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Vince Danet for Congress

INTRODUCTION OF CANDIDATE

I  need your support. I am Gwendolyn Hall Brady and I most humbly and respectfully ask for your vote to serve as a Delegate from the Virgin Islands Republican Party to the 2012 Republican National Convention. A dedicated public servant, I would use my more than thirty (30) years combined experience in crime . . . → Read More: Gwendolyn Hall Brady Candidate for GOP 2012 CONVENTION]]>  

INTRODUCTION OF CANDIDATE

I  need your support. I am Gwendolyn Hall Brady and I most humbly and respectfully ask for your vote to serve as a Delegate from the Virgin Islands Republican Party to the 2012 Republican National Convention. A dedicated public servant, I would use my more than thirty (30) years combined experience in crime prevention, criminal justice planning, banking and insurance, financial compliance, and legislation drafting and monitoring to represent you at the Convention.  At present, I serve as Legislative Director for the Honorable Usie R. Richards, Chairman of the 29^th Legislature of the Virgin Islands Committee on Rules and the Judiciary.  I consider my job to be very rewarding intellectually, multifaceted and challenging, all of which would enhance my position if elected as a Delegate.  My responsibilities include researching issues critical to the well-being of Virgin Islanders; researching, analyzing and drafting proposed legislation; reviewing laws from other jurisdictions for possible application to the Virgin Islands; preparing Bill Drafting Requests for the Senator; monitoring and coordinating legislation proposed by the Senator; preparations for and assisting the Senator at Committee Meetings and Legislative Sessions; writing reports on actions taken by the Committee; addressing constituent concerns; analyzing reports and other materials; representing the Senator at public events and assisting with administrative operations.

I previously served as Assistant Vice President/Regional Compliance Manager for Banco Popular Virgin Islands; Director of the Virgin Islands Division of Banking and Insurance within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Equal Employment Rights Manager for FEMA (St. Croix) and Director of Administration with the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency.

I am the wife of Honorable Julio A. Brady, Judge, Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. An active volunteer, I am a member of St. Mary’s Catholic School Development Committee; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (Mu Gamma Omega Chapter, St. Croix); the League of Women Voters of the Virgin Islands and the Virgin Islands Commission on the Status of Women. I am a former member of the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities of the Virgin Islands and Holy Cross Catholic Church Finance Committee.

I speak frequently in the community on topics such as the basics of parliamentary procedure and financial management.  A published author of religious books, I am an alumnus of Florida State University and Howard University School of Law.

PLEASE VOTE FOR GWEN BRADY MARCH 10, 2012 TO SERVE AS A DELEGATE TO THE 2012 RNC.

Why Mitt Romney?

Next Tuesday I will be voting for Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. I wanted to share why I have decided to publicly endorse and vote for Mitt Romney. There are four primary reasons for my support:

ONE: He is a strong leader & has a vision to make . . . → Read More: Why Mitt Romney?]]>  

Why Mitt Romney?

Next Tuesday I will be voting for Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. I wanted to share why I have decided to publicly endorse and vote for Mitt Romney. There are four primary reasons for my support:

ONE: He is a strong leader & has a vision to make America strong & prosperous.

TWO: He is uniquely qualified to serve as President – no one is better prepared.

THREE: He can beat Barack Obama in November, early polls showing his strength.

FOUR: Mitt Romney will make Michigan competitive for Republicans in 2012 on the day he wins the nomination.

I have watched the nominating process unfold and as I have said over and over again, there is NOTHING more important for our country and our children than stopping Barack Obama and his policies.

To paraphrase William F. Buckley, I think now, more than ever, it makes sense to support the most conservative candidate who can win…Mitt Romney is that candidate and now is the time to start rallying our forces.

There are several other candidates who have offered a compelling alternative to Barack Obama and his policies. There are more that have come and gone and for one reason or another are NOT in a position to challenge the President this fall.

However, this election is so important and the task at hand so daunting I believe only the strongest, best organized, best financed and best prepared candidate can effectively challenge Barack Obama this fall across our entire country.

