Video: Liz Cheney praises righty blogs, tears into Obama at Red State conference
posted at 7:42 pm on August 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
Verrry shrewd positioning here by LC, ingratiating herself with the rightroots ahead of a possible congressional run. She was always going to do well with online donations given her grassroots popularity, but the more she courts bloggers the greater the odds that she’ll be the first Republican in a House race to make big bank on Internet contributions. Not that the daughter of Dick Cheney really needs small-money donors, but every bit helps. Watch the first half of the first clip for her pep talk to bloggers and the whole second clip for her attack on The One’s funny little habit of making kissyface with cretins just to prove how un-Bush he is. Sorry that it cuts out at the end of the last clip. Just passing along what I have.
Exit question: Is it time for a Hot Air conference? All we need is (a) a reason to hold it, (b) a few high-profile conservatives whom we haven’t alienated (yet) to speak, and (c) many thousands of dollars in spare cash.
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Shows you can run as a conservative and do well an not just parrot some “Big Tent” mantra garbage.
William Amos on August 3, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Exit Answer: yes.
a) Michelle needs to promote her book.
b) You can probably get Thaddeus McCotter.
c) Beta males are always flush with cash because they have no one else to spend it on.
John_Locke on August 3, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Will there be a Sarah Palin, Meggie Mac, Carrie Prejean debate?
eforhan on August 3, 2009 at 7:46 PM
AP, if you promise to speak, everyone will come.
lorien1973 on August 3, 2009 at 7:47 PM
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Hey, I can still be booked at a reasonable price.
doriangrey on August 3, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Yeah, they’ll come to throw things at me.
Allahpundit on August 3, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Is that an incentive? Pretty sure the Palin zombies would show up demanding his brains.
But otherwise, seeing AP in public? Hell, I’d pay for that.
John_Locke on August 3, 2009 at 7:48 PM
She is spot on!
cmsinaz on August 3, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Solved your funding problem: dunking booth.
John_Locke on August 3, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Nah. How about a Beer Summit?
faraway on August 3, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Whatever puts the asses in the seats! A dollar a tomato.
It’s gold, Jerry. Gold!
lorien1973 on August 3, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Only if you fill it with beer.
William Amos on August 3, 2009 at 7:51 PM
I love Hyatt hotels.
LiquidH2O on August 3, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Yeah, well, lorien1973 said that they would show up. Not that they’d show up to listen.
Suggestion: Allahpundit in a dunk tank. $5 per chance to dunk. Michelle could buy a Bentley.
amerpundit on August 3, 2009 at 7:52 PM
But otherwise,
seeingcatching AP in public IN DAYLIGHT? Hell, I’d pay for that.FIFY
Ragspierre on August 3, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Even better, people get to throw things at AP and he gets buzzed. I think that’s a solution everyone can love.
John_Locke on August 3, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Yes, there should be HACON, and when it happens, please ensure at the very least, there is a cash bar. And, as stated above, there should be a keynote by McCotter, to say nothing on we Conservative atheists. As a basement-dweller, I’d happily attend the event.
elcapt on August 3, 2009 at 7:53 PM
I wouldn’t go. But MM would be there. You could ask her about Behar!
Allahpundit on August 3, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Liz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Jeff from WI on August 3, 2009 at 7:53 PM
If you show up, AP, you’ll double attendance, just due to curiosity.
Unless, of course, you show up like this.
eeyore on August 3, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Eh…a pie-throwing booth would be much more satisfying…20 bucks a pie would raise a thousand an hour or so.
ZJPolitical on August 3, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Hmmm, a drunking booth you say… Yes, I can see many a HotAir head lining up to
ridebrave the drunking booth… :Pdoriangrey on August 3, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Only progbem is finding some way to prevent Allah from doing cannonballs
William Amos on August 3, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Allah, post Marco Rubio’s video too. He was great. We need to encourage him so he can beat Crist. Please.
promachus on August 3, 2009 at 7:55 PM
You can’t be afraid of a few Palin loons. No Allah, no HACON.
John_Locke on August 3, 2009 at 7:55 PM
PLLLLLEEEEEEASE Have a Hot Air Conference, and do it in Vegas right in Harry Reid’s face. (Dina Titus too!!!) I’ll help!
Fishoutofwater on August 3, 2009 at 7:55 PM
I think you meant to link to this picture.
amerpundit on August 3, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Yeah, but you can charge extra for that.
malclave on August 3, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Dunktank at HotAir convention?
Come on Allah. It’s a fundraiser!!
portlandon on August 3, 2009 at 7:56 PM
3 words: Allahpundit Kissing Booth
I_C on August 3, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Damn…beat me to it
Rogue on August 3, 2009 at 7:56 PM
She’s a lot better speaker than Palin.
guntotinglibertarian on August 3, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Maybe we can guilt him into it, we can make it a fundraiser for the atheist summer camp he keeps touting.
