REPUBLICAN CONVENTION 2008

Day two, Sunday at the Republican Convention began with a late start to the day. The Convention announced that all sessions were canceled to honor the victims of the hurricane striking the coasts of Florida, Lousiana and Mississipi. All day long the news brought information of the pending danger to the affected states. Long lines of cars could be seen leaving the coastal cities to unknown destinations.  The Republican convention is at a standstill. No political speeches as Senator McCain took the high road, opting to not use the convention to gain a political advantage, rather, taking time to recognize the tremendous effort being made by to evacuate millions of people from danger.

Later in the day we visited the convention center in St Paul where convention goers gathered to eat foods of all kinds spread out on numerous tables in a huge convention hall. We were entertained by beautiful young ladies all decked out in tops to uniforms singing old patriotic songs going back to world war II. After feasting for about 1 hour Lee Greenwood came out to a roaring group of people anxious to hear his many hits. For 40 minutes we heard hit after hit as Lee went through a long list of songs. But when Lee Greenwood began to sing his most famous song, "Proud to be an American", the entire audiance broke into song, loving every second of his famous lyrics.  It was a moving experience as could be seen by the wiping of tears from the eyes of numerious men and women.

The entire group was then envited to attend the private screening of "An American Carol", a frontal attack on the excesses of the American left. The movie, scheduled to open all across the united states in numerious theatres. The movie is hilarious and willl be well worth the money to see it when it comes to theatres near you.  After the movie we wandered into the convention center where again location after location there was delicious food and many souvenious to buy for the folks back home;.

Leaving the hotel a while later we visited a group of Latino leaders connected to "Daddy Yankee", a latino entertainer that recently endorsed Senator McCain and the dream entertainer for millions of young people.  It was a wonderful opportunity to share many views as we spoke to Hispanic leaders from all parts of the country.  A speciall part of the meeting was talking to the producer and manager of Daddy Yankee.  We learned how Daddy Yankee met Senator McCain and was moved by the senator's story.  Daddy Yankee took a calculated risk in endorsing Senator McCcain publically because of Hollywood's continued obvious left leaning and vocal dislike for Republicans. However, we don't

Tomorrow will be a busy day. Stay tuned for day three.