Romney’s focus on job creation combined with his Michigan roots and ability to relate to the hopes and dreams of native Michiganders make him Mark Brewer’s worse nightmare.

The most pressing issue facing Michigan and America is JOBS and our economy. No other candidate has the knowledge and experience creating jobs and turning things around. You can look at Mitt’s experience in turning around the Olympics, putting Massachusetts on a strong economic footing while cutting taxes 19 times and his lifetime career in the private sector.

So this coming Tuesday we have a choice as to who will be our Republican nominee?!?

Rick Santorum and his allies are making claims that somehow his policies will be “more” conservative then Mitt Romney’s if elected President. Let us put a few facts on the table.

FACT:

Romney and Santorum BOTH support reducing federal spending over a phased in period and moving towards a Balanced Budget.

Romney and Santorum BOTH support repealing Obamacare.

Romney and Santorum BOTH support a flatter tax with lower rates.

Romney and Santorum BOTH support traditional marriage.

Romney and Santorum BOTH support pro-life agenda that includes overturning Roe vs Wade.

Romney and Santorum BOTH support Right to Work legislation, although Santorum voted against it.

Romney and Santorum BOTH support a strong defense policy.

Romney and Santorum BOTH support the 2nd Amendment and don’t believe there is a need for additional gun control laws to be passed.

Romney and Santorum BOTH support eliminating and reducing burdensome regulations to help create jobs!

So what’s the difference?

FACT:

Santorum voted to increase the deficit by TRILLIONS of dollars FIVE separate times.

Santorum eagerly and proudly supports “earmarks” in deficit spending bills.

Santorum voted for federal bailouts for the Salt Lake Olympics and Airline industry.

Santorum voted to federally fund the ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ and a ‘Tea Pot Museum’ amongst others.

Santorum voted for the largest expansion of federal government entitlement in our history supporting the UNFUNDED Medicare Prescription D program.

Santorum voted to confirm now Supreme Court Justice Sotomeyer to the federal bench.

Santorum endorsed party switcher and liberal Arlen Specter for the U.S. Senate.

Santorum has spent most of his career in Washington DC – 16 years in Congress and then as a corporate lobbyist. Santorum has truly become a creature of Washington DC…not of change.

Michigan clearly wants leadership with private sector experience because government has demonstrated they don’t have all the answers. America needs someone who gets it, who’s been there and done that, someone to help restore America’s confidence and greatness. We need something more than another career politician because it’s career politicians have gotten us into this mess and they aren’t going to get us out. Mitt is a conservative businessman and that’s the experience he will bring to the White House to turn our economy around.

To put it succinctly, with 25 years of experience in the private sector, Mitt Romney knows how our economy works and how to implement pro-growth policies that will produce jobs. Mitt is clearly the strongest candidate to take on President Obama and he has the skills needed to rein in spending, control our exploding deficits and bring fiscal sanity back to Washington.

Mitt Romney has taken a common sense conservative approach on issue after issue. From creating the right environment for job creation, to cutting taxes, support for a strong defense – his positions are sound. So, while some question his position as Governor on healthcare, we need to remember he was able to create their state’s program without raising taxes and by implementing a free-market plan, not a government plan. I believe that difference will be a strong issue for us when taking on Obama. He has also been clear that it was a state approach, which may not work in other states. That is why the issue should be addressed at the state level, not the federal level. And he is 100% clear on this: as President he will REPEAL Obamacare, and on day one will give all 50 states waivers from complying with Obamacare.

In the end, our goal is to put America back on the right track. We need to do whatever it takes to win this election and stop the dangerous policies of Barack Obama and his allies in the Democratic Party. They have put our country in a tenuous position economically, abroad and in my opinion – challenged the fundamental constitutional tenants of our limited republican form of government.

As the Detroit News said in their endorsement: “Mitt Romney stands alone among the Republican primary field as the candidate capable of winning the White House, and more importantly, of leading the nation to a prosperous future.”

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While the Detroit Free Press in their endorsement said: “He is the only one who has the combination of résumé and bearing to occupy the Oval Office.”

