Butte County Republican Party

Republican Corner: Fun at the Butte County Fair!
By Post Scripts on August 27, 2010 6:00 AM | 13 Comments

By Steve Thompson, Chairman of the Butte County Republican Party

Butte County Fair – Fun for the whole herd of elephants!

I spend most weeks on here writing about government waste, government abuse of people who are trying to make a living, and the evil democrats who gave us all this gigantic mess. This week I thought I’d write about something most people enjoy, the county fair.

The Butte County Republican Party has their booth at the Butte County Fair again this year, and tonight was my night to work the closing shift. I relieved Supervisor-elect Larry Wahl and his wife, Mary, and took over for the evening. Right off the bat we had some great visitors like Wally and Pam Herger, Owen Stiles (republican city councilor from Gridley) and my own Angela Thompson, republican councilwoman from Biggs. I was informed that last night we also had a visit from local republican Doug LaMalfa, and we’ve only been open two days now.

While on shift, I had a lot of average, every day people come up and talk to me. This was pretty good considering the fair seemed to be having a slow night. Most of them wanted to talk about the bigger campaigns, like Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, two very exciting women who are likely to win their races this fall. Whitman is running against the crazy old man without a plan Jerry Brown, and Fiorina is running to take out one of the rudest and most anti-job democrats in the nation, Barbara Boxer. The people asking about these campaigns were excited, they really feel like this is a year of change and that we’re going to see our country turned around in November. At the same time though, they’re leery, and I don’t blame them.
I believe Republicans will take back Congress this year, no doubt about it, but there are some who still don’t think we deserve it. Let’s face it, when republicans had congress for too long they started acting like democrats and spent the nation’s money like there was no tomorrow. There were so many republican sex scandals it was making Bill Clinton look like a saint! In 2006 the American people got sick of it, and democrats were promising to bring a balanced budget and open government, so the people threw out the republicans and gave democrats a chance, much to their current regret. Now the democrats are pushing some of the most radical, far left policy our country has ever seen, along with deficit spending as far as the eye can see. Not to mention a President who is turning into such an abject failure that he’s making Jimmy Carter start to look good! Even David Letterman is now making jokes about Obama being a one term president!

So again, I think Republicans will win this November, but do we deserve it? I will be campaigning for this victory so I hope so. It’s crucial that once we take back congress, we have to start living up to our conservative principles. America is a nation that favors capitalism, warts and all, over the shared misery and soul-devoid socialism. American people are center-right, not radical left. But they won’t continue to give our party second chances if we don’t start earning it. We have to push for swift policy changes to get people back to work and put government on a severe spending diet.

While at the fair I also managed to look around at some of the great offerings. The Taste of Butte County event was well done and offered a variety of local made products like olive oil, sausage, beer and wine. The livestock were there, along with the pigs which reminded me of some young ladies I saw protesting Prop 23 the other day.

The temperature is supposed to come down a little this weekend, so if you have free time, come down to the Butte County Fair in Gridley. Don’t forget to stop by the Republican booth and chat with our friendly volunteers. We’re right next to the Gridley Chamber of Commerce and the people who sell some really tasty fudge. Remember, the county fair is fun for the whole herd!