Welcome to the Hardy County Republican Committee

Thank you for visiting the official website for the GOP of Hardy County, West Virginia. We appreciate your interest and hope that you will join to help promote conservative values in Hardy County and the state of West Virginia.

We follow the principles in the WV GOP party platform:

1. That faith in the individual is the foundation of our future; that the basic rights guaranteed in the United States Constitution and the West Virginia Constitution must be upheld.
2. That free enterprise is essential to economic growth.
3. That all citizens are guaranteed equal rights and justice before the Law regardless of race, creed, color, age, sex or economic station in life.
4. That all citizens have the freedom to work and enjoy the fruits of their labor; that all citizens are guaranteed the freedom to contract, to own, and control their property.
5. That all citizens have the right to participate in a free economy.
6. That the honor and dignity of the Flag of the United States of America should be protected.
7. That every individual citizen of West Virginia is empowered by assuming personal responsibility for self, family and community.
8. That traditional values, education, and religious freedom are the foundation of our country’s future.

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Hardy County Republican Executive Committee
304-874-3765

Hardy County Republican Executive Committee
P. O. Box 158
Moorefield, WV 26836

by James Lewis

Don’t be deceived by the honeyed baritone voice and big smile. Bluffs, bully plays, and head fakes are the means by which President Obama tries to get his way. He learned the technique from Saul Alinsky.

The best answer is to use Alinsky against them. We know their rule book, and we can use their rules just as well as they can. The aggressor sets the rules.

Obama constantly uses Alinsky’s principle of head-faking: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.”  For Obama, “the enemy” is us, the American people. We have to understand — that’s the way they use the language. Read Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals if you don’t believe it. We are the enemy.

Obama is head-faking us all the time. He is a big bully. He will use Styrofoam Greek columns, speeches in Berlin, ridiculous Nobel PC Prizes, whatever piece of political opera he thinks he can get away with. You have to remember that Obama always starts out acting a part. Any relationship he has to reality is purely coincidental.

But when he runs into real resistance, as with Putin, Ahmadinejad, or Israel, he backs off. He’s running constant bully plays. He’s like a third-rate basketball player who is just trying to fake out the other to cover up his lack of athletic talent.

Conservatives are firmly based in reality. Liberals start out from fantasy. This president has learned to play out a bully fantasy to sucker his liberal voters in Chicago — but then he runs into a brick wall and gets a bloody nose. Like a professional actor he can also drop the act. He’ll be very hurt and insulted if we believe him for what he is, but that for the next sucker play.

We have to make him drop all the head fakes. The only way is to do that is to firmly resist his head-fake, and to head-fake him back.

Obama is constantly pretending to have power that he doesn’t have.

It’s obvious:

Cut salaries 90%.

Does Obama have that power? No. It’s a head-fake.

The executives who are getting the supposed 90% salary cut should not resign. That’s what Obama wants. So if the threatened executives resign they are just giving in to a head-fake. The Gang from Chicago is like any thugocracy: They do most of their work by fear and intimidation. That way they don’t have to take any risks themselves.

So the executives and their firms should just sue the Feds immediately, and appeal any illegal demand they receive, oral or written, to the Supreme Court on an emergency basis. They should run commercials. They should go on the Glenn Beck Show. Conservative radio is there, eager to hear from them. And just go to the highest court in the land that will hear the case, and put all the thug behavior on the public record. If the liberal media don’t cover it, the conservative media will. It’ll get out there, and Obama will retreat as fast as he can run.

Take another example of the latest outrageous PR bluff. According to several Obama Faces, everybody has to stop watching Fox News and listening to Rush.

Can Obama enforce that? Not a chance in hell. He isn’t even fool enough to think he can. He’s just putting the bluff out there to see who is going to get intimidated.

The Soviets did exactly the same thing in the world power game. So does Putin today. So does Ahmadinejad. It’s what bullies do. Obama’s Alinsky Rules are Bully Rules.

A last example: Obama is pretending he can control all the medical care in this country.

Does he have that power? Not if we resist it. Sixty percent of the voters hate the whole idea of Mob-o-Care. Eighty or ninety percent of us are happy with our medical care. The whole thing is a fraud, a head-fake, a scam, a bully play.

