Posted on 01/21/2011 4:14:50 PM PST by pissant
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., announced Friday he was skipping this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, siding with critics who feel the annual gathering of conservative activists has become too friendly with pro-gay and libertarian groups.
"With leading conservative organizations not participating this year, Senator DeMint will not be attending. He hopes to attend a unified CPAC next year," DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton wrote in an e-mail to Ben Smith of Politico.
The move comes after several high-profile conservative groups, including the Media Research Center, the Family Research Council and the Heritage Foundation decided not to participate in this year's event.
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C-homo-pac
I thought I saw some advantages in a coalition when this first broke and was in fairy land. If DeMint is boycotting, I fall in line with good Jim.
Not fast enough!
Crushed under the weight of its gaiety - a blow to Conservatism I might add...
From the article: “A number of prospective Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to attend the February conference. The list includes Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and South Dakota Sen. John Thune.”
All people I hope won’t win. DeMint should be our candidate in 2012, IMO.
CPAC, Muslims, Gays.
No longer for conservatives.
If DeMint and a couple of others I could name ever pull out of the GOP, it will crumble just as fast.
Jim DeMint to boycott CPAC. 
BillyBoy and 34,654,453 conservatives like this.
DeMint rocks!
Our group of 22 is skipping for the first time. Not because of GOProud, but because of David Keene’s submission to the Muslim Brotherhood and its golden boy Khan.
To all homosexuals, racist minorities (and you ARE racist more than most whites I know)--GET OUT OF MY FACE!. You already have social and legal privileges out the wazoo. I reserve some rights for myself!
vaudine
It goes further than that. I suspect theirs a lack of respect from CPAC towards anything Tea Party.
Theirs = There’s
GOProud and some of the libertarians I would keep at arms length, although I appreciate some of their work. The Muslim Brotherhood association though makes CPAC radioactive.
As recently as a couple of years ago I was thinking about attending CPAC, for all I want *another* trip involving sitting aboard airplanes and getting through TSA security... but no more.
I didn't know the gay/lesbo lobby was that strong in CPAC land. Disappointing to say the least.
While I believe CPACs support of GOProud was their jump the shark moment, having a Muslim activist on the board was the final nail in their coffin.
Thank you, Senator DeMint.
I've been saying this for six months. At any rate, that makes three of us here.
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