“Now we have rumors that Haney has been with the RINOs all this time. Talking bad about McCain so we in the Tea Party movement would accept him as a conservative,” claimed Art Olivas.
Hit pieces such as this began after Marne and I vetted Robert Graham as a State Party Chairman candidate by reviewing opposition news articles about him and interviewing him with our 25 vetting questions. His grade was 100%. It was clear there was nothing more to the articles than that to which we have become accustomed in the case of biased attacks against Sheriff Arpaio, Sen. Pearce and Andrew Thomas. Based upon our review, we encouraged Graham to run for AZ GOP Chairman, and we committed to support his candidacy.
Blogger Lynne Breyer read the same hit pieces, believed them unconditionally and did not accept Robert’s responses. She informed me that she was going to seek another candidate and have that candidate urge outgoing AZ GOP chairman Tom Morrissey to withdraw from the race in favor of her selection. She and Jim O’Connor both of LD 23, recruited Doug Little, LD 23 Chairman, to run and Morrissey withdrew as Lynne planned.
Then the attacks on Graham from Lynne and her allies began with a fury uncharacteristic even against Democrats. The thrust of these hit pieces, despite the fact that Graham has raised $10-15 million to defeat union propositions in California, and the tax increase and top-two ballot propositions in Arizona, is the specter of negative publicity from lawsuits threatened by liberal opposition.
Adding fuel to these attacks is the guilt by association demagoguery. Graham has suffered accusations that he is a covert McCain establishment candidate, merely because of some political donations he and his supporters made to Republicans in the past. Evidence to the contrary is that Graham and I worked together on JD Hayworth’s senate campaign to defeat McCain. Clearly, neither Graham nor I can be viewed as McCain supporters.
Let me give you an example of how this guilt by association works:
Lynne Breyer was an avid supporter of Jimmy Lee Deakin for US Senator in 2010. Everyone knows that Deakin was just a stalking horse for John McCain and Deakin’s candidacy helped McCain immensely. Therefore, it logically follows that Lynne Breyer was really a supporter of John McCain because keeping Deakin in the race would only hurt JD Hayworth and Deakin was needed to split the conservative vote. Using the guilt by association argument, now everyone should go out and destroy Lynne’s candidacy for State Party Secretary because she is really a McCain supporter. Being a Tea Party conservative is only a facade.
Similarly, Jim O’Connor is a near fanatical supporter of the Get Out Of Our House (GOOOH) political system for selecting US Congressmen. It is abundantly clear that this would only split Republican conservative efforts, resulting in a massive Democrat victory. Using the guilt by association argument, it therefore follows that Jim is really about destroying the Republican Party despite what he has been saying to the contrary. Why would we support Jim O’Connor’s candidate when Jim is bent on destroying the Republican Party?
Remember when Nathan Sproul used this same scheme of attack on Randy Pullen? He denigrated Pullen’s participation in getting Prop. 200 before the voters to require an applicant to show proof of citizenship before registering to vote. The fact is if it weren’t for Randy raising the money and paying for petition signature gatherers, the proposition would have never been voted into law. ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE!
I believe we are blessed to have a candidate with the qualifications Robert Graham possesses to step forward to lead the state in these troubled times. The following GOP Platform conservative endorsers also concur that Robert Graham should be elected as our next State Chairman: Congressman Trent Franks, Honorable JD Hayworth, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, Honorable Russell Pearce, AZ Senate President Andy Biggs, Honorable Lori Klein, Sen. Al Melvin and many more.
They urge you to support Robert Graham as your next State GOP Chairman on January 26. Visit his website at www.grahamforarizona.com
Sincerely,
Rob Haney
Immediate Past Chairman
Maricopa County Republican Committee
1/18/2013
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Mr. Haney!
This crap has got to end or our party will implode
Rob,
Your unwillingness to take feedback from your teammates and discuss information associated with candidates whom you support, together with your “hit piece” on Lynne Breyer and myself is most unfortunate. As patriots working to save our Republic through our Republican Party, we have given freely of our time, talent and treasure only to be called out by you as being “bent on destroying the Republican Party.”
When we republicans are invested in our party without the motivations of money, power, position, high office, or seeking social status, we have nothing to lose. That is, except for our good reputations. It certainly appears that you.our former Chairman are doing all you can to destroy those good reputations. I am disappointed and you should be ashamed. The task of unifying our party is a big one and your recent rant, to which I am responding, has only further contributed to that divide.
Somebody needs to remind Mr. Haney about Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment…
As Republicans, we have the ability to choose to support certain candidates.
And if you don’t agree with someone else’s selection, then how about show them some respect, and knock off the name calling?
