Thursday – February 18, 2010
Political conventions are new to me. I’ve been to a few tea party events, I’ve protested outside Johnny Sutton’s office for his role in putting two border guards in prison. But the Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC) is the first political convention I have attended. It is exciting to be around thousands of like-minded people that are actively pursuing a pro-America agenda drive by their patriotism and passion for making our country better. Conservatives tend to be FOR things, while liberals are against things. While conservatives discuss legislative reform liberals are busy attacking people and organizations, and picking every word from every speech apart to find some sort of hateful, racist undertones or agenda. Imagine if conservatives tried to infiltrate liberal conventions and protests? You couldn’t publish much of what is said at their events due to the vile nature of the content and language. Conservatives are working to decrease government involvement in our lives while liberals think more government is the answer.
Thursday is the first day of the event, our morning began with the registration process. The event organizers had some technical problems and registration took longer than it should have, but everyone in line was patient and upbeat. I’m sure lIberals would have bitched and moaned about the delays, but like all of the other conservative events I’ve attended, everyone was positive, polite and courteous. If liberals would actually show up to these events they would be shocked at the respect and courtesy displayed by every person they encounter.
Once I checked in I made my way to the blogger’s area on the mezzanine level. We grabbed a row of tables in the back of the room and began setting up our gear. Internet access was our main mission, it took a while for everyone to get that taken care of, but eventually we got squared away. Soon we were online and Duane and Fingers started doing their thing.
I scoped out the vendor area and spoke with several different groups on topics including free speech, right to life, gun rights and the popular topic of refocusing our government back to our founding documents. I did meet one liberal taking notes and trying to find anything negative she could. I really don’t understand why liberals are so worried about what conservatives are saying and doing. After all, if THEY are the intellectuals, the ones that know everything, why should they care what we say or think? Maybe it’s because they don’t stand FOR anything, they are just angry, lacking in self-esteem, and trying to find any justification for the massive failure and letdown they are experiencing thanks to their misguided votes from November 2008.
CPAC brought many of our RFC Radio personalities together in person for the first time. Fingers Malloy, Thomas LaDuke, Duane Lester, Melanie Ann Hall, Sharon Heretic, Jimmy Bise, Tabitha Hale, the two lawyers, one of the Handy Guys and a few others, Some of the other bloggers I met include Ed Morrissey, Mary Katherine Hamm, Steve Eggleston, Pamela Geller, Michelle Moore and several others. Of coursed, the lovely ladies from Smart Girl Politics were in full force including Staci, Teri, Jenny, Molly and more.
During the evening we attended a mixer sponsored by Andrew Brietbart at BigGovernment.com. I spoke with him briefly and thanked him for his outstanding work. I also spoke with James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles (the famous pimp and prostitute that busted ACORN), as well as Griff Jenkins (Bill O’Reilly’s producer), Ashley Herzog from Townhall.com and an energetic contingent of students from Fordham University. (FU! Chelsea from Texas in the house!) After this mixer we returned to the Marriott lobby and mingled at the bar with all sorts of conservative movers and shakers. It was a very full day, I look forward to what Friday has to offer.
