Among the Young Conservatives

[proud2BlibKansan]

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It's 9:15 a.m. on Friday morning. Most college students across America are still hitting the snooze button. But here, in the ballroom of the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., thousands of young people are standing and cheering for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. "Some people call this the conservative spring break," said the 67-year-old senator from Kentucky.

I am at the second day of the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The conference, which began in 1973, is hosted by the American Conservative Union. This year's events are anticipated to draw some 9,000 people, up from 7,000 last year, which would make this the largest CPAC in history. The series of lectures, panels, film screenings and receptions is ground zero for young conservatives. While Obama claims the majority of hearts and minds at many universities, here the fashion du jour includes PRESERVE TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE stickers and DON'T BLAME ME-I VOTED FOR SARAH! tote bags. They've come from all over America to listen to the likes of Ann Coulter, Mitt Romney and Rush Limbaugh sing the praises of conservatism and set the Republican Party's agenda for the coming years.

At CPAC, 19-year-olds unironically wear bowties and snap photos with their cell phones of Rep. John Boehner and former governor Mike Huckabee, as if they were prepubescent girls at a Jonas Brothers concert. In droves, college students attend panels like "Al Franken and ACORN: How Liberals Are Destroying the American Election System," and, a rebuttal to a recent NEWSWEEK cover story, "Bailing Out Big Business: Are We All Socialists Now?"

Over half of the conference's registrants are college students. Although many of the conference's speakers and attendees noted that this statistic was a happy surprise, the overwhelming presence of young people is no accident. The event's Facebook group boasts 2,886 members. Special students-only events, including a reception with Karl Rove, pepper the weekend's agenda. CPAC offered heavily discounted student rates and scholarships to attract young conservatives to the conference.

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[NRaleighLiberal]

1. It is just a right wing political Jesus Camp. Scary stuff!

[Parche]

2. Young Constipated Conservatives

:grr: :grr: :hi:

[Happyhippychick]

3. Any chance that a single one of them got laid?

:shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Probably

Not.

LOL

[Happyhippychick]

5. LOL!

[gratuitous]

6. "I voted for Sarah"

Boy, they sure dropped the memory of the top of that ticket fast, didn't they? Almost as if they chose their general election candidate by default.

[Warpy]

7. I find something unbearably sad

about a 20 year old in a bow tie.

At least back in the 60s, it was Ban-lon golf shirts.

[bumblebee1]

10. He's practicing to be an old fogie before he becomes one. n/t

[janx]

13. So do I, Warpy.

Are they Tucker Carlson wannabes? By the way, are you enjoying the warmer weather? :hi:

[Warpy]

15. I'd be loving this weather if it hadn't been so damn dry all winter

All I can think of is the fire season is approaching and it's going to be a bad one.

In addition, we owe water to farmers downstream and we didn't get the snow pack this year to be able to send it to them. Our already strict water restrictions might become Draconian.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. Now that the stimulus package has passed

and more kids will be able to attend college, my guess is there will be the percentage of conservative college students will go down.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

9. We all have absolutely GOT to become active politically, even if it means writing e-mails....

.... We have to back our president 100%. We must not even blink. These a-hs are just chomping at the bit to get back in power, destroy our president with the aid of the mass media, and finish off what's left of our country.

[montanacowboy]

11. Hitler Youth

[acmavm]

12. OMG! Hope no one goes to sleep around any of 'em.

Young Republicans leader faces charges of sexual assault on man


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Murphy resigns from posts as county Republican chair, federation
president; contends sexual contact with 22-year-old was consensual.

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The younger man told police he woke up the following morning to find Murphy fondling himself while performing oral sex on the younger man. He said he pushed Murphy away and left.

http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_6308.php

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. Makes you wonder if he has a different idea of 'consensus'

:shrug: