This CPAC has always been kind of an odd gathering and now it's been taken over by a bunch of radicals, anti-vaxxers. It's a land of misfit toys, it's a political freak show, it's like the Star Wars bar. This is just bizarre. --Charlie Dent
Regarding the much-ballyhooed meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas earlier this month and which was aired extensively over some of the right-wing TV news & opinion channels, former Pennsylvania Republican Representative Charlie Dent had a few choice words describing his reactions to what he saw there. I love the analogies to Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Star Wars...it puts these people right in their place. I've stated before on this blog that I have conservative views on some of the pressing issues facing us, but I am revolted and appalled by the bonkers denialism (of climate change, Covid, Biden's 2020 election win), idolatry (of Trump and media figures), conspiracy theories (FBI involvement in 1/6 riot, QAnon, vaccine apocalypse)...and worst of all, the fascism spreading in our country due to Trump's (and his political worshippers') attempts to overthrow the 2020 election results. Fascist politicians and media people abounded there, including sadly my own senator from Florida, Rick Scott, who was one of the few in the Senate to vote to NOT certify the Pennsylvania state election results. But the 800-pound gorilla in the room was plainly Donald Trump, even cockier and more unhinged than ever, and feeding off the unquestioning adoration of the groveling people around him: could it get any more disgusting? There are other real conservative voices out there, besides Charlie Dent, who don't want to be any part of this spectacle: it's high time they emerged from the trees that they're hiding behind...
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