Mitt is it!

First of all, I have to say that tonight's GOP debates were completely redundant. Most of what was said tonight had been said last time around. That is, minus Ron Paul's ridiculous outburst (I'm sorry, but we will never be isolationist...it is not what the American people want). But I think that Mitt Romney is the most articulate, freshest, and probably the most attractive of all the GOP Primary candidates.

1) I wish I could speak like him--words flowing so smoothly that I am convinced that he MUST be reading from a script.

2) It's about time we have a candidate on either side of the aisle with more private sector experience than public sector. While Mitt still does have experience as a GOVERNOR (wayyyy better than Senatorial experience when it comes to running for President), he still knows what businesses need from the government to survive.

3) He and his wife should be LL Bean models.

Anyways, this whole thing has a point. We Republicans in the DC Area who would choose Mitt as their primary candidate (no pun) have a way to come together! All you have to do is to go here and sign up. Trust me, someone WILL contact you. Mitt has a lot of promise, and if you are a student/Mitt supporter in the DC area, you should sign up.

Trent Reznor -- the "Ralph Nader of the music industry?"

We all know that Trent Reznor, whose birthday is later this week, knows how to use the internet to his full advantage. This time, he used his own website to declare his anger at intentionally "screwing the fans" by selling Nine Inch Nails CDs at a ridiculously high price. The Rolling Stone article that I just referenced called Reznor the "Ralph Nader of the music industry." Now, normally, I loathe activists and people of the Nader sort. However, as a fiscal conservative, I really appreciate Mr. Reznor's words.

I can understand the temptation of wanting to download free music, especially if you are fairly certain of not getting caught. I know that I would never do it, but LOTS of people I know do. At the same time, CDs are really expensive! How are we as consumers and fans to choose? It's a tough choice. I hope that more artists like Trent speak up against this crap. Afterall, where would the corruption end? In the end, it is such high prices that make stealing music so popular and widely available.

And the internet is a GREAT place to start.

Happy Birthday, Trent.

Well Karl Rove said...

Wow it seems like forever ago that Karl Rove was here on the American University campus (oh the humiliating days of our lives here at AU...). But we can try to remember some of the good things that came out of that lovely Tuesday night in the first week of April...

For one, I got my picture with him. I love being the token girl on the College Republicans E-board.

Also, what he spoke about was really substantive. At one point, someone (I think it was Joe Vidulich) asked about the future of politics and the internet. You know that if Mr. Rove says such great things about the internet's potential, it's gonna be big. And that's pretty much what he said in a nutshell for that question.

Anyways, this was such a great year...I'm sad for it to be over. We've accomplished a lot! One big thing was that our chapter made it as the spotlight chapter on the CRNC website! It's amazing. Also, our website this year has been the best that it has been in a while. I know that it is going to be switched up again next year (stay tuned for details) but we have gotten a lot of compliments on this one. We really used our website a lot this year. If you want to get on our listserv, all you have to do is sign up on the website! If you want to learn about internships, upcoming events, or really anything about us, just go to the site. For a conservative group, we were really very "progressive." Hehe!

Who knows what next year has in store...