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CPAC Ends, Media Lies Continue

Posted on | February 13, 2011 | 65 Comments

WASHINGTON, D.C.
This morning, I had breakfast with Ladd Ehlinger here at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel and stopped by a computer terminal in the lobby to check in on Twitter. Matthew Newman sent me a message with a link to a Politico article by Alexander Burns listing “winners and losers” for CPAC.

My first thought: Who anointed Alexander Burns as the Decider?

Why does a liberal columnist for a liberal newspaper get to decide who are the winners and losers at a conservative conference? A little research revealed that Alexander Burns is a graduate of Harvard University, so there’s your answer. Upon receiving his disploma, every Harvard graduate acquires the right to tell the rest of us what to think. And here’s what Alexander Burns (Class of 2008) tells you to think about Herman Cain:

The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO is in a category of his own, even among the obscure candidates of 2012. Cain, who hosted a radio show in Georgia and has never held public office, has traded on his reputation as a dynamic speaker to win attention as a long-shot presidential candidate.
Cain didn’t live up to that reputation at CPAC. He had one or two memorable lines, such as: “Stupid people are ruining America.” But one or two middling zingers do not a credible candidate make.
Given his flat performance, Cain’s going to have to work extra-hard going forward to win a place in the 2012 process.

Did Harvard Boy watch the same speech Ed Morrissey watched?

If you watch one speech in its entirety, this may be the one to choose. Herman Cain, so far the only declared candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, stole the show yesterday with his speech in the late afternoon. People left the ballroom saying that he moved them to tears.

You can go watch the entire 28-minute speech on YouTube and decide for yourself what you think.

As for the “winners/losers” question, permit me to make a suggestion: Wait until April, when we will see the first-quarter Federal Election Commission filings for Herman Cain’s presidential exploratory committee, and see how many donations he got Feb. 11-12. 

Someone told me at a reception Saturday night that during and after the CPAC speech there was a “surge” of contributions big and small to the Cain campaign. And you can go give a donation to the Herman Cain campaign right now.

Or you can let Harvard Boy do your thinking for you.

UPDATE: Welcome, Instapundit readers! Despite his Yale Law degree, Professor Reynolds somehow manages to avoid believing that his job is to decide what everybody else should think about everything.


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  • http://thecampofthesaints.org Bob Belvedere

    Your Majesty, I am shocked, shocked I tell you to hear of your treason! Scotch was invented in Scotland and is, therefore, not American. Bourbon was created in America and all good [and loyal] Americans drink it.

  • Kathy Kinsley

    There’s a difference between instructing someone on what to think and pointing out interesting arguments.

  • Anonymous

    Alexander Burns is a racist.
    (He has criticized a black man; that’s all I need to know about him.)
    And assuming he dislikes Sarah Palin, he’s a sexist too who wants women back in the kitchen.

  • Anonymous

    That’s why I used to like Rye “old world flavor” but still could be made in the USA, used to drink it when I was in high school.

  • Mikey NTH

    I think that too many people do not like any particular candidate except the one that resembles what they can see in the mirror.

    Besides that, I am not too impressed or swayed by what a Harvard grad Politico writer wants in a Republican/conservative candidate. It seems to me that he wants the choice to be between this apple or that apple, and that we want another choice.

  • Anonymous

    Prof Reynolds is operating according to a “Hidden Agenda”. Further details are unnecessary.

    Cheers

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  • Anonymous

    Mangos. I could go for some mango cream pudding…

  • Anonymous

    Somebody is not listening to enough Webb Wilder while drinking their puppy smoothies!

  • Dave In Houston.

    According to P J O’Rourke, the only thing males are taught at Harvard is how to ride side saddle.

  • Girldog007

    As a social conservative, I definitely don’t agree with Glenn Reynolds on every issue, but I still find his blog highly palatable because he can usually tell his readers what he thinks without telling them that they must think exactly the same way. I suspect that’s a big part of the Instapundit success.

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