take it over to the next issue as well. you know, a life is a life and should we start messing around with lives and when we start doing in vitro fertilization and something does that lead to some kind of cloning and picking out blue eyes and eliminating babies who have any deficiencies? what we perceive to be deficiencies that, you know, are not deficiencies. .. things i have heard on the news, i come up to people who

are saying they are biased because it comes from a source that is conservative work -- how can we -- especially where we have snippet news, seconds, how can we help other people to be informed on information, get past the point where just because they disagree with what it is saying they try to argue that it is biased? >> that is another diversionary tactic because instead of arguing the point they would just say that is fox news and it doesn't count. fox news has both sides on it. i think it is well represented. you have to argue the fact, this is where your intelligence and knowledge base comes into play. if you know the facts he will be able to pull them back from those diversionary tactics, what do you know about this subject that changes that?

what changes the fact? what about it is not fair and balanced and tell me? demand specifics. don't let them get off with this is not fair or balanced, why? tell me why? call people on it because they have gone away with this sort of it is not fair stuff in their classes because their professors agree with them. you have to be the ones to hold them to account. it is not easy and they will think you are obnoxious but do it anyway. >> thank you. >> i am a junior at baylor university. i have a question, especially in light of senator arlen specter's defection to the democratic party, what type of conservative or republican party should we be trying to go for? a purification of the party? should it be a big tent conservative republican party? with john mccain's daughter talking recently about libera z liberalizing the conservative

agenda to expand the party, that seems to me becoming more like the democrats. >> how well did that work for john mccain? how well did it work for not standing up for conservative values and principles? there were states they thought that would work and everyone of them we lost big. this whole notion that by watering down a conservative philosophy, you can reach middle-of-the-road voters, it doesn't work. is proven in election after election. there are pockets, there is a state or counties where a different message does appeal more to voters. that is perfectly reasonable to be aware of that. what the republican party needs to do from a pungent analytical standpoint would be to clearly

stated differences the 2 parties, most specifically state it on limiting the size and scope of government, limiting taxes. what is happening right now represents the perfect opportunity for conservatism, conservative to say what has happened now that we have expanded the size of government, now that we are raising taxes, do we see an increase in jobs? we have lost 300,000 in one month. that was supposed to lead to a direct increase in jobs and the opposite happened. it is necessarily happens that you take money away from businesses, they will not be able to hire other people. those are the arguments you need to be using, but it is a winning argument to stand up for conservative fiscal policies, boldly and courageously on these and stop worrying about what the left is saying and what abc and nbc and cnn are saying, they're not going to agree with conservative principles but

middle america agrees with those conservative principles. all of america is going to be agreeing with those principles as they recognize unemployment rates are going through the roof and there is going to be no increase in prosperity as a result of these policies. it can still be a big tent party. you don't say you have to agree 100% on every issue, but these are our core principles. hold up the tenth. that is what i recommend the party do. >> i am best simpson originally from the state of wyoming but i am a rising junior at the university of notre dame. i have a question along the same lines as the earlier one. when i look at the political environment today, i see it as though we are becoming more and more polarized, we face one another with these arguments and we don't get much done. how do we stand strong in our

values, yet at the same time not make the other side into a monster, so remaining true to our values and ideals, at the same time respecting the human dignity of the other side, not simply appealing to labels, and integrate that with making some productive measures as well so that we are not in a deadlock? >> i am not the right person to ask that question to but i will give it a shot. i firmly believe that it is -- there is no more discord now than there has ever been in public policy. if you hear it tightening it is because the consequences are dramatically increasing rain now. i don't think there's any room for compromise on some of these issues. when comes to socializing certain industries, i can't be friendly, i can't make friends, i can't come up with a compromise, it is wrong. even a little bit is wrong, take our country down the wrong path, one that reversing is going to be practically impossible.

i think you have to be civilized and you have to be respectful, crowdhammer was right, there should be no personal attacks on demeanor, it should be purely based on philosophical principles, on what it is to be a judge. we should not back away in the interest of making friends. we should be dignified and respectful and gracious. we win people over when our tent and tenors opprobrium but we did not win people over when we compromise our principles. they think with the dialect that person for? i walked door-to-door because i thought that person believed in lower taxes. republicans have lost such numbers because they abandoned their principles. it is not because they stood up boldly for what they believed in. i believe now more than ever in the time for conservatives to stand firmly on their principles. our next speaker is here so thanks very much, god bless you.

