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FrankRep
12-15-2009, 01:54 PM
The John Birch Society Announces CPAC 2010 Cosponsorship (http://www.jbs.org/press-room/5768-the-john-birch-society-announces-cpac-2010-cosponsorship)


Bill Hahn | John Birch Society (http://www.jbs.org/)
15 December 2009


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Bill Hahn, Public Relations Manager,
The John Birch Society

The John Birch Society Announces CPAC 2010 Cosponsorship
JBS to provide leadership, educational presence at nation's top conservative gathering

APPLETON, WIS.—December 15, 2009—The John Birch Society announces it is cosponsoring the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC (http://www.cpac.org/)) 2010, to be held in Washington DC, Feb. 18-20.

JBS will have a double booth with half dedicated to offering educational and promotional materials and the other half housing a TV studio that will stream live video from the booth and broadcast onto JBS LibertyNewsNetwork.tv, a website that will feature archived JBS video and live video streams.

Last year, more than 8,000 attendees were drawn to CPAC. Posted on CPAC's website, The Washington Post called it, “… the preeminent yearly gathering of conservative activists.”

As many JBS members realize, true conservative leaders are hard to find nowadays, especially in a movement dominated by neoconservatives and RINOs (Republican In Name Only). Goals for attending include offering visitors a chance to learn more about JBS and its time-tested, successful grassroots action campaigns, how they can help return the U.S. to its constitutional roots, and to educate folks about faux conservatives. After all, JBS was there from the beginning and is still providing leadership, direction and tools today.

Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, The John Birch Society is dedicated to restoring and preserving freedom under the U.S. Constitution. Members come from all walks of life and are active throughout the 50 states on local, regional and national issues. United by a strong belief in personal freedom and limited government, plus a sense of duty, members have played a continuous and pivotal role in halting legislation and federal policies that threaten the independence of our country and the freedom of American citizens. Visit www.JBS.org for more information.


SOURCE:
http://www.jbs.org/press-room/5768-the-john-birch-society-announces-cpac-2010-cosponsorship



http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/5/l_d0537d93332e4a9d9684f8bbd7f5cef3.jpg

John Birch Society
http://www.JBS.org/



To bring about less government, more responsibility, and — with God’s help — a better world by providing leadership, education, and organized volunteer action in accordance with moral and Constitutional principles.

Cowlesy
12-15-2009, 01:58 PM
Wow! I hope their booth is next to American Solutions --- wouldn't that be something :D

TheTyke
12-15-2009, 02:00 PM
I hope the liberty movement is well represented so we can vote Ron up in the poll this time. Would reeeally help with efforts going into 2010..

Matt Collins
12-15-2009, 03:25 PM
Wow.... the neocons are going to HATE that!

FrankRep
12-15-2009, 03:32 PM
Wow.... the neocons are going to HATE that!
Note to self: Shake everyone's hand. :)

purplechoe
12-15-2009, 03:59 PM
Note to self: Shake everyone's hand. :)

How quickly we forget...

http://www.hollow-hill.com/sabina/images/hitler-bishop-handshake.jpg

Cowlesy
12-15-2009, 04:06 PM
The Old Right is walking into the New Right's den on this one.

Bravo JBS.

FrankRep
12-16-2009, 07:40 PM
Here come the attacks.


The '60s Are Back! Birchers Sponsor Conservative Conference
http://gawker.com/5428175/the-60s-are-back-birchers-sponsor-conservative-conference

Freaking John Birch Society To Co-Sponsor CPAC 2010
http://wonkette.com/412781/freaking-john-birch-society-to-co-sponsor-cpac-2010

Epic
12-16-2009, 08:04 PM
"Meanwhile, in the latest conservative news, the Republican mainstream continues to slide into ultra-nationalistic militaristic...." - wonkette


Do these leftist sites even know that JBS usually supports a more non-interventionist foreign policy - they wanted to get out of Vietnam early on, and were against the war in Iraq. Shouldn't that please the leftists? How are they militaristic?

