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GOP Convention Recap

Last Saturday was the GOP Convention here in Utah.  It was an amazing day.  I was able to take part in the political process like I never have before.  Throughout the course of the day, I sent a lot of updates to Twitter which were then relayed to Facebook.  I know that not everyone that visits this blog follows me on those other sites so I’m posting them here for their benefit.

While not everyone that I voted for won or will be moving on to a primary, I am very pleased with the fact that I will not be voting against a candidate on election day.  What I mean is that there is no “lesser of two evils” this time around; all of the Republican candidates seem to be good, solid conservatives who believe in the Constitution and the greatness of this country.  I like that a lot.

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A Surprise Phone Call

Last night as Holly and I were settling down to watch the latest episode of Chuck, my phone rang.  I didn’t recognize the number so I figured that it was another survey to ask me who I’ll be voting for at the Republican State Convention in a few weeks.  I answered the phone expecting to have a delay while the call was routed to some operator in a call center.  Instead, my greeting was answered immediately with an actual person.  The caller asked if he was speaking with Jeremiah, which he obviously was, so I answered in the affirmative.  He then introduced himself as Rob Bishop.  This is where my mind went weird.

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Breakfast With A Senator

Yesterday I received a phone call from somebody with Senator Bennett’s campaign inviting me to have breakfast with the Senator this morning at IHOP in Centerville.  Because I’m taking my job as state delegate so seriously, I jumped at the opportunity to meet with him and ask some questions.

I arrived a few minutes early to try and ensure a spot close to Senator Bennett.  It worked.  I sat next to him for the duration.  Granted, he was actually standing, but I was so close that I could touch him.  (Despite a request that I received, I didn’t actually touch his cheek to see if his skin would crumble as a powerful vampire’s would.  His hand did fail to turn to dust as I shook it though.)

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Get Involved

I’ve noticed since the House passed the health care “reform” bill on Sunday evening, Twitter and Facebook are ripe  with people voicing their opposition.  That’s good in the sense that people care enough to actually follow what is going on.  It’s bad though because, as was proven on Sunday, many of our elected leaders don’t really care what their constituents have to say regarding the issues.  The arrogance that is coming from Washington amazes me especially considering the fact that these are the same people who criticized the previous administration’s arrogance.  Regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum, I think that it’s safe to assume  that most people are unhappy with the way that things are being run in our nation’s capital at the moment.  I also think that these feelings have been festering for years (I’m not just blaming Obama) and are now starting to come to a head.

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