Every sane person who is expecting to get old someday is going to hate Mob-o-Care. Every sick person will hate it, because they will no longer be able to trust their doctor to take decisions that are in their best medical interest. Death Panels are for real, even if they are called the NICE Committee, as the British National Health Service calls its rationing committee. In typical Orwellian fashion, the NICE committee is the extreme opposite of nice. They tell you how long the State will pay for you to live. Just read the daily horror stories about denial of medical treatment in the British press.

As soon as Obama’s taxes start to bite, as soon as the voters get scared and feel ignored by those maniacs in DC, the voters will have their revenge. That’s what happened after Jimmy Carter’s Leftward Lurch. It happened to Walter Mondale before he even got stated. It happened to Bill Clinton with the Gingrich Congress in 1994.

It will happen to Obama, which is why is in such a big panic right now to drive the scam through now, now, now.

Well, the answer is to call their bluff on it, now, now, now.

The Democrats in Congress are running scared, and we should use Alinsky’s head-fake against them.  We can legally tell them: They are out of a job. Now. We want them out. We will mobilize the vote against them in 2010, a midterm election when normal people tend to vote a lot more and Leftie victim groups vote a lot less. Let’s throw out Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Arlen Spector, and plenty of other Democrats in the House and Senate.

We will give them a another real Gingrich Congress with a vengeance. (A peaceful, legal, political vengeance, but a very painful one for the politicians who get crushed in the process. No more fat jobs for them. We can fire them, and discredit them.  Elections are opportunities to rebel against the abuse of power, and that’s what we are now seeing every day. Tell them this is going to hurt them just as much as it hurts us.)

And we will fire the Leftie media in the process. Turn off all those alphabet channels. You don’t need them. Turn on Fox News, and Rush and Beck. Put your money where your vote is. Stop using Google and start using Scroogle.org (not .com, which is a porn site).

And we will pass State laws to stop tenured radicals from politically indoctrinating innocent kids into Marxism. If they indoctrinate their tenure gets stopped.  Get all politics out of the classroom. And that includes LGBT propaganda.

Tell them we are going to elect Sarah Palin President — because she scares the pants off those people. Don’t ask me why. Maybe it’s that big moose gun she has. Maybe it’s her cheerleader personality. Maybe it’s her good looks. Maybe it’s her Reaganite sense of moral conviction. She just scares them silly.

So tell them their worst nightmare is going to come true, and then make it so.

Use the Alinsky headfake on the enemy. (They started with that word “enemy,” and that’s what they have made themselves. We are only echoing them. The aggressor sets the rules.)

So our first rule is that our power is not only what we have, but what “the enemy” thinks we have. Use what “the enemy” thinks we have. It’s safe, legal, fun, and educational. It’s the best lesson in civics your kids are ever going to get.

There’s no rule in American politics that says voters have to be nice. That we can’t get tough on the Democrats. It’s been done. It will be done again. All it takes is guts and conviction and street smarts. You’ve got it. Use it.

Alinsky’s answer: Laugh at the SOBs!

Point out how silly they look. How nuts do you have to be to appoint a con artist like Van Jones to your White House? Or that guy Kevin Jennings? Or Sotomayor? Never, never let the Left tell you that you cannot laugh at them. They are fools, and deep down they know it.

These people are way, way out of the mainstream of sane America. You know it, I know it, and believe me, they know it, too. That’s why they are so desperate to seize all the power they can get right now, before the American people rise up against them in the next election.

What they are doing is a gigantic head trip, a gigantic bluff, but they don’t hold the aces. They’re a bunch of zeroes, and deep down they know that, too. They are the Wizard of Oz — which was originally written as a political satire, too. They will crumble to pressure, and pressure is what Americans can bring to bear under the United States Constitution.

Yes, peaceful, verbal pressure, demonstrations, Tea Parties, logic, reason, and real evidence. You can do it.

Convince the world that these scammers don’t have the superhuman powers they claim to have. Laugh at the Nobel BS Prize. Laugh at the hula-hoops at the White House. Laugh at the absurdities of their cocksure pretensions. It will drive them nuts. And laugh at the media while you’re at it. They have been running a gigantic scam, too, and deep down, they know it.

