Well, I showed up to the precinct convention with both kids in tow (3 & 5 YO).
My plan was to stay as long as the kids behaved. That plan was nixed out of the box, as while I was minding the kids I heard, "jfruser! How do you vote?" I had been minding the kids, not the precinct business for a moment and said "Yes!" when my daughter asked me if she should sit down.
So, a couple minutes later, the local Republican party precinct chair said something to the effect of, "As permanent precinct convention president(1), you are to follow this guide and run the convention." Well, I'll be dipped in apple butter! I thought. It seemed I had accepted the nomination and was voted in due to my previous "yes." Oh, well, in for a penny, in for a pound...
So, we ran though the business of the precinct convention, all 11 of us, with 8 who had filled out forms indicating they could not attend, but would not mind being chosen as delegates to the district convention later this month. That made 19.
First order of business was choosing those district delegates. I accepted one of those nominations, but deferred to another gal for the single delegate to the state convention. I had spoken to her previously and she is a Tea Party Patriot and her two resolutions called for less gov't involvement in the health care sector. No RINO, she.
Then on to Resolution a-go-go. 13 resolutions, some not so well thought out. Most were innocuous, but I had to intervene on a couple that were so mangled they needed some work with re-writes. One I pretty much had to squash like a bug and then rebuild from the ground up. The poor old gal had her heart in the right place, but no resolution calling for more gov't spending was going to get through this convention. To soften the blow, I re-wrote it for her to get a similar effect by calling for cutting gov't regs & such.
Anyways, the kids got a bit restless, but were not too disruptive. It helps that they are endearing to most folk. They are much more popular than I am, frankly. Cuter, too.
So,we passed some good resolutions, rewrote some so as to be more liberty-minded, and squashed like a bug one that would call for more gov't spending.
And I will go to the district convention...where I get another chance at becoming a delegate to the state convention, which I will seek out.
Woody Allen was right, at least as far as politics: "Eighty percent of success is showing up."
(1) or some such title signifying I was to keep things moving
