Last year was my first and last CPAC. The original plan was to report on the conference and network with others in the blogosphere. That collapsed when I discovered my colleagues down at the booth on the convention floor sabotaged in their efforts to recruit students for their pro-Israel campus campaign. Both college kids and adults with Ron Paul paraphernalia would approach them and spend 15, 20 minutes or even longer explaining why Israel was a fascist state. Thus, I ended up spending most of the conference arguing with antisemites.
CPAC has been infiltrated on so many levels — by the anarcho-capitalists, the stealth Jihadists, and now the misogynists. Yet GOProud isn’t welcome.
It’s time to forget about CPAC. There are plenty of other opportunities for activists to network and hear speakers.
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I’m not a movement conservative or a starry eyed groupie, so I’ve never had a desire to go to CPAC. It seems like an Establishment confab with too much internal political side-taking and cheerleading. I don’t like conferences in general, and since no one would ever dare invite me to speak at one, that works out great for me.
I actually don’t mind anarcho-capitalists, and only have a limited time for professional gays AND drunken sluts of both sexes. So, yeah. I can hear the speeches online!