We are all not enamored with Robert Graham, some of us have apprehension with some of his shady business dealings.
Rob,
Thanks for the clarifications. For what it’s worth I add my name to those who endorse Robert Graham’s candidacy for State chair.
As you say, we are in a battle to save the Republic. And it is often the case in such conflict that people who should be working together spend most of their energies fighting people who have the same objective more vehemently than the enemy.
Art Olivas and Lynne Breyer spend more energy telling us what is “wrong” with Robert Graham (along with anyone who supports him, myself for instance) than they do telling us what is right about Doug Little.
I am an active PC and State Committeeman and I was ignorant of Doug Little’s campaign as late as January 8, 2013. That fact alone demonstrates to me at least, that if Mr. Little runs the GOP the way he runs his campaign – he is NOT the right choice for State Chairman.
I guess you don’t read your daily GOP Briefs?
You don’t sound very “active”…
Stupid Tea Partiers will believe anything and collectively they have absolutely no knowledge of anything. The rumors, mis-information and outright lies that are passed around by those who have risen to the top of the Tea Party are absolutely astounding, what a collection of fools. Then again the entire team at North 24th all came from the Tea Party so what can we expect?
I appreciate the above article and hope readers will distance themselves from individuals practicing the politics of rumor, gossip and personal destruction. One of them is actually on the ballot for At-Large Delegate from Pinal County – and they’ve been a paid staffer of the party for 2 years now!
Veritas, as chairman of the East Valley Tea Party I have to agree with you about “some” tea party leaders. I am amazed at how certain people can turn on a candidate at the drop of a hat. Most of the time it is only because they heard a rumor without any proof to back it up. Some of them will probably turn on me and label me a rino for writing this.
If I was a state committeeman I would definitely be voting for Robert Graham. I have spoken to him on several occasions and find him to be a good and honest man. I believe Robert to be someone who genuinely cares about the Constitution, the answer to our problems, the country, and
Arizona. He has proven this over and over by putting his money where his mouth is. He was a huge part of defeating prop 121 and 204.
I wish people would remember our enemy and an enemy to liberty is Obama and his left wing allies not people like Robert Graham.
Hey Greg, weren’t you part of the sham candidate Olivia Cortes’ so called run against Russell Pearce?
Frightening that you still hold a position of power in the party.
Yes Russell Pearce ran a sham candidate, now he’s supporting Graham.
You do the math.
NOBODY cares who you vote for and no one wants your dirty endorsement, Mr. Olivia Cortes Scandal Maker.
No No, not all, just some. But Lynne Breyer is trying to make herself the leader off the state Tea Parties. She and her group of fools are soley responsilble for the vile nasty campaigning and lies, but since Doug Little knows they are lies and rumors, he and his campaign are going to be held responsibile.
Mr. Graham states on his web site he is a “member of the Arizona GOP Leadership Council” and seems to imply it has accomplished great and wonderful things because it “serves to support and foster leadership, vision and the growth of the Arizona Republican Party.”
Having never heard of this Council, I did a Bing search on “Arizona GOP Leadership Council.” Every link went either to Mr. Graham’s web site or to a web site that had quoted his statement or referenced it.
I hope before the election Mr. Graham can inform the state committeemen about the names of the Council’s members and what they have accomplished, concretely, “to support and foster leadership, vision and growth of the Arizona Republican Party.”
It might also be helpful to know whether each of those members have been precinct committeeman prior to 2010 and whether they have all filled out the allotted precinct committeeman slots in their precincts with conservatives?
And whether each had VoterVault and GOP Data Center accounts?
And the percentage of the Republican vote they turned out in their respective precincts in the 2012 general election?
Thank you.
Warrior,
I hope you ask the Doug Little campaign about the Cheating Scandal I received information about. Doug Little is so ill informed his campaign had to send him hand signals and instant messages to answer the questions at the Casa Grand Debate. Where is Doug Litttle’s integrity and principles. I have seen the picture of the signals, and spoke to the person taking them.
LETS PLAY FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, Doug Little got hand signals, telling him to wrap up his statement.
Not cheating at all.
I am voting for Robert Graham, lets get that out front first. I am not going to ask questions of one and not the other. Get some intestinal fortitude Cold Warrior, we want a Leader, a real Leader and Administrator, not an employee who takes orders.
