I’m more interested in the message rather than the messenger at this point.
It was an obscene display of elitism with a touch haven’t we seen this chit before.
If Ron Paul gets the nomination, I’ll be scratching my head wondering how the hell that happened just like I was when John McCain got it.
The progressive Republicans don't want the ignorant conservatives to sully their elitist halls.Well they just may be dooming this nation to fascism.EFF THEM EVERY ONE.
Especially Beck and Ron Paul.Both effing fascists like Obama and his ilk.Turn coats made in the mold of McCain.
The RINOS still want to stiff America with another version of McCain.Its laughable. Wicked funny. They want that even if it means Obama until 2016.
How sick is that? No wonder Palin didn't go to CPAC.
More Beck bashing from the Republican ostriches...
already posted
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2456569/posts
“What happened was predictable, given that the man he picked uses a daily TV show to make it clear that he blames Republicans, Democrats, the left and the right, and politics in general all equally for America’s woes.”
And?
The author isn’t very clear about what Glenn Beck did wrong. Plus, he gives Beck no credit for injecting some spirit into the conservative resistance.
The author is confused and confusing.
He challenged the conservatives to take back their party.
Same thing you hear on FR 365 days a year.
The message I got was Republicans are not conservative enough.
Did I miss something?
He doesn't even come to a Tea Party in his own state of Connecticut.
Uh, no. Never let accuracy get in the way of a cathartic rant, Mr. C. Edmund Wrong. CPAC = Conservative Political Action Conference, a project of the American Conservative Union Foundation. There is no "committee" in CPAC.
>> keynoter Glenn Beck got huge ovations as he disavowed any conservative ascendancy within the Republican Party. <<
I though Beck was Promoting Conservative/Constitutionalists ascendancy in the Republican Party.
The Republicans have been DRUNK on power, we had both houses and senate but were paralyzed by RINOs like McCain and Specter and Graham, oh my.
We are the Republican party and WE HAVE A PROBLEM! That problem is that we are not sticking to the most dear ideals of Conservatism.
kook-paul is a major buzz kill.
Ron Paul in his own words...
“There’s nobody in this world that could possibly attack us today. I mean, we could defend this country with a few good submarines.”
“Have you ever read about the reasons they attacked us? They attack us because we’ve been over there. We’ve been bombing Iraq for 10 years,”
“I know a lot of people believe that, and while I haven’t looked at their evidence in detail, there certainly are a lot of unanswered questions about 9/11 and we certainly need an honest and thorough investigation instead of a cover up.”
MR. RUSSERT: How many troops do we have overseas right now?
REP. PAUL: I don’t know the exact number, but more than we need. We don’t need any.
MR. RUSSERT: It’s 572,000. And you’d bring them all home?
REP. PAUL: As quickly as possible. We–they will not serve our interests to be overseas. They get us into trouble. And we can defend this country without troops in Germany, troops in Japan. How do they help our national defense? Doesn’t make any sense to me. Troops in Korea since I’ve been in high school?
MR. RUSSERT: So if Iran invaded Israel, what do we do?
REP. PAUL: Well, they’re not going to. That is like saying “Iran is about to invade Mars.” I mean, they have nothing. They don’t have an army or navy or air force. And Israelis have 300 nuclear weapons. Nobody would touch them. But, no, if, if it were in our national security interests and Congress says, “You know, this is very, very important, we have to declare war.” But presidents don’t have the authority to go to war
What a bunch of stupid crap in this article. C. Edmund Wright can't even get his facts right regarding the title of the conference.
CPAC = Conservative Political Action Conference
Geesh...
DO NOT put any stock in that ridiculous CPAC straw poll that they insist on doing year after year! It bugs me so much that the media takes this non-scientific poll so damn seriously.
CPAC has so many wonderful events going on simultaneously, and the majority of attendees who bother to take the significant amount of time out of their day to "vote" in that straw poll are students (usually young guys between the ages of 18-25). And the ones who vote (over and over again) are rabid about their candidate - this year it happened to be Ron Paul.
I see these young guys every year at the straw poll tables... tables monitored by students, btw. These kids start filling out the paper ballots at the beginning of the conference (before they even listen to any speeches), they vote multiple times and stuff the stupid cardboard boxes with their ballots. It's kind of like us "FReeping" a poll, to be honest.
And then the media goes crazy proclaiming "Conservatives pick Ron Paul as their favorite candidate for 2012! Wow!"
I hate that dumbass CPAC straw poll. I don't have any "clout" with the CPAC honchos, but my husband and I are going to write and request that they stop running this straw poll every year. This thing totally misrepresents the majority of attendees at the conference.
CPAC had over 10,000 attendees this year, and about 2,395 of them voted in the straw poll. 52% were male, and in the 18-25 age bracket. Or so the poll said... who knows if these were even honest answers?
BTW, just before Glenn Beck's closing keynote speech, the pollster - Tony Fabrizio - read the Ron Paul result, and the crowd of 10,000 loudly BOOed, and for a significant time. I was one of 'em! Over in a far corner, there were a few wimpy cheers in the student section. Yeah, you guessed it - the Paulestinians.
You can find the results of this silly poll here if you're interested:
Too late. For years I'd considered going to CPAC and was pretty close this year, but now...? Forget it. Not just the speakers, but the sponsors and more...