COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of August 2, 2019

COP on the Hill

Stories from the week of August 2, 2019

RAGBRAI PS – the most effective messenger: Pam Sease, retired, rural mail carrier, entrepreneur and part of the support team that moved our stuff from town to town is the quintessential Iowa citizen. She is also a big fan of the power of the green plant, CBD, to take care of medical issues. After major surgery on her knee, she eventually found and settled on CBD sublingual drops 2X/day for all her issues. She was in charge of our breakfast. I often heard her speaking out how CBD was the way to go for pain, inflammation, etc. issues. It was a rare joy just to listen to her. She was a Tour de Force for our side during the Iowa bike trip.

A man has got to know his limitations: I went to the Swamp on Wednesday, spoke to a guy running for Congress and visited 46 offices, ending up with 6 presentations to staffers. And stop right there. It is intellectually interesting how a major bodily injury impacts the psyche. As always, I’ll do the best, most I can. For a while anyway, that might not be too much.

This week’s stats:

3224 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 06 this week
371 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc. 01 this week (R candidate for Congress)
01 Meetings – Grover Norquist

COP stats since inception: August 2009

312 personal chats with a Member of Congress… this week.
85 Radio Interviews.. 0 this week
164 interviews and reports in minor media = 0 this week
102 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 0 This week
Blaze TV {new, popular right-wing}, (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, German, Swiss, French, Spanish TV and radio) Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Grand Rapids Press + 9 other MI papers. Chicago Tribute, Honolulu Star Advertiser {foto and caption}, Reason Magazine, Reuters
31 major conferences attended – (UN drug conference, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 this week
Weekly attendance at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders. Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”
* 2 editorials in daily papers mentioning Howard’s efforts & in support of COP position
84 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $83,000) 0 this week
43 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 0 this week
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