Zachary Earl Smith

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My overall experience of the Republican National Convention was just absolutely wonderful. It truly was an amazing experience and one I will never forget. I was just blown away by both Gov. Palin’s and Sen. John McCain’s speeches, they were truly inspiring. McCain, I believe, was absolutely right in calling Republicans out on our failure [...]

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I am about to leave the hotel now to head back to Maine. I will blog more when I get back home but I just wanted to say what I great time I had here, and how privileged I feel to have been a part of this historical event. This was truly one of the [...]

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The morning was fairly uneventful, but I spent quite a bit of time helping out at the volunteer center making care packages for hurricane victims. It was hard work but good. I really enjoyed the work, and it felt good knowing I could help my fellow Americans. Plus there wasn’t anything else going on so [...]

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Looks like things are getting back to normal and plans are to get the convention back on schedule. Had breakfast this morning with the Vermont delegation and heard from several speakers. The most prominent speakers during our breakfast were Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard (also once briefly mentioned as a possible VP pick), [...]

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After our exciting morning we went back to the hotel room where we finally got some broadband internet and were able to work. We had a snack for lunch and got ready to head over to the convention. The convention site located in Saint Paul at the Xcel Energy Center was very impressive. The bus [...]

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Hello all, started this blog from an altitude of 36,000 feet and about an hour behind schedule (I love airports, sense my sarcasm). Got up at 2am EDT and drove from Presque Isle to Bangor with enough time to grab breakfast. Checked in around 5:30am and took off on time and arrived in Newark airport [...]

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I have been watching the Democratic convention with some amusement as Hillary gave her speech. I don’t know what Obama was thinking about letting her speak during prime time, as I don’t believe her speech helped him one bit. It isn’t about what she said, but what she didn’t say. Her speech said just enough [...]

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The descendant of more than five generations of Mainers from The County to the coast, I may have been born away but Maine is in my blood, it is my heritage and one I am proud of. My parents like many Mainers moved away because they were looking for work seeking the opportunity they unfortunately [...]

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