Typical of Politco .. snarking about the Restoration event, and the comments are scandalous:
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November 21, 2011
Grin and grip with ‘jihad’ theorist
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1111/Grin_and_grip_with_jihad_theorist.html?showall
Gingrich’s speech at the Restoration event
http://kingwoodtps.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/video-newt-gingrich-horowitz-restoration-weekend-speech/
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Bachmann, Coulter, Gingrich Make the Rounds at Restoration Weekend (with video)
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Conservative activist David Horowitz’s Restoration Weekend, a pricey four-day Palm Beach celebration of conservative ideas, just wrapped up. I wasn’t there, but I followed some of the action from people who were, chiefly blogger Steven Rosenblum and CPAC director Lisa De Pasquale.
Some of the speakers:
Newt Gingrich
Ann Coulter
Fred Thompson
Dutch politician Geert Wilders
Phyllis Schlafly
Jonah Goldberg
Frank Gaffney
Steve Moore
Andrew McCarthy
Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.)
Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio)
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.)
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)
Liz Cheney
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)
ACORN videographers James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles
Democratic pollster-turned-Fox News pundit Pat Caddell
The speeches, according to Twitter accounts, provided naught but red meat.
From Pat Caddell: Conservatives need to financially support the efforts of Andrew Breitbart and David Horowitz. “You people aren’t doing enough.”
From Jonah Goldberg: Republicans need to start campaigning on repealing any health care bill that passes.
From Michele Bachmann: “I’m waiting for Newsweek’s series of Secs of State in running shorts. Think [Hillary] Clinton and [Madeline] Albright will sell copies?” According to Rosenblum, Bachmann told the crowd that Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) had stolen his election.
And for a flavor of the proceedings, here’s video of “Islamofascism” critics Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer.