Lou Penton (the 5th District Chair) sent an email out endorsing a potential bid by Rep. Paul Scott (R-Grand Blanc) for Secretary of State. Listed with Penton on the list is Bill & Michelle Voorheis (barf).

Touted in the press release is Scott’s sponsorship of a bill to allow pro-life license plates.

Scott angered many conservatives and libertarians in his district when he supported a smoking ban earlier this year.

I have spoken with people in the 5th district who are not happy with his decision to run as it is a good possibility that his house seat will be lost to the Democrats.

I have been told that if Scott polls 15% or better at the Mackinac Conference in the straw poll that he will throw his hat in the ring.

This is entirely possible because he has retained the help of John Yob and he will no doubt have a bus full of people already on the island to vote for Rick Snyder.

I strongly believe that Anne Norlander is the most qualified and she has waited her turn.

I am so sick of all of these people on tv, in print and on the radio trying to turn Congressman Joe Wilson’s simple statement of  “you lie”, into a  commentary on race.

When a white man disagrees with a black man it is not inherently racist. Being a Republican is not a qualifier.

However, I think that the lefts tactics of calling everyone racist that disagree with them will backfire. This country is still a majority European descent country and they will make their voice heard in the next election.

The left can put people into a submission move in public, but they can’t brow beat them into voting their way.

These racial politics will be a net loss for liberals in the end.

Don’t feel shame, feel pride!

Earlier this afternoon I was forwarded an email a handful or times in which someone by the name of Molly Matthews mentions me in a press release taking a swipe at Senator Mike Bishop.

Her group, which I assume is just her with a “Draft Mike Bishop for Congress”, email address implies that the Bishop campaign is seeking the support of the Log Cabin Republicans because they did not request that my “Mike Bishop for AG” Facebook group be taken down.

It appears clear to me what the Senate Majority leader is doing, I’m not sure what Ms. Matthews doesn’t understand about that.

Her “group” is just serving as a means to trivialize Bishop’s run, however I think it is just trivializing Ms. Matthews herself. Everyone knows what she is up to. It’s a very lame attempt at political manuvering.

I wonder how often this woman sends out an email taking a swipe at someone that she cares so much about that she even went as far to form a group supporting them.

Below is the text of the email that Ms Matthews sent out today:

Statement from Draft State Senator Mike Bishop for Congress

Contact: Molly Matthews, draftbishopforcongress@gmail.com

A group of Republicans from across the 9th Congressional District and Michigan as a whole have started a movement to draft State Senator Mike Bishop to run against freshman Congressman Gary Peters. This effort spawned a Facebook group last week, which has been targeted by Bishop’s taxpayer-funded chief of staff, Matt Miner.

In a MIRS article on Friday about the grassroots-led movement, Miner complained that an “unauthorized image of Bishop” was used on the “Draft State Senator Mike Bishop for Congress” group on Facebook. This allegation is absurd, as the picture used is from Bishop’s taxpayer-funded Senate website and is routinely used by the media. Additionally, government documents and images cannot, by law, be copyrighted and remain in the public domain for fair use by citizens.

“It is unbelievable that Senator Bishop’s taxpayer-funded partisan operatives are trying to silence Republican activists,” Molly Matthews said. “We just wanted to encourage Bishop to run for Congress; he would make a great representative in Washington.”

Matthews created the Facebook group, but her account has been deleted by Facebook with no explanation. She suspects Miner was behind it, as he told MIRS that complaints were filed with Facebook.

She also notes it is odd that Bishop’s operatives are complaining about her group, yet they have taken no action against homosexual activist and Bay City resident Joe Sylvester, who created an unofficial “Mike Bishop for Attorney General” group on Facebook that used the same photo as her group.

“It’s odd that Senator Bishop wants the support of Log Cabin Republicans, but not the support of conservative Republicans in southeastern Michigan,” Matthews said.

Below is the text of the MIRS article that just came out a couple of minutes ago on the issue:

Faux Bishop Facebook Group Goes Dark
The “Draft State Senator Mike BISHOP for Congress in 2010″ Facebook group is no more.

Controversy erupted last week over a new “group” dedicated to Bishop (R-Rochester) because his campaign was not affiliated with it (See “Bishop A No-Go For Congress,” 5/15/09).

Team Bishop is swinging back hard against rumors that the Senate Majority is interested in anything else but the 2010 Attorney General race, even though MIRS has learned that some inside Bishop’s camp are nervous that some institutional support is hardening around former Court of Appeals Judge Bill SCHUETTE.