MN Patriot
12-16-2009, 08:41 PM
"Meanwhile, in the latest conservative news, the Republican mainstream continues to slide into ultra-nationalistic militaristic...." - wonkette


Do these leftist sites even know that JBS usually supports a more non-interventionist foreign policy - they wanted to get out of Vietnam early on, and were against the war in Iraq. Shouldn't that please the leftists? How are they militaristic?

wonkette seems to be mostly a bunch of smarty pants know nothings. I think they cherry pick the most outrageous comments, even if they have no relevance to the article.

ARealConservative
12-16-2009, 09:10 PM
:D

Matt Collins
12-17-2009, 11:08 AM
Thisis getting some negative press:
http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2009/12/17/the-original-teabaggers/

FrankRep
12-17-2009, 12:34 PM
Rightwing Fringe Welcome at Conservative Confab, Gay Republicans Not So Much

Alter Net

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/politics/144629/rightwing_fringe_welcome_at_conservative_confab,_g ay_republicans_not_so_much/

FrankRep
01-08-2010, 05:30 PM
Attacks keep coming...

Cillizza: Palin Sources Claim that She was Troubled by John Birch Society's Sponsorship of CPAC



Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's decision to attend -- and speak at -- the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans in April transforms that event into the first legitimate cattle-call of the 2012 Republican presidential sweepstakes. Palin announced late Thursday that she would attend SRLC, joining Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as announced speakers. Interestingly, Palin also announced on Thursday that she would not be speaking at CPAC, a gathering of conservatives in Washington in mid February -- a decision, according to those familiar with her thinking, due at least in part to the fact that the John Birch Society is one of the sponsors.

http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/01/cillizza-palin-sources-claim-that-she.html



Update by TR: CPAC, as some of you may know, has embarrassed itself by providing the John Birch Society with the opportunity to sponsor the event. Jonah Goldberg and Mark Krikorian of the National Review have both slammed CPAC for this decision. As you may recall, the late William F. Buckley did the conservative movement a great favor by purging this group from our ranks. It appears that CPAC disagrees with Buckley regarding the John Birch Society.

http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/01/palin-to-attend-southern-republican.html


These people might boycott CPAC too.. Darn.
YouTube - SARAH PALIN BOOK SIGNING - Interviews with Supporters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk)

tpreitzel
01-08-2010, 05:45 PM
First and foremost, one has to remain true to principle. ONLY after that first requirement is met, does one proceed from there. Since I've been alive, the JBS has mostly provoked thoughts of "extremism" in the minds of the electorate. Obviously, some problems still exist with the improper identification of followers of the JBS as "extremists". Most of the electorate are simply brainwashed into believing the positions of the JBS are "extremist". As some members of my family would say, "it just sounds strange." By nature, most politicians will stay away from anything controversial which is precisely why those politicians should be ignored. Politicians avoiding CPAC due to sponorship by the JBS are exposing themselves as charlatans.

Matt Collins
01-08-2010, 05:49 PM
That would be my next thought is that some of the bigwigs would consider sitting out CPAC because they don't want to be associated with the JBS.

freedoms-light
01-08-2010, 05:49 PM
Wonkette is representative of the yuppies AJ is always railing against. Mindless idiots.

Cowlesy
01-08-2010, 05:57 PM
Ooooooh wow.

I know exactly why Sarah Palin would release a comment about how it was "troubling the JBS" was going to be at CPAC.....

not going to do it though.

LibertyEagle
01-08-2010, 06:24 PM
Well, the JBS has her number. That's why.

FrankRep
01-08-2010, 06:40 PM
Well, the JBS has her number. That's why.


The John Birch Society has been known to be slightly critical of Sarah Palin.


