Off the cuff, that was my closing message at
the panel I moderated at CPAC on Saturday: There are 10,000
of you conservatives here today; now go out and multiply!
I hereby propose that as a rallying cry, a slogan, for the
conservative movement.
;)
My former boss and good friend Mark Tapscott, unbeknownst to me,
was kind enough to post the video (again, see the link above).
Phil also wrote about it, very much on point (and thanks for
the compliment). I was fortunate to be associated with such
excellent panelists, full of both wit and intellectual firepower.
Now we also need that wit and intellect to go out and multiply as
well!
I'd like to go out and multiply, but so far, I haven't found a
good conservative wife.
Ah well. I'll keep my eye out. I'm sure there are a few around.
:p
Derek Leaberry| 2.22.10 @ 1:07PM
I have six children but I'll be damned if they turn out to be the
sort of "conservative" that would abide the sodomite group
GOProud or would endorse Grover Norquist or David Keene.
Sir, you are so wrong it's bizarre. I realize you absolutely hate
gay people. I don't know why, I don't care. But, again - All Men
Are Endowed By Their Creator Certain Inalienable Rights -- Among
Them, Life Liberty AND the Pursuit of Happiness.
You are going to be such a lonely political force of a few as you
keep dismissing the rights of a few millions of people.
No doubt, though I can't be for sure, you'd like all the gays to
just be locked up, or worse.
Well, sir, next time you are in a church - -go take a peek at
your church organist and choir -- I'd dare say you are listening
to the music made by gay men.
Oh well, 'tis your loss that you are so intent on Denying rights
-- when you should be working to preserve and expand them.
I feel sorry for your gay relatives - don't think you have any?
Ha!
Missy| 2.22.10 @ 8:19PM
You're wrong, Hlavac; Leaberry doesn't hate gay people.
Strident gay activists trying to force their extremist agenda on
us? Maybe so, and he's not alone.
Margie| 2.22.10 @ 2:14PM
Hey Quin~ I agree~go out & multiply! But I also want to say
this: We already are! And isn't it hopeful?
What I see too, is that people are waking up all by themselves.
Isn't it great that most Americans think and live along basic
conservative principles anyway, despite what the Left tries to
say!
Rush nailed today when he said "This is the American people
against Obama, and the Republicans have the majority."
I'm hopeful. We all can be. And this little peon is never going
to quit the fight.
kingsmill| 2.22.10 @ 2:15PM
We don't need the Paul Troopers to go out and multiply.
CPAC is dominated by a Children's Crusade. Let's hope it is a
temporary phenom and the adults can restore order.
We don't not need Randian ideologues as the public face of
conservatism.
If you can provide an evidence-based, logical argument to show
any of Rand's fundamental ideas to be in error it would be
interesting to read.
I'm betting you can't.
Oldefarte| 2.22.10 @ 3:03PM
I'd recommend that EVERYONE listen to Glenn Beck's CPAC
address----it's extremely BRILLIANT and EMOTIONALLY MOVING [the
video/audio is all over the internet and is well worth
observing/listening to]!!!!!!
Cliff| 2.22.10 @ 5:11PM
If by "brilliant" and "emotionally moving" you mean "irrational"
and "self-congratulatory", then yes.
SoCon| 2.22.10 @ 8:09PM
Cliff, "Projection is a pillar of Leftist thought:" I suggest you
look in the mirror.
Glenn Beck is an American hero; you, not so much.
Oldefarte| 2.23.10 @ 1:12PM
No, I meant [the words] that I said/wrote-------you're not
'BRILLIANT' enough to clarify and define my intended speech, so
go try same with your children!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MikeBee| 2.22.10 @ 3:18PM
Quin,
Thanks for the comments. That really IS the long-term solution to
a LOT of our problems today. 1) convert folks to conservatism and
create a monster majority; 2) reproduce at the same numbers that
our parents did, from the WWII generation (solving, in only one
generation's time, Social Security funding problems, rising
health insurance premiums problems, Medicare funding problems; 3)
so many other problems I can't think about right now.