I have heard all the rumors, lies, inuendo and false reporting. Before Lynne Breyer and Jim O’Connor got Doug int he race they started the filthy dirty politics. I caught them in lies and paraniod delusional statements. These supporters of Doug are newbys and are trying to become the so-called insiders. My good Lord, I know two who are supposedly the Good Chrisians of that group, and both lied. I am ashamed of them, I am Catholic and will not lie or repeat rumors or heresay. But he did, and then cancelled a meeting with the supposed person telling the untruths. What manlyness, what Christian beliefs does he hold, then he gets his good friend to do the same. For shame on the Doug Little Campaign for the cowardliness, that includes Doug he refuses to meet yet tried reporting the heresay. Is that what you want in a Leader, somone who will repeat a lie and not go to the source?
Man-up appologize for your behavior, be an administrator and meet with the supposed person who threatened you Doug.
I know every one of these people listed in this fictitious hit piece of tripe. This is simply Rob Haney venting because he knows the baggage Robert Graham carries and he knows many people also know about that legal baggage and he hopes we are all dumb enough to believe this. Rob Haney loves the tea parties he can control and hates the ones who are on to him. This is a case of if we tell the lie about Robert Graham, that his legal troubles are just because the Democrats don’t like Republicans, enough times, that lie will become the new truth. Sonoran Alliance should have maintained it’s integrity and never posted this yellow journalism type hit on good conservative Republicans in an attempt to destroy them so the deals Haney has made with Graham won’t be in jeopardy. With Republicans like Haney, who needs Democrats?
Pat, are you for real? Robert has no legal baggage if you understood anything about politics and how the game is played. But you have no experience and having opened your mouth clearly demonstrated that fact for all to see.
Graham does not need to say a single thing about anyone but Robert Graham and I do not believe he has. He has articulated HIS AGENDA and practiced self restraint by simply explaining his vision and getting folks to buy in. What has Little done? What have his surrogates done? A little explaining and a lot of attacks. Graham has a positive vision for Arizona. We need a state party that stops turning on itself constantly and works at RECRUITING and ASSISTING conservative leaders. This sort of bile is precisely why people outside of the same group that you complain so much about keep getting elected. Graham is as conservative as you can find, is young and energetic, is articulate, is connected, and can raise money. He has a vision and brings in good people to surround him. Attack his age or inexperience… fine… I disagree, but at least it is a rational complaint. But to attack his integrity, his background, his intellect, his fundraising, or his accomplishments just shows ignorance. How about articulating a vision instead of vile attacks?
I forgot to mention that Lynne Breyer never accepts anything at face value. She researches everything and has told me countless times “do your own research” and that is just what I did on Graham. All the info about Graham is totally correct – donations in the primary to the more liberal Republicans against the conservatives, admitted to money laundering to the California Fair Political Practices, was ruled against by the CA Supreme Court and now the IRS is looking into Graham’s PAC for moving money from a charitable pac to a non-charitable pac. And the money that Graham was supposed to have raised never came until Graham hired Kirk Adams, a McCain guy at every turn, to run the PAC. That money was raised by Kirk Adams. I even found that Robert Graham for Arizona could not raise a penny for his own run for governor in 2010. Talk is cheap. I support Doug Little, the guy who has an impressive resume and has actually done it.
Pat, Lynne Breyer is repeating beresay at the top of her lungs. Yesterday The Doug Little Campaign was shut down because of their trash politics. You can repeat Lynne Breyers stupidity all you want, I will respond.
Ask Doug Little why he and his campaign cancelled any and all meeting to discus the heresay, rumors and inuendo Is it becaue they would rather lie than meet and clear up any misinformation? Now they have been caught, and made to look rediculous.
Doug Little is a salesperson, he is not an Administrator like Robert Graham or do you wna tthe same thing we have now. In 2011 Lynne Breyer sent out a supportive email for tom Morrissey that he is a good friend even though he was never a member of the Tea Parties. We see what her pics can bring us. No thank you. I will Support and vote for Robert Graham, a Principles Leader.
You have just proven yourself a fool – Morrissey was a tea party member and you should check that out. That’s how he got elected. Lynne, like most state committeemen who voted, preferred Morrissey over any other candidate. That includes Haney. Haney was big-time Morrissey then. Probably because Haney expected to get some special treatment he must not have gotten. You know as well as anyone what you say about Doug Little’s campaign is absurd and if you are such a blind dope that you don’t know, why don’t you get the right info before you spout more trash. Haney did no vetting and now he’s caught in a trap because he’s put his political future in the hands of a crook. Trying to wiggle out of it by trashing others just makes him look the fool, too. Glad he’s out of office. I heard for the last two years that Haney has “little man” syndrome. Real men act with honor, not dumb attacks.
Lynn Breyer was not a PC till she was appointed in 2012, that is record.
