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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Politics The Republican Trainwreck Starts Today

Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 6:06 AM

Yes, it's time for CPAC, the annual gathering of conservatives where they continue to drive themselves further to the right. Politico ran a great story outlining all the challenges that Republicans face as they head into CPAC this year:

Establishment Republicans are angry that popular GOP governors Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell are being snubbed, but conservatives, seeing Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush invited, are moaning that a traditional movement event has been annexed by the country club crowd.

Future Republican bright lights will be in attendance, but so will yesterday’s news, most of it with headlines no one wants to read.

A Republican gay group isn’t welcome yet neither are hard-liners on immigration.

And another member of the Paul family is poised, to the frustration of organizers, to again win the presidential straw poll.

Between Mitt Romney's speech, a very special appearance from Donald Trump, Sarah Palin's speech, and all the Rand Paul worship, I expect to be writing a fair amount about CPAC here on Slog in the next few days.

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I hope they're all carrying guns openly there.

Posted by seatackled on March 14, 2013 at 6:38 AM

I'm hoping for a massive Mad Max style death match.
2,000 Conservative douchbags enter.
1 Conservative doughbag leave's.

Posted by Root on March 14, 2013 at 6:46 AM

The first sentence in the block quote could be easily truncated to read "Republicans are angry." Bad editing, to be sure.

Posted by Seattle_1_scientist

on March 14, 2013 at 6:53 AM

They should do more interviews where Romney apologizes for saying things in private he doesn't really mean. It sums up the republican party. Gives more fuel to the "voting for the lesser of 2 evils" mantra. At least Obama isn't that evil. When Obama got caught saying "radical" things about guns to a "private meeting" he never went full denial. Romney? Has no shame. Claims he didn't mean it? So that's why he said it with such gusto? Romney practiced that speech for days, I feel sorry for anyone who believes anything else.

Posted by watchout5

on March 14, 2013 at 6:55 AM

I wonder if they will be searching the help for cameras?

Posted by gttim on March 14, 2013 at 7:08 AM

Which Stranger writer- or was it a Slog commenter- called it 'Republican Comicon'?

(And apologies to Comicon attendees and organizers, by the way)

Posted by Dr_Awesome on March 14, 2013 at 7:08 AM

If this event's irrelevance (to national politics, in not to the GOP) weren't evident, the fact that Sarah "sacked by Fox" Palin is speaking proves it.

Posted by Matt from Denver on March 14, 2013 at 7:16 AM

Oops, that should say "IF not to the GOP..."

Posted by Matt from Denver on March 14, 2013 at 7:17 AM

where's a meteor when you need one?

Posted by Max Solomon on March 14, 2013 at 7:18 AM

@9

I would prefer a Monty Python-style giant sandaled foot stomping on and crushing the building at just the right moment, thereby confirming the Republicans' professed belief in the existence of God, while proving to the rest of us that God says fuck you to the Republicans. That'd be a pretty awesome irony.

Oh, and the sandal should be decorated with rainbow.

Posted by seatackled on March 14, 2013 at 8:33 AM

A collection of losers telling people how to win. Yeah, that should work.

Posted by Pope Peabrain on March 14, 2013 at 9:35 AM

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/evchk/…

Posted by venomlash on March 14, 2013 at 10:58 AM

Okay, can someone give me a heads up when all of the Grndr/CPAC post start? And where?

Posted by bmcchgo on March 14, 2013 at 11:17 AM

Gee, I thought You Libs were all about "Diversity?"

Hmmph... Guess you are just hypocrites.

Who woulda thought [rolleyes]...

Fakes and phoneys the lot of you.

Posted by GeneStoner on March 14, 2013 at 11:26 AM