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Elections are about choices. And the stakes for our country are too high to ignore and/or just sit on our hands.

I firmly believe that Governor Mitt Romney is the right man, at the right time to step up and serve our country. As with every candidate, there will be things I don’t necessarily agree with or may have done differently myself. However, the ultimate test comes in the comparison to Barack Obama, his policies and Romney’s ability to offer our country a viable alternate.

Romney is tested, he’s ready, he’s committed and he is best prepared for the challenge ahead. I urge you to join me in voting for Mitt Romney to be our next President of the United States of America!

Saul Anuzis

Republican National Committeeman for Michigan

**NOTE** Congressman Ron Paul will travel to St Thomas and St Croix during the first week of March. If you would like to be kept updated on Ron’s historic visit to US Virgin Islands just register at http://www.ronpaul2012.com/sign-up-as-volunteer/. You will receive a personal invitation to meet Ron Paul and attend all . . . → Read More: Congressman Paul Plans VI Campaign Stop]]> Ron Paul chats with Doug Wead!       

**NOTE** Congressman Ron Paul will travel to St Thomas and St Croix during the first week of March.
If you would like to be kept updated on Ron’s historic visit to US Virgin Islands just register at http://www.ronpaul2012.com/sign-up-as-volunteer/. You will receive a personal invitation to meet Ron Paul and attend all of Ron’s campaign events on the Islands. Thank you. **NOTE**

As the presidential race continues, Ron Paul takes time to chat with Doug Wead. “If we have learned anything in this cycle it is that the whole campaign can change quickly,” says the upbeat candidate, who refuses to back off his signature credo that it’s time to “stop policing the world and start defending this country.”

Doug Wead is a presidential historian, New York Times bestselling author and advisor to two presidents. He served as special assistant to the president in the George Herbert Walker Bush White House. He served in the George W Bush White House. In 1979 he co-founded Mercy Corps and the International Charity Awards. Doug is currently a senior advisor to Ron Paul.

As the presidential race continues, how do you feel about your campaign?

I feel good. I feel optimistic about America and especially hopeful about the next generation. As you know we have a lot of young people in our campaign and they are well informed and aware of the financial danger in this country. That bodes well for all of us. If we know the problem and do the right thing, we can eventually get out of this. So I am very encouraged by that.

Yes, but are you going to win the nomination? What do you say to those who believe you can’t win?

We can still win. It hasn’t been decided. And if we have learned anything in this cycle it is that the whole race can change quickly. I think we are going to do very well. We had a three way tie for delegates in Iowa. The important thing is that I have challenged the status quo, the corruption in Washington, and as a doctor I know that the patient, in this case the country, is responding and now has a good chance of recovery. This is very, very pleasing to me.

The attacks on you have been pretty bitter. Does that rankle?

Well, sure I am human. But if I am attacked for something I believe it doesn’t bother me. That’s why I make sure my own advertising is based on truth, comparison advertising, pointing out the differences on positions and issues. We are very careful not to say something about someone else that isn’t true.

There is one very serious charge going unanswered. Bachman said it daily and now Gingrich is saying it every day at every stop. He says, “Ron Paul would wait until an American city is destroyed by a nuclear weapon before he would respond.”

Oh, that is totally false. And further it is an insult to people’s intelligence. Of course, we would defend ourselves. We would never let it get to that point.

The fact is that to remain strong we must stop policing the world and start defending this country. The Soviet Union collapsed not because someone pointed a nuclear missile at them but because they over extended themselves.

Thomas Jefferson said that the more you use power the less you have.

I often say that we must stop policing the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan and start taking care of our own border with Mexico.

And yet your opponents, both on the campaign and in the media, portray this as an extreme view. They are especially concerned that you are not tough enough on Iran.

Well, I make it clear that I don’t want Iran to have nuclear weapons. Frankly, I don’t want North Korea to have them either. But neither do I want a needless war. We cannot afford to go to war without a clear reason and a clear threat or else these endless wars become, themselves, the source of our own defeat. I notice that the Israeli Chief of Mossad, Tamir Pardo, addressed a meeting of Israeli ambassadors in Jerusalem just a few days ago saying that Israel’s existence is not inevitably endangered by Iran acquiring an atomic weapon. Surely, we should consider what the Israelis themselves say.

