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What Really Happened at CPAC
American Thinker.com ^ | March 5, 2021 | Brian Griffin

Posted on 03/05/2021 4:47:53 AM PST by Kaslin

No, conference goers didn't gather to spread conspiracy theories. No, they didn't bow down to a golden statue of Trump. And no, the stage wasn't designed to pay homage to Nazi symbology.

Fascism, a form of big government, is hated among conservatives.

Outsiders in the mainstream media really piled on the hate.

"There will be no policy debates," claimed an MSNBC opinion columnist. That's false.

The truth, it seems, was of no value in reporting on this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

Among speeches from high-profile Republicans were dozens of panels and debates on a broad spectrum of policy issues — which was the purpose of the gathering. Conference-goers are entertained by the stars and informed by the discussion.

These panels presented problems facing society and discussed a broad pool of options from which to draw solutions, including the market; public-private partnerships; individuals; the community; the federal system; and, in limited capacities, the federal government.

Perhaps this explains why there isn't a CPAC equivalent on the left. Their only solution is more government.

Gathering to discuss and debate a broad range of sources for solutions to the problems that face society is what America needs right now. If COVID taught us anything, it is that government alone can't be the answer. It's a healthy practice in politics to discuss and reach wide for answers — one that should be encouraged if critics are really worried that their political opponents are susceptible to any single "big lie."

No one at CPAC, including myself, agreed with everything that was said.

The conference even featured panels designed specifically to encourage self-criticism. "Tough Love: An Assessment of the Republican Party" was hosted on Sunday.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cpac

1 posted on 03/05/2021 4:47:53 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

America got a real state of the union address.


2 posted on 03/05/2021 4:57:12 AM PST by Ikeon (if I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong)
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To: Kaslin

Good insight, that the only solutions from the left is more government. An ever increasing storm of fascism rising from their bullshiite rhetoric.


3 posted on 03/05/2021 5:02:24 AM PST by Kevmo (So America gets what America deserves - - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
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To: Kaslin; Lazamataz

If Laz was there, he would be hustling some of those very attractive young Republican ladies, who are rare creatures in the increasingly banal world of popular femininity, that cannot separate the real world from the bizarro world of the left.

This factor also plays are large part in the socialization process at CPAC. People make life long friendships there.

But one thing is sure, CPAC stoked the lefts fear of America First to even higher levels, so much so, that they say Nazis reflected in the very walls , stage and chandeliers of the Hyatt.

You see they have no one who can muster 80,000 outdoor rally attendees in 72 hours. That irks them now end and empowers our cause.A fact we are too willing to forget at times.


4 posted on 03/05/2021 5:03:43 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: Kaslin

CPAC should change its name to the World Bullschitter Congress. What good has that forum ever accomplished in its entire existence?


5 posted on 03/05/2021 5:07:53 AM PST by DrPretorius
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To: Kaslin

And...Youtube again shows its colors, it has banned RSBN from showing Trumps speech.


6 posted on 03/05/2021 5:08:33 AM PST by Daniel Ramsey (17)
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To: Kevmo

Democrats don’t have real solutions to real problems. Their primary concern is on how to bugger the electorate, with legislation with phony names like “the affordable care act”, the “for the people act” and the like. Oh, and how to steal elections, and bugger the constitution.


7 posted on 03/05/2021 5:15:57 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: DrPretorius

With your insight you might be best to let the gathering slip by the way side.


8 posted on 03/05/2021 5:16:34 AM PST by heshtesh
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To: DrPretorius

So you disliked President Trump’s speech then?


9 posted on 03/05/2021 6:46:43 AM PST by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: Daniel Ramsey

I watched it live on RSBN via Youtube.. Are you saying they removed the ability to see it again?


10 posted on 03/05/2021 7:14:21 AM PST by ASA Vet (The first two boxes failed, only one remains.)
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To: Kaslin

” the stage wasn’t designed to pay homage to Nazi symbology.”

The jury isn’t in on that one yet!

Let me fix it:

the stage wasn’t designed by anyone at CPAC to pay homage to Nazi symbology.


11 posted on 03/05/2021 7:34:37 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: ASA Vet

From what I hear on the news. Obscene amount of censoring.
Obviously some entity doesn’t want MAGA.
I would really, really want to know what group that is.


12 posted on 03/05/2021 7:53:24 AM PST by Daniel Ramsey (17)
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To: subterfuge

Not particlularly. He’s done much better.


13 posted on 03/05/2021 7:55:57 AM PST by DrPretorius
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To: Kaslin
No, they didn't bow down to a golden statue of Trump.

Actually, that would make a great joke. Have attendees really, really overact it, and then see how long it takes the lefties to catch on.

14 posted on 03/05/2021 10:12:18 AM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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