She was actually elected as a PC in 2012
So your “record” is incorrect…
“Doug Little is a salesperson, he is not an Administrator like Robert Graham”
No, Doug Little is CHAIRMAN of Legislative District 23.
What office in the GOP does Robbie Graham hold?
NADA
and for the record, Robert Graham’s “company” consists of just 10 employees
http://rgcapital.net/our-team-2
Notice he has no African American or Hispanic employees
Bravo Pat, you’ve proven you can still shovel more into your mouth!! Bravo!
Sounds like you are an expert at shoving things in your mouth.
To anyone who reads this message on this site or any other, let me say that this is the standard hit piece one has to expect when you do your own research to find the facts. I have NEVER put out anything except that which I personally verify as factual. I have looked at the reports from fppc.ca.gov, at the California Supreme Court decision against Robert Graham, at the Federal Election Commission filings, at the azsos.gov filings, at the newsmeat.com filings. If Rob Haney had done that before going out on a limb to endorse Graham, I feel certain he would have had the facts, too. Judging by this ridiculous hit piece on me just because I like facts over fiction, I suspect he clearly did no research at all and just accepted the answers to a questionaire as ‘vetting.’ I’ve seen that questionaire and anyone who knows Haney would know how to answer those questions. Whatever is going on here, Rob Haney is willing to destroy anyone he perceives to be in his way. Sad, really.
Keep up the good work, Lynne.
Lynne, you and your group of fools have been caught in your campaign of destructiveness. Have you taken lessons from the Democrats? Yes, please people is this what we want, a destructive, vindictive, arrogant destroyer of the Tea Party, conservatives and the Republican Party?
Robert answered all of those questions, the California Supreme Court ruled on the case without a hearing, what they asked for was the names of the people and/or organizations who donated to Robert’s PAC. Lynne is so frustrated she refuses to lsiten to any answer but what she wants to believe. The Democrats did not like the out come of the initiatives on the ballot for the California Top Two, I know that is not the name of the bill, but that is the name here in Arizona. They sued Robert for the names of his donors, they lost. What did they do they appealed to the California Supreme Court. The court ruled without a hearing and ruled Robert had to turn over his top donor list. Robert asked his donors if he could release their names, they agreed. If they said no, he was going to appeal the decision. Just like Lynne Breyer the Liberal Court wanted even more info and wanted the names of the donors donors.
The Democrats want to intimidate us to keep Conservatives from being involved in politics, and giving money to the causes they feel are appropriate. Is that what we want? To be shut-out? To be taken to court by the Liberals? To be shut down? Remember we have that in John Boehner, he shut down all the good Conservatives, Lynne why are you trying to do the same thing. You want your candidate in, so you play dirty filthy politics with our Candidate, that is too much like the Liberals.
Did Rob Haney speak Ill of Doug Little? NO! But he brought to light the top two shupporters of Doug Little and their dogmatic unrelenting vicious attacks on Robert Graham. These two people have tried to destroy another Tea Party, they need to be stopped. Lynne Breyer started AFA to destroy a Tea Party but was eventually stopped there too. She has gone around boards, the people who make the decisions, to try and get the Leaders of TP’s ousted so she can take over. Beware people, this is what is running the Doug Little campaign.
In her post she does not say one thing that gives us any insight into the qualifications of Mr. Little. NO! The same thing she did for Tom Morrissey. Beware of the attacks. We want more this time, we want a LEADER not a FOLLOWER of deceivers. Stop the madness of Lynne Breyer and her team of rumor mongers.
An idiot by any name is still a fool. Clear you are bought and paid for by Haney or the Graham campaign. Or both. Sorry, no sale. Lynne did her research, why don’t you do yours. By your tone, you won’t believe anything about Graham and you will be disappointed that there is nothing on Doug Little. I know the Graham campaign has been looking and coming up empty. If you have something, post it.
what a crack up…go do your research you say. Actually CD9 did his research. Hence the breakdown of the suit against ARL in CA. I think it’s a crack up that so many people want to believe the liberal press and how they portrayed the lawsuit.
Also tread carefully on saying Robert or the ARL guilty of or are themselves money launderers. Slander is a stickly slope and quoting a supposed news source who have either corrected their statements or have received the letter from ARL’s indicating another statement will bring about a slander lawsuit will not protect you in a lawsuit.
But because you have decided to label Robert Graham, you won’t listen, consider or contemplate anything i write either.