The Obamanoids look scary, but the way an Inuit shaman looks scary — by going around deliberately spooking the rest of the clan.  Shamans used to dress the part, and act it, too. If you can imagine the superstitious and credulous victims who were being spooked — just like ignorant people today — all you have to do is call their bluff.

These people will yield to firmness, as authoritarians always do. They will dodge and scream to scare us, but then they will yield. If they don’t, that’s why we have a Supreme Court, and that’s why we already have the Democrats running scared about next year’s elections. You tell your Democrats exactly how you’re going to vote, and the newspapers, and the TV stations, and anybody else.

It’s Tea Party Time for the Whole US of A.

So the Obamanoids are out to intimidate the American people, and they figure the way to do that is to claim superhuman and supra-Constitutional powers, that the Supremes will just have to slap down as soon as possible. That’s what happened when FDR tried to do the same thing in the Depression. There has been pushback  when liberals overreach. (That includes Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Truman in some ways, LBJ and Jimmy). Every liberal zig has been followed by a vigorous conservative zag. Plan for the zag to come.

The old trial lawyer rule was: If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you don’t have the law on your side, pound the table.

Obama is just pounding the table. It’s like a gorilla threat display, where the big guy just roars and tears off leaves and branches. If the threat works nobody has to fight, so it’s an easy win. Gorillas are lazy.

But we can pound the table, too.

Americans can be tough. Now go and show it. Pick up that phone, send that email, walk down to your Congress critter’s office. Be polite but firm. Let them know you care.

A lot.

The WV Conservative Foundation is working everyday to fight for working families in WV.  Our latest event was a Rally for Coal at the Coal Miner Statue on the grounds of the State Capital in Charleston yesterday.  With just a couple days advance notice and a couple emails, we had a remarkably large and boisterous crowd in attendance.  The best news?  An incredible amount of media coverage across the United States and internationally. Total cost for the event?  Less than $100.  The impact?  Priceless.  More strategic efforts are being planned.

The media coverage of the coal rally yesterday was absolutely a homerun.  We were covered in Dallas, Nashville and greater Tennessee, Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Washington, Ohio, and, of course, statewide, and we were even carried on TheStreet.com, MSN Money.com, Businessweek.com, Forbes.com, YahooFinance.com, and other national websites.  Even The India Times AND the Spanish language newspaper in Los Angeles, Vivelo Hoy. REMARKABLE!!! CRAZY!!!!!!

Thank you for standing with us as we continue to build our effort to fight effectively for the people of West Virginia!!  Feel free to share the good news with your friends and family.  WVConservatives.com -   Mike Stuart

Here are a few of the media links:

Los Angeles – Vivelo Hoy-
http://www.vivelohoy.com/sns-ap-wv–coalrally,0,4446048.story

Richmond-
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WV_MINING_HEARING_VAOL-?SITE=VARIT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-10-07-14-50-37

Pittsburgh –
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09280/1003732-100.stm

Washington, DC –
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/ap/conservatives-rally-at-west-virginia-capitol-to-support-surface-coal-mining-63684447.html

Dallas –
http://www.timesleader.com/TheDallasPost/news/ap?articleID=2955022

TheStreet.com-
http://www.thestreet.com/newsanalysis/industrials/10608547.html

MSN Money.com-
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20091007&id=10465907

Kentucky-
http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/967603.html

The India Times-
http://iplextra.indiatimes.com/quote/0ewweHUcPDewg

Forbes.com-
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/10/07/business-financial-impact-us-coal-rally-west-virginia_6977104.html

Yahoo Finance.com-
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Conservatives-rally-in-WVa-apf-4086922714.html?x=0&.v=1
Norfolk, VA-
http://www.dailypress.com/news/virginia/dp-wv–mininghearing1007oct07,0,1382293.story

Knoxville, TN-
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/oct/08/knoxville-to-host-one-of-six-mountaintop-mining/
http://olive.knoxnews.com/Olive/ODE/Knoxville/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=S05TLzIwMDkvMTAvMDg.&pageno=MTE.&entity=QXIwMTEwMw..&view=ZW50aXR5