Sarah Palin's Swan Song?
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/1363


Sarah Palin’s July 3 resignation from the Alaska governorship created a wave of publicity and hand-wringing among liberals in the major media who counseled that Palin was politically finished, and it looks like the media liberals have a point. By Thomas R. Eddlem


Sarah Palin's Meeting With Henry Kissinger
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/foreign-policy/370


Since the relationship between Kissinger (a former Harvard professor) and Palin at the meeting will undoubtedly be one of mentor-to-protégé, we can reasonably expect that the mentor will indoctrinate his protégé on behalf of the interventionist foreign policy the U.S. government has followed for decades under both Republican and Democrat administrations. If Palin proves to be a good "student" under Kissinger's tutelage, she would tend toward resembling past Kissinger protégés such as Brent Scowcroft and Lawrence Eagleburger.


Sarah Who?
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/352-sarah-who


As THE NEW AMERICAN'S Dennis Behreandt has reported, Governor Palin used the money of Alaska taxpayers to keep alive the now defunct Matanuska Maid Dairy operation. As mayor of Wasilla (pop. 8,471), she increased the local sales tax (yes, they have sales taxes in Alaska) in order to pay for an indoor arena and convention center.
...

She apparently sought control of the content of the library as well, playing into the liberal stereotype of conservatives as book-burning censors. However much Palin may preach the values of limited government, her temperament and her actions indicate she is less like Thomas Jefferson and more like Louis XIV than her rhetoric suggests.
...

That's not to say that Palin doesn't have an internationalist, interventionist mindset. She does. She believes the United States should be intervening in the Georgia/Russia conflict. She told Gibson that she wanted to expand NATO to include former Soviet countries, and that "when you are a NATO ally,... if another country is attacked, you're going to be expected to be called upon and help" - in other words, go to war. Palin also said that it is America's job to stop countries like Iran from possessing weapons of mass -destruction.
...

Palin will likely stay on message and follow the Republican script.

Cowlesy
01-08-2010, 06:53 PM
I think it has more to do with her handlers/advisers being potentates of the "new right" while JBS is part of the "old right", which the new right despises with a passion.

MRoCkEd
01-08-2010, 06:54 PM
In other words, Billy Kristol gave her a call?

FrankRep
01-08-2010, 06:56 PM
I know exactly why Sarah Palin would release a comment about how it was "troubling the JBS" was going to be at CPAC..

Some time ago the news media accused her of being a closet JBS member.

Sarah Palin: John Birch Society Member?
Sep 18, 2008
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/18/184652/680/948/603152

Sarah Palin's John Birch Society Moment
Sep 19, 2008
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/09/sarah-palins-john-birch-societ.html

Is Sarah Palin A Closet John Bircher?
Sept. 18, 2008
http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/18/is-sarah-palin-a-closet-john-bircher/


JBS Response:

Is Sarah Palin a John Birch Society Member?
19 September 2008


A photo shows Sarah Palin with a reprint from The New American magazine, a publication of The John Birch Society (JBS). By Bill Hahn

SOURCE:
http://www.jbs.org/jbs-news-feed/2995



Does this show some type of connection between JBS and Palin? It does not connect her to The John Birch Society any more than a copy of the New York Times sitting on her desk would connect her to the New York Times Company. The photo is a symbol of the organized strength of a successful grassroots campaign to protect the U.S. Constitution from calls for a modern-day Constitutional Convention (con-con) that could potentially revise or completely rewrite the Constitution.

Matt Collins
01-08-2010, 07:22 PM
Well, the JBS has her number. That's why.
YouTube - SA@TAC - What is Sarah Palin? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RgW5tgDIxY)

FrankRep
01-09-2010, 11:42 AM
Ron Paul on Sarah Palin about CPAC

YouTube - Ron Paul "The Federal Government Is Not Able To Deliver The Goods Anymore! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofc25qMufzU)

rp08orbust
01-09-2010, 11:44 AM
Can anyone explain to me what this "co-sponsorship" by the JBS means, practically? How big will there contingent be? Can they significantly boost Ron Paul in the straw poll?

rp08orbust
01-09-2010, 11:47 AM
Ooooooh wow.