John_Locke on August 3, 2009 at 7:57 PM
The point is to attract — not repel — attendees.
amerpundit on August 3, 2009 at 7:57 PM
And all the kissers wearing MeggieMac masks. It’s a money-maker!
califcon on August 3, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Always with the shots. Give her $4800 and be happy.
portlandon on August 3, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Would that be next to the Megan McCain beauty boutique ?
William Amos on August 3, 2009 at 7:58 PM
New plan: send Allah a fabricated informational brochure on atheist summer camp to be held next summer, really HACON.
John_Locke on August 3, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Put the paypal link up, we sent Michelle and Bryan to Iraq, we can fund a worthwhile Hot Air Conference. Count me in.
Zorro on August 3, 2009 at 7:59 PM
No way, not a dime unless Allah shows up.
John_Locke on August 3, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Hmmm, but where we gonna get the big Obama styled Styrofoam bridge to put those booths under?????
doriangrey on August 3, 2009 at 8:00 PM
hey, Sarah has lots of time on her hands now….KEYNOTE?
SDarchitect on August 3, 2009 at 8:00 PM
3 words: Allahpundit Kissing Booth
I_C on August 3, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Are you strangelet?
kingsjester on August 3, 2009 at 8:00 PM
I didnt bring up her bra on purpose please.
William Amos on August 3, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Fixed
eeyore on August 3, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Print up a bunch of Pelosi,Reid,Obama,etc. balloons and put them on the water pistol carnival shoot out.
It’d raise $10,000.
portlandon on August 3, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Possible breakout sessions:
- How to be a limp-wristed beta male
- How to suck up to the liberal media (Meghan is speaker)
- How to attack your own visitors (special groups for Palin, birthers, Huck, etc.)
faraway on August 3, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Oh joy…. San Diego California police are back to doing what they do best…. Shooting people for pretty much no reasonable reason…. Score is… One dead suspect and hundreds of overjoyed San Diego
Nazi’sCops…doriangrey on August 3, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Palin will show up on Liz campaign rally, no doubt.
the_nile on August 3, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Well, she is a better speaker. Palin could learn from her.
guntotinglibertarian on August 3, 2009 at 8:06 PM
No, it’s not. It’s fundamentally liberal. How else does she think the left gets away with it’s steady advancement toward socialism? And the “conservative” Republican party is almost just as bad.
No, Ann Coulter was right: America’s unofficial state religion is liberalism.
2Brave2Bscared on August 3, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Bill O is doing a birther segment now
faraway on August 3, 2009 at 8:07 PM
In the first 5 minutes!!
califcon on August 3, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Is this the lesbian or the other one? Either way, what an angry family!
simplesimon on August 3, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Allah could wear Joker make-up and retain his anonymity.
thomasaur on August 3, 2009 at 8:08 PM
LOL
I_C on August 3, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Do attendees to this Hot Air Conference get free “Why So Socialist?” Obamajoker T-shirts?
PBoilermaker on August 3, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Why do you liberals hate gay people ?
William Amos on August 3, 2009 at 8:09 PM
” … a few high-profile conservatives whom we haven’t alienated (yet) … ”
I hear ya!
Donald Douglas on August 3, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Every time I read, see and hear Liz Cheney, I thin one thing: Ronald Reagan! Liz is incredibly smart, has a wonderful sense of humor, charming, well spoken, and is great Republican. May we have more, please?
Loxodonta on August 3, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Would a HotAir conference mean that Allahpundit would have to -gasp- show his face to the public? Hell, even Ed Morrissey hasn’t personally met him. Maybe Allahpundit only exists in the sphere of internet.
DanStark on August 3, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Hot Air conference rules:
1. No Southerners.
mesquito on August 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I tend to agree. Wish it were not true, but the numbers seem to say differently. We have not had a true conservative in the WH in 20 years. Congress is heavily Leftist. State legislatures are heavily Leftist.
You can either assume that “conservative” America just gets stupid when it comes time to go to the polls. Or that America is getting the political “leaders” it wants.
guntotinglibertarian on August 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Oops. thin = think
Sorry. Still under her spell. Can’t type!
Loxodonta on August 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Starting to think that’s the case. It would explain his almost unnatural love of robots.
John_Locke on August 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Allahpundit=Andy Levy
PBoilermaker on August 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
All guns and bibles will be confiscated at the door.
faraway on August 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Yea……….
………… I can see it now.
Seven Percent Solution on August 3, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Uh, yes.
