Days 3 and 4 - its going too fast!

Ok, so apparently my last post was thwarted by the sketchy wifi here at the Days Inn, so I'll give you both days now!

Friday

So, I wasn't able to go on the Arlington trip this morning because I am incompetent with my phone alarm. I met up with Shane and Dr. Turner after their White House trip and had some breakfast at "A Taste of Pleasure" by the hotel. lol. By the time I got to the Omni, I was halfway into the "Will congress take our guns" lecture. This is something that I feel very strongly about (ask anyone on this trip). I did join the NRA at the beginning of the trip, so I hope to become much more active in fighting for my 2nd Amendment rights.

Also on Friday, I spoke to a gentlemen from the Freedom Alliance. This organization is run by Oliver North and Sean Hannity. He offered me a paid internship for the summer working as a counsellor at the youth military camp in Virginia. I am very interested in doing this.

The rest of the day was with Newt Gingrich (yes yes yes), Ron Paul (said in a high pitched voice), and the number 1 choice for president in 2012 (according to the CPAC straw poll) Mitt Romney.  All three gave great speeches. After the last one, I tracked down Ron Paul after a book signing and cornered him for a minute. I asked him to elaborate on the rumor that his son Rand (a Bowling Green doctor) was going to run for senate if Jim Bunning retired. Ron said "Rand would very much like to see Mr. Bunning go away" lol. awesome.

Saturday

Ok, so today was a great finale for CPAC. I showed up a little later, but I saw all the lectures\speeches that I really wanted to see.  Everything really picked up in the afternoon. There was a movie preview with the creators of "Not evil, just wrong", a film made by Irish filmmakers about the global warming hype. After that, we heard a speech by Ward Connerly about racial relations in the US. The big speaker for the day was Rush Limbaugh. I've been a fan of Rush ever since I was old enough to understand what he was talking about. He gave a 90 minute speech (an hour overtime) which aired on Fox news. Rush was amazing. 

...more to come once I quit buzzing from Rush's speech. I need to analyze this...

-Alex Gerard