[applause] >> thank you for your time and remarks. >> i'm a rising third year at the university of virginia. my first experience with our next speaker took place in a torrential downpour in 2008. i was walking toward the building and i saw a woman running for shelter and once inside are recognized her as miss january from the miss institute calendar. i managed to matter in my starstruck state that i was coming to see her speak. i am sure she does not remember this insignificant event, i will not forget it because it was my first experience seeing her speak at my university and i was greatly inspired. dave buchanan is a washington d.c. native and received her degree in montreal, canada.

ms. buchanan was national treasurer and ronald reagan's campaign in 1980, and 1984. in 1981 president reagan appointed her to be treasurer of the united states and at the age of 32 she is the youngest person to hold this distinguished title. she continued to serve under reagan and in 1983 appointed her to share his commission on women's billion of business owners. served as campaign chairman during her brother's presidential campaign. most recently she served as chairman in the senior adviser to mitt romney. other notable career accolade's include ms. buchanan's role as regular political analyst for cnn's inside politics and good morning america. he was the co-anchor of the political talks of equal times and host of radio talk-show program in 2007. she was named one of the year by the policy institute. her book the extreme makeover of hillary rodham clinton was published in 2007 and is an

extraordinarily perspective -- perceptive analysis of clinton. she is president of the american cause and chairman of team america. she is a mother and grandmother to his 3 sons and her granddaughter. arousing speeches on life and immigration can be heard at colleges and universities nationwide and they never cease to motivate and inspired. it is my pleasure to introduce to the conservative movement, a woman i greatly admire, ms. buchanan. [applause] >> thank you very much. i enjoy speaking to young people. you give me great hope and inspire me. there is great reason in this part of the world to be discouraged. i enjoy being among those young. we are in a situation in this country where you all are coming to a conference today, talking about leadership. with other conferences, the

reason you were drawn to washington was to meet and mingle with other leaders, leaders in our country, as you perceive it and to get to know little bit about politics. i have been in politics since i was your age. just about that. i worked first with richard nixon, you may have read about him in your history books. i have a good sense of what politics is all about, the good and bad. i have a sense of what makes a leader. i have seen people emerge, become terrific leaders in this country, and others with great hope. you have so much faith that that would going to happen to you have seen that falter. i want to talk about that, in a little bit about leadership. let's talk about those who are here in this town. you come here thinking, many of you working for people you admire. you understand them to be the nation's leaders.

i will argue that point. i will debate that point. we have few leaders in this town, few, but only a few. as i watched what has happened, and i don't know, most of your republicans that it doesn't matter to me, the same is true on both sides of the aisle. take for instance something you have become familiar with, the partisan, the party line vote, the vote where we have to go in on party-line. comes from the top, the president if he is a republican, or if he is a democrat, word comes down, party-line. what does that mean? you probably know. if you are republican you have to vote republican, if you're a democrat you have to are democrats, party leaders are pulling you, this is not when you can use, go with the party. where is leadership here? explain to me how somebody who ran for office, the promise their constituents, they're

going to represent them on issue a, b, and see, they explain their composition and fight for it only to have somebody, the party leader call them and say don't even bother reading this bill, just faux republican, vote yes, because that is the republicans vote. that is not the issue, that is a sheet, that is somebody who takes orders from someone else, that is somebody's phoned by somebody else. they're just sitting in the seat doing what they're told to do. on occasion, they are allowed to actually study the issue and vote their conscience. when permitted. all those people should go home. they are being of no service to this country. they are harming this nation. [applause] >> you will hear the argument, the party has to keep together, no, no. the party is not what it is about. the party should be based on principles.

