First Dispatch
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The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is a nasty place for the weak of heart. Everywhere you look there are booths selling tee-shirts comparing blue states to communist China or dozens of books blaming progressives for anything and everything imaginable, a strong stomach is key to survival.
The most startling thing about CPAC is the amount of young people in attendance. At 21, I thought I would be the young babe of the bunch. But instead, from eighth graders to college students, young folk have flooded in from all over the country 3 glorious days of conservative brainwashing. They can learn how to create a conservative publication on their campus, how to debate liberals, how to deal with the media, how to bring conservatives together on campus, and much more. They have special lunches for young people, internship programs, scholarships, and grants. All this is designed to cultivate the next Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity.
They may not be the coolest kids, the best dressed kids, or even the most intelligent kids, but the youngsters are here in full force and everything at CPAC is geared to us. CPAC gives away trendy shirts with sayings like “Capitalist Pig”, freebie balls, stickers, toys, and food. Even the program language is geared toward young people; “2004: How the Bad Guys Tried to Stop Us and How We Can Guard Against Future Cheating”, “The UN: What They’re Up To and Why We Should Care”, “Cutting Spending is Tough Work, But Somebody Has to Do It”. These are all simple, catchy and easy to grab on to.
All this serves as a reminder as to how important Campus Progress really is. Conservatives are trying to build an army of drones for the future and it is our job to dismantle them.
The most startling thing about CPAC is the amount of young people in attendance. At 21, I thought I would be the young babe of the bunch. But instead, from eighth graders to college students, young folk have flooded in from all over the country 3 glorious days of conservative brainwashing. They can learn how to create a conservative publication on their campus, how to debate liberals, how to deal with the media, how to bring conservatives together on campus, and much more. They have special lunches for young people, internship programs, scholarships, and grants. All this is designed to cultivate the next Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity.
They may not be the coolest kids, the best dressed kids, or even the most intelligent kids, but the youngsters are here in full force and everything at CPAC is geared to us. CPAC gives away trendy shirts with sayings like “Capitalist Pig”, freebie balls, stickers, toys, and food. Even the program language is geared toward young people; “2004: How the Bad Guys Tried to Stop Us and How We Can Guard Against Future Cheating”, “The UN: What They’re Up To and Why We Should Care”, “Cutting Spending is Tough Work, But Somebody Has to Do It”. These are all simple, catchy and easy to grab on to.
All this serves as a reminder as to how important Campus Progress really is. Conservatives are trying to build an army of drones for the future and it is our job to dismantle them.
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