2008 Delegate Welcoming Party!

Jason and I went to the 2008 RNC Delegate Welcoming Party at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Sunday evening. We were treated to the red carpet! The first red carpet I have ever been on! We entered and people treated us like royalty! It was so much fun and there were so many delegates there. They treated us to the Civic Fest that has been going on. The Civic Fest is an exhibit with historic memorabilia and artifacts. They also had a ton of food which was catered. I am not kidding you when I say that there was a food table every three feet! I was so full afterwards, I didn't think I could eat for a week! There were also bars, you could have any mixed drink, beer, soda and water. Anything your heart desired was there.

I have no clue why I took this picture. The Tilt-A-Whirl is my favorite ride, and I didn't think the camera batteries were running low, so I figured I would take a picture of everything!!


These pictures were pretty interesting about the women suffrage. In today's age, you don't really understand what it was like being a woman without the right to vote. On The Man show, a few years ago, Jimmy Kimmel actually set up a stand in New York City asking for people to sign a petition to end women's suffrage and the majority of people had no clue what it was and so they signed the petition. I suppose if I heard about women suffering I would sign a petition if I didn't know better!

These were dresses worn by First Lady's. Of course I didn't write down who they were and didn't quite get the names in the pictures. They were so petite though!

The dress on the left is Laura Bush's gown. They had a picture of when she wore it.

This was the most interesting. This is Martha Washington's dress.


This limousine was Ronald Reagan's. He actually had it altered, if you notice it is taller than most limousine's. He wanted to be able to see the people out the window and wear his cowboy hat, so he had the roof lifted 3" and the glass was also made to be taller. You can see he rode in style, love the blue velvet! It was privately owned and the fest was just renting it. It also stunk because of how old it was.


This was Franklin D. Roosevelt's car when he was President. He also had the doors altered to make room for his wheelchair and a ramp was added so he could get in and out with ease.

Replica of the Oval Office.

This last picture is for all of you American Idol fans! :) About two seasons ago Antonella Barba was a contestant. Yes, the one with the half naked pictures that were leaked onto the web. One part of the Convention Center had tables where you could purchase merchandise and she was over there, not sure what she was selling or why she was there. I took it because I thought Nicole would find it funny. She was signing autographs but I passed, just wanted a picture.

I was so glad that I had the opportunity to go. It was so much fun and we talked to many delegates. You could really tell the ones from Texas, they love their state and definitely dress to show it! All the delegates were very nice and were very happy to be in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention.