When someone in the crowd yelled out that she would use her time out of government after leaving the State Department to get a facelift, he responded, “No, not get a facelift, she’s not a Republican society lady, she’s a real woman.” [Politico] THERE’S nothing like Paul Begala with a microphone. It was a classic [...]
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Another Reason the Pope is a Bigot: Rob Portman’s Gay Son Moves Him on Gay Marriage
I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn’t deny them the opportunity to get married. That isn’t how I’ve always felt. As a congressman, and more recently as a senator, I [...]
Dick Morris Desperately Trying to Save his Career at CPAC Using Roe v. Wade
Overturning the decision, he argued, “is a case we’re never going to win.” “Single white women run screaming from the Republican Party, largely because of our pro-life position,” Morris said. [PJ Media] TRYING his best to become relevant again after his prediction debacle of 2012, Dick Morris decided to triangulate at CPAC. The audience was [...]
Rand Paul Lays Out Grand Old Party, Wows CPAC Younger Voters
“The GOP of old has grown stale and moss covered,” declared Rand Paul to resounding cheers from an enthusiastic—and youthful—audience who not only agreed with his message, but illustrated it. [Daily Beast] AT CPAC, Senator Rand Paul is the big draw. “Stand with Rand” t-shirts and stickers were everwhere. “I think the future of the [...]
CPAC Goes Full Wingnut: Trump and Palin In, Chris Christie and GOP Proud Out
WITH THE headliners starting with Donald Trump and Sarah Palin, there will be plenty of red meat for the wingnuts this weekend. Whatever seriousness CPAC once signified, back when I used to actually cover the event, is no longer important, now considered “RINO”. For Republicans who want to win national elections like the presidency, this [...]
Queer Talk: CPAC’s Exclusionary Practices Under Conservative Criticism
CPAC – the Conservative Political Action Conference – is having a tough time. Please the more extreme Right, or work with the “re-branding” efforts, and be more “big tent” in who they invite? They turned away the LGBT Republican GOProud, and apparently the more moderate Log Cabin Republicans, and as a result, Chris Hayes turned [...]
Queer Talk: The GOP Struggle to Adjust to a Changing Electorate (VIDEOS)
The contrasts and conflicts within the GOP continue to unfold, as the struggle to adjust, or avoid adjusting, to a changing electorate plays out. CPAC is the current window into the inner contradictions and clashes, as stories about Chris Hayes Says He Won’t Attend CPAC if GOProud is Banned and Charles Krauthammer Calls CPAC Decision [...]
Sarah Palin Unloads Signature Crazy in Preparation for Starring CPAC Performance
We’re going to default eventually and that’s why the feds are stockpiling bullets in case of civil unrest. – Sarah Palin [on Facebook] CPAC CRAZY could not be better represented than through Sarah Palin, which her latest Facebook posting proves. If this is their standard, no wonder Gov. Chris Christie wasn’t invited. It’s pretty obvious [...]
Charles Krauthammer Calls CPAC Decision on Christie “Vast Overreaction… A Mistake”
Cardenas cited Christie’s decision to expand Medicaid under President Obama’s health care law and his support of a $60 billion aid package for Hurricane Sandy victims, which he argued was filled with wasteful spending. [National Journal] CPAC’s DECISION to freeze out Gov. Chris Christie this year is very good news for Democrats, while also proving [...]
Queer Talk: Chris Hayes Says He Won’t Attend CPAC if GOProud is Banned
This is actually about more than Chris Hayes invitation to be on a CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) panel, and his refusal to do so unless the conservative LGBT group, GOProud, is invited. It should also include the fact that while GOProud isn’t welcomed, the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre is. CPAC, along with the Republican Party [...]
Thinking for ourselves: An Obama fundraiser and CPAC
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The only way I know to work my way toward an informed way to do my own thinking includes paying attention to context and connections. If I don’t see the ways, for example, the LGBT equality movement and the Occupy movement and the Two Corporate [...]
Mitt Romney Minute: He Supported Contraception Mandate before He was Against It
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. From PlumLine’s twitter feed at CPAC: Santorum backer Foster Friess: “A conservative, a liberal and a moderate walk into a bar. Bartender says, “Hi, Mitt!” A too funny video from American Bridge titled “Sh*t Obama Says”: Mitt Romney got crushed by Rick Santorum this week in [...]
White House Contraceptive Compromise Announcement Set During Rick Santorum – Mitt Romney CPAC Speeches
**UPDATED** As Rick Santorum takes to the stage to give his speech, with Mitt Romney following close behind, the White House has scheduled their announcement, which I wrote yesterday would be coming before the end of Friday. It’s set for 12:15 p.m. [update] What is being reported and what I’m hearing is that the contraceptive [...]
Sarah Palin Isn’t Who She Used to Be
Sarah Palin rose to power in Alaska by taking on Republicans in her own state on ethics. It’s the very thing Tom Brokaw is talking about regarding Newt Gingrich in the Romney ad above, though Brokaw, and NBC are protesting, so I have no idea if the video will be available by the time you [...]
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