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Donald Trump, the Orange Orangutan Birther, The Keynote Speaker at CPAC
Donald Trump and Chris Christie are both outsized personalities, but only one of them is apparently big enough to speak at the CPAC conservative gathering next week – and it is not the New Jersey governor, it’s the game show host and king of the birthers.
Just days after creating headlines by not inviting Christie to one of the biggest events on the Republican calendar, the American Conservative Union has again dismayed much of its core constituency by extending a hand to Trump, a reality TV star known for embracing the “birther” conspiracy theory that suggests Barack Obama may have been born outside the US.
“Donald Trump is an American patriot with a massive following among small-government conservatives. I look forward to welcoming him back to the CPAC stage next week,” said ACU chair Al Cardenas.
Compare that to Cardenas’ explanation of why he had snubbed Christie: “CPAC is like the all-star game for professional athletes; you get invited when you have had an outstanding year. Hopefully he will have another all-star year in the future, at which time we will be happy to extend an invitation. This is a conservative conference, not a Republican party event.”
NY Democrat Stands Out In Congress By Tweeting Praise For Hugo Chavez
Rep. José E. Serrano (D-NY) tweeted the following Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Chavez’s death was announced:
Serrano, who had previously struck a deal with Chavez to import Venezuelan oil to help heat homes in the Bronx, also released a longer statement on Chavez’s passing on his House website, reading in part:
“Though President Chavez was accused of many things, it is important to remember that he was democratically-elected many times in elections that were declared free and fair by international monitors. Even today, people in North America seem unable to accept that Venezuelans had taken our admonitions to have democracy to heart and elected the leader of their choice.
President Chavez was a controversial leader. But at his core he was a man who came from very little and used his unique talents and gifts to try to lift up the people and the communities that reflected his impoverished roots. He believed that the government of the country should be used to empower the masses, not the few. He understood democracy and basic human desires for a dignified life. His legacy in his nation, and in the hemisphere, will be assured as the people he inspired continue to strive for a better life for the poor and downtrodden.”
Serrano’s fellow Congress members expressed a sentiment closer to that of President Obama.
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