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CPAC Day 2: About Last Night

Posted on | February 11, 2011 | 10 Comments

Thursday night, commitments brought me to three different events: The “Blogger Bash” at FreedomWorks, Andrew Breitbart’s “Big Party” with Sophie B. Hawkins (above) at Eighteenth Street Lounge, and the “Kruiser Cabana” in Stephen Kruiser‘s hotel suite.

Packed into the Eighteen Street Lounge, conservatives listen to a presentation by Andrew Breitbart, who helped sponsor the event with GOProud.

Breitbart interviewed by Michael Moynihan of Reason magazine.

Breitbart with Joe Curl of The Washington Times and another dude, whose name I didn’t catch.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is interviewed by Tommy Christopher of Mediaite.

Newt Gingrich interviewed by Paul Croteau of FTR Radio.

Newt Gingrich interviewed by bloggers including CPAC Blogger of the Year Javier Majarres and — of all people! — notorious left-wing provocateur Mike Stark.

Newt Gingrich shakes hands with my buddy Chris Cassone.

You might recognize Dale Peterson, the viral video sensation of 2010.

Late night at Kruiser Cabana: Jannell and Anahita love them some Chris Renner.

Category: Andrew Breitbart, CPAC

LIVE AT FIVE – 2.11.11

Posted on | February 11, 2011 | 6 Comments

TOP NEWS
Mubarak Transfers Power To VP Suleiman; Protesters Enraged (Video)

Egyptian President Mubarak addresses his revolting people

Obama Calls Latest Move Insufficient

Military Caught Between Mubarak And Protesters

Massive Protests Expected Friday





“And I tell you here, as a head of state, I do not find any embarrassment at all in listening to the youth of my country, and to satisfying their demands. But the embarrassment would only lie in the fact — and I would never permit — is that I would listen to any sort of intervention that would come from outside, from the outside world, whatever the source is, whatever the intention behind them are.”

(h/t PJ Tatler)



POLITICS
Bachmann Calls For Conservative Unity

Minnesotan's fiery speech draws cheers and applause

Calls for conservatives to pull together, take the Senate and White House in 2012

CPAC: A Carnival Of Conservatism

Obama Promotes High-Speed Wireless For America


Arizona Counter-sues Feds Over Immigration, Border Security

Brown, Kerry Denounce Heating Aid Cuts

Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) Retiring; Seat Considered Safe For GOP



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Verizon Has A New IPhone? Not Really
Dow Winning Streak Ends
Oil Up On Egyptian Concerns, Moderated By Ample U.S. Inventory
HP TouchPad Looks Promising, But Will Users Wait For It?
Microsoft Readies IE9 Browser With More Privacy Controls



SPORTS
Ray Allen Sets Career Three-Point Record

Ray allen sinks his 2,561st three-pointer

However, the Celtics still lost to the Lakers 86-92. 🙁

Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan Steps Down

Bruins Win Wild, Fight-Filled Match Against Habs, 8-6

Steve Marino, D.A. Points Take Charge at Pebble Beach – With A Little Help From Bill Murray

AL MVP Hamilton Inks Two-Year Deal With Rangers (Video)

Reutimann Enters Daytona 500 As NASCAR Late Bloomer

L.A. Financier To Buy Detroit’s Pistons

Lemaire Gets 600th Win As Devils Edge Leafs

U.Cal Drops The Ball In Handling Endangered Sports Programs

Redskins Owner So Awful People Buy Vanity Plates To Insult Him



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Vanessa Hudgens: Too Risque For Disney?

Vanessa Hudgens. Wet.

The Details interview.

Teacher, Heidi Montag’s Whining Again

Police Report Pokes Holes In Jeweler’s Accusations Against Lindsay

Scarlett Johansen “Smitten” With Sean Penn

Kelsey Grammer: Officially Divorced

More Sucking Up To Lady Gaga, This Time At Vogue

Charlie Sheen Divorce Set

Pete Wentz: I Did NOT Want A Divorce!


Britney Done With La Vida Loca, Settling Down?

Dominic Cooper Stakes Key Role In “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”



FOREIGNERS (WHO ARE NOT EGYPTIAN)
Wide-Ranging Talks To Resume Between India & Pakistan
PRC Investment Making Cambodia Rowdy Toward Thailand?
Assange Accused Of Siring At Least Four Bastards
Mullahocracy Pressures Iranian Opposition Not To Demonstrate
Norks Report Foot-And-Mouth Outbreak Amid Ongoing Food Shortages
Or, as it is also called in the DPRK, Friday.



BLOGS & STUFF
Left Coast Rebel: I Found RINO Droppings At CPAC
Cubachi: Trump Puts Down Paulbots – “By The Way, Ron Paul Cannot Get Elected”
The Jawa Report: DNI Clapper – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Mostly Secular (Video)
Dan Collins: Did Obama Screw The Basenji?
Allahpundit: New CPAC Chief – We Might Have To Dump GOProud For Taunting The Boycotters
AmSpecBlog: GOProud Chairman Apologizes For “Nasty Bigot” Remark
The Corner: 51 Votes To Obamacare Repeal?

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Category: Live at Five

CPAC Day 1: Celebrities!

Posted on | February 10, 2011 | 13 Comments

Newt Gingrich and Victoria Jackson:

Category: Celebrities, CPAC

CPAC Day 1: Birthers and Other Jokes

Posted on | February 10, 2011 | 33 Comments

OK, a Republican congressman from Idaho, a native of Puerto Rico, jokes that he has proof of his American citizenship:

That there’s funny, I don’t care who you are. Also funny: Ann Coulter’s latest column about the GOProud controversy.

Not funny at all: A GOProud official calling Cleta Mitchell of the Heritage Foundation a “nasty bigot.” I agree with Erick Erickson that this crosses a line. What bothers me about this whole uproar over gays at CPAC is that it hurts CPAC.

Who wants to hurt CPAC? Liberals do, that’s who. Anything that makes liberals happy is a bad thing.

Category: Ann Coulter, CPAC

Best VA Political Week Of The Year

Posted on | February 10, 2011 | 12 Comments

by Smitty

I know CPAC is at full roar, while I sit out in the cold, where I can catch enough bandwidth for a post.

What a week in VA news. Cuccinelli tilting the SCOTUS windmill-style for the ObamaCare case. VMI looking really creepy over Islam. And then ol’ “Born Fightin'” Webb decides that fighting for the wrong team is no’ so fun.

But what’s this at Virginia Virtucon? A Daft Jim Moran for Senate site? Get the fertilizer out of here, as they say. Cracking good idea, that. Here is a menu of 10 campaign slogans:

  1. “No one in Virginia knows public service like I do, especially not Patrick Murray.”
  2. “Like I told that Arab network, raaaaacism is a problem in the US, but I know how to solve it.”
  3. “The economy is recovering, and I will continue to exercise the 1st Amendment non-sensically until the statement becomes true.”
  4. “I greatly fear that redistricting is going to bring yet more voters to VA-8 who are not on the take from my various patronage schemes.”
  5. “Harry Reid said that if I win he would protect me from Jason Mattera.”
  6. “Corporations make too much money, and I can be instrumental in fair redistribution. Just ask me.”
  7. “PMA scandal? What PMA scandal? Old news.”
  8. “Oh, that vast office building on 395 that brought in all the jobs and really tubed the traffic? Amazingly, that’s Dick Cheney’s fault.”
  9. “If I run for the Senate and lose to Allen, that’s a less humiliating drubbing than the one I know will come in 2012 from Murray.”
  10. “They say I look and sound Kennedy-esque.”
Category: Jim Moran, Patrick Murray, Virginia