Now, the unofficial Bishop For Congress site has gone dark and the alleged founder, Molly MATTHEWS, sent out two press releases today blaming Bishop Chief of Staff Matt MINER, who had asked Facebook to remove it. She also included some disparaging remarks about Bishop and GOP activist Joe SYLVESTER, who started a “Bishop for AG Facebook” group, which Miner said seemed odd from someone claiming to support the Senate Majority Leader.

“It’s kind of weird that to perpetuate this and take it to the next level and send out a release,” Miner said.

Matthews refused MIRS‘ request for an interview, e-mailing: “I have no further comment other than what was published in the statement that I sent out earlier this morning.” Neither press release included a phone number.

A Facebook message to Matthews attributed to Sen. Wayne KUIPERS (R-Holland) stated: “Well, if you get him to run for Congress I may be serving with him there. I will be announcing soon a run for a congressional seat on the west side of the state.” Kuipers and Bishop competed against each other for majority leader in 2006.

Matthews’ Facebook page is gone, but it had stated she graduated from Rochester Adams High School and had pictures of someone who looked her early 20s. Bishop supporter Copper RIZZO, also an Adams graduate, went through 10 years of yearbooks and talked with school officials. There is no record of her, he said.

MIRS talked to several GOP insiders today and no one had heard of Matthews. Glenn CLARK, chair of the 9th District Republican Committee, said he doesn’t know her and has yet to find anyone who does.

“Nobody knows this person,” he said. “This is just petty political agendas at work here.”

Sylvester sees a big difference between his group to support Bishop and the pro-Congress group, which he sees as working against him.

“I don’t know Ms. Matthews, nor have I ever even heard of her,” he said. “I do find it funny that in her infinite wisdom she fails to understand the difference between supporting someone’s decision and trying to form a grassroots movement to trivialize and undermine the Senators run for Attorney General.”

Bishop is also running against Sen. Bruce PATTERSON (R-Canton) for Attorney General. In the 9th, the Republican field lining up against U.S. Rep. Gary PETERS (D-Bloomfield Twp.) is facing former congressional aide Paul WELDAY and former Rep. Andrew “Rocky” RACZKOWSKI. Former Sen. David HONIGMAN said he is considering a run, as well.

The real Mike Bishop announced this weekend he is now Twittering @senmikebishop, Rizzo confirmed.

67% of the Dossier readers said no to renominating Justice Weaver.

27% said Yes

6% are unsure

This email was sent out recently to members of the Campaign for Michigan Families also known as Gary Glenn. I know what you’re thinking, who cares? Not me, but I am sure someone reading does.

From: Campaign for Michigan Families <CMF@chartermi.net>
Date: April 29, 2009 12:11:06 PM EDT
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: John Yob setting up mtgs for Huntsman in Michigan
Reply-To: Campaign for Michigan Families <CMF@chartermi.net>

“In Michigan, political consultant John Yob has been setting up meetings for Huntsman around the state.”
 
 
“Utah Gov. John Huntsman (R), seen by many as a potential top-tier presidential candidate in 2012, has been uninvited from a local Michigan Republican club after announcing his support for civil unions between gay couples. …The move won praise from the Campaign for Michigan Families, one of the main groups behind Michigan’s 2004 passage of a ban on same-sex marriages. Campaign chairman Gary Glenn called on Kalamazoo and Oakland County Republican Parties to cancel their own planned events with the two-term Utah governor. …Huntsman won praise in February from the Human Rights Campaign, one of the leading gay rights organizations in the country, when he announced he would back civil unions as contractual agreements between what he called non-traditional couples.”
 
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THE HILL
Washington, D.C.
April 29, 2009
 
Huntsman slammed for embracing civil unions
by Reid Wilson

Utah Gov. John Huntsman (R), seen by many as a potential top-tier presidential candidate in 2012, has been uninvited from a local Michigan Republican club after announcing his support for civil unions between gay couples.

Huntsman is touring Michigan this week and stopping at several county party events as he slowly raises his national profile. But the Kent County Republican Party this week canceled Huntsman’s appearance, with the county party chairwoman saying his appearance would amount to an abandonment of party principles.

Joanne Voorhees, chairwoman of the party in the Grand Rapids-based county, emailed party members to announce the cancellation of the Saturday fundraiser.

