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Surprise: Democrats Not Fans of CPAC

The Democratic National Committee is using video and audio clips from last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to paint conservatives as right-wing lunatics.

According to the New York Times, the three-day conservative fest “provided plenty of fodder for Democrats as they seek to portray the Republican Party as an extreme ideology that is out of the mainstream for most Americans.”

An online video released Monday from the DNC highlighted this effort, suggesting President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are middle-of-the-road centrists who favor competition on all levels.

The video shows Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, calling for an end to the Department of Education. And it shows the audience at CPAC cheering the idea of opting out of Social Security.

It then shows Democratic lawmakers talking about Democratic efforts to increase jobs in the country and President Obama talking about the nation’s optimism and drive to “do big things.”

h/t Hot Air

Comments (44)

  • NHABE64
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:26am

    Ha! Ha! I guess its easy to understand they why members of the socialist party (formerly the Democratic Party) would not like the CPAC conference. Its because they are scared to death of losing their plush jobs in Washington. Perhaps many of these cockroaches are sorry they supported our muslim socialist President. Lots more socialist pink slips coming in 2012 and they know it!

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  • macombman
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:55am

    Funny CPAC Moment:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaqjssTrwOY

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  • TunaBlue
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:48am

    From Star Parker Newsletter:

    CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, has been an annual gig for me for years. But this year I concluded it was not my place and I declined to participate in the various venues at the event for which I was invited.

    Yes, the reason I declined was the inclusion of GOProud, a group identifying itself as representing “gay conservatives and their allies,” as a sponsor of the event.

    And it‘s the reason why some of the nation’s most important conservative organizations — the Heritage Foundation, the American Family Association, Concerned Women of America, Family Research Council, Media Research Center, and the National Organization for Marriage — did not participate.

    The founder and chairman of GOProud removed any doubt on my part that not participating was the correct decision by dismissing these groups as “losers,“ ”clowns,“ and ”not relevant.”

    I, of course, have been accused of being worse than a clown. The barrage regularly comes in from the left. But this is a first that I’ve had to listen to this kind of stuff from a group that postures as “conservative.”

    I became a conservative in church. I thought I was doing okay in my previous life — scamming the welfare system, going to the beach, soaking in my welfare subsidized hot tub, treating sex as a hobby, and abortion as birth control.

    In our culture today that views material prosperity as the ultimate barometer of success, the truth is becoming unfortunately lost that the evil man can prosper. And if there is nothing more than what is before our eyes in this world, what does it matter?
    When I understood how the culture of welfare state materialism was destroying not just my life, but also all of black America, there was no dividing line in my mind between “social issues” and “economic issues.” The only dividing line I saw was between right and wrong, good and evil.

    The idea of “gay conservative” is an oxymoron.

    “Gay” is everything that “conservative” is not.

    The foundation of the worldview that so-called “gay conservatives” embrace has far more in common with liberalism than with conservatism.

    It’s a worldview that is man-centered rather than God-centered. It is a worldview that rejects eternal truths passed on from the beginning of time. Although the worldview that “gay conservatives” choose to invent may diverge from the worldview of liberals, their common ground is they make it all up.

    And it is here where “gay conservatives” and “liberals” fundamentally depart from conservatives.

    Conservatives believe that there are objective and eternal truths, not of the product of any individual human mind, that are transmitted through the generations. Culture is not like HDTV or iPhones where the newest model is the best.

    These eternal truths provide the light in the fog that keeps us from crashing on the rocky shores where our base instincts lead us.

    “Gay” is liberal, not conservative, regardless of what their stand may be on government spending or taxes.

    It’s why, like all liberals, they use language to create reality, rather than appreciate that words have meaning that reflect reality.

    So they have re-invented the word “gay,” re-invented the word “marriage”, and now they want to re-invent the word “conservative.”

    Finally, we will re-invent the word “freedom” and we’ll put the final stamp on the idea that a free society, rather than being the path to truth, is the path to meaninglessness.

    What individuals choose in private, and for which they bear personal responsibility, is separate from what we sanction publicly for which we all must bear responsibility.

    A value-neutral government is impossible. The central battle in our country today is about values and how we understand freedom. It is a battle for our very soul. And, as we learned from CPAC, it’s not a struggle that is just between Democrats and Republicans.

    http://www.urbancure.org/starparker.asp

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  • BJC
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:48am

    I’ll take CPAC over everything the lying WTF Thug In Chief has to offer anyday.

