Posts in "CPAC"

By Rachel Kania at 6:38PM

Mar 9, 2010

The Judge Talks with C4L at CPAC

Here is the newest video from Campaign for Liberty at CPAC. Enjoy!

Posted in:

Add new comment

By Brian Beyer at 7:12AM

Mar 4, 2010

Hear Ye Bill Kristol

You demonized Ron Paul's straw poll win at CPAC, and I am A-Okay with that because I support free speech, unlike you. While your motive was probably more political than anything (Because Dr. Paul is an actual conservative on fiscal issues, foreign policy, and civil liberties; a principled position that is a direct threat to your pragmatic, spineless neoconservative ideology that you so vehemently defend), you also sought to discredit the youth movement. And I have a huge problem with that.

Let me ask you this, Bill:

Who are the biggest advocates of Social Security and Medicare?

Who passed the biggest Medicare expansion since it was created?

Who is fighting tooth and nail to pass socialized medicine, affectionately named America's Affodable Health Choices Act of 2009?

Who steered us into the two most disastrous wars since Vietnam?

Read more here

Posted in:

By Nick Leavens at 10:00PM

Mar 1, 2010

CPAC 2010 Sumo Championship

Sixty-Four contestants 'Belly'd up to Big Government' and took part in YAL's CPAC Sumo YAL Sumo Wrestling Tournament on Friday, February 19th at the Marriott Wardman Hotel in Washington, D.C. It was an incredibly fun and popular event and literally hundreds of people participated in open wrestling throughout the weekend against "Big Government", portrayed by 'Big Sis' Janet Napolitano.

The event was covered by many major media outlets, and even made it live on Fox News:

Sumo on Fox News

Here's footage of the Championship Match between Ralph (in Red) and our Tournament Champ Mitch (sporting Blue)! Congratulations to all who participated!

Posted in:

2 comments

By Dustin Reid at 3:41PM

Mar 1, 2010

Liberty Organizations Overtake CPAC 2010

I had intended on writing a recap of my experience at this years Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), however, I believe this video sums up my thoughts and emotions quite well.

Read more here

By George Edwards at 7:04PM

Feb 24, 2010

Reason? An Oxymoron at Reason.com

David Harsanyi has recently published a piece for Reason.com that is hard to ignore in light of Ron Paul's recent straw poll victory at CPAC. Is Paul the future of the conservative movement? Harsanyi doesn't think so:

Let's, for a moment, forget Paul (and how I wish this could be a permanent condition, considering the congressman is neither a serious politician nor—and I can't stress this enough—a serious thinker).

He claims that Ron Paul is not a "serious politician," whatever that means. Who ARE the serious politicians? Mitt Romney? Sarah Palin? What exactly makes them serious? Their chance of winning, their ideas?

Harsanyi then claims that he is not a "serious thinker." However, regardless of whether or not Paul has the "serious thinker" capabilities of von Mises or others like him, Paul holds to many of the same conclusions of these thinkers. One need not be Mises, only intelligent enough to pick Mises over... let's say... Keynes or Samuelson. I personally cannot find fault with Paul for not being an eminent scholar. He is, however, an M.D., which is an accomplishment compared to at least one Reason staffer. If someone were to bankroll him in his youth he may have turned out to be something surely more important...like an opinion columnist, for instance.

Read more here

Posted in:

By Kelse Moen at 2:34PM

Feb 22, 2010

Reflections on the Revolution at CPAC 2010

I have been to two CPACs, in 2008 and 2010. In 2008, the Ron Paul supporters were a few isolated crazy people and Paul came in fourth in the presidential straw poll, with 12% of the vote. In 2010 -- well, you already know.

The shift in power toward Ron Paul and the Campaign for Liberty is so astounding that I probably would not fully believe it had I not been present at CPAC this year myself -- which is not to say that C4L is anywhere close to its goal of reclaiming the Republican Party. We should remember that 69% of straw poll voters voted for someone other than Ron Paul. Dick Cheney got a standing ovation, to chants of "Run, Dick, Run!" (meaning "run for president," not "you better run, you bastard" as per my chant.) And Marco Rubio got similar applause when he giggled over the thought of waterboarding terrorists.

Nevertheless, revolutions don't occur by sheer majority force alone. They occur when a determined minority is well organized enough to actually realize its ideals. It is often cited that before the American revolution, one third of people were patriots, one third were loyalists, and one third were indifferent. By this standard, the libertarians are well on their way to reclaiming the GOP. When I was passing out flyers for C4L, more than a few people responded, "I already have five of those! You people are everywhere!" This is true testament to C4L's excellent organizational capacity.

Read more here

Posted in:

By Thomas Baurain at 1:38PM

Feb 22, 2010

POLITICO: Who Should Have Won The CPAC Straw Poll?

Politico.com has jumped right on the marginalization bandwagon when it comes to Ron Paul winning the CPAC 2010 Straw Poll. Their poll today is asking who should have won the CPAC Straw Poll- a puzzling move, considering how active Dr. Paul's supporters are online.

It seems to me that Dr. Paul's win has not sat well with old media, and neoconservatives- they've dusted off and put back in use their old media guide to attacking Ron Paul.

I propose we let our voice be heard in the Politico poll. Who's with me?

Posted in:

2 comments

By Rachel Kania at 10:07PM

Feb 21, 2010

Media Attention from CPAC 2010

Ron Paul wins CPAC 2010 Straw Poll with 31%. His comments on his win below...

Videos Here:

Articles Here:

Posted in:

3 comments

By Matt Cockerill at 7:07AM

Feb 20, 2010

Tolerance, the unifying virtue.

It's kinda...sorta...totally obvious that the Liberty Movement has the best-looking female activists. I thus wasn't surprised to see this piece on National Review's Dave Frum's blog -- aptly titled "Cutest Chicks go for Ron Paul" -- admitting as much. It was certainly apparent to anyone that so much glanced at "liberty row" here at CPAC 2010.

But even if the LOLA girls weren't pretty, their company would be far preferable to the "send druggies to jail, Muslims to the slaughterhouse" chicks. This is because they -- like all libertarians -- fight to uphold the unalienable rights of all individuals to self-determination. This virtue of tolerance, as Dr. Paul spoke about today, is why we liberty types get along with each other. Differences in "group" and lifestyle fade into the woodwork when neither the libertine libertarian nor the Christian libertarian is trying to impose his belief on the other.

Posted in:

Add new comment

By Peter Tariche at 8:40PM

Feb 19, 2010

California YAF Chairman Ryan Sorba Attacks YAL at CPAC

During the students activist forum at CPAC, Students for Liberty's Alexander McCobin openly thanked CPAC for inviting GOProud, a statement which recieved mixed reactions from the audience and boos from another speaker on McCobin's panel, Ryan Sorba. Sorba, who helped co-found Young Conservatives of California and recently became the California YAF Chairman, used his own opportunity to speak to condemn CPAC for including GOProud. He went on to taunt those booing him, attack YAL, and announce that YAL's executive director, Jeff Frazee, was now his enemy.

The source of his anger at YAL and Frazee is unclear: The topic was brought up by Students for Liberty, not anyone associated with YAL. Moreover, Frazee was entirely uninvolved in the situation (neither booing, taking sides, nor at all involved in gay rights activism) until Sorba out of the blue mentioned him on stage.

Read more here

Posted in: