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Wednesday, January 07, 2004
CPAC 2004 Draft Schedule
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) website has finally released a draft schedule of the conference. These guys are always so slow in building the schedule. Space is limited and you end up registering in September for the conference which is in January but they have no schedules up so you really have to go on faith they’ll get good speakers.
Anyways it’s just a draft schedule but these are the things I’m hoping to go see the 22nd thru 24th.
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- Thursday 22nd -
2pm Vice President Dick Cheney
3:30pm Rebuilding Iraq: Where Do We Go From Here?
Col. Gary W. Anderson, CNN
lt. Col. Bob Maginnis, Fox News
Lt. Col. Scott E. Rutter
Moderator: Bill Gertz, Washington Times
4:45pm Globalization’s Dark Side: The Dangers of the United Nations
Tom DeWeese, American Policy Center
Jeff Gayner, Americans for Sovereignty
Tom Kilgannon, Freedom Alliance
Moderator: TBA
- Friday 23rd -
8:45am Ken Mehlman - Campaign Manager, Bush-Cheney 2004
10:25am Wayne LaPierre
2:30pm Election Trends: What to Expect in 2004
Ed Gillespie, Republican National Committee
2:50pm Previewing the 2004 Elections
John Gizzi, Human Events
Jeff Bell, Capital City Partners
Kellyanne Conway, The Polling Company
Moderator: Marc Rotterman, Rotterman & Associates
4:15pm Ann Coulter, syndicated columnist and author
5:45pm Majority Leader Tom DeLay
- Saturday 24th -
1:50pm College Students Sound Off: How the Left Influence Education
Moderator: Eric Hoplin, College Republican National Committee
2:05pm Campus Commies: Higher Education, Citizenship, and the Political Process
Dr. Gary Scott, Intercollegiate Studies Institute
3:45pm Lt. Col. Oliver North
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Most of the topics covered will be great to watch but I still need to manage to find some free time to hit the sites in Washington D.C. Last year I hit most the usual stuff visitors go see like the monuments, memorials and museums. So this year I have 3 things I really much get time to visit
1) The US Holocaust Memorial Museum
I’ve heard the holocaust museum is very powerful and worth the visit. I actually read a series of stories about the holocaust in my English class so I’d like to learn a bit more.
2) Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Like I already said I hit up most of the memorials and monuments but I forgot to go visit the Vietnam wall.
3) Arlington National Cemetery
I ran out of time visiting sites last year and the weather was crappy so I decided to skip the cemetery but afterwards many of my friends talked about it so I have to make sure I make time for it this time.
This will be my 2nd and last trip to CPAC since I’ll be graduating this year. Being part of a student group means I save a ton. Registration is $10 for students, our plane ticket is only $114 and the hotel cost is only $51. So for a total of 175 dollars I get to go to CPAC. A normal individual would have to play $90 to register, $200+ for a plane ticket and $400-$500 for hotel costs. While I wouldn’t mind going by myself I just can’t afford that kind of costs.
on 01/07/2004 at 08:16 PM