Posted by Gary Coats on January 13, 2008 under Elections 2008, President | 
The primaries are coming in South Carolina. The Republican Primary is on January 19th, the Democratic Primary is on January 26th. Check here often for stump information!
- Monday, January 14th
- John Edwards
- 12:00pm - Coastal Carolina University, 160 Willowbrook Boulevard, Pawleys Island, South Carolina
- 7:15pm - Myrtle Beach High School, 3300 Central Parkway, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Michelle Obama for Barack Obama (Not in Attendance)
- 10:00am - Francis Marion University - Smith Center Gym (Florence, SC), 4822 E. Palmetto, Florence, SC 29501
- 3:00pm - Bethel AME Church (Georgetown, SC), 417 Broad St., Georgetown, SC 29440
- Samantha Power for Barack Obama (Not in Attendance)
- 1:45pm - The Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
- 4:15pm - Wofford College, McMillan Theatre, 429 North Church St., Spartanburg, SC
- Fred Thompson
- 12:00pm - Meet Fred, PaPa’s Russ’s BBQ, 231 The Alley, Aiken, SC
- 6:00pm - Meet Fred, The Coach House, 637 SE Main Street, Simpsonville, SC
- Tuesday, January 15th
- Rudy Giulian
- 6:00pm - Elks Club, 1030 O’Neil St Gaffney , SC 29340 (Unofficial)
- Samantha Power for Barack Obama (Not in Attendance)
- 3:15:pm - Cupps Cafe (Rock Hill, SC), 221 Cherry Road, Rock Hill, SC 29730
- John McCain
- 7:30pm - Michigan Election Watching Party, Hibernian Society, 105 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina
- Wednesday, January 16th
- John McCain
- 11:00am - Campaign Rally, Carolina First Center, 1 Exposition Drive, Greenville, South Carolina
- 12:15pm - Town Hall Meeting, Cleveland Park Event Center, 141 North Cleveland Park Drive, Spartanburg, South Carolina
- 5:45pm - Town Hall Meeting, T-Bones Steakhouse, 3990 Highway 49, Lake Wylie, South Carolina
- Thursday, January 17th
- John McCain
- 9:00am - Rally in the Alley, Aiken Municipal Center, 214 Park Avenue SW, Aiken, South Carolina
- 12:30pm - Campaign Rally, SC McCain Headquarters, 1600 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina
- 5:15pm - Town Hall Meeting, Black River Electric Co-op Civic Center, 1121 North Pike, Sumter, South Carolina
- Friday, January 18th
- John McCain
- 8:45am - Campaign Rally, Carolina Hospital East Campus Conference Center, 805 Pamplico Highway, Florence, South Carolina
- 11:30am - Campaign Rally, Pepper Geddings Recreation Center, 3205 Oak Street, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- 2:00pm - Campaign Rally, Hilton Head Beach and Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Road, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
- 5:45pm - Campaign Rally, The Yorktown, 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
- Saturday, January 19th
Posted by Gary Coats on January 11, 2008 under Elections 2008, President |
This article comes from the Rudy Giuliani Campaign e-mail.
Money. You have it and the Democrats want it. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to dramatically increase your taxes to pay for socialized medicine, huge entitlement programs and more big government bureaucracy. Rudy Giuliani has a different plan.
Click here to watch Rudy’s new TV Ad, “First Day.”
On his first day in office as President, Rudy Giuliani will send Congress the largest tax cut in American history. This bold policy sets Rudy apart from everyone else running for President. America’s two leading conservative anti-tax organizations, Club for Growth and Americans for Tax Reform, have widely praised Rudy’s proposal. Pat Toomey, President of Club for Growth, had this to say about Rudy’s tax cut plan: “Mayor Giuliani’s tax cut proposal today would dramatically move the American tax code and economy in the right direction. This is exactly the kind of plan economic conservatives should embrace.” Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform said: “This tax cut–the largest in history–would represent a monumental leap forward for the American taxpayer and the U.S. economy.”