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  • Waltermelon
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:47am

    The Dems hate approximately 72% of the population. Roughly 22% of those are Blue-Dogs. If we had a true conservative party devoid of religious ideology, the far left would disappear into obscurity within a decade.

    Or, how about this? Re-elect no one ever again. Ever.

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  • Waltermelon
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:43am

    Surprise! True conservatives are not fond of the sell-out CPAC either.

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  • MotherRedDog
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:17pm

    Dang, and here I was thinking that the progressives would finally get the idea. How silly of me. Dang.

    Palin/West, West/Palin, Pence/Palin, Palin/Pence…………..getting the idea???

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:31pm

      I will take door # 1.West + Palin 2012 our best bet so far and they are hardcore die hard Americans who love this country believe in it and have always been proud of it .

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  • eyestoseeearstohear
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:17pm

    Congressman ALLEN WEST – is the man who can look straight down the barrel AT OBAMA!

    SOMEHOW – we MUST encourage Allen West to RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012.

    The WINNING TICKET:

    Allen West – President
    Christie or Herman Cain – Vice President

    IF we could get these guys to run – Obama would start PACKING!
    Anyone else – Obama is going to be out GOLFING until the day OF his campaign.

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    • blanco
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:56am

      NOT christie but definitely, Herman Cain!

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  • eyestoseeearstohear
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:12pm

    OBAMA HAS PROVEN WHAT HE’S ABOUT.
    OBAMA HAS PROVEN WHAT HE’S CAPABLE OF DOING.
    OBAMA‘S GOALS ARE NOT AMERICA’S GOAL.

    OBAMA HASN‘T DONE ANYTHING EXCEPT THINGS WE DIDN’T WANT TO DO – AND SCREW UP!
    AND…HE HAS SPENT US DRY!

    So, IN HIS OWN WORDS in the above video – HE SAID, ” He didn’t know how?

    WE’D BETTER TAKE HEED TO HIS WARNINGS ….because WE’RE OUT OF TIME!

    OBAMA MUST GO IN 2012.

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  • ltb
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:10pm

    I have a solution for ending the discord in America: Let Texas secede to become the Christian Republic of Texas and let Liberals turn the other 49 states into the Independent Obama Union. All non-Christians would be relocated from Texas to IOU and all Christians would be relocated from IOU to Texas. If that were to happen, the new IOU would be completely bankrupt within two years and Texas would be the richest nation on the planet.

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    • Longlive
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:20am

      As a Christian, I think you are insane. Another Civil War would destroy our nation. Texas would have to be crushed. Our troops would be pulled from all over the world, meaning defeat in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Korea united under Kim Jong Il. You claim to be against socialism, but communism would take over in many parts of the world once US troops left. The South Sudanese, a country separating from an abusive military dictatorship would be destroyed, and once again, dissolve into a state of conflict.
      If you want to destroy the United States, go ahead, you terrorist.

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    • ltb
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:46pm

      Longlive, communism is already taking over the world. Here’s a newsflash – we have an Islamofascist-communist in the White House who is destroying America and dreams of a global communist government that taxes the air you breathe. Within five years, the United States will no longer exist, not because of “terrorists” like me, but because of people like you who have their heads in the sand.

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:07pm

    Wait a minute that’s the same thing they said about us .

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  • SHASTADIANE1
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:02pm

    Allen West, Hermann Cain, or Ron Paul (though I think he looks like an unbed bed and puts his lines out just about the same)…ANYONE but Obama… ANYONE almost, just NOT Romney and not McCain, and NOT Newt..you get my idea??? No more RINOS…We need someone willing to make the hard choices, and be willing to be maybe a ONE TERM PRESIDENT to put the country back on track. We are going broke people..the Unions are ruining us…what part of this do people not understand. We either go down with the Unions…or we stand up to them an defy them…you can’t have it both ways. Schools in this country suck…I had a better education out of high school than college grads have now. What does this say for todays education? I could hold down jobs that my college educated family members could not do, because they did not have the skills…something is bad wrong with paying people more and more good money after bad. It has to stop…we need to educate these kids, and this public school system is not the way…except for exceptional children…Our white kids, of normal means, whose families get up everyday and go to work at normal jobs making less than $50,000 a year for one member of the family, they can’t get help for college…only if they join the military or if they are a minority…these poor white kids can forget it, unless they can claim some hispanic blood…My best friend in high school was hispanic, so don’t call me a racist…and I also LOVED a 1/2 mexican guy I “almost” married…so I am not a racist…but this is the facts…White kids either have to be way above the mark, or they have few choices as far as continued education. I have a 17 1/2 year old grandson, smart, honor student, who can’t get any help as far as college, unless he wants thousands of $$$$’s in government loans he must pay back as soon as he graduates…something is bad wrong with this system. He was born here…raised here, and I have 3 others coming right behind him…that are the same way…this whole mess stinks to high Heaven as far as I am concerned.

