Category Archives: CPAC

CPAC Not Only Racist, But Also Incredibly Stupid

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “CPAC Not Only Racist, But Also Incredibly Stupid”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Via New York magazine, we have visual evidence that Donald Trump’s CPAC speech was attended as lightly as Ali Akbar’s Blog Bash. That’s the VIP section, which tells you … Continue reading →

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Despite Purges, CPAC Still Incredibly Racist

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Despite Purges, CPAC Still Incredibly Racist”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailJeff Dunetz, aka YidWithLid, is one of the most disgusting creatures in the Breitbart Clan. In the video below, shot yesterday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Dunetz can be heard … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatism, CPAC, racism | Tagged American Renaissance, Greg Thrasher, Jeff Dunetz, pamela geller, Robert Stacy McCain, Robert Vandervoort | 109 Comments

Santorum Courts the New Conservatism

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Santorum Courts the New Conservatism”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Readers may recall how former KKK Grand Dragon David Duke aimed to change the image of racist right-wing politics by giving it a mainstream look and appeal, even running for office in … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 GOP nomination, CPAC, Kulturkampf, rick santorum, Southern Strategy | 2 Comments

Back to the Future by Way of the French Revolution

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Back to the Future by Way of the French Revolution”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI’ve remarked many times on the historical revisionism of right-wing theology and the implicit desire for a great rolling-backwards to re-fight every battle that reactionary conservatives have ever … Continue reading →

Posted in CPAC, Kulturkampf, Patriarchy, rick santorum | 10 Comments

Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailPay very close attention to what Kevin Deanna, founder of the white supremacist group Youth for Western Civilization, has to say for himself at the CPAC conference: It’s a cultural compound of Christian, classical, … Continue reading →

Posted in CPAC, fascism, Kulturkampf | 19 Comments

The Teabagger Fail

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Teabagger Fail”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFaux Noise minimizing the impact of Ron Paul on its party: Paulites are a big reason for the reenergizing of the conservative base. They came up with the “tea party” meme a long time ago … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailTell me again why I should be afraid of the culture warriors? “Natural rights” is a code phrase for Christianist politics. For this controversy to show up at CPAC is indicative of how the right’s wedge … Continue reading →

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CPAC

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “CPAC”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailCheney and Liz showed up, providing the usual tortured logic. Then Glenn Beck tortured history: “progressivism,” he said in his CPAC keynote, “is eating the Constitution.” He made no mention of unitary executive doctrine. In a room … Continue reading →