Democrats believe we should tax and spend our way out of economic uncertainty. Rudy knows tax cuts create new jobs and grow the economy. While some candidates talk about cutting taxes, Rudy Giuliani actually did it. 23 times. Rudy has provided more tax relief than all other Republican presidential contenders combined. Click here to watch Rudy on his new tax plan.
To learn more about Rudy’s tax plan, please click here to watch “First Day.”
The American people have a stark choice in this election. Do we want higher taxes, runaway spending and bloated bureaucracy, or do we want lower taxes, more jobs and continued prosperity for American families?
Posted by Gary Coats on under Elections 2008, President |
I hate posting forwarded mails such as this, but this one was hard to resist.
Deanna Favre starting QB for the Packers this Sunday
In a news conference Deanna Favre announced she will be the starting QB for the Packers this coming Sunday. She claimed she is qualified to be starting QB because she has spent the past 16 years married to Brett while he played QB for the Packers. Because of this she understands how to pick up a corner blitz and knows the terminology of the Packers offense. A poll of Packers fans shows that 50% of those polled supported the move.
Does this sound idiotic to you? Yet Hillary Clinton makes the same claim as to why she is qualified to b e President. And 50% of democrats agree .
Posted by Gary Coats on under Elections 2008, President |
Apparently the Thompson campaign was pretty excited about the success last night. I wouldn’t know since I was not allowed in.
I received an e-mail from the campaign today discussing the large turnouts on the campaign trail and there success at the debate. So excited they wanted to raise the most money ever to this date.
Our Red Truck Challenge has achieved it’s goal and our television is purchased–now we need to add on these other key programs.
We need to keep the Red Truck Challenge going with the best online fund raising day we have had since Fred’s announcement.
So we have increased the goal to $750,000.
With Fred’s strong supporters and our momentum I know we can make it.
I am sure that the Ron Paul family of supporters will have a hay day with this news.
Posted by Gary Coats on under Elections 2008, President |
It Sucked.
I was fortunate to have my ticket paid for by a campaign, so I was not out too much money. The evening began with my wife dropping me off at the event. The plan was for me to catch a ride back to the hotel after the debate. Around 8:05pm, I was walking through the multitudes of cops to meet with the campaign that was providing my ticket. After waiting 15 minutes, he gave the officers clearance to let me go across the street towards the convention center. I make my way around to the general admission entrance and get in line to get searched. I get to the metal detectors, empty my pockets, I have a cell phone and camera. I am told that I cannot take these items into the facility. I needed to find something to do with them. So I begin trying to walk over to the hotel and am stopped by the secret service. Where are your credentials? I was told to cross the street, you are clear. Officers respond, you cannot go any further. I asked where do I get a “credential”. The GOP is handing them out in front of the building. So I stepped outside, and like when I came in, there was no individuals there handing out credentials. So now I am screwed. I have cell phones (work and personal), a camera, no where to store them and no credentials.
So what’s my beef. Come to find out, if you were not at the facility by 8:30pm, you were screwed. By all accounts I was there at 8:25pm. According to Verizon Wireless. Not only that, if you came via cab or were dropped off and had cell phones & camera, you were screwed. I had not been notified of either of these 2 scenarios before arriving at the debate. I do not know who to fully blame, me, the SC GOP, or the campaign that provided the tickets. I was never provided this information before hand.
I was one of many pissed off Americans. I know I witnessed at least 10 other people have the same problem I did.
Thankfully it’s winter and Myrtle Beach is pretty safe, and my kids had not fallen asleep yet. So I proceeded in calling my wife as I walked from the convention center, needless to say, cops were keeping a close eye on me. Walked three blocks down 21st ave to Ocean Blvd, and began walking north to eventually run into my wife to get picked up and return to the hotel.
I really couldn’t bring myself to watch the debate once I returned to the hotel room. If I couldn’t be there, and was pissed already, I didn’t want to watch it. My night ended on the balcony watching the fog come in from the ocean, a strawberry daiquiri, and jewel quest on my daughters Nintendo DS.