News of Interest

Been to a Tea Party lately?

Not much in the way of details but there will be a July4th Tea Party in Cleburne's Hulen Park. Hours are 11:00 to 1:00 p.m. Details will be added if I get them. Here's your chance to be a part of a national movement and express your dissatisfaction with what our government is doing with our future. See you there after the parade. Here's a link to the website with contact info: http://www.teapartypatriots.org/Default.aspx?state=Texas

4th of July Parades

The party will be represented in the Cleburne parade starting at 10:00 a.m. on July 4th and the Keene parade on Sunday at 10 a.m. Riders are needed for the JCRP Wagon for both parades. Come and join us in your patriotic outfits with flags waving.

The Cleburne parade lines up on South Robinson Street at the old Rangeaire location. Be there by 9:30 at the latest.

The Keene parade starts at the bank building on Old Betsy Road. You can't miss it.

July Jubilee

Fundraising Chairman Dan Hunt, has announced that Railroad Commissioner and U.S. Senate candidate Michael Williams will be our guest of honor at the annual July Jubilee.

This years event will be held at the wonderful new Booker T Washington

Community Center in Cleburne  on Saturday, July 25, 2009.

There will be a host reception at 5:00 p.m. at the center with tickets at $100.00 per person.

The Jubilee will begin at 6:15 p.m. with tickets at just $15.00 per person. Dinner will be hamburgers and hot dogs (cooked on site by senior members of the Civil Air Patrol), with beans/chips and drink included.

For those who want to get a little extra recognition in the program and at the event reserved tables for 10 will be available for $300.00, which will include two host tickets and 8 event tickets.

We also need items for the auction which will be under the wonderful control of our own Sheriff Bob Alford.

Chairman Hunt plans an exciting and entertaining event for young and old. Tickets will be available soon from Party officers and Republican Women. There will be a link here shortly for buying your tickets online through Paypal.

Executive Committee Meeting

 The regular monthly meeting of the Johnson County Republican Party Executive Committee will be held on Tuesday, July 7. 2009 at Headquarters in Cleburne. While voting is limited to members of the committee all Republicans are welcome at the meetings and may make their voice heard. This is the time to be active in the party and this is one of the activities that will keep you informed.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. to allow a little time to get acquainted, then the meeting will start promptly at 7:30 p.m.

Officers and Precinct Chairs are encouraged to be in attendance.

This "demotivator poster" speaks eloquently to the situation we face. Get yourself psyched up for a tax protests in Burleson. You can find details at www.burlesonteaparty.blogspot.com .

Great Evening...Governor Mike Huckabee was our guest speaker at the 6th Annual Presidents' Day awards Banquet on Monday, February 16.

More than 350 people crowded the White Building at the Sheriff's Posse grounds in Cleburne on Monday night to hear "former" Presidential candidate Huckabee as our guest speaker. Nearly all of our Republican elected officials joined with the party faithful to welcome the Governor to Cleburne. Governor Huckabee is a great speaker and warmed up the audience with stories of the campaign trail. He then told us that the Republican Party is not dead and that we will come back into prominence if we stick to the principles we always stood for.

Many awards were given out including Lifetime Achievement to Roy Giddens, Republican of the Year to Polly Guthrie, Volunteer of the Year to Wynne Loveless, Young Republican Star to Amber O'Rourke, Clean Sweep Award to newly elected Commissioner Rick Bailey, and Officeholder of the Year to Commissioner Don Beeson. 

Sheriff Bob Alford then conducted his usual successfully auction of some wonderful items and memorabilia.

Go to the Source

There are lots of emails going back and forth about what our new President plans to do. Some are correct, some are rumors, and some are just plain imaginary. If you want to be truly informed, the best place to go is www.whitehouse.gov and drop down the page to the Agenda section. There you will find a link to his take on just about every subject. No prepared though. A lot of what you will find there is never reported in the press. If we are to prevail in 2010 we need to be informed, truly informed, not just propagandized.

We now have a Facebook page !

For those who are interested and want something more up to date on a daily basis, we now have a Facebook group. Please come by and join if you like. There's room for all your comments, a discussion board, etc. Don't be afraid of this modern technology. If a 74 year old like Roy can do it, so can you.

Visit and join at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=45604659138&ref=mf

Johnson County is now 100% Republican elected officials. Congratulations to all our local candidates for clean, responsible races.
  I'm going to take a little liberty here as the webmaster and editorialize a teeny little bit. I know we are bitterly disappointed in the McCain/Palin loss, but it isn't the end of the world guys. We survived Johnson, Carter and Clinton, we'll survive this latest upset too. This is an amazingly resilient country and while we make take a few licks here and there, we always come back up fighting and winning. Take heart my friends. Let's be grownups about it all, pick up our marbles and keep on playing the game, don't go home with our tails tucked between our legs. See you soon, ready for Victory 2010. - 2008 General Election results are now posted in the Archives section of this website.

Election Night Watches

A large crowd, which grew and ebbed as the night progressed, showed up at Headquarters on election night to watch both national and local returns. There wasn't a huge amount of food, but what was there went fast. As you know Johnson County went overwhelmingly Republican even beating our Congressman handily. Too bad the rest of the district isn't as forward thinking as Johnson County Republicans.

Chet and his Earmarks -
 have a look at this web page and you can tie Mr. Edwards earmarks to his campaign contributors with ease. Favor Factory

1Lt Travis Manion - there really are heroes among us. Get your tissues out and read this marvelous story. Just click on the link. http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/003114.php

Fiscal Responsibility - here's a chance to see where your representative in the Texas Legislature scored on fiscal policy as tallied by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility.

Stressed - turn on the sound, watch and listen to this relaxing site. Click here.