On AlterNet: cpac

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Welcome to the Shari'ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches. April 1, 2011.

How the American right demonizes Islam for political gain.

'The Next Rush Limbaugh': Conservatives Pumping Right-Wing Young People into Media Jobs

Kay Steiger, AlterNet. February 18, 2011.

This year's Conservative Political Action Conference offered such panels as "Freelance Writing for Freedom" and "Want to be the Next Rush Limbaugh?"

Right-Wing Disunity? Clashes at This Year's Conservative Political Action Conference

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 13, 2011.

If there was any unifying theme to this year's conference, it was conflict between different factions on the Right.

Don't Underestimate Glenn Beck, as He Calls Government Spending an 'Economic Holocaust'

deleted, AlterNet. February 21, 2010.

Confessing his past drinking problem, Beck insists that 'progressives are a cancer eating the Constitution,' and conservatives must experience 'the shame of being wrong.'

The GOP Should Look in the Mirror When Talking About Obama's Drug Use

Tony Newman, AlterNet. February 19, 2010.

What about Dubya's alleged cocaine consumption as a younger man? Or Rush Limbaugh's painkiller addiction?

Right-Wing Stunts and Tea Party Froth on the Eve of Conservatives' Yearly Conference

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 17, 2010.

Right-wing leaders gather at a Masonic 'museum on Americanism' to sign a statement aimed at giving the Tea Party a set of principles.

'XPAC Lounge': Right-Wingers' Hilariously Lame Attempt to Try Making Conservatism Appeal to Young People

Sahil Kapur, Raw Story. February 15, 2010.

The first ever Xtreme Politically Active Conservatives (XPAC) lounge will be hosted by staunch Christian Republican Stephen Baldwin at the annual conservative conference.

Scandal at Right-Wing Confab: I See Gay People! Religious Right Leaders Withdraw CPAC Sponsorship

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. January 14, 2010.

Among the sponsors of CPAC is GOProud, a conservative gay and lesbian group. The religious right is up in arms.

Rightwing Fringe Welcome at Conservative Confab, Gay Republicans Not So Much

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 17, 2009.

The bizarre John Birch Society has slowly been welcomed into the fold as conservatives have become more extreme.

A Liberal Goes Undercover to Brave America's Premiere Right-Wing Gathering

Mister Leonard Pierce, AlterNet. March 1, 2008.

Posing as a lobbyist for the American Milk Solids Council, one lefty blogger entered the belly of the CPAC beast.

Stupid Republican Lapdogs Demand Four More Years of Bush

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. February 9, 2008.

Bush is stupid again, and he's got followers, so be scared. Be very scared. They want him around for four more years.

An Undercover Liberal at CPAC: Bush Calls Cheney "Best Vice President in History"

Mister Leonard Pierce, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. February 8, 2008.

George W. Bush, when you get right down to it, is a fucker. Thatâ€™s why I donâ€™t like him. Heâ€™s a fucker who does fucked-up things.

McCain Humiliates Himself at CPAC

Scarecrow, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. February 8, 2008.

What must John McCain have been thinking, as he stood there, smiling, waiting for the booing to end?

A Liberal Undercover at CPAC (Chapter 1): An American God

Mister Leonard Pierce, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. February 7, 2008.

Sadly, No!'s Mister Leonard Pierce goes into the Lion's den at the annual right-wing love-fest.

Coulter, Edwards, and Mitt Romney's "Faggot" Problem [VIDEO]

Richard Blair, AlterNet: PEEK. March 3, 2007.

Richard Blair: Ann Coulter isn't worth the expense of energy to bang the keyboards, even as I now write about her latest tirade...