Great, you and I totally agree that it is indefensible to denigrate CPAC for being insufficiently conservative. So go argue with those on this thread — and in your camp — who are denigrating CPAC for being insufficiently conservative.
I never said that, Iron Lady!
Again. Saying someone or something is "insufficiently conservative", is not denigrating rhetoric. Criticism is at the core of our 1st amendment free speech and political dissent.
Why is it indefensible?
"Insufficiently conservative" was a fair description of CPAC 2004, in my opinion, and Rudy wasn't even a consideration.