RNC Women's Summit

What a week it has been. Drove up to Danville to my friend Martha's parent's home Tuesday night where I spent the night. Martha and I left Danville at 7am so that we could get to Leesburg by noon to attend a First Ladies Luncheon. The first ladies were were the wife of the current gov and Lt. gov and Susan Allen the wife a George who was only a U.S. Senator but also a gov. of Virginia. It was a lovely affair and it was nice to meet a large number of women who are active in Va politics. We then drove to our hotel in Alexandra where we met up with to other women. Nancy has started the Conservative Women Forum which is a wonderful on-line web site. And Cathy is running for a NC house seat. We went into DC for a reception at the Capitol Hill Club sponsored by Cong. John Boehner. Saw old friends and met new ones. It sure was nice being in a room full of conservative women. We had dinner at the Club with some ladies from the new North Mecklenburg club. Great meeting them and spending time with them.

Thursday was wonderful. There were more "take aways" from this summit than the one last year. The workshops held in the afternoon were excellent. Enjoyed listening and learning from Gentry Collins, Todd Hermann and of course the dynamic threesome of former spouses.

Cathy, Nancy, Martha and I went to dinner that night at a small neighborhood restaurant in Alexandria, ate too much but it was so good. But we made up for it by walking for 3 miles after dinner. Friday drove back to Winston.

Be able to spend a day with women around the US comparing notes and attitudes was wonderful. The concerns I have about the direction of this nation was shared by others. We discussed the problems we are faced with and how we are going to solve them. We also talked about what we were going to do to change the course this country is on. We all agreed that there are a large number of good candidates out there who have a good chance to win this Nov. It is just going to take a lot of hard work. We also all are becoming very irate about every time we criticize the President we are called racists. In addition, the fact that the Gov. of Az signed a bill into law that calls for the enforcement of US law is not a reason to call people that support her racists. It is a simple law that does not call for profiling. Just for enforcement of the law. Why is it that someone who comes to this country illegally breaking US law is considered a victim and people who oppose illegal immigration is called a racist?

Spent the rest of Friday and early Sat. morning packing again and doing laundry for the trip to DC. I am spending a week in DC at the Washington Center's seminar on national security and terrorism. Should be great. Then next Sat. I get on a flight to Turkey for 10 days.

I am going to try to spend time each evening discussing the days events. This should be a very interesting and educational week.