Warrior highlights conservative speakers in D.C.
By Michael J. Thompson - Assistant Sports Editor
February 13, 2003
Washington D.C. was host to the 30th annual Conservative Political Action Conference from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, and a number of Auburn students attended the event.
"I thought CPAC was refreshing because you were able to hear a conservative view," said Pete Smyczek, co-chair of the Auburn College Republicans.
The conference brought together more than 4,000 conservative students from across the nation and various universities to hear prominent figures in the right-wing party speak on major issues.
Ann Coulter, Daniel J. Flynn, Bay Buchanan, David Horowitz, Vice President Dick Cheney, Rep. Tom Delay and a host of other speakers addressed the record-breaking crowds of young conservatives.
Besides listening to speakers, students and activists were able to peruse booths featuring conservative groups and attend debates featuring differing conservative viewpoints.
"Going to CPAC makes you feel better about the conservative movement," Smyczek said.
During the event, the Young America's Foundation offered a speech featuring a former WWF heavyweight champion, The Ultimate Warrior.
Warrior, regarded as one of the most popular wrestlers of all-time, has brought his intensity, intelligence and verbosity to the conservative movement, said Patrick Coyle, of YAF.
He addressed and captivated the overflow audience with tales from his wrestling career and what he said are infinitely more important ideals that guide his life -- conservative ideals.
"You are at the age where you need to ask yourselves, think for yourselves, and determine for yourselves, 'Am I going to be a summer soldier or a sunshine patriot who shrinks from the service of my country or will I become a full-blown warrior for conservatism -- the ultimate in patriotism?'" Warrior said.
Warrior then said that people no longer think, instead they rely on feeling to replace logic and reason.
"To be conservative means to favor traditional views, values and institutions, and that you have a want to conserve these traditional things, to prevent the decay, the waste, the injury to them," Warrior said.
He has been added to the YAF's lecture program full-time, which features Pat Buchanan, Ward Connerly, Ted Nugent and many others.
"The strength of sending Warrior to campuses is that he will draw students to his events that normally would never attend a speech by a traditional conservative speaker," Coyle said.
Warrior was a champion in the squared-circle, thanks largely to his intensity and impressive strength. If he approaches his latest endeavor of grappling with liberalism the same way, one can expect the traditional values he believes in to live forever.
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