CPAC….eye of the conservative storm and real change

It was overwhelming, 12,000 American conservatives running to and fro in the largest hotel in Washington D.C. The Marriott Wardman Hotel is a monster hotel, especially for someone like me who lives in the middle of the forest, on a creek, north of Spokane Washington, with dog hair everywhere. In fact Thursday morning when I had first arrived and got my stuff, I heard a huge noise and felt a rush of air. I looked around and it was just a large plane landing down the east hall. OK…..it wasn’t that big but it was a monster.

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I saw a Who's Who list of influential conservatives who spoke and made appearances. You know, those starter talents like John Ashcroft, Dick Cheney, Van Hipp, Dr. Jerry Corsi, Lt. Col. Allen B. West, Newt Gingrich, Dr. Ed Feulner, of the Heritage Foundation, Steve Eichler of Fax DC, and Phillip Berg of obamacrimes.com. There were other big dogs of true leadership like Rep. Darrell Issa, Hon. Ed Meese, John Fund of the Wall Street Journal, and massive amounts more! On a personal note: I had been asked to EMCEE one of the rooms of speakers but I didn’t have a clue where I was to go. So when I arrived I quickly looked in the schedule of events book I received and finally found my name, typed on a page of Friday speakers. I was still confused, looking at speakers below my name and speakers above. Where do I go? I finally assumed that I would be going to Room 8216 for a talk called Going Rogue: Women Changing the Face of Conservatism. Phyllis Schlafly was going to be there. I had interviewed her over the years and was thrilled that I was to meet her soon. The only small problem was that I was in the wrong room. When I introduced myself to a lady at the front, saying I was the EMCEE for this room, she smiled and quickly said she was the EMCEE and I was to be down stairs in the Marriott Ballroom. I scratched my head and walked quickly downstairs. The stage manager was happy to finally see me and confirmed I was at the right room. It was only the largest ball room in the hotel with 5,000 people and CSPAN cameras everywhere. John Ashcroft had just spoken, and there was an A list of leaders and Representatives with the group I was introducing. I quickly got a list of folks I would introduce and zoomed out on the stage. America must go from a room of 20 to a room of 5000 again! Why were so many young and old conservatives there? What were they so passionate about? Across the board I heard leaders of all kinds sharing from their hearts the urgency of fiscal reform and pull backs; protecting our voting system against fraud and corruption with ACORN and their like; moral rejuvenation under God; the critical importance of saving freedom, protecting capitalism and the economy; and finally, sane and real national and international security. There was a very wide range of differences but enough commonalities that you could feel the strong movement forward. Conservatives and searches of all kinds and parties were most welcome. So were the Tea Party folks. In fact, Dale Robertson, the starting founder of the Tea Party movement teaparty.org was there making a huge impact. I am excited to share that I do a T party segment every Thursday on my national radio show, where we dive into Tea Party issues and candidates. therothshow.com Mid-term elections are coming up soon. Conservatives are very focused and passionate. The vision is not ‘light beer’ anymore. I looked everywhere for the ’50 yard line’ ‘copycat’ type Republican push. I didn’t see it. No more obsessions over popularity contests and compromise. Not that sell outs won’t occur, but conservatives have actually been learning big lessons about real leadership. Enough ‘copyship.’ Go, conservatives! Kick some booty. Keep the vision high and get it done.