Today my friends and I enjoyed a delicious breakfast for the first time with a fun group of Virginian delegates.  A former Fox reporter spoke about the unique qualities of the Republican candidates versus the Democratic candidates.  Please remember that this past year is the first time I’ve been politically active.  I couldn’t help but think that somewhere in another state some Democrats were sitting at a breakfast conference listening to their MSNBC reporter talk about the unique qualities of the two major parties.

After breakfast, some of us inquired as to whether there would be a delegate vote at the convention, and were told that there wouldn’t be.  We really didn’t have any rule books or guidelines about the entire process so we continued to ask questions when appropriate.  With this information, we headed off to the event we had been waiting for… The Rally for the Republic in Minneapolis.

This venue would be huge, from 12,000 to 15,000 people.  Yet, no security checks were required, no protestors and the atmosphere was peaceful.  My friends and I were interviewed by various reporters.  One reporter with Vanity Fair explained that he was leaning toward voting for Obama but he agreed with the ideas of sticking to the Constitution and noninterventionist foreign policy.

There were many speakers.  My favorite speakers were Jesse Ventura, Lew Rockwell and a young Marine Veteran named Adam Kokesh.  This crowd was energetic beyond control.  In between speakers, we would watch some of the old YouTube campaign commercials that many of us enjoyed so much.  This was a warm way to end Paul’s campaign on a good note and to introduce the Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty organization.  This is the first time in my life that I have ever seen a presidential candidate convert a losing presidential campaign into a grassroots organization.  There is nothing that immediately stands out about this man’s appearance.  He isn’t the best at speech delivery, very humble, doesn’t wear his religion on his sleeves, appears to be the odd man out in Congress, is soft spoken and has the appearance of a grandfather.  Why would people even bother to listen to him?  He doesn’t have the charm of Obama, toughness of Ventura, popularity of many other politicians and he isn’t media savvy.  He won’t make personal attacks on other politicians but yet he is respected by so many people for simply doing the same old thing he has done for 30 years—- Vote only for constitutional policies and apply moral standards to his work. He isn’t perfect but he is extremely sharp and principled and it’s admirable.

MSNBC, CSPAN and many other media outlets covered this event. 

This was a night to remember!  I believe that the next generation of this group, along with other open minded and patriotic citizens, will be waiting to pick up the pieces if the two major parties continue to make bad choices that further drive our country into third world status in a new world order.