Six Things to Do

Hugh Hewitt:

"I would like to thank Tim Phillips for putting me on after Newt Gingrich, Jim DeMint, Herman Cain and Dallas Woodhouse. I am here on behalf of a great defender of freedom, Rush Limbaugh...

Hewitt went on to give us a list of six things we need to do:

1-Support the conservatives in the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey;

2-Minimize the damage of people helping health care;

3-Educate people on our broken legal system;

4-Relentlessly expose the left wing (Kudos to Andrew Breitbart and the crew against ACORN at BigGovernment.com);

5-Credential young people, support youth politics, make them a project to get them ready for the future; and

6-Stay with Israel, our only ally in the Middle East.

Great Speakers

The Caffeinated Conservatives have been attending a General Session at the Defending the American Dream Summit with a star-studded list of speakers. Those addressing us include:

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House
Senator Jim DeMint, of South Carolina
Larry Kudlow, of CNBC and CEO of Kudlow and Company
Hugh Hewitt, radio host and best-selling author
Steven Moore, Wall Street Journal
John Fund, Wall Street Journal
Herman Cain, radio host and Fox News contributor
Ed Morrissey, HotAir.com
Tracy Walsh, breast cancer survivor, Patients United Now
David H. Koch, Chairman, Americans for Prosperity
Tim Phillips, President, Americans for Prosperity
Phil Kerpen, Director of Policy, AFP
Shauna Holmes, Canadian citizen and brain tumor survivor

A Funny

Herman Cain, radio host and Fox news contributor said, "I've been involved with AFP from the beginning and I've since found out I'm a nasty, war-mongering, unfair zealot and a racist! I've had enough with telling people I have a perfect tan." Herman Cain is an African-American.

Great Quotes Heard Today at Defending The Dream

Jackie Cushman wrote:

People voted for a change they can believe in. They got someone who wanted to change what they believe in. [emphasis added]

Talking about the defeat of socialism in Europe, Newt Gingrich said:

In the past several days, the German socialist party has been handed the worst election results since World War II, with a vote of only 23%. In Italy, the socialist government has been defeated in the past few years. In France, Sarkowsky is a conservative president who defeated a socialist government [audience applause]. Hasn't the world changed when we cheer a French government?

A few minutes ago Newt Gingrich said:

Ronald Reagan was not just a great communicator, he was a great educator.

Gingrich had a bit of humor in his speech, too:

I met a man who at the age of thirteen during the Carter administration gas rationing was told by his father every morning to switch the license plates so which ever car needed gas would have the right plates. Here's a little quick conservatism test: If you're a conservative and you hear about a government program that is so flawed that thirteen-year-olds are taught to get around it, you work to repeal it. If you're a liberal, you want to hire license plate police.

Reagan Memorial Dinner

Over supper we were treated to a line up of speakers ranging from Laura Ingraham to the president of Americans for Prosperity to Congressmen Mike Pence from Indiana.

Laura Ingraham was very well received and garnered several standing ovations. In talking about the news of the day, Ingraham said, "My three favorite letters today are R. I. O." alluding to the smackdown the Olympic Committee gave the president after his trip to Copenhagen to beg for the Olympics to come to Chicago. She said Oprah was furious and wanted her cards to be returned.

But while Laura Ingraham's speak was attentively listened to and very sound conservatively, no speech was better received than Mike Pence's. Earlier this evening, Ingraham said that Reagan was the Great Communicator and that Obama was not. I would affirm that Mike Pence is a worthy successor to the title, though.

During Congressman Pence's speech, he exhorted the conservatives here today to keep fighting and encouraged us that he felt sure of a conservative victory in 2010 that would be a milestone in the history of conservatism.

Time and time again, the crowd rose to its feet, cheering what the Congressman said. Several times he had to wait for the applause to die down to continue his speech. The Congressman talked about how this group was the start of a new movement - a turning point in conservatism. He said, "I think the Republican Party has lost its way, but I think now we are finding our way back."

I thank God for men like Mike Pence who are not afraid to stand for what is right.

At the Reagan Memorial Dinner

Listening to Laura Ingraham.

Really wish I'd thought to bring some copies of Raising Real Men! The folks here would really like it.

Government in Person

After attending a rally along with 450 North Carolina conservatives, the caffeinated conservatives climbed six floors in the Senate Office Building to personally place on Kay Hagan's desk a two inch stack of about 25,000 signatures against the health care bill. As I dictate this, I am sitting at the elevator bank looking down the hall at a group of about 150 people waiting in line to tell Senator Hagan they don't want socialized health care.

After seeing a massive turn out of conservatives from those below voting age all the way to retirees who would be most affected by the heath care bill, the caffeinated conservatives are convinced that America does not want socialized medicine.

The over 450 North Carolinians are the most active group at the summit against the bill. For info on the summit google Americans for Prosperity. Signing off, the Caffeinated Conservatives