“The voters want and expect us to stand on principle and return to our roots,” Voorhees wrote in an email. “Unfortunately, by holding an event with Gov. Huntsman, we would be doing the exact opposite.”

The move won praise from the Campaign for Michigan Families, one of the main groups behind Michigan’s 2004 passage of a ban on same-sex marriages. Campaign chairman Gary Glenn called on Kalamazoo and Oakland County Republican Parties to cancel their own planned events with the two-term Utah governor.

In place of the canceled Kent County fundraiser, Huntsman will be hosted by Dick DeVos, the GOP gubernatorial nominee in 2006 and a major Republican fundraiser in the state, and wife Betsy DeVos for a fundraiser in Grand Rapids that benefits the state party.

Huntsman will also stop by the Muskegon County GOP.

Huntsman won praise in February from the Human Rights Campaign, one of the leading gay rights organizations in the country, when he announced he would back civil unions as contractual agreements between what he called non-traditional couples.

Huntsman has emerged as a leading voice urging national Republicans to moderate their positions and has signaled that, were he to run for president, he would do so as a centrist with business credentials. He has said that he doesn’t plan to run for president, though he has well-known consultants guiding him as he visits several states crucial to winning the GOP primary.

Earlier this year, Huntsman visited several state party events in South Carolina, site of the first-in-the-South primary. He has also stopped in North Carolina and will give a speech at a conference later this week in Chicago.

In South Carolina, Huntsman met a number of party chairmen and activists with Attorney General Henry McMaster (R) at his side. In Michigan, political consultant John Yob has been setting up meetings for Huntsman around the state.

Campaign Update

April 20, 2009

Dear Friends and Supporters:

Since forming our committee, I have been traveling around our state attending Lincoln Day Dinners and most recently I attended the Macomb County Lincoln Day Dinner where Governor John Engler was the keynote speaker.

In addition to meeting with grassroots activists, I have been meeting with various groups and organizations to share our message of fixing Michigan. Today, I had the honor of speaking to the students, faculty and community members at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, where I focused on the issue of making Michigan healthier.

I am also pleased to report that our campaign is off to a great start with three successful fundraisers in Grand Rapids, Birmingham and Kalamazoo. A campaign is only as good as its team of supporters and volunteers, but with every successful campaign it also takes financial resources to execute a winning plan. Our campaign is working aggressively to raise the necessary funds that will go toward advertising, campaign materials, signs, and campaign activities.

As our team of support continues to grow, I look forward to hearing from you with your ideas and suggestions. See you along the campaign trail and thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

Tom George, MD

State Senator

Candidate for Governor

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April 21, 2009
Categories: 2010

McCain facing 2010 primary

Social conservatives tolerated John McCain as the party’s nominee, but never trusted him, and he now appears to be facing a serious primary from the right in Arizona next year.

Chris Simcox, the founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and a prominent figure in the movement to clamp down on illegal immigration, will announcing tomorrow at an event on the Mexican border that he’s resigned from the group to run in the 2010 Senate primary.

From a forthcoming release:

“John McCain has failed miserably in his duty to secure this nation’s borders and protect the people of Arizona from the escalating violence and lawlessness,” Simcox said. “He has fought real efforts over the years at every turn, opting to hold our nation’s border security hostage to his amnesty schemes. Coupled with his votes for reckless bailout spending and big government solutions to our nation’s problems, John McCain is out of touch with everyday Arizonans. Enough is enough.”

McCain was forced to abandon his own immigration reform legislation during last year’s Republican Primary, a move that may have cost him substantial Hispanic support to which his record could have given him access.

So he’s basically getting it from both sides on this one.

Simcox, with a national base and a high profile on the right, is well positioned to give McCain a serious local headache. He’ll find some allies among the conservatives who recently took over the Arizona Republican Party from McCain’s allies, and he has a national fundraising base.

UPDATE: Here’s his campaign website, which includes a clear effort not to be a single-issue immigration candidate.

Leon Drolet told MIRS News “Yeah, I’m running,” referring to the seat currently held by term limited Alan Sanborn.

Former Governor Engler gave the keynote speech at the Macomb County Republicans Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner on the 15th. When he was listing people that we need to help get elected and win reelection Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Weaver was noticeably left off of the list.

According to MIRS News Engler specifically mentioned the two congressional seats that we lost in ‘08, the Governors office, Mike Nofs for Senate and reelecting Robert Young to the Supreme Court.

In Robert Young’s speech he told attendees that they need to return two conservative Justices to the Court and implied that Weaver was not one of them.