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    • Born In MA
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:03am

      I am in total agreement with you Shasta. My youngest son is in the same situation.

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  • FLyoverman
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:01pm

    I am conservaive to the right of Atilla the Hun and I think CPAC is a waste.

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    • Eaglesnest
      Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:14pm

      I agree and what did it for me was when they got pissy when Glenn Beck had the nerve to criticize republicans at CPAC last year. Like they are above being cticized? Mark Levin went nuts and hammered Beck for pointing out that republicans spent too much money. Go figure.

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  • nocomment
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:44pm

    Speaking of CPAC…

    Anyone else feel the need for: ALLEN WEST – 2012

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:18pm

      He was on c-span at tea party town hall and the more i hear the more i think he deserves to be heard by others. Not giving him the keys to the castle but giving him a chance to be heard and scrutinized by the people.

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:41pm

      I think he is still relatively new to it all. But hearing him speak and seeing how he votes will be the important factors. The more we move away from the neo-cons like McCain and Guiliani the better.

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    • RLTW
      Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:55pm

      @BMT
      LTC West was a Battalion commander, which means he has a 100 times more practical experience than Obama did in 08.

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    • CTHULHUWILLEATYOUFIRST
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:03am

      I’m for Adam West in 2012.

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  • nocomment
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:41pm

    No surprise here.

    Remember folks… THE LEFT IS A LIE!

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    • KICKILLEGALSOUT
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:56am

      The left wipes the butts of illegal immigrants when they cross the border. And they eat with that hand too!

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  • Paul Thompson
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:39pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3S4dBk4E1g

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  • vennoye
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:38pm

    Think my thoughts coincide with the look on our new speaker’s face during the dog and pony show called “The state of the union” speech. Pure crap!

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:37pm

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    FYI Democrats Not Fans of anything American……

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:36pm

    Hate to say it

    but they have alot of material to use

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  • Scratchingmyhead
    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:36pm

    WOW, I’m the 1st to comment!

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:44pm

      Surprise: Democrats Not Fans of CPAC
      ——–
      bbbbut..but..but CAPC even brought in a real jihady who denied the existance of
      Muslim brotherhood, and the dems STILL don’t like CPAC ? Haters ;-)

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:55pm

      The Dems don’t even like Moderate, Blue Dog Dems.
      They do like socialist, like Bernie Sanders, Michael Moore, and everyone at MSNBC.
      You know, this story is like saying kids don’t like lima bean flavored lard cicles. Duh.

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    • seeker9
      Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:17pm

      If we accomplished so much, why do we need this change toward socialism?

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    • 13thGenerationAmerican
      Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:24pm

      Where are all the Caliphate stories, this site is starting to get boring. Stick with the crazy.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:09am

      Let us see and analyze the situation:

      The left sees anything not conforming to its ideological driven agendas, such as the right, anything conservative, constitutional, freedom loving, america loving, free thinking, and not in absolute lock step with them as insane…

      Guess the only insane ones are them, as we all have individuality, where they want all to conform to the misguided and delusional insanity they drink deeply of from every hour of the day.

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    • joseph Fawcett
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:43am

      Well what I understand now the left has confirmed by claims that CPAC is run by the Muslum Brotherhood. LOL! My response to Obama no this video was that he wanted the Goverment to do all those things and we are to bow down and depend upon gorverment to do those big things for us. If we want to start a company then we need to go to the goverment they have the money and know how to start a business for us! We don’t want that Goverment, we want the freedom to work hard and the chance to make it.

      http://www.josephfawcettart.com Western Artist

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:30am

      “Democrats Not Fans of CPAC”
      ——————————————–

      Then I am all for having CPAC once a month. Anything to annoy the left!

      http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 8:34am

      If the Democrats don’t like CPAC and criticize those attending…does that make them racists and bigots? Just wondering cause that’s all I ever hear from them.

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