Judge Roy
Moore Presidential Exploratory Visits to IA and SC
Roy Moore announced an exploratory committee on April
18, 2011 (+)
He
focused
early efforts on Iowa and South Carolina. However,
Moore's senior advisor and Iowa team resigned effective June 14 (+) and the
effort petered out.
Iowa
Moore visited May 9-11, 2011. He
arrived
on
May
8
but
had
no
events.
On
May
9
he
appeared
on
"Mickelson
in
the
Morning"
at
WHO;
went
to
Fort
Dodge
and
did
interviews
with
KWMT
and
the
Messenger;
appeared
on
the
Simon
Conway
show
at
WHO;
and
had
private
meetings.
On
May
10
he
did
a
luncheon
with
pastors
at
the
Hotel
Pattee
in
Perry;
and
did
a
meet
and
greet
at
Indian
Hills
Jr.
High
School
in
Clive.
On
May
11
he
spoke
to
the
West
Side
Conservative
Club
at
the
Iowa
Machine
Shed
in
Urbandale.
Moore visited April 16-22,
2011, doing about two dozen events
and interviews during a 6 1/2 day tour;
on
April
18 he appeared on
"Mickelson in the Morning" at WHO and announced formation of an
exploratory committee.
On March 15, 2011
Moore was the closing speaker at
The FAMiLY LEADER's rally against same-sex marriage at the Capitol in
Des Moines.
Moore visited on February
26-27, 2011 speaking at First Assembly of God Church in
Indianola at an event hosted by Dr. J. Albert Calaway's Truth, Values
& Leadership.
Moore returned on October
16-18, 2010 at the invitation of Pastor Cary Gordon, and they
toured to educate voters on the judicial retention issue. On the
evening of October 16 he spoke at a rally at William Penn University in
Oskaloosa. On October 17 he spoke at Cornerstone World Outreach
morning church services in Sioux City; and at evening church service at
Abundant Life Fellowship in Jefferson. On October 18 they did a
pastors' forum breakfast with thirty leading pastors from across Iowa
at the Hotel Pattee in Perry; and he was a guest with Steve Deace on
WHO Radio in Des Moines.
Moore first visited on August
10-11,
2010,
serving as keynote speaker at Cornerstone World Outreach in Sioux City
during their Homecoming week of meetings with pastors from around the
country. Pastor Cary Gordon states, "He taught on 'nature and
nature’s God' as the legal grantor of American rights in the minds of
the nation’s founding jurists, and how secular-humanism now endangers
our freedoms by denying this legal fact."
South Carolina
Moore
made his second visit
on May 23-25,
2011.
On
May 23 he did a
meet and greet at Symmes Library in Greenville; a luncheon at Wade's
Restaurant in Spartanburg; and a fundraiser at Carriage House in
Spartanburg. On May 24
he plans a luncheon at with the Charleston GOP at Sunfire Grill &
Bistro in Charleston; a meet and greet reception and book signing at
Simply Southern Bed & Breakfast in Cheraw; and a rally and speaking
stop at Marantha Family Center in Cheraw. On May 25 he did a
rally and
speaking stop at The Alley in Aiken; and a meet and greet rally
presented by the Carolina Patriots, the Grand Strand Tea Party and
A.B.A.T.E at Myrtle Beach Shrine Club in Myrtle Beach. On May 26
he went to North Carolina.
Moore visited on May 5, 2011, participating
in
the
South
Carolina
Greenville
Tea
Party's
"Presidential
Debate
Freedom
Rally"
at
the
Hyatt
Regency
Grand Ballroom.