As has been the case the last three years, Senator Rand Paul won CPAC’s straw poll in 2015. His base (which comes from his retired father, Rep. Ron Paul) always comes out in strong support for their libertarian ideals. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul won the presidential straw poll at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference -…
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EarlFargis March 1st, 2015 at 10:57
What I found interesting watching C-SPAN’s broadcast of CPAC announcing their straw poll results is the conservative Washington Times sponsored this straw poll and the head of the newspaper read the poll’s results. Additionally, the Washington Times during the ceremony advocated directly their dislike of Obama and their dreams of replacing him with a conservative. That’s not the end of the newspaper’s hypocrisy. They pick their interns at the CPAC conservative love-fest.
The obvious irony here is all the right-wingers filling their diapers on the ‘liberal media.’ Meanwhile, a leading conservative newspaper with personalities constantly appearing on ‘fair and balanced’ Fox News has a symbiotic relationship with CPAC, one of the most conservative political gatherings of the year.
Does the ‘liberal media’ which is supposed to be in the tank for Obama and all things liberal bother to educate their audience over this blatant hypocrisy and bias? I think I hear the crickets chirping.
Larry Schmitt March 1st, 2015 at 11:08
This is not hypocritical of the Times. It fits right in with their entire history. They are as “fair and balanced” as Fox Not News. They are not taken seriously as a newspaper. If you compare the comments section on their website for any story with that of the Wash Post, you’ll see what I mean. The Post has a mix of opinions from both sides. The Times comments read like those on Breitbart. Their readership is a fraction of the Post, even in a world where fewer people read any newspaper. They get almost no advertising. A couple of times a week they run a paid wrap-around section for the NRA on the front page.
EarlFargis March 1st, 2015 at 12:15
I guess my frustration is watching the president of the Washington Times stand at the podium at CPAC and take cheap shots at the media being oh-so-liberal and biased. Naturally, he does this with a straight face with no sense of irony. Meanwhile, you won’t see any mention of this in the so-called ‘liberal mainstream media.’ They remain silent and take the abuse which only makes such claims seem credible to many.
I just finished watching Fox News’ “Media Buzz” program where Howard Kurtz naval gazes at his paycheck provider pretending it’s producing stellar ‘fair and balanced’ news coverage and only its opinion shows reflect any bias. Which is easily provable baloney. Again, Fox News constantly bashes any media outlet not pimping their conservative propaganda while the rest of the media treats GOP TV… errr… Fox News as a respected news outlet.
mrbigstuff March 1st, 2015 at 10:58
All of them have a 100% chance of not wining a national election.
Guy Lauten March 1st, 2015 at 11:14
Looks like Big Chrissie better save his money to pay his lawyers. Toast.
William March 1st, 2015 at 16:54
Big Chrissie better save his money to pay his lawyers
No problem.
labman57 March 1st, 2015 at 11:25
Moral of the story: the CPAC straw poll is a very poor indicator of a potential candidate’s electability.
allison1050 March 1st, 2015 at 17:09
indeed
bpollen March 1st, 2015 at 18:05
“Overall, Mitt Romney holds the record of winning more CPAC straw polls than any other individual, with four. Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp and Rand Paul follow with three consecutive wins each, followed by Ron Paul with two wins.”
– from the Wikipedia page on CPAC.
The big winners of CPAC have just one presidency out of 15 CPAC wins… what’s that, about 7 to 8%? You could probably do as well with the Magic 8-ball.
oldfart March 1st, 2015 at 12:30
now comes the fun part where they all start harping on each others
political and religious qualifications.
AKA, who’s gonna be called a RHINO first ?
fahvel March 2nd, 2015 at 03:31
about asviable an endorsement as being the three legged race champion on the 4th(?) of july.
StoneyCurtisll March 2nd, 2015 at 13:17
I have to laugh at Ted Cruz..
Only 1% higher than the Black guy, Ben Carson~!