it should have something more than being a social club. it should be telling the american people as a group, these are the key issues. some of our members are going to be not so good on this or that, but here are the basic principles. at the republican is always basic principles, we believe in individual freedom, personal responsibility, we believe in small government. they don't tell us what to do, they don't tell us in our lives how we are run, our lives and families, we can handle that assignment just fine, we do a lot better than any government, whether it be state, local or federal. they do a minimum amount, and we as individuals take charge of our own lives and the lives of our families, provide for them in near-term and guide them and direct them. that is our job. has an individual who says i think i will run for office, you come to that position in life as an american who is concerned

about what is going on, the direction of the nation, problems in their own community that are not being addressed in washington or the state capital, so you run with the intent to do something about it, to make a difference. that is where it is supposed to come from. i don't disagree with those few who say that is basically what motivated most members of congress. it is probably accurate. but that is not what happened when they got here. they got here and it became very important to them, the office, their assignment. they go to these little groups, republican meetings, the caucuses, the retreats, they are all told this is howard is done. you do what i tell you and i will raise use the money so you can stay in office. france will raise use the money. there will be times when i have to call in the chips and you need to do what i tell you. that is the point of a sell out. at that point as they should say on would like you to have the

but i will only be able to help you when it is in agreement with what i told those people who put their trust in the, when it has come from my heart and what i believe. this is what has happened. you have republicans, it has gone both sides. i don't want anyone to think this is one side. there are pro-choice republicans and pro-life republicans, their free-trade republicans and economic nationalists. there are republicans who are for the war and republicans against the war but one thing republicans always agree is what kept us together, what drew people to the party and we disagree on other issues, and that is small government. small. i was raised at a table where crossfire began and i can tell you, i have 7 brothers and a father who were debating before i could talk.

i understood the entitlement, whenever it was, with a bad thing. i was only 6 but i understood, entitlement, how terrible it is. you can't control them, they grow expensive, the government has no control over its spending when you have entitlement, something republicans have always been opposed to. we got the largest in thailand in 40 years by republican senators, republican president. the medicare drug benefits, how did that happen? it wasn't just moderate republicans going off of the reservation and president bush, no, no, it was because conservatives voted for it. there are number of conservatives, if all conservatives had said mr. president, you have done some great things, we are supportive of the war, your tax cuts fell we voted for you, we will be

there with you but you can't ask us to vote for entitlement because we think it is in the worst interests of this nation, it is harmful to our own children, we can't do it. but they said you can't embarrass our president. let's not embarrass our president, let's take the country over the cliff. what kind of nonsense is this? you just a very easily, mr. president, i am with you on lots of things that you can't ask me to go against my conscience. and he would know we have your vote when you agree with him and he couldn't get your vote when you don't agree with him because you are your own person, you would then become a meter, you have become individual who makes a difference, you would have inspired and encouraged other conservatives that he can do it, she can do it, i can do it too. instead, they fell and we have

an awful situation, a government that is ballooning in expenses, and we have to take part of that responsibility as conservatives. why? because we were not bold. we were not courageous, we didn't want to have our face plastered on the front of our local papers as going against the republican president. so we fell in line. like sheet. it is incident after incident. let's go over a couple issues. they have harmed, enormously harmful to our movement because we do not have the kind of leaders we need. take immigration. 90% of americans believe the border should be secure. consider the politics of that. you have 10%, the way they live, everybody they could find.

especially after 9/11, a time of war, first thing you do, secure the borders so you know who is coming and going, we couldn't find the guts to secure the border of the united states. twenty million illegal immigrants come poring over, both parties don't have a word to say about it, we don't want to enforce the law and upset people, you have the press on your names. we can't handle this. we don't want to have to explain we are not racist. if you are not racists were you worried about? they will call you anything they can if they will quiet you. you can't let them -- name calling, positive intimidation put you in a box of you can speak out and be the person you are meant to be. you don't worry about what they are going to call you, just make the point, this is what we have to do because it is in the best interests of the nation a you defend yourself but they couldn't. said on our own government has established that there are 2

countries that are eminently in danger of losing the government. that could damage the national security of the united states. 2. pakistan and mexico. that was determined a couple months ago because we did nothing. we have a wide open border. if the drug can tell -- job cartel takes over the refugees will come pouring into the country more than they are now. we cannot control our own border. how is it that all those drugs and drug cartels got organized more and more powerful? because they had easy access to the biggest drug market in the world, easy access. if we had a secure border all these years the access would not have been so easy and maybe we wouldn't have such an enormous mess on our southern border.

