January 17, 2010 Newsletter/Blog Post

INTERESTED IN BEING A CANDIDATE? CANDIDATE ENCOURAGEMENT COMMITTEE NAMED

MCRO Chairman Joseph P. Leo has named five people to a Candidate Encouragement Committee: Assemblyman Sam Thompson (732-679-4391), Art Haney (732-566-2707), Jesal Amin (732-306-7467), Bob Brown (732-572-1776) and Mary Chyb (732-247-4803), to encourage candidates for Middlesex County Freeholder. County Clerk, Sheriff and for Congress in each congressional district where the seats are presently held by Democrats. If you are interested in being considered as a candidate or you know someone who should be considered, you, or he or she, should contact any member of the committee.

DON'T FORGET THE MCRO ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY THIS WEDNESDAY

Don't forget the Middlesex County Republican Organization Annual Holiday Party, this Wednesday, January 20th, at the East Brunswick VFW Post 133 Hall, Cranbury Road & Evergreen Boulevard, East Brunswick, from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. $50.00 per person. RSVP by sending your check to the MCRO, 530 Amboy Avenue, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. Additional Information: 732-634-2922 (If you call and let the MCRO know you are coming, you can pay at the door.)

Come and celebrate!

PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAME TRIVIA QUIZ (PART 3) (ANSWERS IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE CALENDAR)

(Most of these questions should be easy for anyone who has an interest in presidential history - a few others are a bit less easy.)

1. What famed U.S. president was known as "The Father of Our Country"?

2. "The Great Communicator" was also well-known as "Dutch." Who was this Communicator?

3. "The Rail-Splitter" has countless nicknames, including "The Great Emancipator." Who was this president"?

4. "Old Three Stars" was also often referred to as "Uncle Sam" and several other two-word nicknames. Who was this chief executive?

5. Which president was often noted with such nicknames as "The Trickster" or "Tricky Dick”?

6. Who was "Ike"?

7. A popular nickname labeled one of our early chief executives as "The Father of the Constitution." Name him.

8. Honored as "Rough Rider" or "Bull Moose," who was the president who was so referred to with public pride?

9. "The Father of the Declaration of Independence" had another nickname as "The Sage of Monticello." Name him.

10. "High Tax Harry" was also often cited as "Give 'Em Hell Harry." What was his real name?

ARTICLE: DEMS “FREAKED OUT” OVER CORZINE LOSS IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY

The following is from the Wally Edge 1/12/10 column on the PolitickerNJ.Com website:

“New Jersey Democrats, freaked out over Jon Corzine's losses in Middlesex and Gloucester counties, have made a clear decision to move to the center as they seek to avoid losing middle class white voters from their base vote. That was one of the reasons Democrats were unwilling to pass a same sex marriage law during the lame duck session, and the primary reason they pulled a bill that would have allowed illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at state schools. John Wisniewski (D-Sayreville), who is viewed as the leading candidate to become Democratic State Chairman, abstained on the tuition proposal when it was considered by the Assembly Appropriations Committee last week. State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark), the sponsor of the legislation, told reporters he pulled the bill when he was told during a closed-door Democratic caucus that he was five votes short of passage.”

MARTIN LUTHER KING AND RICHARD NIXON

During this period around the Martin Luther King's Birthday holiday, I thought you might appreciate some relevant historical facts. (Both Martin Luther King and Richard Nixon were born in January):

Martin Luther King voted for the Republican presidential ticket, Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. King announced his vote during a public meeting in Ghana, where they were attending a presidential inauguration.

While campaigning for re-election in 1956, Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA) declared: “Most of us will live to see the day when American boys and girls will sit, side by side, at any school - public or private - with no respect paid to the color of skin. Segregation, discrimination and prejudice have no place in America.”

The following year, Vice President Nixon helped defeat the Democrat filibuster against the GOP's 1957 Civil Rights Act.

(From Michael Zak's website: grandoldpartisan.com.)

BUY POPCORN AND HELP THE BOY SCOUTS

When you are buying presents - or presents for yourself, I would like you to consider buying popcorn and support the scouts at the same time. You can now buy on line by visiting www.orderpopcorn.com and when the home page comes up, there is a space that reads “Enter Order Key” In that space please enter TEV4T3E. This is my special order key that allows the tracking of the sales generated from my efforts. This will take you to a new page where you can purchase all varieties and types of popcorn and other edibles, such as Trail Mix, Chocolatey Crunch, etc.). If you forget my order key number, you can shop without a key. Just make sure that when you select a council to receive credit, you select “NJ” and then: “Dayton: Central New Jersey Council.” (The Central New Jersey Council includes most or all of Middlesex, Mercer, Hunterdon and Warren Counties, and small portions of Somerset and other adjacent counties.)

TRIVIA QUIZ ANSWERS

1. George Washington (Of course!)

2. You might also have labeled Ronald Reagan as the "Gipper."

3. This immortal president was Abraham Lincoln.

4. Ulysses S. Grant was often labeled by such nicknames as "Unconditional Surrender Grant" and several others.

5. Richard M. Nixon was often given such derogatory nicknames.

6. Ike was the nickname for Dwight D. Eisenhower.

7. James Madison was given that nickname in honor of his work on the U.S. Constitution. He was also praised as the "Sage of Montpelier," his noted estate in Virginia.

