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Glenn Beck, the Fox News personality and chalkboard scrawling libertarian hero, gave the marquee speech Saturday night at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. Swapping out a teleprompter for his famous chalkboard, Glenn Beck wowed the faithful with an hour-long presentation that defended conservatism, praised the Founding Fathers and lampooned Washington, D.C. as an addict in need of immediate treatment. He looked to history to predict that without an immediate course correction and reduction of the federal budget deficit, America is headed for "an economic holocaust." Beck began by praising Ronald Reagan, whose famous campaign ad "Morning in America"...

For liberals that hate Glenn Beck...take that. First, and most important, Beck went after Republicans...and told them how to save themselves. [If you haven't seen the video, find it and watch...it is must see tv; you can see it many sites; I also have a link]

Texas Representative Ron Paul won the 2010 CPAC straw poll tonight, beating out both Mitt Romney & Sarah Palin, and raking in 31% of the vote. Paul, a Libertarian who is perhaps best known for his aggressive stance against the Federal Reserve, has a dedicated group of followers which have again affirmed their influence within the Republican party. What this means for a 2012 bid for presidency is uncertain, however; Paul’s supporters were a vocal and visible group when he ran for President in 2008, but in the end, Paul walked away with only a small percentage of the actual...

Two years ago, Allen West stood in the lobby of the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington as just another conservative in the crowd, making polite introductions as he pitched his underdog bid for Congress in Florida at his first Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). This year, though, when the Iraq and Afghanistan veteran returned to the annual convention Thursday, he was immediately greeted by adoring fans of every age from a cross-section of states, many of them eager to snap a picture or land an autograph from one of the right's rising stars. Like fellow Floridian Marco Rubio, another CPAC...

Paul's victory renders a straw poll that was already lightly contested among the likely 2012 GOP hopefuls all but irrelevant as the 74-year-old Texan is unlikely to be a serious contender for his party's nomination. CPAC organizers were plainly embarrassed by the results, which could reduce the perceived impact of a contest that was once thought to offer a window into which White House hopefuls were favored by movement conservatives. A spokesman for the conference rushed over to reporters following the announcement to make sure they had heard the unmistakable boos when the screen first showed Paul had won the...

It's that time of year again. Pundits, pollsters and lobbyists are gathering in the nation's capital to tell conservative activists how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. ... This year, the Beltway leaders of conservatism are racing hard to catch up with a parade they did not launch and cannot control. Across America, grass-roots patriots and anti-Obama protests have changed the political landscape in ways conservatism's entrenched Beltway Politburo did not anticipate. ... The greatest threat in 1960 was international – how to deal with the threat of Soviet communism and the "missile gap" – and anti-communism was...

A funny thing happened on the last day of CPAC. Max Blumenthal, recently corrected and embarrassed “journalist” from Salon.com paraded through the convention with a camera crew. Like last year, he was looking for a confrontation of some kind. I’m not sure what Max uncovered in his fact-finding mission, but I know that as he was leaving, a confrontation found him.

VIDEO: Conservative Libertarian best selling author, radio talk show host, and TV host Glenn Beck gives the keynote address at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference), the nation’s largest gathering of conservatives annually. It is a project of ACUF (American Conservative Union Foundation) and its largest annual conference. To rousing applause and standing ovations, Beck attacked Progressivism as a "cancer", and said that the Republican Party must "admit that it has a problem".

AVLON: Well, the theme of this conference, below the podium and in the seminar rooms, is 'saving freedom,' and that's certainly how the participants view this. They believe themselves to be saving freedom, fighting against socialism...while they can build a bridge to independents on the issue of fiscal conservatism...if you try to extend that and then say it's a fight against socialism, which is the general consensus right now, that seems like a bridge too far. This is a group of people, when they say 'saving freedom,' they're confusing, at heart, losing an election with living under tyranny. That's a...

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Ron Paul won the most support for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination in an unofficial straw poll of conservative activists attending an annual conference. A libertarian from Texas who has railed against spending and the Federal Reserve, Paul won the Saturday contest at the Conservative Political Action Conference with 31 percent backing. He has sought the presidential nomination in the past and attracted a following among a segment of voters frustrated with Washington. Participants cheered as their favored candidates' names were announced. Some members of the audience cheered while others booed loudly when event organizers announced Paul...

Feb 20, 2010 Glenn Beck spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

.... SANCHEZ: Not true, Ann, not true. COULTER: So not surprising they will give it to the American company. And point two, Halliburton was losing money in Iraq. So I think that the liberal hysteria over Halliburton was equivalent to, and you don't see this that much on the right wing, you see a few nuts, often liberals, complaining about Obama's birth certificate. That is the credibility of the Halliburton hysteria has. SANCHEZ: First of all, ......

<p>WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- Rep. Ron Paul won the most support for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination in an unofficial straw poll of conservative activists attending an annual conference.</p>

This is a MUST SEE video of Glenn Beck delivering the keynote speech at CPAC 2010 to standing ovations. Enjoy what may be one of his best shows yet.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4881432 Watch, learn, remember, and pass it on! Tomorrow, it will be morning in America!

Ron Paul Wins CPAC 2012 Presidential Straw Poll

Especially appreciated by people who remember Salon from the late 90s.

Glenn Beck speaks at CPAC tonight...at 6:00 pm *please note one list said 5:00 pm, so keep checking in so you do not miss it. If you have a better live link, please post it.

Several prominent social conservatives have bailed out of this year's CPAC convention because of the presence of a group of gay Republicans. The three-day convention got started Thursday at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC and will feature such anti-gay figures as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, media personality Ann Coulter, South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. Conservative media personality Glenn Beck is the event's keynote speaker. Liberty University Law School, the Christian-based university founded by the late Jerry Falwell, backed out of the event after it was...

Saturday, February 20, 2010 Ann Coulter Speech at CPAC 2010; Skewers Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Anderson Cooper - Video 2/20/10 Here is video of Ann Coulter delivering her remarks today to CPAC 2010. Coulter skewered Bill Clinton, John Edwards, CNN's Anderson Cooper and others. She was her usual amazing self! Also: Ann Coulter Takes Questions at CPAC 2010