afraid to do anything, do anything. take the issue of life, our party claims to be pro-life. we have individuals in congress, who are there because of the work and diligence of pro-life activists, because they have told them i will be there for the unborn. i will be a champion of the unborn. i am your candidate. the core of our party is socially conservative. that is where our strength is. they have always been there for those candidates. just think for a moment. and individual who's truly pro-life. we believe that every single time an abortion occurs a child's life is taken.

we also believe that there is a second victim, that the woman, the mother, suffers enormously and that suffering continues very likely throughout her life. this is a terrible tragedy. that is what i believe. but you get into a position of power and you are afraid to talk about it. what kind of character, what kind of person is that? you have leaders in our party, when we have the majority, who.blank say the abortion controversy is too controversial. babies are dying by the thousands every day. it is too controversial? what kind of person are you that you can't use the opportunity you have been given by people who believe in you to help an unborn child? that you are silent by the opponents, you are silenced by leaders in your party, that is

just not the right time to do anything so we will let a few more hundreds of thousands died and to you get your courage? this is what i am talking about. true leadership, that is not it. that is not where it is that. you may think to yourself, i would like to be a leader in my life, i say to you you need to be a leader now. we can't wait around for you to pick the time. this is america. we are known throughout our history to have courageous young people being part of making this country what it is today. i don't know another time when we need you more dearly than we do now and some of your friends, colleagues, are fighting for this country, risking their

lives and limbs to defend this nation. they're not saying i am going to wait a while. they're saying there is a need, the country needs me. you can do the same thing here. you can do it. george washington made it quite clear. the sacred fire of liberty, he said, is an trusted in the hands of the american people. the american people. he didn't say in the government, he didn't say the leaders, he didn't say the wealthy, he didn't they corporate america. in hand of the american people, he didn't say in hands of the successful professionals. it is you all, as much is it is me. it is you all. the second thing, now that we have identified 2 leaders are and need to be, you have to make a decision. are you going to be one of the leaders in this country? are you going to be someone who makes a difference, you going to be somebody like many of your

boss's, who just goes along to make certain that everything is smooth and do what they are told, or are you going to be bold? a you going to be courageous? make certain that you, who have all the best intentions of being the kind of person this country needs, can actually get there. i will tell you how it is done. the first, make the decision. you make the decision. i am going to be a leader. then you have to decide what issue moves you? in order to be a leader you have to have a desire to move something, people, the nation, your community, what ever it is, in a certain direction. you have to divide that direction on an issue, it starts generally with idea, principal and issue. you pick an issue, any issue, something that motivates you. you have to start somewhere.

take an issue. maybe it is immigration, maybe it is the war. obama has given you plenty to work with. you pick it and start to study it a little bit. those of you to go back to campuses in the fall, you are perfectly positioned to become extremely good at being leaders, young leaders. you need to find people who disagree with you. if you are pro-life, sit-down with people who are pro-choice. and you talk to them. and you say you are pro-choice, aren't you? how can you possibly support a practice that takes the life of a child every time? a baby, life? and they are going to say oh gosh, and thank you came out of some cave recently and they're going to just look at you because on college campuses, they don't hear this side much, so they are going to say to you

are you telling me -- they will use their best arguments, that a 14-year-old raped by her dad should be forced to have a child? and you may say to yourself i don't know if i am for that, i am not about to defend it in this crowd and you'll become hesitant and nervous and not know the answer. that is good news because you are not ready. so you go back, talk to some pro-life firs and say how do you answer this? maybe you are not certain. maybe you are a rape and incest inception -- exception, maybe you are, you need to find that out. what does it matter? what is the conception, if it is a child, it is always a child, it is not some time the child, do we defend the right of that child to life? at all times? as i said, some might go with rape and incest, go with that. now you have your response.

you are ready, an offense is the best defense, he coached basketball. i couldn't agree more. i much prefer the offense. he led -- he said let's talk about some other. now you have studied, you know that the scars on the mother are unbelievable. drugs, suicide, it is unbelievable. you talk to some of those women who have had abortions that are traveling this country sharing their story, this is not just some alternative. and you find out this is a terrible procedure all around. it is never in the best interest of anyone. you learn these things, you learn about the increased risk of breast cancer depending on the person's family history. these are things you find out. and you become more passionate, more informed, you go back in, and you start feeling like you have got this down.