A few of my cohorts have shared their thoughts regarding our attendance at Governor Pawlenty's Reception For The New Media this past Tuesday evening. None of them, however, adequately described the details of what really went on that night.
It was a truly magical evening that began with a rather informal gathering in the mansion's spacious but elegantly soft-spoken foyer. I must say here that First Lady Mary Pawlenty has really done an impressive job with the interior of the old Ventura place. One can only imagine what she could do with a canvas as big as The White House. Dare to dream....
The group chatted in the foyer, caught up a bit (most of us hadn't seen each other since the Kentucky Derby party over at Yostie's place) and were soon welcomed by some of the Governor's staff who, after introducing themselves, ushered us all into a basement room for what we were told would be a brief "media presentation".
As the lights dimmed, a large projection screen began to drop out of the ceiling at the end of the room...and the hush of anticipation filled the air. That silence was soon usurped by uproarious applause as the visage of local hero David Strom filled the screen. David's ten minute long taped message was passionate, inspirational and, at times, just plain brilliant. One of his biggest applause lines of the night was: "We need you bloggers to stay on message, stay on target and to keep ridin' those liberals' asses!" Great stuff.
Stromie's performance was followed by a very brief intermission and then the screen exploded with light once again. This time, the face that greeted the room made every last one of us snap silently to attention. It was none other than Karl Rove himself. His address kept us all in stunned reverence for nearly twenty minutes. I can't go into to the details here (as it would seriously compromise our mission) but Mr. Rove succinctly spelled out what we all need to do in the coming months and years to fulfill the President's far reaching goal to destroy the twin evils of godless terrorism abroad and progressive liberalism at home.
What I can say is that Mr. Rove did assuage our massive egos by mentioning most of our blogs by name. I swear that Doug nearly choked on his martini olive when he heard Bogus Gold mentioned not once, but twice.
As the projection screen was being retracted, Governor Pawlenty himself entered the room (to thunderous applause, of course) and gave us another brief but poignant pep talk on the importance of the New Media in today's world. He then invited us upstairs where we feasted on fresh salmon, lobster and wild game with all the free liquor, beer and wine we could swallow. Let me tell you, we bloggers can swallow a lot.
Pictures with the Governor (here, here, here and here) and more chit-chat followed.
Believe me, not one of us wanted that evening to end. We left, however, with a renewed sense of purpose and a feeling that our mission was clear. We have our marching orders...and march we shall.
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