I asked for it, and I got it. I've been telling Conventionette all weekend that I'm disappointed in the lack of conservative crazies coming out to support this convention--which is true. But that all changed just about an hour ago when Conventionette and I heard Ann Coulter speak. Interested? You should be--but you're going to have to wait. Ms. Coulter's speech deserves its own post, and nothing less. So keep checking in to the Campus Progress website because we'll have (a lot) more on that later.

For now, there are several other events that went on throughout the day that were pretty entertaining, so read on, because though they can't compare to Ann, they were pretty crazy.

Just before lunch, I had the pleasure of listening to Sen. Mitch McConnell speak, entering the main hall amidst cries of "Mitch, Mitch, Mitch, Mitch," and applause. The beginning of his speech was pretty standard--Roberts and Alito are good, legislating from the bench is bad, etc. He even poked fun at the opposing party, stating (with a hint of a gleam in his eye) that it was "Fun to watch the Dems agonize" over Roberts and Alito. He then began an argument which Conventionette and I have been hearing about the unchecked misrepresentation and misinformation coming out of the "mainstream media." He even stated that the mainstream media is mislabeling the economy as bad, when in reality, "Americans have more money in their pockets." Tell that to the people of New Orleans.

He talked a little bit about the reserved political strategy of the GOP, using Basketball as a metaphor to make the comment that "It is easier to score on offense." That may be true, but any good basketball coach will tell you (my father is one) that it is a team effort and strong defense that wins games.

The final thing I wanted to address about his speech is that he made the comment that proof that America is safer is evident in the fact that we have not been attacked again since 9/11--which is nothing more than a horrible argument. Any statistician or economist would be able to tell Sen. McConnell that there is a huge difference between Causation and Correlation. Just because two events are correlated does not necessarily mean that one caused the other. Please, any time you hear anyone make this argument, tell them "Correlation does not imply causation."

The next big panel was covered in a post by Conventionette, and that was the Marriage amendment panel. All I want to say about that is I find it interesting that wherever moral issues are concerned, the right wants the government to step in and "do the right thing." However, when it is economic issues that are up for discussion, their motto is "smaller government." It always has been and still is thoroughly confusing to me.

The next act was probably the most entertaining--a mini-debate over the war on drugs. The gentleman making the "con" argument for the war on drugs (read: it is bad) attacked the war's place in the conservative ideology, stating that it was contrary to the conservative principle of smaller government. He also said it was costly and ineffective. Personally, I thought he made a really good point and the debate rocked because the crowd got really really into it. The "pro" debater basically argued that communities lack a moral structure and the government's intervention is required to protect people from themselves.

From there it evolved into an argument about personal responsibility and personal judgment vs. the slippery slope argument that marijuana (almost inevitably, according to the "pro war on drugs" side) leads to other, more dangerous drugs, and that people that smoke marijuana become lazy and end up sleeping all day.

It really deserves its own post as well, I might elaborate on it later because everyone got so fired up and everything--basically, it was just a lot of fun to be there.

Yea, so I know this is pretty long, but there's been a lot of conservative craziness today, and even more to go, so stay tuned! Same bat channel, same bat time.

More to come…