Back From CPAC!

We (and by we, I mean the Ohio University College Republicans) just got back from CPAC, also known as the Conservative Political Action Conference, which was held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. May I just say that it was amazing!

I have gone there with OUCRs for three years now, and each time I've gone, it's been a lot of fun. Not only do conservatives from across the country (and world, as there were a few people who had traveled to DC from the frosty realms of Canada, or as I like to call it, America's Hat) meet to hear conservatives such as Michelle Malkin, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-GA), the Hon. Mitt Romney, the Hon. Newt Gingrich, Tony Blakely, and the Great One himself... El Rushbo, Rush Limhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifbaugh. Attendance was astounding, and most of the events and speaking engagements were at maximum capacity. Honestly, there were lines extending out of the ballroom hallway and into the rest of the hotel. It was very, very crazy to see that many conservatives and Republicans trying to see speakers such as Ann Coulter, Mitt Romney, and El Rushbo.

Michelle Malkin, a personal favorite of mine, helped drop the Washington DC remix of the Tea Party USA movement against irresponsible and irrational government spendulus spending, with the help of PajamasTV and Law & Order's Fred Thompson.

Joe the Plumber was at CPAC, and more than a few OU College Republicans got his autograph and their pictures with him, myself included. Nice!

Some event noticias: The Athens County Lincoln Day Dinner will be at the American Legion on March 12, 2009. This year, the speaker for the event will be Josh Mandel, he is the state representative from the 17th district, and is an Iraq War veteran, having served two tours of duty in The Sandbox. He is an up-and-coming star in Ohio state politics, and is only in his mid-20s, just a few years older than your average OU student.