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RonPaulFanInGA
02-14-2011, 12:55 PM
http://www.yaliberty.org/posts/coalition-building-making-friends-not-enemies


CPAC '11, like CPAC '10, was a wild success for libertarians. Ron Paul not only won the straw poll this year, but liberty candidates and discussions could be seen and heard in every corner of CPAC. In spite of our great numbers and enthusiasm, we also felt the sting of being marginalized and ignored by the more neoconservative crowd. With surprise and horror we had to listen to Donald Trump announce his potential candidacy and watch Donald Rumsfeld be given the "Defender of the Consititution Award." Obviously, despite Ron Paul winning the strawpoll, there is a lot we'd like to see different in CPAC.

However, that is no excuse for the type of behavior some of our number engaged in at CPAC. Whether it was the yelling of "Ron Paul" at random moments during speeches, chanting "End the Fed" at moments that had absolutely nothing to do with monetary policy nor the Federal Reserve, or calling Dick Cheney a "War criminal," a vocal minority of the libertarian showing at CPAC made absolute asses out of us.

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