How do you feel about being such a target? You are called a pacifist or an isolationist.

Just keep in mind, when we take the stage at the next debate I will have more donors among the active military service than all of the other candidates combined. Among my supporters is Michael Scheuer, the man who headed up the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit.

People, who understand the cost of war, are much more careful about rushing into it. And while all of the candidates talk big about wanting to have another war, only two of us, Rick Perry and myself, have been in uniform. The others are quick to send young people to die but they all carefully avoided military service themselves. (With the departure of Rick Perry, Ron Paul is the only candidate to have served his country in the military.)

And yet they say you are “dangerous.”

There is nothing dangerous about the U.S. Constitution. There is nothing dangerous about taking the issue of war or peace to the Congress and letting them debate it. If Congress has lost that power to decide war, then what are they for? What is more important than that? It means we will have replaced Congress with televisions pundits.

We should not so casually abandon the U.S. Constitution. It is a great document that has guided our country for two hundred years.

**NOTE** Congressman Ron Paul will travel to St Thomas and St Croix during the first week of March.
If you would like to be kept updated on Ron’s historic visit to US Virgin Islands just register at http://www.ronpaul2012.com/sign-up-as-volunteer/. You will receive a personal invitation to meet Ron Paul and attend all of Ron’s campaign events on the Islands. Thank you. **NOTE**

On Saturday March 10th, registered Republicans across the Virgin Islands will attend caucuses in each district to elect delegates to the 2012 National Convention in Tampa, Florida.

I made a declaration of my candidacy on January 5th 2012.

I live on a small farm in Estate La Grange in Frederiksted on Saint Croix, where I am . . . → Read More: John Clendenin Declares Candidacy for VI GOP Caucus Delegate]]> Dear Fellow Republican:

On Saturday March 10th, registered Republicans across the Virgin Islands will attend caucuses in each district to elect delegates to the 2012 National Convention in Tampa, Florida.

I made a declaration of my candidacy on January 5^th 2012.

I live on a small farm in Estate La Grange in Frederiksted on Saint Croix, where I am an ancestral native of the Virgin Islands.  I retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after 38 years in the United States Marine Corps.  I am a former Xerox Corporation Executive where I specialized in Supply Chain Logistics and Information Systems.  I am a former Senior Faculty member of Harvard Business School, where I also earned my MBA.  I am currently the CEO of Inner Circle Logistics, Inc., an EDC beneficiary company on Saint Croix. I have been serving our community as a member of the St. Patrick’s Alumni Board, with the STX Marine Corps Association, and with the Boards of the Society of Caribbean Artists (SOCA) and Crucian Heritage, Nature and Tourism (CHANT).

Politically, I am a member of the Saint Croix Republicans and attended the 2008 Republican National Convention, held during August in St. Paul, Minnesota as an elected delegate of our Territory.  I sincerely feel that I represent the values and philosophy of the Republican Party.  Prior to returning to the Virgin Islands in 2005, I was active in New York politics and ran for the U.S. Congress in 1992 and 1994.  Locally, I have participated in developing a core, common and unique platform for the Territory.

With your support, I will continue to fight for enhanced rights for the territories, and will ensure that our voices are heard on the floor of the Republican National Convention.

I urge you to vote for me, Johann (John) A. Clendenin as a pledged delegate for Mitt Romney to the Republican National Convention. A vote for me will ensure that the Virgin Island’s has a strong and experienced local voice in the halls of the Republican National Convention.

As Republicans in the Virgin Islands we have a unique opportunity to participate in both the platform formulation process and for participating in the selection of a nominee for the Presidency.   What you do on March 10^th is important to this process… and makes a difference!  I appreciate your support.

You can reach me in the following ways:

John A. Clendenin

PO Box 3171, Frederiksted, Saint Croix, USVI  00841

340.244.4362  Sport@ICLogistics.com

Semper Fidelis,  /s/ John