Former Bush Chief Strategist Compares Conservatives to the Flinstones, Sarah Palin to the Kardashians

Matthew Dowd, former chief strategist for the 2004 George W. Bush campaign, apparently doesn't have much of a soft spot for CPAC or for Sarah Palin.

Appearing on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, Dowd likened CPAC to no less than two prehistoric children's cartoons, and not so subtly compared former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to Kim Kardashian. National Review captured the one-minute statement from Dowd:

"Matt, you're just shaking your head. The whole thing, it makes you nervous, what do you say?" ABC host Martha Raddatz asked.

"To me, imagery and who's there [at CPAC] and what you say is important, and I don't think divisions are a bad thing," Dowd said. "I actually think that a conservative message that is built for the 21st century would be a good thing. CPAC to me reminds me of, you know, 'Land Before Time,' and it's like going to a Flinstones episode in my opinion."

Raddatz asked if Dowd meant CPAC attendees were dinosaurs. Dowd nodded.

"It's like a bunch of dinosaurs, most of them are like throwbacks in times, it's like who's running for Grand Poohbah of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes is what it looks like to me," he said. "When you have Sarah Palin, who it's an amazing situation to me, between her and the Kardashians, I think you add it up? Between a Palin connection and the Kardashians, there's 10 reality shows that have been built around that. I don't think it's helpful to the Republican Party. I think there are some people, like Marco Rubio there who will become, and are, stars of the party. I think CPAC's time has come and gone and it's time for somebody to put together a 21st century conservative agenda."

Dowd is the second Bush-era strategist to attack Palin on the Sunday shows following her barn-storming appearance at CPAC yesterday. On Fox News, Karl Rove made a dig at Palin for her failure to complete her term as governor of Alaska.