You gotta be kidding. I went to that gov website. It’s publicly posted on a gov website and about every blog there is all saying the same thing “Americans for Responsible Leadership Admits Campaign Money Laundering, Discloses $11 Million Donor” There is no slander involved here, just intimidation tactics by Graham surrogates. But we should buy your comments when you sign on as Christie in 2016, the guy that hugged Obama for the cameras and said the Republicans are the reason funding for Hurricane Sandy was being held up? He is who you support for 2016? Again, no sale, Buster, ooops, I mean Christie
ARL never admitted to money laundering you idiot. ARL disclosed the fact that donations came from other groups. The “money-laundering” label was inserted by lefty blogs and picked up by other left leaning blogs. Provide one proof of evidence in public statements or court documents that show ARL admitted to “money laundering.” Further, the behavior the liberals classify as “money laundering” wasn’t even money laundering by definition of the term. It was used as a figure of speech to slander the group.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/05/california-11-million-campaign-donation_n_2078917.html
“Americans for Responsible Leadership, which has been pushing a conservative agenda throughout the state during this campaign season, is funded by two secretive nonprofit groups with ties to the politically powerful billionaires David and Charles Koch as well as former Bush administration advisor Karl Rove.”
She did her research. Stories from Huff Po about the Koch brothers. Great research.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014291392
Or maybe she was running around Democratic Underground. Safe to say that if there was something illegal, DU and Huff Po and Daily Kos would be perp walking someone. But Graham and the evil Koch Brothers and Karl Rove can be mentioned in the same sentence for raising millions to fight for the Conservative Agenda. Top notch research.
Oh you want research? Try this link and then view the supporting docs. http://politicomafioso.blogspot.com/2013/01/doug-little-irs-tax-cheat-faced.html
Talk about trouble with the IRS!
If you’d like some information about Doug Little’s qualifications, just go to his web site and read everything that’s there:
http://www.votedouglittle.com/
As for the so-called “cheating scandal,” this is the statement Doug Little put by email about it. Decide for yourself if there really was a “cheating scandal”:
A Message from Doug
Folks, I know you’re not into silliness. I’m not either. Let me introduce myself: I’m Doug Little, Chairman of LD23 and candidate for Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party. I’ve been making my case on the basis of my executive experience that applies directly to the position I’m running for — examples:
• Posting a record 30% growth annually in a non-growth economy (since the advent of superPACs, political party fundraising has been a non-growth economy)
• Personally generating $14 million in revenue in an 18-month period through networking and building relationships with high-level executives (the kind who write large checks when you make a compelling case)
• Developing and implementing a prospect management system used to track and target leads (imagine if the party had a systematic approach to fundraising and donor relations)
• Building, managing, and motivating a ground force of over 200 employees across North America in a quarter-billion dollar organization
• Opening, funding, and leading one of Arizona’s five official Victory Offices, sweeping the ticket and posting the highest Republican turnout rate in the state
That’s more interesting to me than campaign trail drama, but some things can’t go unanswered no matter how ridiculous they seem. So let’s dispense with this one: Late yesterday, I was forwarded an email from someone named Suzanne Cavalier. I have never met this person, but she has accused me of cheating by using my iPad and receiving ‘hand signals’ in a debate held by the Western Pinal County Republican Club in Casa Grande on Wednesday evening.
I asked several who had attended the meeting and knew Suzanne whether she was present at the debate. She was not. I am astonished that she could know so much about what happened when she wasn’t even there. Who gave her these ideas? She didn’t say. Of course, she has publicly made it very clear that she is a strong proponent of Robert Graham. But let’s address the wild accusations for a moment as if they were something other than desperate campaign spin.
Regarding ‘hand signals,’ Sparky Smith, one of my supporters, did try to get my attention on one occasion. As most people who’ve been in debates can attest, with so little time to consider, compose, and deliver each response, watching and interpreting hand signals from the audience would be a sure way to break my train of thought. I think Sparky was trying to tell me to hurry up and get to the point I was making since we only had one minute to answer questions.
Regarding my iPad… I am a technology guy. I don’t use paper. So instead of notes, I use my iPad. I had my outline for my opening remarks on the iPad as well as some vote tally info for the three CD races that we lost in the last cycle so that I could make a few points about how close those races were and how much of a difference we could make if we had a statewide ground game that could match my district’s top-ranked turnout results. That accounts for a total of about four minutes. During the other 68 or so, the iPad sat closed with the cover over it on the table in front of me. WPCRC President Matt Herman was standing two feet from me at the podium and can confirm this.
In addition, we have video of the entire debate. We will link it from my website at http://votedouglittle.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=401906bd9fc91650e588468ed&id=f60c25b28d&e=93c73f47e2. Watch the video and evaluate the accusations for yourself. I trust your judgment.
