At CPAC, Calls for Fresh Ideas Are Followed By The Same Stale Shtick

Freak Show

The annual freak show goes a way toward validating the “lamestream media’s” view of a Republican Party at war with itself, writes Michael Moynihan.

Published Mar. 17 2013 4:45AM EDT

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Upon arriving Thursday at CPAC, the first thing said to me, squealed by a cheerful young conservative activist, was an admonition to “go upstairs because Dick Morris is about to speak!” The following day, I could listen to the musings of Donald Trump (I skipped this, as did almost every...

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At CPAC, Calls for Fresh Ideas Are Followed By The Same Stale Shtick

The annual freak show goes a way toward validating the “lamestream media’s” view of a Republican Party at war with itself, writes Michael Moynihan.

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Michael Moynihan