Tag Archives: CPAC

Headline Of The Day

I don’t agree with conclusion of this headline, but Chris Geidner points out the striking difference between the two CPAC panels on marriage equality. Cleta Mitchell, a D.C. lawyer who successfully led the charge to keep the LGBT conservative group GOProud out of the Conservative Political Action Conference for the past two years, is finding out what it means to …

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Rand Paul Wins CPAC 2016 Straw Poll

The validity of the poll is seriously in doubt as CPAC attendees were encouraged to make up fake user IDs and vote “dozens and dozens” of times in order that “people understand the conservative message and where we want to take this movement in the future.” Stop voter fraud now!

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Sarah Palin At CPAC: My Husband Todd’s Got The Rifle, I’ve Got The Rack

Then a sip from a Big Gulp, because “Bloomberg isn’t around.”

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Jimmy LaSalvia Quote Headlines HuffPo

Today’s front page headline at Huffington Post comes from GOProud’s Jimmy LaSalvia, who appeared at a well-attended CPAC panel titled “A Rainbow on the Right: Growing the Coalition, Bringing Tolerance Out of the Closet.”  Michelangelo Signorile reports: “I’m embarrassed to call myself a Republican right now,” Jimmy LaSaliva, co-founder and president of the gay conservative group GOProud, said at the …

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White Supremacist Rocks CPAC

A CPAC panel on GOP outreach to minorities was upended yesterday by a white supremacist who defended slavery and claimed that white people are being “disenfranchised” by the federal government. The man’s comments, which were caught on video, has caused an uproar on right-wing blogs where commenters are predictably claiming that the man was planted by liberals in order to …

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CPAC Attendees Denounce Sen. Portman

(Via Scott Keyes at Think Progress)

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Global Warming Is A Hoax Because Obama Wore A Coat At His Inauguration

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Brian Brown: We’re Going To Win

“We are going to win at the Supreme Court. It will be shown to be the biggest strategic mistake the supporters of same-sex marriage ever have made [to challenge Prop 8]. And the reality is that all of them knew this. All of the major [gay] groups knew this. They knew this was the wrong time. We’re going to find …

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CPAC Has Been Infiltrated By Muslims

It’s Sharia-compliant!

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Tens Attend NOM Panel At CPAC

Via Chris Geidner’s Instagram feed comes this photo of the CPAC panel featuring NOM’s Brian Brown, nasty anti-gay activist Cleta Mitchell, and Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro.  Speak up! We can’t hear you in the back! UPDATE: From NOM’s Twitter account, here’s their take on the same panel. Stop pushing! There’s room for everybody! Snork!

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Jimmy LaSalvia At CPAC

NOTE: GOProud remains banned from sponsoring or attending CPAC as a group, but Jimmy LaSalvia did wrangle an invite to sit on a panel from a homocon-friendly organization.  His presence has some attendees pulling out their hairplugs, so there is that.

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Rubio At CPAC: I’m Not A Marriage Bigot

Just because you believe that the government should be able to deny gay people the full civil equality guaranteed them under the Constitution does not make you a bigot. So said Sen. Marco Rubio today to enormous teabagger applause. (Via Think Progress)

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CPAC Tweet Of The Day

Speakers at CPAC are again beating the teabagger drum to eliminate the Department of Education. Book lernin iz the badz! Teachers iz commies! INDOCTRINATION!

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Rand Paul T-Shirts At CPAC

Looks a lot like the Anonymous logo, except you do get an outline of Rand Paul’s terrible, terrible wig. Source. UPDATE: The remixes are already starting.  

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In Town For CPAC? – 27 (DC)

CPAC only started a couple of hours ago and the homocon ads are starting to pop up on Craigslist.  An excerpt from the second link: “Since most of the guys reading this ad are liberals, I’d be happy to explain why the conservative agenda is more pro-gay than liberalism.” Oh, do tell darling. UPDATE:  Here’s another one. “Clean cut prep …

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Loser Allen West At CPAC

As with the Nazis, America will triumph over President Obama.

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What To Wear At CPAC

  Wonkette tips us that a publicist has created the above guide on what to wear at CPAC.  Teabaggers are especially warned not to wear their Walmart outfits.

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Gay Marriage = Child Sacrifice

“What is conservative about advocating for same-sex marriage? I can’t think of an issue that more clearly defines what a conservative is than this one. This is not the Libertarian Political Action Conference. It’s not the Liberal Political Action Conference. It’s the Conservative Political Action Conference. What’s wrong with limiting the speakers and the sponsors to conservatives? Why is S.E. …

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CPAC Invites Lawrence O’Donnell

They want him to debate Ann Coulter. Watch his response.

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Trump To Speak At CPAC

You may recall that now-banned GOProud launched a write-in campaign for Trump during CPAC 2011’s straw poll of presidential candidates. As GOProud was one of that year’s co-sponsors, Trump was there to speak at their invitation. Which worked out great for them, as he sure doesn’t mind going back without them.

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