WP/Milbank: Bob Barr, Bane of the Right?

[kskiska]

(snip)

"Are we losing our lodestar, which is the Bill of Rights?" Barr beseeched the several hundred conservatives at the Omni Shoreham in Woodley Park. "Are we in danger of putting allegiance to party ahead of allegiance to principle?"

Barr answered in the affirmative. "Do we truly remain a society that believes that . . . every president must abide by the law of this country?" he posed. "I, as a conservative, say yes. I hope you as conservatives say yes."

But nobody said anything in the deathly quiet audience. Barr merited only polite applause when he finished, and one man, Richard Sorcinelli, booed him loudly. "I can't believe I'm in a conservative hall listening to him say is off course trying to defend the United States," Sorcinelli fumed.

Far more to this crowd's liking was Vice President Cheney, who stopped by CPAC late Thursday and suggested the surveillance program as a 2006 campaign issue. "With an important election coming up, people need to know just how we view the most critical questions of national security," he told the cheering crowd.


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/10/AR2006021001799.html

[raysr]

1. It's over.

There's no way back, when they boo Bob Barr it's truly the end. The Dems have given up, there's no way to undo the damage done by Bushco.

[Uben]

2. Ahhhh!

Those hand-picked crowds sure make Cheney feel strong, don't they? He hasn't the moxie to face a real crowd for fear someone would make him embarass himself!

[Skittles]

4. Uben nails it dead-on

these cowardly bastards do not dare show their faces to the average crowd

[Pirate Smile]

3. I posted this in GD: Politics also.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2451921&mesg_id=2451921