Open thread: Glenn Beck keynotes CPAC; Update: CPAC straw poll won by … Ron Paul
posted at 5:24 pm on February 20, 2010 by Allahpundit
6 p.m. ET on Fox News, although you may want to tune in a few minutes early: The hot rumor circulating on bloggers’ row is that Sarahcuda might swing by to introduce him.
This is the rare CPAC speech that’s genuinely unpredictable, with Beck claiming last night on his show that he hadn’t decided yet what he was going to say. Palin and Rubio spent the past week using their cred among tea partiers to nudge them towards uniting behind the GOP (provided the GOP reorients itself towards smaller government, of course); if there’s going to be any pushback to that message, it’ll come from Beck tonight. And why shouldn’t it? He’ll never have a better opportunity to speak directly to the Republican/conservative establishment than this. If he truly believes third parties are the way to go, at least in the short term, let ‘er rip and make the case. Why, he’s even got a handy news peg available to help make the point.
Erick Erickson calls it his “coming-out party” within the conservative movement, although depending upon how bareknuckle he gets with Republican bigwigs, it could be a short party. Stand by for video afterwards. The thread is open.
Update: Romney won the straw poll the last three years but the Paulnuts had their act together this time. For one evening, the three-percent rEVOLution is a 31 percent rEVOLution:
Ron Paul has ended Mitt Romney’s three-year run as conservatives’ favorite for president, taking 31 percent of the vote in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s annual straw poll.
Paul, a Republican congressman from Texas known for his libertarian views, ran for president in 2008 but was never a serious contender for the GOP nomination…
The straw poll is not binding — and not necessarily a good forecaster, given that in 2008, John McCain went on to take the party’s nomination over Romney.
Romney came second with 22 percent and Palin finished third with seven percent. Yet another reminder that the wisdom of “insiders” ain’t always that wise.
Is the huge Paulnut contingent in the seats tonight good news or bad news for Beck?
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the obigatory teleprompter joke
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:04 PM
THE BLACKBOARD!
daesleeper on February 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM
lol. Chalk board is in the house.
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Take the Ron Paul vote with a grain of salt. There were 2,400 votes for him out of 10,000 attendees at CPAC.
onlineanalyst on February 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM
its Sarah!!!m no its a blackboard!!!
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Yay, the chalkboard!
entropent on February 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM
And there’s the chalkboard
rbj on February 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM
The Chalkboard!
Oh, yea!!!
Seven Percent Solution on February 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Ha! The chalkboard!
conservnut on February 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM
OMG he brought the BIG BOARD!
Weight of Glory on February 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM
sicoit on February 20, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Agree with every word here, but I believe the word is corpse. ;)
Branch Rickey on February 20, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Barry has a teleprompter and Glen has a chalkboard
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:06 PM
third party! third party!
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:06 PM
LOL reading a document from 1938
daesleeper on February 20, 2010 at 6:07 PM
Ron Paul? WTF, Conservatives? Pull your heads out of your asses and get a grip, will ya? We need to be serious about 2012. Sheesh.
Rational Thought on February 20, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Damn, I started drining when I heard Ron Paul won straw poll…
lovingmyUSA on February 20, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Here’s the typical tweet:
Fox’s Molly Hennenberg is reporting people BOO’ed when Ron Paul’s name was mentioned as the winner!
She says only a couple of thousand voted. You had to go seek out the ballots, so all this was the Paultards getting organized!
The do the same thing with online polls. A handful of them set in their dorms and use software that robovotes for them. That’s why Ron Paul wins all of the online polls.
You can go to some of the Ronulan websites and they show you how.
What kills me is I get they are trying to shape opinion by making this idiot look popular when he isn’t, but then these morons actually BELIEVE their own rigged polls!!
Idiots.
Some more tweets on this:
FTW!
gary4205 on February 20, 2010 at 6:10 PM
Snap! McCain!
entropent on February 20, 2010 at 6:10 PM
third party! third party!
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:06 PM
fool
Ron Paul? WTF, Conservatives? Pull your heads out of your asses and get a grip, will ya? We need to be serious about 2012. Sheesh.
Rational Thought on February 20, 2010 at 6:09 PM
right there with ya
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM
And Karl Rove gets by with just a small white-erase board.
JetBoy on February 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM
Rational Thought on February 20, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Amen to that….I just moved from the great state of TX to western NY (to be with my grandchildren….be nice) and RP is NOT a conservative.
sicoit on February 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM
That means the Paulites form about 1/4 of the attendees at CPAC and are the largest voting bloc there…
They should find anti-troofer Beck’s speech very interesting.
And he torpedoed their candidate Debra Medina, too.
Jenfidel on February 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM
And Karl Rove gets by with just a small white-erase board.
JetBoy on February 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM
+100!
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM
I was using italics, I thought it’d look sarcastic.
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:12 PM
BECK: “We need big people with spines”
Andrew Breitbart!
Rovin on February 20, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM
I was using italics, I thought it’d look sarcastic.
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:12 PM
so sorry, use the sarc tag and dummies like me will get it
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Hello, I’m the Republican Party and I’ve got a problem…
lovingmyUSA on February 20, 2010 at 6:14 PM
I’d love to talk about Ron Paul winning CPAC on Redstate but they ban non-McCain supporters on site.
Spathi on February 20, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Drink!
Seven Percent Solution on February 20, 2010 at 6:14 PM
I’m the Republican Party & I’m addicted to spending and big government. Heh.
rbj on February 20, 2010 at 6:15 PM
Sorry, but I’ve always thought Beck was pretty much dead wrong about the GOP.
We’ve done pretty well opposing the Obama agenda in both the House and the Senate even though we’re in the minority.
And national policy didn’t go to h*ll until 2006 when the Dems took over Congress.
Jenfidel on February 20, 2010 at 6:15 PM
There goes Kermit voice, sip…
sicoit on February 20, 2010 at 6:15 PM
I’m just expecting Beck to call for a third party…
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:15 PM
Kermit voice!
Weight of Glory on February 20, 2010 at 6:15 PM
Is CPAC ready for Beck?
d1carter on February 20, 2010 at 6:15 PM
what are we drinking on? after all it is Beck
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:15 PM
He’s pretty much covered most of this stuff already on the radio show. New audience, though, I guess.
entropent on February 20, 2010 at 6:17 PM
applying Tiger’s apology to the GOP…brilliant.
daesleeper on February 20, 2010 at 6:17 PM
aaaaaaaannnnnnddddd, your point is???
sicoit on February 20, 2010 at 6:17 PM
YES RON PAUL!
Anarchy ftw!
ernesto on February 20, 2010 at 6:17 PM
CPAC is really starting to sound like something of a joke!
sharrukin on February 20, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Ron Paul won straw poll mainly because have of the straw poll voters were college students. Most “conservative” students attending CPAC are really libertarian. The group over represented the actual population of that age bracket
Dasher on February 20, 2010 at 6:17 PM
America is an idea!!!!!
lovingmyUSA on February 20, 2010 at 6:18 PM
America is not a clown show, circus, its an ideal.
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:18 PM
have = half arrg
Dasher on February 20, 2010 at 6:18 PM
“We need a big tent? What is this, a circus?”
—-
Looks like CPAC certainly is….
Branch Rickey on February 20, 2010 at 6:18 PM
He needs a sponge for the chalk board…heh heh
sicoit on February 20, 2010 at 6:19 PM
aaaaaaaannnnnnddddd, your point is???
sicoit on February 20, 2010 at 6:17 PM
he is a recovering alcoholic so we have to have a REALLY good reason to drink I was trying to be respectful
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:19 PM
Glenn Beck & goddamn Ron Paul.
Jesse Ventura and Ayman al-Zawahiri must have been busy.
Ron Paul is not a “conservative”. Appeasement isn’t a conservative principle.
Boxy_Brown on February 20, 2010 at 6:19 PM
CPAC always does that though.
Also the Young American for Liberty is now larger than the college republicans so Paul has an army to draw form on the campuses.
Paul the 18-29 age group in the Iowa Caucus.
So this is just the nature of CPAC.
Good luck winning it next year, because Paul will be back and closer to the presidential elections.
Spathi on February 20, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Your right, the GOP does not grow government. They have consistently reduced the size of government.
True_King on February 20, 2010 at 6:20 PM
TO THE PAIN!
daesleeper on February 20, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Ron Paul does not appease. He just sticks his head in the sand.
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:20 PM
I want to get me some of that!
marmaran on February 20, 2010 at 6:21 PM
I like Beck a lot–he’s a great guy, but he’s not nearly as smart as he thinks he is and if he says “Go 3rd party,” he will have lost me completely.
His schtick is a total mishmash of political ideology and economy theory which he demagogues.
Kudos to him for getting rid of Van Jones and Anita Dunn and for jump starting the 9/12 project, though.
Jenfidel on February 20, 2010 at 6:21 PM
It happened in 2008. The Ron Paul supporters raided their mom’s linen closet and made banners of her best sheets to hang on interstate overpasses. And this is the mature faction of Paul supporters.
highhopes on February 20, 2010 at 6:22 PM
Too bad for goddamn ron paul the general election can’t be flooded like an internet poll.
Boxy_Brown on February 20, 2010 at 6:22 PM
personal responsibity. . .right to fail. . .no failure, no growth, right on Glen we have all been there and expect everyone else to be there to and fix it
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:23 PM
I assume you’re being sarcastic, Mr. Paulite.
Yes, the GOP has also been culpable in growing government, but I live in hope that they’ve been properly chastised by the Tea Parties and town halls.
Jenfidel on February 20, 2010 at 6:23 PM
I’ll drink to that!
Seven Percent Solution on February 20, 2010 at 6:23 PM
and fix it themselves
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:23 PM
Raw Story: Ron Paul dominates CPAC 2012
Spathi on February 20, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Not if the Paulbots are still packed with 9/11 troofers and various conspiracy theorists.