Scott| 2.22.10 @ 5:21PM
I'd be happy to go forth and multiply, but I can't seem to find
anyone willing to study math with me.
be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler VIDEO: CPAC Panel on ‘Saving Freedom from Fascism’ Posted on | February 22, 2010 | No Comments My friend (and sometimes antagonist) Quin Hillyer chaired this panel featuring Jonah Goldberg, Amity Schlaes and Herb London: People who know me as the CPAC Schmooze King — as William Upton of The American Conservative observes, I have a knack for…
Lonely Guy| 2.22.10 @ 12:43PM
I'd like to go out and multiply, but so far, I haven't found a good conservative wife.
Ah well. I'll keep my eye out. I'm sure there are a few around. :p
Derek Leaberry| 2.22.10 @ 1:07PM
I have six children but I'll be damned if they turn out to be the sort of "conservative" that would abide the sodomite group GOProud or would endorse Grover Norquist or David Keene.
Jim Hlavac| 2.22.10 @ 6:50PM
Sir, you are so wrong it's bizarre. I realize you absolutely hate gay people. I don't know why, I don't care. But, again - All Men Are Endowed By Their Creator Certain Inalienable Rights -- Among Them, Life Liberty AND the Pursuit of Happiness.
You are going to be such a lonely political force of a few as you keep dismissing the rights of a few millions of people.
No doubt, though I can't be for sure, you'd like all the gays to just be locked up, or worse.
Well, sir, next time you are in a church - -go take a peek at your church organist and choir -- I'd dare say you are listening to the music made by gay men.
Oh well, 'tis your loss that you are so intent on Denying rights -- when you should be working to preserve and expand them.
I feel sorry for your gay relatives - don't think you have any? Ha!
Missy| 2.22.10 @ 8:19PM
You're wrong, Hlavac; Leaberry doesn't hate gay people.
Strident gay activists trying to force their extremist agenda on us? Maybe so, and he's not alone.
Margie| 2.22.10 @ 2:14PM
Hey Quin~ I agree~go out & multiply! But I also want to say this: We already are! And isn't it hopeful?
What I see too, is that people are waking up all by themselves. Isn't it great that most Americans think and live along basic conservative principles anyway, despite what the Left tries to say!
Rush nailed today when he said "This is the American people against Obama, and the Republicans have the majority."
I'm hopeful. We all can be. And this little peon is never going to quit the fight.
kingsmill| 2.22.10 @ 2:15PM
We don't need the Paul Troopers to go out and multiply.
CPAC is dominated by a Children's Crusade. Let's hope it is a temporary phenom and the adults can restore order.
We don't not need Randian ideologues as the public face of conservatism.
Jeff Perren| 2.22.10 @ 7:20PM
If you can provide an evidence-based, logical argument to show any of Rand's fundamental ideas to be in error it would be interesting to read.
I'm betting you can't.
Oldefarte| 2.22.10 @ 3:03PM
I'd recommend that EVERYONE listen to Glenn Beck's CPAC address----it's extremely BRILLIANT and EMOTIONALLY MOVING [the video/audio is all over the internet and is well worth observing/listening to]!!!!!!
Cliff| 2.22.10 @ 5:11PM
If by "brilliant" and "emotionally moving" you mean "irrational" and "self-congratulatory", then yes.
SoCon| 2.22.10 @ 8:09PM
Cliff, "Projection is a pillar of Leftist thought:" I suggest you look in the mirror.
Glenn Beck is an American hero; you, not so much.
Oldefarte| 2.23.10 @ 1:12PM
No, I meant [the words] that I said/wrote-------you're not 'BRILLIANT' enough to clarify and define my intended speech, so go try same with your children!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MikeBee| 2.22.10 @ 3:18PM
Quin,
Thanks for the comments. That really IS the long-term solution to a LOT of our problems today. 1) convert folks to conservatism and create a monster majority; 2) reproduce at the same numbers that our parents did, from the WWII generation (solving, in only one generation's time, Social Security funding problems, rising health insurance premiums problems, Medicare funding problems; 3) so many other problems I can't think about right now.
Scott| 2.22.10 @ 5:21PM
I'd be happy to go forth and multiply, but I can't seem to find anyone willing to study math with me.
Robert Stacy McCain| 2.22.10 @ 7:37PM
As a father of six myself, I am not responsible for the failure of others (ahem) to keep pace.
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