As a man who values integrity above all else, I find it despicable that someone whom I don’t know and who was not even present at the meeting would accuse me of cheating. Since Suzanne indicated that she was sending her accusation to you, I hope you’ll understand why I felt it important to address this.
So now I’ve addressed it. There is another debate on Tuesday, January 22nd at 7:30pm at the Tri-City Baptist Church at 2211 West Germann Road, Chandler, Arizona 85286. The iPad will be staying home that night. Come, or watch the webcast at http://votedouglittle.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=401906bd9fc91650e588468ed&id=150fb84585&e=93c73f47e2, and see for yourself what I really am: An intelligent, articulate leader who is capable of leading the Arizona Republican Party to great success in the future.
Thanks for your time. I’d love to have your vote as well.
Doug Little
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Thank you.
Doug,
Say what you want, You were cheating and you know it. Not a brain is your collective heads. You are involved in this up to your eyebrows, you have made a fool of yourself and others by repeating rumors lies and inuendo. Yet not man enough to accept an appointment to qwell the lies. Is this how a State off would be run under your administration, with rumor and 2nd hand information?
Your campaign tried that yesterday, ask you campaign staff how they were recieved after the audiance realized you were repeating heresay. They were embarassed for you that you, a supposed educated man would stoop to such ill informed tactics. I guess not all Republicans have any Principles.
Wait, wait. This letter fro doug accuses CD9 of not being at the Debate, right? Well all information I have is Doug little and his wife were not at the State Office on 24th St when the statement was made that his family was targeted, right?
I guess Doug Little can pass on heresay, while he is running for offic. , Suzanne what are you running for? Are you going to be able to influence the way the money is spent and or who the Republican Party supports? I want answers. Who is going to have more power and yet they can say what happened in a meetign they were not in attendance. I think the Goose just got cooked by the Gander.
It seems Doug Little can spew his heresay but Suzanne can not. Again the Doug Little campaign is stepping in it with a statement that took them how long to respond to the alligation of cheating? Guess what I think i believe Suzanne.
Dear Fellow Patriots, COLD WARRIOR AND MR. LITTLE, Don’t find ME despicable! I WAS THERE! I was happy to hear the decision was made NOT to allow Ipads at the debate and especially the Election due to the following situation I WITNESSED IN CASA GRANDE.
I was at the meeting in Casa Grande. As Doug Little was speaking, he hesitated for a moment, he stepped back and grabbed his Ipad. He looked at it. He then looked up and looked out into the audience. He basically stopped in his tracks. As I looked over to see what he was looking at I witnessed a man sitting at a table by the back wall who had three fingers up ( the middle, ring and small fingers) up and the thumb of the other finger pointing downward. When Mr. Little had a confused look on his face I looked back again at this man by the wall and still sitting in a chair. He was waving his hands in front of his face as seeming to state “just never mind”, shaking his head and actually looking embarrassed as if Doug missed out on what he was trying to tell him. There was a hesitation, very apparent, from Mr. Little. ( moment of silence) . A picture was taken by someone as well as I saw a flash go off. I AM telling the truth. I was stunned by this behavior.
The lady that was doing the video taping sat down with the man who did the hand signals after the meeting was over. They talked for quite a while. The man was a grey haired man somewhat tall with glasses. The lady who did the video taping had glasses as well, dark hair and somewhat short. She could not have video taped the hand signals as she was in the back next to a wall that came out and you could hardly see her taping. The camera was pointing up front the entire time. The man signaling was back against the wall and could never have been seen by the camera. Therefore, ANY SIGNALS GIVEN WILL NOT SHOW UP ON THE VIDEO THEY ARE HAVING US WATCH!. She, as well, did some signaling so as to “coach” Mr. Little. SHE MADE SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS ACROSS HER CHEST. I saw this as I kept checking back to see if any more of this type of activity was continuing.
After listening to these accusations it is obvious to me through MY observations Mr. Little WAS RECEIVING signals. He was looking directly at the older gray-haired man and the lady video taping. The lady video taping, after watching the activity after the meeting, was there for Mr. Little same as the older man. She also left with Doug Little. One more thought. If she did the video taping couldn’t they EDIT OUT whatever they wanted? Please be careful what you believe. Like I say I WAS THERE!! I would take a lie detector test if need be. I don’t like people who DON”T TELL THE TRUTH MR. LITTLE. I SAW THAT MAN HAVE 3 FINGERS UP AND A THUMB DOWN AND I SAW YOU GO GET YOUR IPAD TO FINISH ANSWERING A QUESTION. YOU LOOKED AT YOUR IPAD, LOOKED UP AT THAT MAN AS IF YOU WERE CONFUSED AND COULDN’T FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WERE TO SAY? SOMETHING FISHY WAS GOING ON MR. LITTLE.
