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02-07-2008, 08:02 PM #1
CPAC: Crowd full of McCain Plants?
Well, Well, Well.... Its looks like a large majority of the crowd at CPAC for the McCain speech were McCain supports. Video and pictures at link below.
Video: McCain at CPAC–not quite The Uniter yet
By Michelle Malkin • February 7, 2008 05:30 PM
I sat in the back of the ballroom for McCain’s speech. Here’s a short vid clip that gives you a sense of the mix of boos and cheers. The other half of the room also had a front-loaded contingent of McCain supporters and a back-loaded chorus of booers. (Update: Added more photos below.)
One thing I noted was that the crowd included a much larger continent of older attendees than the other sessions. A significant number of anti-McCain people didn’t make it into the room. One attendee told me the overflow room was raucously, anti-McCain–with only a handful of pro-McCain folks.
McCain repeatedly stressed his gratitude for the speaking opportunity and referred to his differences with conservatives in almost every other sentence.
I don’t think a CPAC speaker has ever stressed his differences so many times before the conservative base–not even Sam Donaldson!
I respect his decision to stand in the lion’s den, and I agreed with much of the speech. I found myself nodding as he touted his opposition to ethanol subsidies, national catastrophic insurance, and the Medicare prescription drug benefit. But I don’t for a minute buy his claim that he “respects the oppositionâ€
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