MAssachusetts GOP Convention at BU Agganis Arena 3-22-14

Just getting there was a trial. I knew better than to drive and pay for parking and I hear the garage was full anyway by the time I arrived at 9 a.m. My press packet was registered through COMFLM (Commonwealth of Massachusetts Free Lance Media) Try saying that 3 times fast.

I first and foremost represent Commonwealth Covenant Keepers ( now say that 3 times fast) an un-structured organization of Judeo-Chritian believers who believe in the founding principles of this great nation which are expressed perfectly well in our Constitution.

There are a lot of issues to take issue with but you have to pick your battles or you will run out of steam before you get to the one you were born to fight.  Jeff Goins says "Write something worth fighting over, because that’s how you change things. That’s how you create art." I like that because I am an artist, not only a writer but a graduate of Mass Art where I majored in painting. I have been so interested in changing things that I have not found the time to paint much but I will post some of my visual artwork later. On to the Convention floor!

 Opening with the Presentation of Colors, National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance but no opening prayer ?

 Plenty of room for the 1,000 no show delegates; about 2500 did spend the day doing their civic duty.

 Nobody wanted to sit behind the media platform, and they didn't have to...plenty of room!

Honor Guard with fife and drum was a nice touch. Always love the reminder of our patriotic past.

Hope Springs Eternal and bloggers not so much

My last Blog entry was just before the November 2012 election that gave us a second term of Obama.
I really was not prepared for that defeat...besides, can you call it a true defeat if you think it was an election with many instances of voter fraud? It seems as if we the electorate have been deserted like the kid in Home Alone. Are there no adults in the House? Is there no leadership who can muster a challenge to the illegitimacy of this presidency? It has become sickeningly clear that they are all too compromised to act in our behalf. There are some brave souls bucking the system...Rand Paul and Ted Cruz stand out and have literally stood up for hours of filibustering. That has given me hope and as springtime rolls around again so does the hope that we can turn this disaster around or slow it down.

 My hope is motivated by my new role as Nana. I had two new grandsons born in 2013 tripling my grandmotherly responsibilities. Mothering made me write passionate letters to the editor about the downward trend in society my kids would live in. As my 3 sons grew I began writing columns that were published mostly in the MetroWest Daily News for almost 10 years when we lived out beyond 495. After they all went off to college and stayed gone my husband and I asked ourselves how we ended up with all this grass to mow with no boys to do it and no one to shovel that long driveway? So we sold our house just as the market was bottoming out in 2007. We moved in closer to Boston where among other things I would get in to Beacon Hill more often to testify for Commonwealth Covenant Keepers. The economy kept getting worse and I had to take a full time job which kept me from the State House.

The Tea Party Revolution of 2010 was an exciting time and it seemed like we would stop this behemoth called Obamacare. Inexplicably we failed in 2012 when conservatives just could not pull the lever for a RINO, so we lost. Things have taken on a surreal quality as every day seems to bring a new affront to our lifestyle. Whether it's the trampling of our religious freedoms, our Constitution, our legal rights, our privacy or the ruination of our educational, medical, economic infrastructure while putting our unborn in debt (should they survive the womb, the most dangerous place in America with 55 million aborted).

This is why I get my "Irish" back up. Not on my watch! Grandma will not stand idly by and let them steal from my grandchildren.

So I will be at the Massachusetts GOP Convention asking questions of any candidate I can buttonhole; Uncomfortable un-PC questions like "How does your faith inform your voting?" or "What is your stand on Israel, the sanctity of life, marriage?" I already know how most will answer but they need to know someone is asking these questions. They are not a forgone conclusion to the thousands, maybe millions I represent,

the covenant keepers who still believe in accountability to God. I will be wearing my red Georgia Bull Dogs hat. Not that I'm a fan of that team; I like to think the "G" stands for God and He is One fierce opponent.