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Rumor has it…
By punch bowl | December 1, 2007
…that Mainefest is going to be especially prolific this year, reason being that it is the 5th anniversary of the event which celebrates CR debauchery in all its glory.
A Maine College Republican writes –
…word has been going around our state that Mainefest this year is going to dwarf the efforts of years past. I don’t know if any of you have been to Mainefest before but to those of us who have, saying its going to be better than normal is a little difficult to handle considering we had like 700 people at our last one.
Apparently, since 2008 is the 5th anniversary of Mainefest, our chairman, Nate Walton is going to put some extra umph behind his usual mantra of “legendary parties last a lifetime.” I also heard that admission will be more exclusive this year whatever that means.
Topics: CR gossip |
December 1st, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Nate Walton is a douchebag.
December 1st, 2007 at 5:30 pm
We all know what exclusive means, it means Nate Walton continues to use his state’s successes as a means to bash other states over their heads instead of building and uniting the CRs as a whole.
Exclusive is a code word for “Maine CRs and my political friends only.” Obviously, you can’t have an event be more exclusive and more “prolific” at once.
December 1st, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Wow Tom Jardon nice try at hiding your identity. You’re really jealous of Maine huh? I guess raising only $40 for the Florida CRs might do that to you. Mainefest is going to be sick, and tons of people will be there regardless of its promoted “exclusiveness.” My guess is since you tried to sabotage the party two years ago, you won’t be one of those allowed in. Maybe you should host another party at the Shoreham for yourself and other loser CRs.
December 1st, 2007 at 8:40 pm
I hope Walton doesn’t get kicked out of and temporarily banned from the hotel this year like he did in the past.
Let’s use the national board meeting in Memphis as a case study:
Walton replied all to the national board telling the CRNC that he didn’t need their free rooms in Memphis.
Walton asked Charlie at the national board meeting if he could buy his own field representatives.
Walton was no where to be found after about 11 AM the morning of the national board meeting.
So, Walton flashed his ability to buy his own room a few weeks before the national board meeting, showed up late, bragged more about hiring field representatives, and then left early.
Is anyone else seeing the pattern?
December 1st, 2007 at 10:53 pm
^ Well, it’s a problem when the national chairman knows he’s wrong on an issue and refuses to modify his position regardless. Smith ought to have reflected on the field rep hiring issue enough to see the error.
In case you didn’t see it, someone posted to another thread here about how “well, then you’ll have states buying off the most qualified field reps.” This is false because with EIGHT NATIONAL CRNC OFFICERS, you ought to be able to enlist more people as field representatives, not less.
December 1st, 2007 at 11:29 pm
If Maine or any other state has so much money and is so dead set on having a ton of field reps, then let them run their own damn programs. But leave the CRNC free to put their field reps on the ground where they can actually make a difference, and not throw them away on races or states that we’re never going to win.
December 1st, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Let the CRNC send their field reps where they want.
But this is the way things SHOULD be for 2008:
57 applicants for field rep positions
49 field reps on budget
So, hire 49 field reps and then let states hire the other eight. And don’t tell me these numbers are unrealistic; we hired more than that in 2004.
December 2nd, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Random numbers much? The CRNC is budgeting for 45, and every one of those is going to be sent where they’re *needed*, not just where the money is. The states themselves can hire as many as they want, if that’s how they want to spend their money.
December 2nd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
we also had an unprecedented 2004 budget based on direct mail soliciting the elderly and encouraging to look for a specific pin to be worn by our President.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:52 pm
The only pattern I see is this: Maine left the Board meeting at 1 PM - just like Minnesota did - because it was a waste of time for the two best state feds in the nation to listen to Charlie Smith, who was a joke in Colo. and is still so, tell them how to run their states. This Executive Board is clearly too busy leaking private e-mails to stupid CR blogs (see “Maine>…” comment) than devising strategies on how solid state feds like Maine can recruit and fund their own field reps through the CRNC like they have done in the past. Maybe this administration should spend less time making sure loser state chairs’ butts are being wiped the right way, and more time focusing on the basics. Either way, no presidential campaign (nor the RNC, based on the way its staffer at the Board mtg. shit on the CRNC), is going to take this new national team seriously. Hoplin/Gourley brought in millions and got the job done; they don’t look so bad now do they? The “opposition” is starting to see that it’s much easier to anonymously throw bombs online than actually run the CRNC, unless they like having no money in the bank and a largely unfunded budget for the upcoming presidential election year. That’s why you don’t let the kids sit at the grown up table.
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:26 pm
These posts are ridiculous. I am a state CR leader and find it disgusting that there is so much more infighting in our organization than the National College Dems. I have spoken with Nate tonight about some of these posts that are clearly being written by some of his Maine deputies who were in Memphis. He was unaware of this, but has said he will tell everyone from Maine who came to the Board meeting to stop posting on here if they are indeed doing so. I call on all other state leaders to encourage their own CRs to not participate in this type of vitriol on this or any other website. We are Republicans and must unite to beat Hillary Clinton in 2008, not tear each other down.
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Wait wait wait tell us what the RNC staffer said at the board meeting… I haven’t heard this lol
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:06 pm
…the coincidence of a Mainessy (read: puppet) quoting a movie about back-stabbing and corruption.
BTW, how did all the Mainssy folks know anything about the RNC presentation at board meeting seeing as Nate abdicated his responsibility as a state chairman by leaving early? From what I’ve heard from other state chairs (who aren’t elitists and were in the room) the RNC seemed really close with the new administration and gave a great presentation. The criticism is about chapter and state chairs who don’t do the work on the ground to get things done.
And, once again, we see Mainssy apologists saying that stealing from the elderly and disabled was fine as long as it brought the money in…these people are sick.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:29 am
The Board mtg was over at 10 AM. Nothing after that was required.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:16 am
I was at the national board meeting and I have to say that whoever is trashing the Maine CRs and Nate should get a life. We were at the board meeting on Saturday. And yes, we left early, but it does not really matter since we are state that knows what we are doing. Its fine if other state chairs think they need training or whatever from the CRNC, but myself and other Maine CRs have plenty of grassroots training and know how to run an organization. I stuck around for the board meeting, but after that I wanted to see Memphis. I don’t see how that is crime considering how much the airfare and hotel expenses cost to get there. The least I can do is get a chance to check the city out.
Besides, maybe people should worry about the very weak turnout of state chairs, rather than ripping on Maine. I think less than half of all the state chairs made it to the board meeting.
Personally, I would like to see the CRNC come together as well. But until this stops being a popularity contest and people are actually judged for what they have done in their states, then we will not have an effective national organization.