JetBoy on February 20, 2010 at 6:24 PM
No third parties!
But, I give Beck credit for meshing his personal story into the bigger story he is telling without it becoming “weepy.”
highhopes on February 20, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Huffingtonpost: Ron Paul Wins Big
Spathi on February 20, 2010 at 6:25 PM
No right to healthcare. Yes! Spot on.
rbj on February 20, 2010 at 6:25 PM
Gee, talk about your back-handed compliment!!!!!
lovingmyUSA on February 20, 2010 at 6:26 PM
RawStory and HuffPo? Seriously?
JetBoy on February 20, 2010 at 6:26 PM
Paul only candidate to overflow the building. Pictures here
Spathi on February 20, 2010 at 6:26 PM
There’s a reason Rush and Sarah Palin aren’t at CPAC and the Paulite-bent is obviously a huge part of that reason.
I only hope and pray that real Conservatives don’t follow Pied Piper Paul over that faux-”Conservative” cliff!
Jenfidel on February 20, 2010 at 6:27 PM
No right to healthcare….CHA CHING!!!!
sicoit on February 20, 2010 at 6:27 PM
Not for nothing, Jenfidel, but he’s smart enought to do a radio show, tv show, write five books, and make a freaking mint of money. Are you as smart as that?
entropent on February 20, 2010 at 6:28 PM
Sarah Palin endorsed Rand Paul for senate. She supposedly plans to come campaign for Paul.
Spathi on February 20, 2010 at 6:28 PM
Jane Roe endorsed Ron Paul for president.
She may also come to Kentucky hopefully.
Spathi on February 20, 2010 at 6:28 PM
Nice touch, it’s like everyone is wearing a metaphorical tardfoil hat.
BL@KBIRD on February 20, 2010 at 6:28 PM
Free education!
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:28 PM
Smarts don’t have that much to do with it.
Beck’s appeal is based more on his ability to charm, entertain, amuse and demagogue.
Jenfidel on February 20, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Self-made man/woman!!!
lovingmyUSA on February 20, 2010 at 6:29 PM
TO SAVE JOBS?
GW_SS-Delta on February 20, 2010 at 6:29 PM
You are like a member of the Manson family. Go sell flowers at the airport. Running Ron Paul is probably the only thing the GOP could do to get me to stay home on election day rather than voting against Obama.
Boxy_Brown on February 20, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Then you are either young or relatively new to politics…
ClassicCon on February 20, 2010 at 6:30 PM
All I have to say is that Meggie Mac will NOT like this speech!
Vntnrse on February 20, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Ron Paul just got out of his debate with Tim Graney for the TX-14 primary.
He won of course.
That’s why he wasn’t at CPAC for the final day.
Spathi on February 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM
Hear, hear!
jix on February 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM
I’m still not very comfortable with Sarah endorsing Rand Paul.
Even Rand is taking great pains to distance himself from the views of his father.
He’s probably lying to get elected because he knows those views are offensive to most voters, but that’s politics.
Jenfidel on February 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM
“I got a letter from a girl the other day”….SHUT UP!!!
Good one!
sicoit on February 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM
the self made man in America.. . that is who we are, not hand out slugs; and I have been there, done that; my son is in college, working and I told him, take the loans, just like I did and we will pay them together get ahead on your steam. He applied but a white boy with an income can’t get a loan anymore, so we take it on the chin and move on, the American way
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Huh? But he hasn’t said anything against gay marriage.
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Funny, people said the same thing about Obama and are saying the same AGAIN about Palin.
If the polls and popular sentiment are any indication, 2012 is going to be a circus worthy of P.T. Barnum!
Dark-Star on February 20, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Neither, just an optimist and a dedicated Republican.
Jenfidel on February 20, 2010 at 6:33 PM
I voted Chuck Baldwin last time not McCain so naturally I don’t care what you do. lol
Are you trying to “bargain” (one of the stages of denial?”
Spathi on February 20, 2010 at 6:33 PM
USA! USA!
El_Terrible on February 20, 2010 at 6:33 PM
We can always rely on Beck to compare the GOP to the communists/progressives.
I’m about ready to give Beck up the same way he gave up alcohol, only I don’t need 12 steps to do it.
Buy Danish on February 20, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Yeah, like Reagan’s kids walked lockstep with his viewpoint, also…
lovingmyUSA on February 20, 2010 at 6:34 PM
OMG did they really flood the event with Paultards and vote down everyone else? They tried to do that for the Values Voter debate in 2008. The most obnoxious group of political supporters I’ve ever dealt with and that extends to even crazy PETA protesters.
bj1126 on February 20, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Well, well. And what have you done for us lately. Never mind that Beck has pretty much nailed it.
eaglesdontflock on February 20, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Hey Spathi…
Ron Paul just called. He says your on the wrong website.
Seven Percent Solution on February 20, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Didn’t Rush introduce our very own Capt. Ed yesterday?
highhopes on February 20, 2010 at 6:34 PM
no cap on success; as long as there is no cap on your effort to work for success
Willie on February 20, 2010 at 6:35 PM
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