Mike Cox was not at the event, but his spokesman and Fmr MRP Chair, Rusty Hills highlighted Cox’s credentials by saying that he was the only statewide elected official to support the Michigan Civil Right Initiative.

Read the Macomb Daily article on the dinner.

PAUL WELDAY LAUNCHES BID FOR
THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
IN MICHIGAN ’S NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
 
 
( Farmington Hills , MI )…. Oakland County businessman and former GOP Chairman Paul Welday of Farmington Hills announced today that he intends to be a candidate for the US House of Representatives from Michigan ’s Ninth Congressional district in 2010.   The announcement of his candidacy was made at a Tax Tea Party in Troy , Michigan via Facebook and Twitter.   The Ninth Congressional district is currently represented by freshman Democrat Congressman Gary Peters (D-MI).
 
 “For over six years Michigan ’s economy has been in the tank, and now America is feeling much the same pain we have become all too familiar with,” Welday said.   “While we have been promised hope and change, what we are getting from our current Congressman is grandstanding and massive deficit spending.   The voters of Oakland   County deserve a Member of Congress who understands that it is the private sector – not government – that will lead us out of our near-depression economic woes.   Unfortunately, Gary Peters stands with those in Washington who believe a huge increase in federal taxes, spending, and debt is the answer to our nation’s challenges.   I believe that approach is the wrong direction for America and think it’s high time for new, common sense leadership that is woefully absent in Washington today.”
 
“Gary Peters has misread the sentiments of the people of Oakland   County and he is not representing us.   Rather than fight for job creation and economic growth, Peters votes hand-in-hand with Barack Obama and the Democrat leadership to spend taxpayer money we don’t have on government programs we can’t afford.   We need private sector incentives that create real, long lasting jobs that will spark our economy to get it growing again.   Unfortunately, the Obama -Peters-Pelosi team in Washington supports a bigger federal government approach every time.   It won’t work and has to stop.   I intend to offer real alternatives because I know we can – and must – do better.   I will give the voters of the Ninth Congressional District a very real choice as to the direction of our nation and challenge Congressman Peters to debate these issues every chance we get.”
Welday is President and CEO of Renaissance Strategies, a leading Michigan-based public relations and public affairs consulting firm.   He served as Chief of Staff to former US Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) from 1993-2002.   He had previously served as Chief of Staff to Omaha , Nebraska Mayor P.J. Morgan, Executive Director of the Oakland County Republican Party and as a member of the Farmington Hills Planning Commission.

I’m back after taking an extended Easter. This past Easter Sunday was exceptionally a good one because I had given up pop and television for Lent. So as you can imagine I spent a good portion of Sunday watching TV while drinking Mt. Dew.

At the Club for Growth, the President, Pat Toomey resigned in order to get his campaign under way for US Senate in Pennsylvania against Arlen Specter. Toomey nearly beat Specter the last time around despite being largely over spent and with George W Bush and Sen. Rick Santorum backing Specter.

Now, Former Congressman Chris Chocola has taken the helm of the organization and is spending his time raising money for his predecessors run for Senate.

Be sure to sign up for Toomey’s email list and donate if you can. Closer to the elections they will also be asking everyone who is willing to make phone calls for the campaign. http://www.toomeyforsenate.com/

On April 15th (tax day) there was a massive protest at the state capitol. Local law enforcements estimates that the protesters numbered around 5,000 and there was also said to be around 2,500 in Troy. Detroit News coverage of the event can be found here.

Yesterday in Washington DC at the Log Cabin Republican National Convention the organization bestowed the “Uncommon Courage Award,” on eight Republican Vermont State Legislators who voted for marriage equality. Yes, I said Republican legislators. Representative Anne Donahue accepted the award on behalf of her and her colleagues at the convention.

A few days ago, MichiganMessenger.com (a website which people affiliated with say is “Progressive”) did an article on the shabby state of the Log Cabin Republicans in Michigan recently. For whatever the reason the current chair feels the need to share information that is negative about the organization to the liberal…ahem…”Progressive Media.”

There is currently a move underway in Michigan to reorganize the LCRs in Michigan of which I am part of. You should be hearing information on it shortly.

Congressman Pete Hoekstra told the Off the Record panel today that he does not support Michigan becoming a “right to work,” state because it is too divisive given the current economic condition that we are in.

He went on to say that pro choice people shouldn’t be excluded from the party and that he personally could vote for a pro choice person.

