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Orin Hatch was there.

So he must be “sensuous”.

Orin Hatch was there.

So he must be “serious” too!

Ping.

Cardenas headed up Romney's '08 campaign in FL and is close to Jeb Bush. He is the new ACU (and CPAC) honcho.

Ron Paul was there!

LOL

Someone should gently break it to this doofus: Nobody cares about CPAC any more. Or the ACU. Time has passed them by. Lumping Huckleberry and Palin together is a good illustration as to why.

"Cardenas confirmed that he'll be reconsidering the ACU's relationship with GOProud, whose participation set off a boycott by some conservative activists and whose leader, Chris Barron, had to apologize after calling ACU board member Cleta Mitchell "a nasty bigot" for opposing the gay rights group's participation."

Finally, a little bit of progress.

Cardenas is NOT an American name! FH!

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

CPAC/ACU/CAIR is run by Al Cardenas/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."

CPAC's Grover Norquist Joins Obama Push For Illegal Alien Amnesty - FR

CPAC's Grover Norquist Joins Obama Push For Illegal Alien Amnesty

Palin is going to go directly to the ‘people’. She doesn’t need any ‘annointing’ and ‘kow-towing’ to these ELITISTS!

Who the hell do they think they are? “She must not be serious, if she’s not ‘here’”!?!

Lousy start by this creep.

What an arrogant ass.

Al Cardenas just doesn’t ‘get it’. But he will.

The fact that Sarah Palin did not go nor speak influenced me.

The fact that Jim DeMint did not go nor speak influenced me A LOT!

Take Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee out of the 2012 presidential mix, says Al Cardenas, new chair of the American Conservative Union: If they were serious about running, "they'd probably be here."

Of course, because in order to be considered a serious leader you are obligated to follow around certain people and kiss their ass./sarc

Al Cardenas, you better get used to the idea that Sarah Palin doesn't operate by the "old rules". She's rewriting the book on presidential politics. You are hereby deemed irrelevant.

"But my sense I they're not serious about running because I would think they'd probably be here if they were."

Anybody want to defend Cardenas' above "brilliant" remark?

Here's my take on it.

Cardenas to all serious conservatives who didn't attend CPAC: Drop dead!

Seems the Bushie Keane was succeeded by the Bushie Cardenas. While this genius is pronouncing Palin not serious, notice she just hired her Chief of Staff.

Poor Cardenas... He’s a little slow on the uptake. Will someone please let him know that Batista is no longer in charge in Cuba. He might have missed that too.