also. Very effective. Very mature interpretation for a 14 year old political activist at the time this was first published on the Jazzpatriot in 2010 as well as other websites

Perry's New Hampshire Speech Illustrates Clash of Cultures on You Tube

The commotion over the You Tube video, seen below, of Rick Perry’s speech in New Hampshire Friday night, which has gone viral on the internet, is an illustration of the type of cultural clash commonly found during Republican Primary campaigns during the present Red State vs Blue State era that divides the country in many ways. Here you had a born again, cheerful, passionate, sincere sounding Christian from Texas and an Internet audience of cynical bigoted, well educated mush-for-brains graduates of our finest universities, I suspect who are also probably liberal in political orientation. The later does not include the audience he was actually speaking to of just plain folks in the “Live Free or Die” state of New Hampshire. No...they loved him and in fact laughed along with him at his attempts at humorous innuendos, which I admit did appear somewhat goofy if you watched them on the short edited video of gestures and expressions instead of the full speech, with everything presented in context for emphasis as well as entertainment value. I mean...he seemed relaxed to me and having a good time, nothing more.

As someone who grew up in a blue collar Northeast Democrat family in the 1950’s before departing for college in the 1960’s, but became a born again Christian while serving as a US Navy Musician, I share the former Air Force Major's patriotic values as well as his Christian beliefs

Watching Perry’s cheerful, passionate style of speaking which reminded me of the preaching I have heard in Baptist or Holy Ghost Preaching churches both on TV and in person, my sense was that he was really "prayed up" and in the spirit, as they say down South. In fact he even mentioned at the outset of his presentation the characteristics of a "merry" heart as mentioned in the Book of Proverbs, while referring to his Christian host in New Hampshire, which I might add could describe his own demeanor throughout his joyful presentation. And I'm talking about the type of genuine inner joy that is one of the "fruits of the spirit" discussed in the Bible, not the contrived type of merriment that is induced by alcohol or drugs throughout the secular culture.

While stationed in New Orleans in the early 80’s I attended a large 3000 member Southern Baptist Church in New Orleans LA for three years where most of the members were from the surrounding states of Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. So I became quite familiar with the friendly, outgoing, big slap-on-the-back and come-into-my-house-for-a-glass-of-ice-tea Southern personality that Rick Perry displays very naturally so I wasn't taken aback by his speech in any way. In fact I found his style and approach refreshing and quite moving at times and very substantive as well on issues most conservative Christians, like myself, are concerned with such as the economy, "right to life", and freedom from the over-reaching and controlling government that currently exists in Washington.

On the other hand I am not surprised at the cynical reaction seen in the commentary section at the You Tube web site from people with a very secular world view who assumed he was drunk, high, and above all a “simple minded moron” of course, like all Conservative flag waving Americans are in their view

In fact most of the cynics who have been ripping Perry apart the last few days since his so called “drunken” performance are more than likely products of America’s godless educational system oozing with bigotry at the Texan with the big grin and probably wouldn’t think of voting for a Republican…any Republican in the first place, especially one from the South, so take their comments with a grain of salt and treat him fairly, as his economic plan seems to be quite good, and worthy of further consideration if you ask me.

The voters of Texas are apparently satisfied with the leadership provided to their state from their popular Governor after re-electing him to a third term, which made him the longest serving governor in Texas state history. And the audience he spoke to Friday evening seemed satisfied as well. They gave him a standing ovation, did they not?

So what's your problem "You Tubers"? Lighten up will ya!