Posted on 02/10/2011 8:47:16 PM PST by pillut48
Dick Cheney just popped up here at CPAC to introduce his old pal and Bush administration colleague Donald Rumsfeld. Fans of Ron Paul turned what should have been a friendly moment before an audience of fellow conservatives into a screaming match and protest action that resembled what a Cheney-Rumsfeld hug at the Netroots Nation convention might look like.
Rumsfeld is being given CPAC's "Defender Of The Constitution" award, a concept that apparently rankled Paul supporters in the crowd. Many of them got up and walked out en masse at the mention of Rumsfeld, though some stayed behind in the conference hall to heckle the architects of the invasion of Iraq.
One shout of "where's Bin Laden?" rang out as Cheney spoke of Rumsfeld.
That led to the pro-Cheney contingent (which it should be said greatly outnumbers the opposition) to shout the hecklers down with the familiar "USA, USA" chant.
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Bradfield said the moment showed that "half" of CPAC this year is libertarian, which means his side is winning in the civil war between "libertarians and right-wing conservatives."
"We're loud," he said.
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>> One shout of “where’s Bin Laden?” rang out as Cheney spoke of Rumsfeld.
Hell yeah! Where the # is that bastard!!! That g-damn mo-#er killed nearly 3,000 Americans.
Let’s not be pedantic pussies in the face of the obvious.
Cheney and Rumsfeld rock - to each with their own I’m not necessarily supportive.
Yup. The CPAC conference is good overall, there’s too much politicizing among the ranks for my taste. Watched Rush’s speech last time, it was great. It appears that these days it has a big lib media target on it to highlight any dissention. To boo Cheney and Rumsfeld is very bad form, especialy in that forum.
To my way of thinking, CPAC has imploded. It’s too bad. About a decade ago I enjoyed attended for several years. Today I’m not even moved to attend.
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