The DNC reacted immediately: “If Scott Walker thinks that it’s appropriate to compare working people speaking up for their rights to brutal terrorists, then he is even less qualified to be president than I thought. Maybe he should go back to punting.”
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NRA Guns Giveaway At CPAC 2015
Homocon Tammy Bruce Tells CPAC How To Expand The Conservative Base
Opening with the music of Avicii (How au courant, Francine!), homocon radio shrieker Tammy Bruce joined today’s CPAC panel on how to expand the conservative base. Her bit starts at 13:00 with the declaration that she used to be a liberal, but now knows the truth.
Read More »Sen. Ted Cruz Rants At CPAC 2015
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Senate Panel Approves Nomination Of Loretta Lynch As Attorney General
Via the New York Times: The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved Loretta E. Lynch to be the next attorney general, sending her nomination to the full Senate for what is likely to be a contentious vote. The panel voted 12 to 8 to advance Ms. Lynch, President Obama’s pick to replace Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. as the …
Read More »Ayn Rand Fans Have A CPAC Booth
The Ayn Rand Institute argues that Social Security is “legalized theft.” At the end of her life, Rand was collecting both Social Security and Medicare benefits, but that was only fair, they say, because that money had already been stolen from her.
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CPAC 2015: We’re All About That Base
CPAC Relents: Log Cabin Head To Speak
Via Politico: The head of the Log Cabin Republicans has been invited to speak on a panel at this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, the pro-gay rights group announced Monday. Executive Director Gregory Angelo said he will be speaking on a panel called “Putin’s Russia: A New Cold War?” alongside Seth Cropsey, Cliff May, Amanda Brickell Bellows and potential 2016 …
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Tea Party Report With Susie Sampson
Fake Tea Party reporter Susie Sampson took to the streets to poll passersby on same-sex marriage. She ran into some interesting people.
Read More »Richard Grenell: CPAC Uninvited Me
Grenell, you may recall, was part of the Romney 2012 team for a few minutes until the religious right went nuts.
Read More »Chris Christie Joins CPAC 2015 Roster
CPAC organizers today announced the addition of Chris Christie to this year’s speakers roster. Christie, as you may know, is one of the far-right’s most detested Republicans and many of the Tea People will likely not be too pleased about this. Curiously, CPAC regular Mike Huckabee has declined this year’s invitation.
Read More »CPAC Bans Log Cabin Republicans
“The American Conservative Union has the right to invite or not invite whoever they want to the Conservative Political Action Conference, but they should be honest about the reasons why. The ACU is fond of hiding behind a fig leaf stating gay people are welcome as guests, but the ability to buy a ticket to CPAC was never what our …
Read More »Erick Erickson Compares Gays To ISIS
RedState editor Erick Erickson has previously called gay Americans “terrorists.” Today he flat-out compares us to ISIS in a post about the Washington state florist. In Denmark, France, and elsewhere we have seen Islamic extremists take lives because of the Islamic extremists’ beliefs. They do not want tolerance. They do not want pluralism. They do not want to show respect …
Read More »CPAC 2015 Registration Swag
It took me a minute to get the hashtag.
Read More »CPAC To Honor Phil Robertson With “Defender Of First Amendment” Award
Via the Hollywood Reporter: Fourteen months after he sparked a major controversy for making remarks widely perceived as anti-gay, Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson has been named the recipient of a free-speech award from Citizens United, an organization routinely disparaged by Hollywood liberals. Robertson will receive the “Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award” at this year’s Conservative Political …
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