CPAC Freak Show

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In case you had any doubt that the conservative movement has abandoned conservatism in favor of conspiracy theories, take a look at the speakers list for the CPAC Conference here in Maryland. Among the luminaries are Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Sheriff David Clarke, Dana Loesch, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, Nigel Farage, Michelle Malkin, Mark Levin, Eric Bolling, Judge Jeanine Pirro, and Sebastian Gorka.

http://cpac.conservative.org/cpac-speakers/

A regular who's who of conspiracy theorist scum.

[nailer]

Take the MiL for a bonding experience. ;)

[bobabode]

In case you had any doubt that the conservative movement has abandoned conservatism in favor of conspiracy theories, take a look at the speakers list for the CPAC Conference here in Maryland. Among the luminaries are Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Sheriff David Clarke, Dana Loesch, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, Nigel Farage, Michelle Malkin, Mark Levin, Eric Bolling, Judge Jeanine Pirro, and Sebastian Gorka.

http://cpac.conservative.org/cpac-speakers/

A regular who's who of conspiracy theorist scum.

Poor souls seem even more unhinged this year, if that's even possible.

Chugging Orange Kool-Aid after steeping in that Jimson Weed/Datura tea for years will do that to you.

[donquixote99]

In case you had any doubt that the conservative movement has abandoned conservatism in favor of conspiracy theories, take a look at the speakers list for the CPAC Conference here in Maryland. Among the luminaries are Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Sheriff David Clarke, Dana Loesch, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, Nigel Farage, Michelle Malkin, Mark Levin, Eric Bolling, Judge Jeanine Pirro, and Sebastian Gorka.

http://cpac.conservative.org/cpac-speakers/

A regular who's who of conspiracy theorist scum.

The center did not hold. There is nothing to keep them within any normal bounds. We're headed for really bad troubles I think.

[Rajoo]

The always endearing Ann Coulter was not invited to speak at CPAC.
Here is her comment.
"I wasn't invited," Coulter confirmed in an email Thursday to the Washington Examiner media desk. "I might just show up anyway just to piss them off. I could be the Bibi Netanyahu of CPAC."

Here is probably why.
Ann Coulter‏Verified account @AnnCoulter

Any GOP who supports some new gun restriction NOW (which will do nothing) is admitting that he could have “done something” after Orlando, San Bernardino, Sandy Hook, etc, but refused.


All is not well in CPAC Land, perhaps Dana is nudging Anne off the stage.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ann-coulter-excluded-from-speakers-at-cpac/article/2560778

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All is not well in CPAC Land, perhaps Dana is nudging Anne off the stage.

They have their new spiteful bitch poster-child.

[finnbow]

An indicator of CPAC idiocy:

@realDonaldTrump

BIG CPAC STRAW POLL RESULTS: 93% APPROVE OF THE JOB PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING (Thank you!). 50% say President Trump should Tweet MORE or SAME (funny!). 79% say Republicans in Congress should do a better job of working with President Trump (starting to happen).

[Pio1980]

Hypocrisy, squared.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mona-charen_us_5a9287f3e4b03b55731cf139

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They booed Mona Charon today. :eek:

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Good for her.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/opinion/im-glad-i-got-booed-at-cpac.html

[finnbow]

Good for her.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/opinion/im-glad-i-got-booed-at-cpac.html

From the article:

There is nothing more freeing than telling the truth. And it must be done, again and again, by those of us who refuse to be absorbed into this brainless, sinister, clownish thing called Trumpism, by those of us who refuse to overlook the fools, frauds and fascists attempting to glide along in his slipstream into respectability...

I spoke to a hostile audience for the sake of every person who has watched this spectacle of mendacity in disbelief and misery for the past two years...

For traditional conservatives, the past two years have felt like a Twilight Zone episode. Politicians, activists and intellectuals have succumbed with numbing regularity, betraying every principle they once claimed to uphold.

It's amazing how few conservatives have the fundamental decency to speak out this way.

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The truth shall set you free.

Problem is the truth is more often than not lost in the quest for power.

[Chicks]

It's amazing how few conservatives have the fundamental decency to speak out this way.

Thing is, she’s speaking out in the facts-based, real journalism, NYT. The few Trumpies who actually read don’t read the Times, so her message will be lost in the fake conservative noise. Will Limblow or InsHannity of Fox “News” give her fair time? Highly unlikely, except to lie about her message.

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Thing is, she’s speaking out in the facts-based, real journalism, NYT. The few Trumpies who actually read don’t read the Times, so her message will be lost in the fake conservative noise. Will Limblow or InsHannity of Fox “News” give her fair time? Highly unlikely, except to lie about her message.

Yep, with her comments, she will now be relegated to RINO status, something Trumpkins dislike even more than Democrats. They're viewed as traitors to the Trumpist cause, while they embrace a French Fascist (Le Pen).

[finnbow]

Speaking of disillusioned conservatives, the esteemed (former) conservative Max Boot says:

Being conservative used to be central to my identity. But now, frankly, I don’t give a damn. I prefer to think of myself as a classical liberal, because “conservative” has become practically synonymous with “Trump lackey.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-this-is-what-conservatism-has-become-count-me-out/2018/02/25/853685c6-19bd-11e8-92c9-376b4fe57ff7_story.html