I know exactly why Sarah Palin would release a comment about how it was "troubling the JBS" was going to be at CPAC.....

not going to do it though.

I think what's troubling Sarah Palin about the JBS is that they would propel Ron Paul to a decisive victory over her in the CPAC straw poll, which Ron narrowly beat her at in 2009.

HOLLYWOOD
01-09-2010, 11:48 AM
Remember llast years fiasco... Lot's of NEOCONs pushing Romney and Rush... shouting down RP. You know the inner circle NEOCON RINOs are organizing "Their Agenda" to monopolize the event and shine their "RINGERS"

I think the best part of last year's event was YAL - Young Americans for Liberty

rp08orbust
01-09-2010, 11:51 AM
Remember llast years fiasco... Lot's of NEOCONs pushing Romney and Rush... shouting down RP.

I don't recall Ron getting shouted down during his 2009 CPAC speech at all. At least it wasn't audible from the video. All I heard were a few scattered boos during a couple of his comments on foreign policy when they weren't drowned out by the cheers from his supporters.

HOLLYWOOD
01-09-2010, 11:56 AM
I don't recall Ron getting shouted down during his 2009 CPAC speech at all. At least it wasn't audible from the video. All I heard were a few scattered boos during a couple of his comments on foreign policy when they weren't drowned out by the cheers from his supporters.

We even covered it here on RPF... you can hear the boos/jeers... it was 50/50 mix RP supporters against the rest on introduction

rp08orbust
01-09-2010, 12:01 PM
We even covered it here on RPF... you can hear the boos/jeers... it was 50/50 mix RP supporters against the rest on introduction

This is news to me. I was glued to RPFs and Daily Paul on the days of both is 2008 and 2009 CPAC speeches and don't remember him being "shouted down." Yes, there was some booing, but I think you're wildly exaggerating to call it a "fiasco."

Rand Paul got booed at Fancy Farm. Was that a fiasco?

HOLLYWOOD
01-09-2010, 12:47 PM
This is news to me. I was glued to RPFs and Daily Paul on the days of both is 2008 and 2009 CPAC speeches and don't remember him being "shouted down." Yes, there was some booing, but I think you're wildly exaggerating to call it a "fiasco."

Rand Paul got booed at Fancy Farm. Was that a fiasco?

Yes it's a fiasco because it's all at a CPAC event for Republicans. EVERYONE deserves respect and let them speak without being an ass at your own political party event. Do you hear the boos at an AIPAC event or DNC event no? Why has the party fractionated... because a lot of little things that add up to a big problem, like FIASCOSs like at the CPAC event. Take it as you wish.. it was a fiasco to me and let's see this year if the organizers have the intelligence to request all attendees respect all parties when introduced and walk on the stage/podium, instead of the candidate backers tearing down others.

I did have it DVR'd and reviewed it numerous times.

Matt Collins
02-20-2010, 11:02 PM
Looks like this all paid off!

FrankRep
02-21-2010, 07:42 AM
CPAC, the JBS and Conservatism's Real Fringe
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/constitution/2981-cpac-the-jbs-and-conservatisms-real-fringe

The John Birch Society at CPAC
http://www.jbs.org/jbs-news-feed/5990-the-john-birch-society-at-cpac


Videos:

John Birch Society at CPAC, Day One
http://www.libertynewsnetwork.tv/?p=82

CPAC 2010 – A Conversation with Rachel Maddow
http://www.libertynewsnetwork.tv/?p=101

CPAC 2010 – Interview with Jerome Corsi
http://www.libertynewsnetwork.tv/?p=113

CPAC 2010 – Interview with J.D. Hayworth
http://www.libertynewsnetwork.tv/?p=120