I think is going to be one of those quotes that eight months down the road tha he wished tha he never would have said.

You can watch the interview here.

Hoekstra last week introduced a bill in the House to amend the U.S. Constitution to permanently “enshrine” in American society an inviolable set of parents’ rights. The bill had 70 co-sponsors, all Republicans, including Minority Whip Eric Cantor and Minority Leader John A. Boehner.

Read the full story here

Matt Sawicki pronounced sa veet ski

Former 5th District Candidate and self proclaimed “Vicar”, Matt Sawicki has called on Fr. “Judas” Jenkins, the President of the University of Notre Dame to resign.

In a call to Fr. Jenkins last week Sawicki said,  “Fr. Judas, why are you crucifying our Lord again and slapping our most Holy Mother in the face?

Sawicki said at first they would put him through to voice mail but now they just hang up as soon as he says “Can I speak with Fr. Judas?”

According to the American Conservative Union, Michigan’s most conservative Congressman, Pete Hoekstra is in the running for Governor.

I believe Hokestra will offer a strong Conservative voice in Michigan politics that has been lacking for the past several years.

Read the news articles here:

The 8th,9th, 11th, 12th and 14th district committees are hosting a “Showdown in Motown,” featuring the GOP candidates for Secretary of State.

I did take note with the fact that the former National Committeeman Chuck Yob was asked to moderate the event and Holly Hughes was asked to serve as the Master of Cermonies.

The current National Committee Keith Butler does not appear to have any official role in the event and I cant help but wonder if it was on purpose?

Actually, I don’t wonder, I believe the answer to that to be yes. What else can one expect from someone who has no job other than to run for and control the 9th District Committee.

The details for the event are as follows:

Date: Monday, March 30, 2009; 6:30 P.M. Social Hour; 7:30 P.M. Event Start
Where: Trott Financial Center (31440 Northerwestern Hwy, Farmington Hills)

This evening I received an email from a Carl Hoffman a precinct delegate chastising Ron Weiser and Rick Snyder for being liberal.

In his email Hoffman says that “That’s why I am concerned to learn that our State Party Chairman Ron Weiser recruited pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, “moderate Republican” Rick Snyder to run for Governor.”

I’m not sure what little information we have on Snyder can possibly mean everything Hoffman claims above, but it does certainly raise a few red flags.

Hoffman closes his email with, “If we stand united, we can prevent liberals like Rick Snyder and Ron Weiser from taking over our party and leading us further into the wilderness.”

Vote Now

Hoekstra to decide on run for governor

Mark Hornbeck / Detroit News Lansing Bureau

Following poll results showing him among the early leaders for the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, Congressman Peter Hoekstra strongly hinted he’ll announce on Monday that he will run to succeed term-limited Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

The Holland Republican, who has said he won’t run for a 10th term in the 2nd Congressional District in two years, said Wednesday on Detroit talk radio that he’ll spend the day Monday announcing his decision on whether to run, and it’s reasonable to assume he will be a candidate. He has hired Identity Marketing & Public Relations of Bingham Farms to coordinate his announcement tour.

Hoekstra said the question is, “in a blue state, how do you put together a coalition that can win? I think it’s very, very doable.”
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090326/POLITICS/903260382/1022/&source=nletter-news

Poll on Gov race
Poll results released earlier this month by Marketing Resource Group of Lansing had Hoekstra running second in a GOP primary at 17 percent behind Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson (22 percent) and ahead of Attorney General Mike Cox (15 percent) and Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land (12 percent). Source: DET NEWS

I just got done watching the DVR’d Off the Record featuring Mark Brewer and that man is a hack. First off Tim Skubick asked him to give one sentence about the various Republican candidates prospects in the 2010 Gubernatorial election and he went on a tirade a baseless claims.

He said that Terri Land’s husbands business practices need to be looked into and implied that there is something afoul. Well Mr Brewer, prove it!

He said Mike Cox has some sort of illegal slush fund; prove it!

He said Pete Hoekstra is vulnerable because he is a Bush-bot. Why is it that President Bush is responsible for everything bad that has happened in Michigan, but no blame at all can be give to Granholm who is finishing up her second term?

Mr Brewer, you have had 7 years to prove your allegations. Shut you pie hole, or prove it. It’s bad enough people have to listen to your irritating raspy voice, but when idiocy is coming out of it, that makes the matters far worse.

What I am interested in seeing via statistical empirical evidence, is how EVERY thing is Bush’s fault and none is Granholm’s.