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I wanted to mention that Tom Delay introduced Ann Coulter at CPAC.
Can you believe it!

JC

Yeah, from what I read about it, they're really lost in fantasyland.

Here's a report that seems to sum up the conference.


"At CPAC, I asked Gavin Valle, a 42-year-old strategic healthcare consultant
from New Jersey, what he thought about those who have worried aloud that
having Rush Limbaugh taking a too prominent or public role might hurt the
Republican Party. "Rush is the heart and soul of the conservative movement.
He's always a conservative first and a Republican second, and he lets people
know that," said Valle, whose jacket was adorned with "Nixon's the One" and
"Reagan for Governor" commemorative buttons. I asked Valle what he thought
of moderate Republicans and other party leaders in Washington who think
Limbaugh wields too much influence. "As far as people on the Hill
criticizing him? Frankly, there's a lot of people on the Hill who are
Republicans first and conservative second or not at all.""
"And not everybody who loves Rush is part of the aging angry white male
cohort that is no longer sufficient to win an election. CPAC attendee
Chelsea Barnett, a 21-year-old student at the University of Central Oklahoma
who says she's been listening to Limbaugh since she started driving, was
inspired by Limbaugh's address. "Omigosh, I think he energized the base so
much," said Barnett, who at one point ecstatically shouted, "Are you
single?!" toward the stage. "I think everybody's asking themselves, 'Where
in the world has this guy been and why have we not heard from him
face-to-face?' He's so effective in person in energizing people. It was so
amazing. I think we're going to see a lot more from him in person.""



The best thing they could do is disinter Reagan and have him animated.

sigh I don't hold out much hope for my party. I said I'd give them six
months after the election to see if the moderates swept back into power,
or if they were going to self-destruct in an orgy of reactionary
revanchism. It's looking more like the latter every day, and that I'm
going to have to change my party registration to "independent" after 25
years or so of being a Republican.



Aw come on Ed. Can't see yourself wearing a Rush/Palin button in 2012? He
is, after all "he heart and soul of the conservative movement".

LOL


JC