That’s the question many of us are asking ourselves right now.  According to the New York Post, Barack Obama has appeared on television three times as much as George W. Bush and Bill Clinton COMBINED.

One former speech writer was quoted in the article as saying that the President has turned the job into an “infomercial” and that bothers me.

I don’t know what you think about this, but as the President of the United States of America, SHOULDN’T HE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO?  I feel like the President should be reading reports about Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, the economy, the news articles about his beloved ACORN, or any one of the hundreds of documents we civilians don’t even know about yet.  Yet Barack Obama seems to be in constant campaign mode.  He seems, in my eyes at least, to be more interested in being loved than in being correct.

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Let me start off by saying, as Vice Chairman, I would like to welcome our newest members, and welcome back the returning College Republicans.

My own journey to becoming a Republican is probably an atypical one. When I entered college as a freshman, I considered myself unaligned and a moderate. I joined the libertarian club, the Seton Hall University Students for Individual Liberty, with a bunch of my friends.

My political inspirations were the Founding Fathers, especially Jefferson and Madison, as well as the political philosophy of John Locke—so you could say my opinions revolved around freedom and limited government. While I wasn’t a part of the “Blame Bush” crowd, the actions throughout the Bush administration (Patriot Act, Iraq War, the deficits) turned me off from associating with the party.

The first thing that started to draw me towards the Republican Party was the Ron Paul campaign for president in 2007. What I saw in Paul was someone who was firmly committed to the principles of liberty and less government, who did so often at the peril of being its lone defender in Congress. I figured if he had a place in the Republican Party, perhaps I do too. continue reading…

First let me welcome you to the official website of the Seton Hall College Republicans.

The beauty of this forum is that we can have our own place and our own voice to express how we feel on vital issues facing our university, our state, our nation and our world.

The executive board and I have been working all summer to come up with a plan for this semester so that we can accomplish the following goals:

1. Get Chris Christie elected governor.
2. Contribute to electoral victories in New Jersey Legislative Districts 36, 27, 26, 25; Morris County; Sussex County; Essex County; Bergen County and elsewhere.
3. Host Republican / Conservative speakers on campus.
4. Co-host debates with the other political clubs on campus.
5. Prove that the Seton Hall Community has a strong and active Republican party presence.

At a later date we will be posting our full calender for the semester, including a visit from the Chairman of the New Jersey Republican Party, Jay Webber, on September 16th.

I look forward to a great year.

Sincerely,

Gary R. La Spisa, II

President, Seton Hall College Republicans

Below the break is the Transcript of the speech that sparked the comeback.  The speech that, then Governor of California, Ronald Reagan gave at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 1975.  In the wake of a disastrous election, Ronald Reagan gave these words which echo even louder today.

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