Thanks RitaOK; you shouldda been there!
Here is Maine’s new REPUBLICAN platform.
http://www.mainegop.com/PlatformMission.aspx
Yes dear hearts; there IS a little difference between the Dems and Pubs in Maine now, and we’re working to clarify and expand upon it at our TEA gatherings and City, County, and State Republican Committee meetings regularly.
Some of the establishment elite aren’t too happy about it, but we’re giving them the most run for their money that they’ve had in decades.
If we can’t retire Snowe in ‘12, we sure intend to dust a few feathers off’n ‘er!
The adoption of this “Tea Party Platform” was sudden and dramatic; it left the Party elite, including the Convention Chair, utterly flabbergasted!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CrmBjefEKc&feature=related
The Marxists managed to hang on to their two rumpswabs in Congress, but it cost them dearly.
In 2010, the Maine TEA Party essentially turned Maine “RED” for the first time in nearly 35 years. The only “Republican” Governor we had in all that time was “Jaques” McKernan. Does that name ring a bell?
I’ve been invited and planning to attend our new Governor’s inauguration next week. If you’re not familiar with Gov. Paul LePage, here are a few interviews with him beginning with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFpx6qOK0FI&feature=related
Hey, what a convention!!!! Delightful to hear. Your enthusiasm reeks through and that’s wonderful. Exactly what we need, as opposed to the down in the mouth crowd. It’s positively contagious. Congratulations! And the governor’s innauguration will be a feather in the caps of fired up Maine Republicans. Keep us posted. Very interesting and uplifting for freepers to hear.