Ohio-
http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=2954237&c=y

Shelbyville, TN-
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WV_MINING_HEARING_TNOL-?SITE=TNSHE&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Businessweek.com
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9B6D4MG1.htm

KDKA – Pittsburgh-
http://kdka.com/wireapnewsfnpa/Corps.of.Engineers.2.1232971.html

State College, PA-
http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1552716.html

Dayton, OH-
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/conservatives-rally-in-wva-for-surface-mining-335940.html

Huntington, WV-
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/business/x1650441454/Conservatives-rally-in-W-Va-for-surface-mining

Bluefield, WV-
http://www.bdtonline.com/statenews/local_story_280210540.html

Charleston, WV-
http://www.dailymail.com/News/200910070899
http://wvgazette.com/ap/ApTopStories/200910070528
http://www.dailymail.com/News/200910070899?page=2&build=cache

AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS MORE……

This power behind the throne is longtime ACORN operative Patrick Gaspard. He holds the title of White House political affairs director, the same title Karl Rove held in President Bush’s White House.

Evidence shows that years before he joined the Obama administration, Gaspard was ACORN boss Bertha Lewis’s political director in New York.

Lewis, the current “chief organizer” or CEO of ACORN, was head of New York ACORN from at least 1994 through 2008, when she took over as national leader of ACORN. With Gaspard at work in the White House, Lewis might as well be speaking to President Obama through an earpiece as he goes about his daily business ruining the country.

For more… http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/28/acorns-man-in-the-white-house/

Just 43% now favor the proposal, including 24% who Strongly Favor it.

But the overall picture remains one of stability. While the numbers have bounced a bit following nationally televised appearances by the president to promote the plan, opposition has generally stayed above 50% since early July. Support has been in the low to mid 40s.

The number who Strongly Oppose the plan has remained above 40% and the Strongly Favor totals have been in the mid-20s. This suggests public opinion is hardening when it comes to the plan that is currently working its way through Congress.

However, now just 48% say that health care reform plan is at least somewhat likely to pass this year, a figure that has been trending down in recent days. That figure includes 17% who say passage is Very Likely.

More from Rasmussen Reports

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If you’re looking for trendy boutique hotels, an exploding culinary scene, or visiting the local ACORN to get your underage prostitutes smuggled across the Mexican border, you’re in the right place.

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James and Hanna - San Diego Part 1

James and Hanna - San Diego Part 2

Hello Hardy County Republicans! The winter meeting of the West Virginia Republicans Executive committee was held in Charleston February 21, 2009. I won’ t bore you all the business details at this time but if any one  wants more detailed information I will be glad to share that information with you.

The important points of the meeting for our County are:

1. Continue to develop our executive committee and fill vacancies.
2. Develop precincts find a Captain for each.
3. Start looking for Republican Candidates to run for all offices coming up in the 2010 election.

The Executive Committee would like candidates in line by June 2009 so that they can provide  training, help with press relations and advice for election. The following offices will be coming up:

2008
2010

2010 Elections — Full Terms
Federal
U.S. House of Representatives - All three seats

State
State Senate - 17 seats, one in each district
House of Delegates - All 100 seats

County
County Commission - At least one full term in each county
Board of Education - Three seats in each county

Political Party
State Executive Committee
Four seats in each senatorial district (two male & two female); election held at Primary

District Executive Committees
Congressional, Senatorial & Delegate District committees in multi-county districts, two per county (one male & one female) elected

County Executive Committee
Varies by county, minimum 12, equal number of men and women; election held at Primary

If any qualified Republican would like to run for these positions please contact Marcia Miller-Markley 304-874-3765. Check the web cite WVSOS.gov for information about requirements for  these offices.

City:

Beckley
When: April 15, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Where: the Large Fountain on Neville Street, across from the University Book Store
Contact: EMAIL

City: Charleston
When: April 15, Noon
Where: State Capitol
Contact: EMAIL

City: Martinsburg
When: April 15, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: On the Square between Queen and King Streets
Contact: EMAIL

City: Wheeling
When: April 15, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: Heritage Port
Contact: EMAIL

For more information