I’ve watched the entire debate performance here:
http://www.popmodal.com/users/votedouglittle/videos/public
I didn’t see any “cheating” or that Doug Little “was RECEIVING signals.”
I kept watching closely for the guy on the grassy knoll, but didn’t see that either.
I appreciate both candidates sacrificing their time, as well as the time of those state committeemen in attendance.
Also glad to see neither candidate called the other any bad names. And that they both agreed to strive for unifying, uniting and growing the conservative PC ranks of our Party. And that they shook hands at the end.
No matter which candidate wins, each conservative precinct committeeman needs to do their utmost to find conservatives who will be willing to get involved in our Party in their precinct and on their legislative district committee as precinct committeemen.
Thank you.
If you want to talk about coaching, I listed to Van’s Radio interview with Robert Graham.
At one point, I heard Graham speaking to someone in the room with him, getting coached on an answer.
Too funny.
OMG, sounds like a patriot, a real one, not a manufactured one. Did you see all the links on armourandshield http://armorandshield.blogspot.com/
This guy Graham is as phony as a $3 bill. He’s just making up “organizations” he belongs to. This sounds very familiar. Let me think. Oh, yes, Obama does that, too.
Doug Little, is the $3 bill. a Phoney.
Robert was Appointed to that Committe, Arizona GOP Leadership, by Randy Pullen, ROBERT WAS NOT THE CHAIR, he could not call meetings or make policy. I am trying to get who else was on that with him, as soon as I do I will post especially for Cold Warrior. Cold Warrior I have always respected you, if you are going to make accusations please call the person you are talking about.
“if you are going to make accusations please call the person you are talking about”
Really? What rulebook did this gem come from?
I have not made any accusations. Just passing along information.
Thank you.
What info? Did you call and ask about the committee? NO, the same thing the Doug Little campaign is doing on the alligations against Ron Ludders. It seems to me, they have started trying to tear down the Republican Party, how are you goping to promote more PC’s when this desension and destruction being caused by these Camapigners of terror. They have started this, but I will quote Doug Little, “I will end this”. And man who has listened to lies and half truths and repeats them is not worthy to run our Party.
Doug Little the whiner has been asked repeatedly to meet, he refuses, jim O’Connor the weak cancelled a meeting on this subject, they know they have been caught. Much of this is coming from Lynne and Bill. I left that campaign because of their nasty vile politics of personal destruction. I had a perivate meeting with Robert, I aksed him all the questions. I am not a coward, unlike Doug Little and repeat 2nd hand information that he refuses to meet and ask the so-called person who made the remarks. I hope you will call Robert.
I met personally with Mr. Graham back in late May of 2011 with others, on the recommendation of many, regarding his fundraising prowess and whether he would be willing to help raise money for the AZ GOP to fund software empowering the precinct committeeman all across the state to coordinate their GOTV efforts. He gave examples of how he could raise $50,000 with one phone call. I asked him where that money went. He said it went to the party national committees. You may recall the RNSC supported Charlie Crist in Florida, now a Democrat, over Marco Rubio. One example of many. I told him that the national committees routinely do not support the candidate in the primary who best supports our Party Platform. I told him chunks of change like $50,000 could be much more effectively spent here in Arizona to elect greater numbers of conservative Republicans to office.
He listened.
He asked me to follow-up. I did. Repeatedly. By email and phone calls. All my messages to him went unanswered.
If we had had that kind of software deployed by the Party state-wide, and made available to campaign managers as well, I believe we could have elected a Republican to the mayor’s office in Phoenix, we could have elected a Republican to the mayor’s office and to two city council seats in Tempe, and we would now have three additional Republicans representing us in the U.S. House.
And that software would have effective in informing Republican and Republian-leaning independents about the ballot iniatiatives, too.
I also haven’t called anyone any names.
As you’ve asked him “all the questions,” what can you tell us about the accomplishments of, and membership of, the Arizona GOP Leadership Council?
I would welcome receiving from you as much information as possible.
Thank you.
Since I never heard of the organization I can’t. But I called and got who appointed him, which was more than you did, my Lord all you did was pass on misinformation.
If the State PC’s elect Doug we will have a bunch of people in that office that will lie, sneak and destroy the Republican party. I want to see your Project then. I never started this till I could not take the politics of personal destruction from the Doug Litte camaign something you seem to be dismissing.
