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June 25, 2007
Street Fair Coverage in New York Times
Our annual street fair, which we sponsor, received a write up in the Sunday New York Times:
Sometimes, it is an uphill battle for the club. "Young Republicans?" snorted one passer-by, a burly middle-aged man. "I didn’t know there were any young Republicans!""Unoriginal," muttered Mr. Peterson, who works at a real estate management company. "But it's a fairly typical comment." Most passers-by acted indifferent.
It was worse in 2004, said Mr. Hornak, who thought up the idea of sponsoring street fairs as a way of increasing membership.
By June of that year, it was becoming clear that John Kerry, the Democratic nominee for president, might go down in defeat.
Mr. Hornak, who was staffing the booth then, recalled that passers-by routinely cursed, spat and threw food at the Young Republican booth.
"It didn’t bother me, and it doesn’t bother me," said Mr. Hornak, who works for Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco. "I have thick skin. If my presence here can make them feel that insecure, it actually makes me feel stronger."
Every year since then, the atmosphere has improved. "It's gotten mellower and mellower," Mr. Hornak said, "because people decided that that’s it, Bush is in until the end of 2008."
Mayor Bloomberg's popularity helped improve the tone, as well, he said. "Once the Democrats aren’t attacking you, they're listening."
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June 16, 2007
July 12 Speakers Forum
The next New York Young Republican Club, Inc meeting will be held on Thursday, July 12, 2007.
Scheduled Speakers
Pete Hegseth Executive Director of Vets for Freedom. First Lieutenant Pete Hegseth served in Iraq with the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division for their deployment to Iraq from 2005-2006. Lt. Hegseth served as an infantry Platoon Leader in Baghdad during the nationwide elections in October and December 2005, and as a Civil-Military Operations officer in Samarra. Lt. Hegseth also served in Guantanamo Bay for a year on a security mission with his National Guard unit and currently serves in the 1-69 Infantry, New York Army National Guard. He holds the Bronze Star for his time in Iraq. Pete is a graduate of Princeton University and plans to pursue a Masters in Public Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton in the fall. Lt. Hegseth originally hails from Minnesota, but now lives in New York City with his wife.
Please R.S.V.P. to this meeting/event.
Meeting Location
Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' & Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Ave (bet 36th & 37th St), 2nd Floor
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Business Casual requested.
Please be on time.
For After-politics Socializing
Come join us afterwards for drinks at:
Margarita Murphy's
591 Third Avenue
Between 38th and 39th streets
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June 13, 2007
NYC Street Fair & Mitt Romney Event
NYYRC Street Fair
Saturday, June 23 - 7th Avenue (bet 47th St & 57th St)
Our annual street fair along 7th Avenue in Midtown is a great opportunity for members and non-members a-like, to give NYC the Republican presence it needs and deserves. Help our club leadership work the fair where we register voters, recruit new members and spread the Republican message to the people of NYC. If you're in Manhattan or going to be in Manhattan, stop by any time between 11 AM and 5 PM and help us out. You can volunteer a half hour, an hour or even two.
R.S.V.P. to let us know that you will come by and at what time you think you can show.
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Young Professionals for Mitt Romney
(for invitation pdf, click above header)
June 27, 2007
Intercontinental The Barclay
111 East 48th Street
New York City
YP Reception: 7 PM
contribution: $100
If we can organize a group of six or more NYYRC members to go to this event, it will only cost $50 per person. You must be a 2007 member and you must R.S.V.P for the event by Friday, June 22.
For more info, email us at info@nycyr.org
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June 05, 2007
Third Anniversary of President Reagan’s Passing
As we look forward today with a Special Election and with the Third Republican Presidential Debate, let us also take a moment to reflect on what was. On this day in 2004, President Ronald Wilson Reagan’s earthy travails ended.
For 30 years, Ronald Reagan captivated the Republican Party, from what is simply remembered as “The Speech” to Reagan’s retirement from politics in November 1994. During these three decades, Reagan fought for a candidate ahead of his time, government California through the turbulent 1960’s, restored our national pride through leadership and eloquence as president, and saw the dawn of the Congressional Republican Revolution.
As we look forward today with a Special Election and with the Third Republican Presidential Debate, let us also take a moment to reflect on what was. On this day in 2004, President Ronald Wilson Reagan’s earthy travails ended.
For 30 years, Ronald Reagan captivated the Republican Party, from what is simply remembered as “The Speech” to Reagan’s retirement from politics in November 1994. During these three decades, Reagan fought for a candidate ahead of his time, governed California through the turbulent 1960’s, restored our national pride through leadership and eloquence as president, and saw the dawn of the Congressional Republican Revolution.
In the speech that launched him to national prominence, “A Time For Choosing”, October 27, 1964, Reagan famously said:
“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.”
President Reagan accepted his destiny and shaped this country and the world for the better. The lights still shine brightly in our city on a hill.
Ronald Wilson Reagan:
February 6, 1911 to June 5, 2004
Posted by Ron Lewenberg at 09:22 AM | Comments (0)