CPAC Civil War: Ron Paul Supporters Scream “War Criminal” At Dick Cheney

Things should have been nice and chummy at CPAC an hour ago. Dick Cheney strolled on stage to cheers and the inspirational tune of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best” and got began to present the “Defender Of The Constitution” award to Donald Rumsfeld. However, as the chants of “USA! USA!” died down, a voice screaming “War criminal!” could be heard. And then, as Cheney continued to talk up his former colleague, a shouting match began between supporters of Ron Paul and the rest of the convention hall.

The Paul supporters eventually walked out in the middle of Rumsfeld’s speech as way of protest. Talking Points Memo managed to nab a quote from one of them:

I have been hearing from several friends at CPAC that they are completely disgusted with it this year. Some great speakers and guests like Cheney and Cain, but it the packs of roving paultards getting in people’s faces are causing folks just to leave. Even FReeper LS said on another thread it was over-run with anti-war Paultard types.

Sarah was right about her last two years of “scheduling conflicts”.

She was. Good point. I'm not the biggest Palin fan but she is proving to be pretty savvy about a lot of things like this.

Wonder if she is ready for a rematch with Couric yet?

She doesn't need CPAC.

Sarah was right about her last two years of “scheduling conflicts”.

She was. Good point. I'm not the biggest Palin fan but she is proving to be pretty savvy about a lot of things like this.

Wonder if she is ready for a rematch with Couric yet?

She doesn't need CPAC.

Cheney is a US patriot.

The Communist monkeys representing Ron Paul are not.

CPAC [ = Obama Republicans] supports the Islamic invasion, CAIR, Mitt Romney and antiSemitism.

CPAC/ACU/CAIR is run by David Keene
involved in Palin-bashing and Romney-care polishing.

""Palin-bashing CPAC/ACU Chair donated $2,000 to Arlen Specter, endorsed Romney""

""Exclusive: Conservative group offers support for $2M"

""Palin rebuffs CPAC, Keene""

"Washington Insider David Keene Disses Governor Palin, Claims to Speak for Grassroots
"Keene's ACU also puts on the annual CPAC conference in Washington.

.In the last three years CPAC has devolved into nothing more than
an annual love fest for the most established of establishment
Republicans, Mitt Romney. It should come as no surprise that David
Keene supported Mitt Romney in 2008. "

"David Keene Endorses Romney"

"ACU President David Keene Endorses Romney
Long courted by Romney, Keene agreed to formalize his endorsement of
the former governor during a face to face meeting in Florida on
Tuesday, according to knowledgeable sources."

"David A. Keene (born May 20, 1945) is the current chairman of the American
Conservative Union, a position which he has held since 1984. Additionally, he is the
managing associate at the Carmen Group Lobbying, a lobbying firm based in
Washington, D.C. In December 2007, Keene endorsed Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. "

"(at CPAC 2010, the) message there was that "real conservatives" don't support the war
on terror because it is a creation of the "Israeli lobby" - which coalesces with the left-
wing's new anti-Semitism against neoconservatives. Karen Kwiatkowski is a darling of
both the leftist Huffington Post and the anti-Semitic paleocon site Antiwar.com.

…is a board member of the ACU, and from the looks of CPAC's
covered topics and omission of discussion of jihad, it looks as if he exerts enormous
influence over David Keene, the ACU's nominal leader. Norquist and his ally Suhail
Khan seem to be in charge at CPAC - no CPAC event goes on that doesn't reflect their perspective. ….
Grover Norquist's troubling ties to Islamic supremacists and jihadists have been known
for years. He and his Palestinian wife, Samah Alrayyes, who was director of
communications for his Islamic Free Market Institute until they married in 2005, are very
active in "Muslim outreach." …..
It was Norquist who ushered these silver-tongued jihadists into the Oval Office after the
worst attack ever on American soil. ….
Grover Norquist was on the jihad payroll before and after the carnage and death of
September 11….
Norquist also introduced Nihad Awad, cofounder and executive director of the Council
on American-Islamic Relations, to President Bush. ….
It is no surprise that CPAC 2010, like CPAC 2009, had nothing addressing the war we
are actually engaged in. This is due to the influence of Norquist, Keene, and Suhail Khan,
a CPAC board member. According to Gaffney, Khan "has repeatedly been a featured
speaker at MSA, ISNA and CAIR events" - that is, Muslim Students Association, Islamic
Society of North America, and Council on American-Islamic Relations, three groups
linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, the international Islamic organization dedicated to
establishing the rule of Islamic law and the subjugation of infidels worldwide."

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Dick Cheney has served our country long and well. He is a true American patriot. Shame on the Ron Paul people fir such a disgraceful display.

Ron Paul’s vision of America and the world, in particular his isolationism, anti-semitism and anti- Israel positions are not shared by most Americans and certainly not shared by most Conservatives.

Time to end this trashing and remember who the real enemy is.

NOBAMA 2012

CPAC has created this. By making CPAC about the Staw Poll and elevating that to the first test of the Presidential contest they have ensured that many people will come just to get the ticket to vote.

I was sent email asking me to attend by one candidate this year. I'm sure other candidates have done even more to "get out the vote".

There is no excuse for acting like idiotic Code Pinkers at a conservative event. Ron Paul should make clear to his supporters that that sort of behavior is not appreciated.

"...need to build something new from that Tea Party convention in Nashville last year..."

I would prefer just to take CPAC back. If you create something new, they'll just eventually infest that, as well.

I'm not at all convinced that the PaulBots aren't just an operating arm of Code Pink et. al.

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