Well, after three straight semesters of being required to maintain this blog for my political communication courses, I'm finally home free! However, tonight I realized that I actually kind of miss blogging and want to pick it up on my own again. So alas, here I am! For those of you who are not aware, I'm interning in D.C. this summer, which gives me lots of opportunities to attend events and find some decent content for blog posts.
This evening, I was very excited to attend Joe Scarborough's book promotion event at the National Press Club! Joe and his co-host Mika Brzezinski made a stop in the nation's capital today as part of their book tour to promote "The Last Best Hope." Scarborough and Brzezinski kept the audience entertained with their friendly jests back and forth. They fielded questions from the audience ranging in topic from gay marriage to whether Joe has ever considered running for president, in response to which he made a witty remark about working his way up the offices of Rotary Club.
At the close of the Q & A, I hopped in a rather long line to get 2 copies of his book autographed. The wait was quite lengthy, but it was totally worth it! Joe and Mika both took extra time to engage in personal conversations, pose for photograph after photograph, and write personal messages in books. I found them both to be refreshingly delightful! They even told me that I have a lovely name (thanks Mom & Dad!). LOL.
As I was waiting at the Metro station following the event, I read a few pages of my freshly autographed book. On page 6, I read the following:
Because of Burke--and the words of Russell Kirk and Ronald Reagan--you'll also discover another area where I believe conservatives can make great gains, and that's the environment. To my friends on the Right I say, "Hear me out. It's the job of conservatives to conserve."Amen to that!!! Thank you, Joe! Finally, a fellow conservative who is willing to take a stand when it comes to the environment!!! That statement perfectly conveys the point that I've been trying to make to other conservatives for quite some time now. How can we call ourselves "conservatives" when we don't make an effort to conserve the earth which God left to us to preserve for all of the generations after us?! What if our ancestors had been as careless toward the environment as so many of us are today? It's a scary thought!
Obviously, I was completely thrilled when I read Scarborough's take on this issue, and I'm sure there will be plenty more "ahh yes! well said!" moments as I read the rest of the book!
On that note, I'm off to pack for a weekend trip back home! :)
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
The poli. sci. major who took this pic didn't do the best job with the framing, but we can't all be SMAD majors after all :P