8. These were Teddy Roosevelt's nicknames resulting from his military records.

9. Monticello was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, who fathered the Declaration of Independence.

10. These were nicknames heaped on Harry Truman.

UPDATED CALENDAR

What follows is an updated calendar. If you have any municipal or countywide fundraisers or functions you would like me to include in my e-mail calendar from time to time, please contact me at dkatzlaw@aol.com. Please note that organizations and campaigns sometime provide added information, change dates or cancel events, which information I include in this calendar if I receive the information in time. Therefore, if you plan to attend an event, please make sure you review the calendar listing in my latest e-mail and, to the extent you may not have pre-registered for the particular event so the sponsoring group will be able to contact you about any changes, you may want to check with the sponsoring group before you go, to make sure the information has not changed.

January 20 (Wednesday 7:00 pm) - NJ Conservative GOP dinner/panel discussion. Forge Inn, Rt. 9, Woodbridge. Subject: the Christie administration and the Conservative movement. Confirmed panelists: State Senator Michael Doherty, Americans for Prosperity's Steve Lonegan, Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll. Tickets: $45.00. For information and tickets contact: 732-596-2116, or email: njcgop@aol.com.

January 20 (Wednesday 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm) - Middlesex County Republican Organization Annual Holiday Party. East Brunswick VFW Post 133 Hall, Cranbury Road & Evergreen Boulevard, East Brunswick. Honored Guest: Senator Joe Pennacchio $50.00 per person. RSVP as soon as possible, (with your check), to the MCRO, 530 Amboy Avenue, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. Additional Information: 732-634-2922. (Note: Correction of starting time.)

January 21 (Thursday 7:30 pm) - Monroe Township Republican Club Holiday Party. Garvey's Restaurant, 405 Spotswood Gravel Hill Road, Monroe. Business Meeting.

January 26 (Tuesday 7:30 pm) - Middlesex County Young Republican Club Meeting. MCRO Headquarters, 530 Amboy Avenue, Woodbridge. Election Meeting. (Change of date possible. Please contact one of the officers to confirm this meeting before you go.)

January 31 (Sunday 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm) - Meet and Greet Reception for and with Keith Hackett, Candidate for County Sheriff and Harold Kane, Candidate for County Clerk. Wine & Cheese. Any donations welcome. Hosted by Synnove Bakke, 1 Hale Road, East Brunswick. RSVP to Brian Hackett 732-343-2206 or RepublicanBRH88@comcast.net.

February 2 (Tuesday 7:30 pm) - Middlesex County Republican Women's Club Meeting, East Brunswick Library, Civic Center Drive off Ryder's Lane, East Brunswick.

February 6 (Saturday 10:00 am - 12:30 pm) - Conservatives with Attitude's Conservative Leadership Breakfast. Omega Diner, 1337 Route 1 South, North Brunswick. For more information: michael@gopusanj.com.

February 12 (Friday 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm) - South Brunswick GOP Annual Lincoln Day Dinner Dance. Pierre's Restaurant, 592 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction. $50.00 per ticket. Checks payable to South Brunswick Republican Organization may be sent to P.O. Box 55, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852-0055. For more information contact Lynda Woods Cleary at lwcleary@sbgop.org.

February 20 (Saturday) - Fire District Elections (in applicable municipalities)

February 20 (Saturday 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm) - South River GOP Red & White Victory Ball. Portuguese Fisherman, 11 Jackson Street, South River. $50.00 per ticket in advance (recommended as space is limited) and $60.00 at the door. For more details call 732-387-5378 or email sbuffalino@southrivergop.org.

February 20 (Saturday 6:00 pm) - Milltown Republican Victory Party. American Legion, Milltown. (Cocktails 6:00 pm, Dinner 7:00 pm). $40.00 per person. Contact Karen Collins at karenelmoc@aol.com or at 732-846-2562 for tickets.

February 20 (Saturday 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm) - Middlesex Borough GOP Inaugural Celebration celebrating the first Republican mayor in 37 years and the first Republican council majority in 6 years. Spain Inn, 1707 W. 7th Street (corner of Rock Avenue), Piscataway. Limited number of tickets available at $50.00 each. Anyone interested should call Jeff First at 201-519-3832 or Mike Hompesch at 732-735-5603.

February 21 (Sunday 2:00 pm -5;00 pm) - Middlesex County Republican Women's Club 1st Anniversary and Reagan Birthday Celebration. Garvey's Restaurant, 405 Spotswood Gravel Hill Road, Monroe Township. $35.00 per person. Checks payable to MCRWC should be sent to Sue Tisiker, Treasurer, 17 Buffalo Run, East Brunswick, NJ 08816.

March 18 (Thursday 7:30 pm) - Monroe Township Republican Club Holiday Party. Garvey's Restaurant, 405 Spotswood Gravel Hill Road, Monroe. Guest Speaker: Ingrid Reed from Eagleton Institute.

April 20 (Tuesday) - School Board Elections

May 11 (Tuesday) - Municipal Elections (in Perth Amboy & Spotswood)

June 8 (Tuesday) - Primary Election

November 2 (Tuesday) - General Election

Please forward this information to any Middlesex County Republican, or other individual, who you think might be interested in seeing it. Further, if you know of any Middlesex County Republican who would like to receive periodic e-mail reports about NJ Republican State Committee meetings and other information I believe might be interesting or useful, please have them send me, Donald Katz, an e-mail to dkatzlaw@aol.com, and I will add them to my e-mail list. By the same token, if you ever want to be removed from my e-mail list, send me an e-mail and I will remove you.

Donald Katz, Esq.
Republican State Committeeman - Middlesex County and Counsel, Middlesex County Republican Organization
dkatzlaw@aol.com

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