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We’re live from CPAC this week, as we cover all the news and controversy from the conference with Troy Senik, our man on the ground in Maryland, and Keith Urbahn, one of the most plugged in members of the movement. Also, a franc (pun intended) discussion on French dogs, and we go around the horn on the new Pope.
Music from this week’s show:
Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum
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And then Rob says to His Holiness, “The beanie doesn’t do it for me. Gotta go full headgear. It screams Popiness!”
All the Pope’s Cardinals.
Finally I can have some Pope related talk with knowledge, thanks Ricochet for healing me after weeks filled with “punditry” from the media about how we need a liberal pope of rainbow skin color.
Well done, EJ.
Rob looks like a kid who is about to throw a water balloon.
Since everyone else seems to be putting the boot in I can’t resist.
EJ, he’ll only become Francis I after another pope takes the name Francis.
“Tall, pointy thing”, Sheesh.
Ouch – Peter gives them a “Pax vobiscum” and doesn’t even get an “Et cum spiritu tuo” back?
That hurts.
That hurts.
Not even a “hoc vobis, amicus” (my Latin translator page gave me this as the Latin way to say: same to you, pal ).
Maybe we should shorten it to hva, so it’ll work on Facebook and Twitter.
If you can’t round up the women (so to speak), I would happily listen to a Young Guns podcast featuring Troy Senik interviewing Kieth Urbahn about Javelin.
James – Look up “enormity.” I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Yes, James, this cannot be allowed to pass! There is no connection between string theory and the multiverse theory. Many prominent string theorists totally reject the multiverse theory. What’s with you Ricochet people? A couple weeks ago I had to explain to Hinderaker-Ward the difference between a comet and a meteorite.
I’m sorry, but when Rob and James refer to “the hat” and Peter, the sole Catholic, calls it the “tall pointy thing” … I’m forced to reassess my assumption that the guys are astute analysts who have their finger on the pulse.
String theory. The multiverse. And then, the pointy hat.
Me too.
String theory. The multiverse. And then, the pointy hat. ·17 hours ago
Wait a minute, K.C., I called it a “mitre.” I’m sure I did. Didn’t I? As for the missing papal mozzeta, though–well, I just ain’t going to go there. (But these folks did: http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?p=10490068)
Oh, Allan, as if James needed the encouragement!
Wait a minute, K.C., I called it a “mitre.” I’m sure I did. Didn’t I? As for the missing papal mozzeta, though–well, I just ain’t going to go there. (But these folks did: http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?p=10490068) ·11 minutes ago
OK, I’ll give you that.
Quick story. When Les Miserables first toured the country, I was still in the Jesuits. A good friend took me to a performance in Philadelphia and then to a dinner party afterwards. I was blown away by the show – really loved it. At the party, a young female yuppie asked me what I thought about the show. For the next ten minutes, I gushed how much I enjoyed it … the moral story, the redemption of Valjean, how they portrayed Javert’s ultimate despair, and so on.
After a moment’s pause, she nodded her head and said, “… and the costumes!”
I instantly flashed back to that moment when waiting for Rob Long’s impressions on the election of a pope, the successor of St. Peter … and he talked about how the hat makes you big.
I collapsed in laughter. That was great.
From the commentary on what constitutes CPAC, on this podcast and the GLOB/PLOG podcast, I think we all know why what constitutes “mainstream” conservative thinking helped us lose the election. In some ways, it’s ironic to have Mitt speak at the forum where (I’m guessing) a lot of the political advice he was offered, and took, was formulated – or at least the formulators are likely annual CPAC attendees.
A presidential candidate needs a few guys who are good at the electoral college planning, how to allocate dollars, etc., and people to help with grass-roots stuff. But why candidate Romney didn’t repeatedly slam Barry with Barry’s own inane, insipid, and infantile words and actions still baffles me. I suspect I will continue to be baffled, while political consultants peddle their wares at CPAC, looking for a thin slice off a big campaign spending pie.
Pathetic. We deserve to lose if this is the best we can do. What are we afraid of? Actually winning?
Sorry for the late reply, but commenting on another thread reminded me of my irritation with Keith Urbahn’s statement that CPAC was traditionally hostile to Mitt. Mitt won all but two of the straw polls from 2007-2012, and in those two he came in behind Paul. I wasn’t at 2012, but he was very well supported at the CPACs I was at.
I fully believe that Urbahn and Urbahn’s friends didn’t like him, but we have pretty good objective data on this; the straw poll polls most people attending, meaning that the usual concerns about polls don’t apply.
Also, Peter was born in 1957 (according to wiki) meaning he was alive for an primary without an inherited frontrunner in 1964, the election that produced the second worst result for the GOP in history (after Landon). Not only was Goldwater a manifestly terrible candidate, but the second favorite (George Romney) was also an awful candidate, with the others also being awful. Nelson Rockefeller was definitively rated by Ford choosing Dole in 1976, while Cabot Lodge had already shown his caliber in 1960. Looking down the list, it appears we had no non-terrible choices.