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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCPAC: A Conservative Festivus
If ever there were any doubts that the conservative movement has yielded completely to its grifters and frauds faction, the announcement of the 2019 CPAC lineup last week put those to rest.
Whats a thoughtful righty to do? Heath Mayo, a Texas-born, Boston-based consultant, took to Twitter. And in doing so, he started a movement of his own.
The tweet highlighted CPACs big-name speakers: Candace Owens, Charlie Kirk, Seb Gorka, and Jeanine Pirro. He added more in another tweet, lest you think I cherry picked: Diamond & Silk, Nigel Farage, James OKeefe, and Michelle Malkin.
Its not clear to me what the point is, anymore, of CPAC, Mayo said in a phone interview. At pre-Trump CPACs, he said You would have policy discussions with serious folks who disagreed vehemently, but that considered themselves conservative. It was a debate about ideas, you know, and not lets get together and do a chant for Sheriff Clarke. I think thats what folks are missing.
Whats a thoughtful righty to do? Heath Mayo, a Texas-born, Boston-based consultant, took to Twitter. And in doing so, he started a movement of his own.
The tweet highlighted CPACs big-name speakers: Candace Owens, Charlie Kirk, Seb Gorka, and Jeanine Pirro. He added more in another tweet, lest you think I cherry picked: Diamond & Silk, Nigel Farage, James OKeefe, and Michelle Malkin.
Its not clear to me what the point is, anymore, of CPAC, Mayo said in a phone interview. At pre-Trump CPACs, he said You would have policy discussions with serious folks who disagreed vehemently, but that considered themselves conservative. It was a debate about ideas, you know, and not lets get together and do a chant for Sheriff Clarke. I think thats what folks are missing.
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CPAC: A Conservative Festivus (Original Post)
brooklynite
Feb 2019
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octoberlib
(14,971 posts)1. It's a clown show.
safeinOhio
(32,759 posts)2. Former Reagan supporters that joined the
Evil Empire.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)3. CPAC - Clowns Posing As Conservatives.
Idiots by the boatload.
leftieNanner
(15,207 posts)4. But, will there be any
Feats of Strength???