DAY 2 @ CPAC

Today was probably one of the most interesting days I've had in a while. It started with the early morning wake up. For some reason I ignored the 7:30 alarm and Miranda and I were running to get ready in time. After we finally had ourselves together we headed out to the Omni to begin the first official day of CPAC. A few girls had a television workshop to intend that was interesting, but a tad too long. We learned about how to give speeches both taped and live, and what techniques to use such as what to wear, what to do with your hands, etc. Something the woman said that I loved is, "We judge ourselves by our intentions but others by their actions." This is so true, and it's something I think everyone needs to work on. When we ourselves screw up it's okay and we find justification for those actions. However, someone else can do the same thing and we cannot justify those actions.


After the workshop we listened to Huckabee, which was cool. However, it was nothing compared to listening to the amazing Joe Scarborough. After me, Allie, Hunter, and some random girl trespassed into the diamond section we were two feet away from the only Joe Scarborough. While his whole speech was amazing it got even better when he looked at us four young people in the second row (especially looking at Hunter) and said we were the hope of the future. After the speeches we headed back for the hotel.

Later on we went and ate at Ollie's, which had the best root beer. Then we went and saw some of the monuments. The best of all was the Lincoln memorial. I seriously love Abraham Lincoln, and walking up to that memorial and reading the second inaugural made me emotional. It meant so much to me to be taking that all in, and was by far the most surreal experience. After a long walk back and stopping by to pay respects to the Vietnam wall and seeing Obama from a 12 foot security surrounded fence it was back to the hotel.

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