What went on a the hallowed CPAC? With such international luminaries as Phyllis Schlafly,Michele Bachmann and Stephen Baldwin, like the tag on The National Enquirer: Enquiring Minds Want To Know! Of course what REALLY mattered was what Rush Limbow-wow said (that's my pet name for him - he really does remind one of an aging pitbull!)

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There weren't quite as many death threats on Barack Obama from the audience.

Kudos to Rob Kall for going into the "belly of the Beast". That was very, very courageous (unless he had a good disguise). But so many people weren't there to engorge themselves with all things right(eous) I thought I'd write about what I imagined it to be. So...

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Look at it from a more intuitive level: the roster of "movers and shakers" reminded me of one of those little cars at the circus that stop and belch out a seemingly endless number of clowns.

Events included were:

Breakfast with Phyllis Schlafly: "Doing the Impossible" (which for Schlafly, was getting up for the breakfast)

Sarah Palin Unplugged on the Media Video Interview
Diplomat Ballroom (I'm not kidding - the irony strikes me as well)

New Challenges in the Culture War - Beverly LaHaye

Targets of the Fairness Doctrine - Tucker Carlson

Al Franken and ACORN: How Liberals are Destroying the American Election System - The Heritage Foundation

PRESIDENTIAL BANQUET Regency Ballroom
Master of Ceremonies: Rep. Michelle Bachmann (MN) (Get set for some rapier-like Christofascist wit)

And, of course, there were book signings:

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John Bolton - Surrender Is Not An Option

Stephan Baldwin - The Death and Life of Gabriel Phillips

Hon. Mike Huckabee - Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America

Newt Gingrich - Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works

And, of course, the ubiquitous Ann Coulter
Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America

But the true shining moment, the one white knight everyone had waited for, the one they had strewn a path of rose petals for, the hand of whom they knew would heal their scrofula came on Saturday evening, amidst all of the glitz and glamor of the shining stars of conservatism (Stephen Baldwin, Gasp!!) His Royal Hind-ass Rush Limbow-wow appeared to give his blessings to everyone and continue the screed with which, by now, they had become drunk.

In America, when a President tries to point out the undue influence of a conservative radio talk show host, he gets castigated beyond belief.

From the Telegraph (UK)

He then told them to break free of the confrontational mindset epitomised by Mr Limbaugh, the highest paid talk show host in America. "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," Mr Obama said.

Look at that statement again. Few people would ever argue that Obama gives rash, off-the-cuff statements such as his predecessor did. The phraseology is centered around the word "just" - meaning "only". Conservatives have completely erased that word. With their castigations in full swing, the sentence has become "You can't listen to Rush Limbaugh to get things done," substituting "and" with "to".

Upon presentation of an award to Limbow-wow. This was said:

From ThinkProgress.com

Just as the king's successor (a rather lame analogy to King George III in response to Benjamin Franklin), who is in the White House, said the other day, that conservatives will never be successful if they listen to Rush Limbaugh. The only way we will be successful is if we listen to Rush Limbaugh!

This kind of rhetoric is setting up a demagogue to become a demigod. Or god. Or dictator. Conservatives depend on fear. Their campaigns are shaped by fear. Obama's campaign was shaped on hope and change. Conservatives warned that any kind of change would be ruinous: fear what you can't see, fear the future, fear liberalism. Tell them their rights are being taken away from them. On this last note, Limbow-wow tried to get all flag-wavy when he said this:

We believe that the preamble to the Constitution contains an inarguable truth that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life. [Applause] Liberty, Freedom. [Applause] And the pursuit of happiness.

Limbaugh doesn't remember his third grade history lessons: his quote was from the Declaration of Independence, NOT the Constitution. And for anyone to take on a Constitutional scholar such as Barack Obama, was very foolish.