CPAC Day 1: Nap-Time News

Posted on | February 10, 2011 | 5 Comments

Between last night’s late deadline and getting up at 7:30 a.m. today, I’m kinda shagged and will need to rest before this evening, for reasons best explained by this New York Times article:

The Conservative Political Action Conference opened Thursday morning with an address by Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who accused President Obama of being a socialist and urged the conservative faithful to focus on “making Barack Obama a one-term president.” . . .
[Retiring ACU chairman David] Keene urged attendees to “see, hear and, I hope, question many of the people who wake up every morning thinking they ought to be president of the United States.”
Ms Bachmann is one of those. And to get started, she invited all 11,000 activists to a reception — with an open bar — Thursday afternoon.
“You’re all invited!” she said.

Yeah, so there’s my big assignment. In other news today:

All righty, then: Nap-time!

Category: CPAC

CPAC Day 1: Murderer’s Row

Posted on | February 10, 2011 | 16 Comments

That was the scene this morning in the Blogger’s Lounge at CPAC, and some of you may recognize Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit and Jeff Dunetz of Yid With Lid among the bloggers coping with the reportedly substandard WiFi connection. I’m blogging from Ladd Ehlinger‘s hotel room, where the WiFi’s just fine, thank you.

This morning on my way to get breakfast, I walked past CPAC director Lisa DePasquale who informed me that Donald Trump would be speaking today at 3 p.m. When I got back to the room, I Tweeted that news. It’s also a big story at the New York Times. But I’m sure you’d rather get scoops from my Twitter feed, right?  

Michelle Bachmann introduces Andrew Breitbart at a press conference hosted by Citizens United where they debuted a new video about the Pigford case.

Doug Mataconis of Outside the Beltway shuffles through the vast library of photos he has stored on his laptop, none of which depict Arianna Huffington nude.

The ballroom scene for this morning’s opening session, with Michelle Bachmann speaking. You may notice some empty seats. That’s because half the CPAC attendees were milling around the hotel lobby, asking each other, “Have you seen Stacy McCain? I’m supposed to buy him a beer . . . .”

Category: CPAC

CPAC Day 1: Deadline in the Lobby Bar

Posted on | February 10, 2011 | 8 Comments

Greetings from the fabulous Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, scene of the awesomest CPAC evah! The photo above was taken last night in the lobby bar, where I filed my column for today’s American Spectator:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 10,000 activists will convene here today at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel for the biggest gathering of conservatives in history.
This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will not only be the biggest in the 38-year history of the event, it is quite nearly certain to be the most festive and energized. Following on the heels of last fall’s mid-term election triumph, conservatives are in a mood to celebrate and this three-day conference is where they will assemble for that celebration.
You wouldn’t know this, of course, from most of the press coverage. According to the media, the right is deeply divided by internecine feuds, with social conservatives battling libertarians and neocons in a grand three-way donnybrook that threatens to destroy the Republican Party.
Sic semper hoc.
For as long as I’ve been covering CPAC, reporters have been hyping the idea that this event is extraordinarily controversial, using their coverage of the conference to suggest that the conservative movement is teetering on the brink of its final ideological implosion. . . .

Please read the whole thing. Trying to write while surrounded by partying CPAC-ers — the early arrivals, including many bloggers — was an extraordinary challenge. I kept telling people, “I’d love to talk, but I’m on deadline!” Here are a few photos to give you a flavor of last night’s carnival atmosphere:

Atlanta talk-radio host and GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain talks to conservative activist Ruth Malhotra. After Cain arrived last night, he was quickly surrounded by CPAC attendees eager to shake his hand and get their photos taken with the guy I introduced to my friends as The Next President of the United States.

John Hawkins of Right Wing News and Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs. “Smile and say, ‘Charles Johnson’!”

Who are these two women with Fingers Malloy? The answer might be somewhere in my notes, but those were scrawled on a cocktail napkin I can’t find right now.

Da Tech Guy regales a CPAC-er with tales of cannoli.

Again: Who is this woman with Fingers Malloy?

Category: CPAC
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