RSite Launched
Saturday night there was a party for Rick Santorum at the campaign HQ in Greentree (which is where I worked for my internship). The point was to gather College Republicans and Young Republicans so the audience was right for the launch of the latest website--RSite.
RSite is a collection of short videos that address issues pertaining to the upcoming 2006 election. The videos are hosted by either Mike Rubino or me, Karissa Kilgore. We were asked to do this by some folks in the campaign, and we were overjoyed to be able to be so involved in the campaign.
It's a relief! I can finally talk about one of the most exciting things that I got to do this summer... It was SO hard not to blog or talk about this just because it was so great! Mike and I had so much fun. RSite was a really fun project to work on, and the people we worked with were fabulous. We filmed the first few episodes in June. It was my first time in front of a real camera, so it was thrilling and sort of frightening all at the same time.
Throughout the rest of the summer, however, Mike and I attended a number of campaign events and interviewed people for other segments.
We've waited patiently, and (finally!) the site is up!
The party for the launch on Saturday was a total success. Supporters filled the room, and I could just feel the energy. When Rick showed up and talked to us, we were not just supporters listening to a politician, but we were like family supporting someone we believe in. Rick rallied us for support in these last five weeks of the campaign, fielded some questions, and then we all dug into the pizzas.
Once everyone was seated with food, it was time to unveil the site. I was excited and didn't know what to say, but when Mindy introduced Mike and I, somehow I just knew that telling the other CRs about what I really did and really felt was good enough. Mike mentioned MTV and other media and how they all purvey young voters and college students as liberals. We're not all liberals, though, and we have minds of our own. Now is the time for us to prove that: this November at the polls.
What excited me most about the site being up is that I know Rick is someone I truly support. It feels good to see a project that I think will make a difference come together. Rick stands for so much that our generation needs to get behind, and I've only learned more that I like about him by being a part of the campaign. My internship was originally just web design and blogging, but I wouldn't trade the experience of helping to create RSite for anything. I love knowing that what I'm doing is furthering the "Keep Up the Fight" campaign, and maybe opening some eyes to what good Rick Santorum is doing for Pennsylvania and beyond.
This entry is also posted on the ricksantorum.com blog.
Posted by KarissaKilgore at October 10, 2006 8:55 PM