PAUL RAISES DOUGH FOR
NEVADA GOP
(Kristen Muth) - U.S.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) addressed
an exclusive gathering of influential Republican donors at a private meet-and-greet
at the Golden Nugget hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday. Guests paid from $250 to $1,000 dollars each to
meet and have their photo taken with the expected 2016 GOP Presidential candidate.
In
brief remarks that began about 3:15 pm, Paul declared his opposition to any
attempt by Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid (D-NV) to eliminate the filibuster, and said that President Obama “is
losing his moral authority to lead the nation.”
Paul
also said he is “for immigration reform” because having 11 million people here illegally
clearly shows the current system is broken.
He also maintained the U.S. has to expand legal immigration to reduce
illegal immigration, and provide more work visas, but only after the border is
secure as declared by Congress, not the President.
Paul
added that “Republicans absolutely have to change the way they talk about
immigrants.”
The
private reception was hosted by Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald, Nevada Republican
National Committeeman James Smack,
and Nevada Republican National Committeewoman Diana Orrock.
Also
in attendance were several elected officials, including Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV), Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R-Las Vegas),
Assemblyman Jim Wheeler (R- Douglas
County) and Assemblyman John Ellison
(R- Elko).
Also
on hand were Alan Stock of KDWN 702 AM
and Niger Innes of CORE (Congress of
Racial Equality), along with Clark County GOP Chairman Cindy Lake and Nye County GOP Chairman
Bill Carns.
Other
prominent Republican donors and activists in attendance included Nevada GOP
Finance Chairman Dan Schwartz,
former Nevada GOP Executive Director Dan
Burdish (my uncle!), Larry Scheffler
of Las Vegas Color Graphics, Rob Tyree,
Jesse Law, Jordan Ross, Victoria Seaman,
Karl Bunce, Kamau Bakari, Steve Donahue,
and John Hill.
After
the private photo op/reception, Paul went downstairs to address a gathering of
some 200 grassroots activists at a public “Stand with Rand” rally, also sponsored
by the Nevada Republican Party, before heading over to Planet Hollywood to
deliver a keynote address at FreedomFest.
(This is my 13-year-old home-educated daughter
Kristen’s first-ever news report. Since
this was her first time out of the gate and obviously didn’t know all the
players in the room, I helped her considerably on this one. But she’s now well on her way to becoming a
professional irritator of liberals!)
THE ESTABLISHMENT’S WORST
NIGHTMARE
Riddle
me this Batman:
What
if moderate Republican Gov. Brian
Sandoval hand-picks and anoints an entire slate of moderate Gumby
Republicans to run for the five other constitutional offices – lieutenant governor,
attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and controller – thereby locking
up all the establishment special interest money.
That
would likely scare and discourage a lot of credible, viable alternative
CONSERVATIVE candidates from running…as it already has with the anointment of Mark Hutchison as Sandoval’s LG running
mate.
But
what if…
What
if a team of experienced, qualified, viable and credible candidates came
together to counter the hand-picked moderate Sandoval slate even though they
wouldn’t have as much money as Sandoval…
And
what if the Republican Party adopted a policy of pre-primary endorsements for
the next election cycle…
Can you
image the butt-kissing and promise-making the establishment slate would have to
do with Central Committee members to avoid being embarrassed by not being
endorsed by their own party?
Why
you might even see Sandoval show up for next year’s Lincoln-Reagan Dinner in
Clark County!
But
what if…
What
if the official Republican Party members on the Central Committee instead voted
to endorse the conservative alternative slate over Sandoval’s moderate
anointment slate?
Do
you think such an official endorsement might affect the votes of a large number
of Republican PRIMARY voters despite the conservative slate not having as much
money as the establishment slate?
And
do you think maybe that’s why the establishment is working so hard to kick the
conservatives out of party leadership and instead install their own hand-picked
puppets who oppose pre-primary party endorsements?
MYERS’ DISSES STOCK
Laura Myers of
the Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote
about the Clark County GOP chairman’s race brouhaha on Monday without so
much as mentioning the original source of much in her story, conservative talk-show
host Alan Stock, while quoting the terminally-clueless
Cathie Lynn Gisi-Profant-Upshaw-Windham-Otts-Milar.
For
example, Myers wrote…
“McKeon, who is the son of U.S. Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., said he doesn’t want to work with (opponent Cindy) Lake if he is elected chairman because he sees her as a disruptive force. Lake has said she would work with McKeon, however.”
McKeon
said that on Stock’s show during an on-air debate between McKeon and Lake. Yet no mention of Stock in Myers’ story.
And
this…
“During a nasty custody battle for their two boys, Monica McKeon accused McKeon of abusing her, including forcing her to have sex. She said he was abusive to their sons as well. She got a temporary restraining order against McKeon that was renewed several times in California, where the couple lived at the time. McKeon denied the accusations, noting that his ex-wife never filed a police report documenting any abuse and that he was never arrested on such allegations.”
Again,
the allegations and McKeon’s denial were brought up and addressed on Stock’s
show, yet no mention of Stock in Myers’ story.
Can
you imagine if Myers wrote a story in the RJ and Stock talked about it on the
air without mentioning HER name, as if HE’D broken the story
instead of her? She’d scream bloody
murder.
THE SLATES
For those not on the Clark County Republican Central
Committee, here are the two slates of candidates that will be voted on
Wednesday night at the South Point Resort in Las Vegas.
Lake Slate:
Chair: Cindy Lake
Vice-Chair: Steve Esh
Secretary: Megan Heryet
Political Director: Kelly Hurst
Precinct Director: George Hicks
Coalitions Director: Vicki Dooling
Treasurer: Rob Tyree
McKeon Slate:
Dave
McKeon: Chairman
Mo
Karas: Vice-Chairman
Kathryn
“Kathy” Njus: Secretary
Nick
Phillips: Political Director
Melody
Howard: Precinct Director
Rick
Houghtelling: Community Relations Director
Matt
Passalacqua: Treasurer
With
one exception, I could support any of these candidates…and wish all but one good
luck Wednesday night.
TUNE IN OR TUNA FISH
Our
friend Ron Futrell – famous Bill Maher heckler – will be subbing
for conservative talk-show host Kevin
Wall tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon on KXNT AM 840 and FM 100.5 in Las
Vegas. And he’s invited me in to chat from
4-5 pm about the state constitutional anointment process that’s underway, as
well as the bitter civil war election that’ll take place later in the evening.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“Scientists
develop new blood test to tell you how long you'll live. Big deal. Obama
already developed a panel that'll do that.” – Fred Thompson tweet
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