I too made an appointment with Robert and asked questions, did I agree with everything he said, NO. But I agree with a lot more than not, unlike the terror campaign of Doug Little I got ideas and problem solving answers. Is everything going to work, most probable not, but he has ideas not personal destructive emails and rumors.
Robert was asked at the EGC meeting if he would appoint Doug to an office in the state headquarters, he even said that may not be a bad idea. We want to work with all factions get their input into what may or not work. Something the opposition can’t discuss because they are too busy passing on rumors, lies and heresay. All we have heard from the opposition is a big nothing, except we have been wronged, well please tell me by whom? The paranoia coming from their camp, because they have been caught in lies is palatable.
This is NOT a “rumor”
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/americans_responsible_leadership_donors_revealed.php
“If the State PC’s elect Doug we will have a bunch of people in that office that will lie, sneak and destroy the Republican party.”
Actually only ONE person is in the position of State Chairman
And there’s no such thing as a “State PC”.
Sheeeeesh, I should have proof read my comments, I appologize to anybody having to decifer what I wrote.
Between now and the GOP State election Saturday, things will understandably become hectic and, perhaps, emotional. We can be certain the atmosphere will be replete with accusations and counter-charges, deluging us with rumors, gossip, innuendo, and disinformation – all intended to deflect, demonize, and demoralize.
This would be a good time to remember that our eventual purpose is to re-secure the blessings of liberty within our Republic, through a fair and representative process first within the party and then on to an even greater confrontation with political progressives from the other side.
It may be be titillating to pass along rumors and gossip, however we may benefit from considering that those who spread rumors, gossip and scuttlebutt usually have nothing more substantial to discuss.
They would be well advised to remember that words said can never be ‘unsaid’ and are reminded to keep words soft and sweet, should we end up being forced to eat them.
Big Picture, warriors. Let’s not allow ourselves to get distracted by detail or channeled by controversy.
We have a party to win. And a Republic to hold. Robert Graham has the vision, the action plan, the leadership skills, ability to unify a divided party, the energy and strength to lead the Arizona GOP to great success.
Lets be clear, Doug Little may be a swell guy, but State Chairman is well over his pay grade. We’ve had two years of a nice guy as Chairman and look at the state of the party today. Our current chairman had no experience at a state party level and it painfully showed.
Clean house at North 24th Street Saturday and begin the restoration of the AZGOP. We don’t need more fools running the office.
Someone needs to ask Doug Little if he approves of and accepts the endorsement of Art Olivas and his belligerent “hood” vulgarity. Does candidate Little condone the immaturity and accept as fact the statements that the “Mexican Bandit” proudly refers to as “More Rumors and Misinformation”. Mr.Olivas has done well to make his own shoot first and and be a “conservative” later campaign an organization to be avoided simply by his want to display just how abrasive and boorish he can be. Apparently Doug Little believes that such behavior will be the saving grace for what ails the AZ GOP.
Mr. Graham’s decision to hire Kirk Adams to lead his PAC is enough to incline me in another direction for state chair. The last thing we need is another pro-amnesty Republican in a prominent position looking for a chance to endorse The Dream Act. Judging from his occupation, Doug Little has strong Second Amendment credentials. I agree with Ron Ludders that for the sake of the Party and the country we should tone the rhetoric way down. No more flames, please!
John Lyon
The rhetoric is being launched from one direction. If there’s a desire for no more rhetorical flame and bomb throwers, perhaps a memo to the self appointed “Mexican Bandit” and the likes of his anonymous appeasers is in order. He alone, the self appointed one-sided arbiter of everything Latino & Little is doing more damage in repelling conservatives from the needs of the Party. If the obnoxious Olivas charges against Graham are to be perceived as the AZ GOP answer to Hispanic outreach, then the state of the finances of the AZ Republican Party is the least of it’s worries.
I am disappointed with Robert Graham. I have been a supporter of his for a long time.
I e-mailed him the credible links concerning his money laundering issues, and he has failed to respond.
You simply can’t ignore impending felony charges.
I also asked him to distance himself from Ron Ludders due to his potential campaign finance charges.
Once again, no response.
Disappointed.
“Lets be clear, Doug Little may be a swell guy, but State Chairman is well over his pay grade. We’ve had two years of a nice guy as Chairman and look at the state of the party today. Our current chairman had no experience at a state party level and it painfully showed”
Doug Little is currently Chairman of LD23
What leadership position does Robert Graham hold?
NONE!
I agree, no more rumors
Let’s post FACTS instead, like this:
http://www.fppc.ca.gov/press_release.php?pr_id=766
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/americans_responsible_leadership_donors_revealed.php
Robert Graham refuses to name donors
http://www.azcentral.com/video/2151990270001