Patrick Ishmael on August 3, 2009 at 8:14 PM
NOTE:
THIS IS NOT THE LESBIAN CHENEY.
Ergo, I’m indifferent. Give me some clams and I might donate.
Apologetic California on August 3, 2009 at 8:14 PM
ESAD, ya’ll.
eeyore on August 3, 2009 at 8:14 PM
We’d have to ban any mention of Sarah Palin, lest violence ensue.
guntotinglibertarian on August 3, 2009 at 8:15 PM
If you have been checking Twitter, that means Allahpundit talks to himself… A LOT.
DanStark on August 3, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Yes to a HA conference. I’d love to meet many of you, as well as Ed, Michelle, and AP.
Problem: Ensuring that it isn’t crashed and shut down by a bunch of Leftists (e.g., ACORN).
Solution: Hold it in a state with concealed carry. If there’s trouble, we’ll quietly pull them out and set them on our laps. The Lefties will wet themselves and run away.
jazz_piano on August 3, 2009 at 8:16 PM
I will be the one selling posters of Sarah Palin holding a gun.
/I’ll be rich I tells ya.
faraway on August 3, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Hot Air conference rules:
1. No Southerners.
mesquito on August 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
If ignorance is bliss, you must be the happiest person in the world.
kingsjester on August 3, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Hey guntotinglibertarian, speaking of concealed carry, I’ve been wondering how you tote a gun there in CA.
jazz_piano on August 3, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Person at event:”Why do you hate Palin?..oh and God too?”
Allahpundit: “You’re a beta-male.”
Person at event: *cries*
DanStark on August 3, 2009 at 8:18 PM
err err err
see ya’ there pardner
thomasaur on August 3, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Yes to a conference, but do it smart. Make it a combination of technology and people. We could hold a conference in every state – same date and time. Then use video conferencing and other technologies for major presentations.
That way each state could develop their own strategy, yet get the benefits of a national meeting.
huckleberryfriend on August 3, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Very very concealed?
John_Locke on August 3, 2009 at 8:20 PM
If ignorance is bliss, you must be the happiest person in the world.
For crying out loud. I am being facetious.
mesquito on August 3, 2009 at 8:20 PM
So??? I am I only person in San Diego California here??? And am I also the only one to not notice the 6.9 earthquake that hit San Diego at 10:59 AM?????
doriangrey on August 3, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Soopertrev is already in line. LOL
Blake on August 3, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I say we tie a pair of moose antlers to him and turn him loose in the hall where Palin is giving the seminar called Field Dressing for Conservatives.
*just kidding – don’t ban me*
turfmann on August 3, 2009 at 8:22 PM
mesquito on August 3, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Excuuuuse me. You forgot the /sarc. Considering the threads lately, it seemed to be a very popular notion around here lately.
kingsjester on August 3, 2009 at 8:22 PM
One in the chamber and the safety off. At all times.
califcon on August 3, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Have you seen the production values at The Ed Morrissey Show?????
eeyore on August 3, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Dorian, that quake was down in the Sea of Cortez. They just felt it in SD . . . and Phoenix. Mostly just the high-rises.
califcon on August 3, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Technical difficulties on the Ed Morrissey Show?!
DanStark on August 3, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Hmmmm.
Allahpundit=Alison Rosen
PBoilermaker on August 3, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Same way you do it anywhere else. Put it in your pocket and tell everyone it’s a loaf of French Bread… :P
doriangrey on August 3, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Oh no, that’s all the bitter clingers have left! That and B. Hussein’s Kenyan birth certificate, that is.
simplesimon on August 3, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Although frequently a ustream problem, TEMS often employs “Open Sores Production” values.
eeyore on August 3, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Actually, 350 miles is very close for a 6.9 earthquake.
doriangrey on August 3, 2009 at 8:27 PM
You would too be there, but since no one knows your face, you’d just blend in with the rest of us!
StephC on August 3, 2009 at 8:27 PM
I couldn’t do it. If, God forbid, you ever had to use the weapon, the State would throw the book at you, on top of the lawsuit the perp’s family would likely file against you.
jazz_piano on August 3, 2009 at 8:27 PM
All you need to do is make sure Michelle is there. Duh? And, yes, I would actually pay (at least $10) to see AP give a speech…or tap dance in a tux and top hat, but that’s negotiable.
AUINSC on August 3, 2009 at 8:29 PM
No dorian…..
…….. I am up the road in Cardiff by the Sea, and the earthquake was in the Gulf of California.
But my 7 year old and I were having a fart contest at the time……..
……… so I missed it.
Seven Percent Solution on August 3, 2009 at 8:30 PM
So . . . you’re home-schooling?
califcon on August 3, 2009 at 8:31 PM
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