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My First Comment:
These high priced dinners, as usual, are geared to
exclude, the grassroots, and cater to the wealthy & powerful, who continue
to usurp the power and control of the Party from "We the People!" As usual, I
will NOT be attending this, or any other events like it!
I then received this message from Gary Jones, not in the comment
thread, but via direct email:
Gary
Jones September 27 at 8:26am
We do have opportunities for grassroots
activist to attend events. The cost is based on actual cost per meal. In fact
the only money we might make is from those who pay the higher price. In addition
we try to reward volunteering as well.
Jai
Blevins September 27 at 10:10am
The Actual cost per meal?!?!? Are
you kidding me!? I was a catering manager at an upscale restaurant for years.
The only meals that have a cost of $125 per plate are designed specifically to
eliminate the average Joe from attending the event. Gary, I don't buy your
answer. Events like these are the reason most people don't trust the Party
leadership, and believe that both Parties only listen to Big $$ donors.The only
time you guys listen to the Grassroots, is A) you're not in power, and you're
trying to win back some votes, or B) We get so loud that you fear us!Well, it's
time to fear us, because we are gunning for a complete takeover of the party
infrastructure. The Status Quo is no longer acceptable!
Gary
Jones September 27 at 10:33am
$125!The cost is $50. $30 meal cost
plus 28% taxes and gratuity plus misc. cost to put on the event As far as
fearing you. I have no fear of you at all. I would be more than happy to have an
open an honest debate on the isuues anytime. I have been a grassroots activist
for decades before you ever came on the scene.
Is anyone else sick of the way the Parties treat the average Joe who does not, or can not contribute large sums of money to whichever candidate they tell us to vote for?
Well, the answer is simple.
No, not a third party.......
A COMPLETE TAKEOVER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY! The GOP leadership is weak, and waffling closer and closer to the left. The line between the upper leadership in the GOP and the DNC is becoming blurred! But, we CAN do something about it! Call your County GOP HQ, and find out where YOUR precinct meeting is held, and who the precinct chair is. If there isn’t one, start holding the precinct meeting in your home, and invite ALL of your Grassroots Costitutionalist friends. Vote in one of you as Precinct Chair. That person automatically becomes a Delegate to the County Party Convention. Once we have control over the Precincts, we can take the County Chair. Once we have the majority of county Chairs we can take the State Chair. And, with control of the States, we can take over the National Convention! All we need to do is be willing to sacrifice a little bit of time, and we can take back our Party, and our Country!
DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE OF YOUR CONVICTIONS?!?!?!?!
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teresamerica 68p · 816 weeks ago
Jamison · 816 weeks ago
"Is anyone else sick of the way the Parties treat the average Joe who does not, or can not contribute large sums of money to whichever candidate they tell us to vote for?"
That's not happening in Oklahoma.
"The GOP leadership is weak, and waffling closer and closer to the left." "The line between the upper leadership in the GOP and the DNC is becoming blurred! But, we CAN do something about it!"
GOP leadership nationally, yes, but DEFINITELY not here in Oklahoma! Gary Jones is a grassroots conservative, and has been for decades. He has engineered the GOP takeover of both houses of the legislature. The conservative grassroots owes Gary Jones a HUGE debt of gratitude.
teresamerica,
"The GOP is purposefully imposing these exorbitant costs at GOP dinners to keep out us average Americans, or us "grassroots people.""
The OKGOP has specific events catered to families, etc. The big-donor events, however, are consistently the biggest cash-raising events of the year. You have to raise the funds from big-donors as well, if you want to be successful. The OKGOP does a VERY good job of balancing between the two.
"I believe that there are so many people fed up with how the GOP is operating now, that there could be a grassroots takeover of the party."
Again, that's true with the national GOP, but it's NOT with the GOP here in Oklahoma. The leaders are all grassroots conservatives. Look at what we've been doing here the last decade - we've taken the state legislature (the House in 2004 for only the second time in history, and held it ever since; the Senate for the first time in history in 2008), we've taken the Corporation Commission, we've taken a majority of the Sheriffs, we're making great gains in voter registration and other offices, and we've gone for the GOP nominee overwhelmingly for years. We'll also get the governor this next election. This hasn't happened in a vacuum - Gary Jones (the chairman) is a huge part of this.
teresamerica 68p · 816 weeks ago
I'll have to look further into how the Oklahoma GOP have done things over the last 10 years. I do know that these dinners are a great way to make the mega-bucks which, yes are needed indeed. But, I also think that the GOP dinners can include options for people who have different economic means, or backgrounds. I have lived most of my life in MD, and the past few years in PA, and know whenever I hear of a dinner or a function run by the GOP it usually costs mega bucks here.
Jamison · 815 weeks ago
This is one of the pricier dinners I have seen lately - most of them are lower.
Kudzu · 804 weeks ago
No shame.