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Flat Sales for Wal-Mart Warning Sign of Even Weaker Consumer ...
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
By Michael Lombardi, MBA for Profit Confidential
The Consumer Confidence Index tracked by the Conference Board plummeted 14% in March 2013 from the previous month. Of the respondents, 36.2% believed jobs are hard to get and only 9.4% thought there were enough jobs out there in the U.S. economy.
As consumer confidence goes the wrong way, I am seeing consumer spending edge downward. Consider core durable goods orders for February. New orders for manufactured durable goods excluding transportation declined 0.5%. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, March 26, 2013.) Companies aren?t buying!
And inventories of manufactured durable goods have risen in 16 of the last 17 months?today, they stand at their highest level since 1992. Inventories for durable manufactured goods increased 0.4% in February, after a rise of 0.3% in January. What this tells us is that businesses are selling less.
Businesses may want to add to inventory in times of economic growth, but when consumer confidence is anemic, I doubt that is the case. It?s a chain reaction; if consumers think they will face troubles ahead, they hoard their cash. They shy away from buying, and companies sell less.
As consumer confidence falls, retailers often are the first to see consumer spending pull back. Take Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (NYSE/WMT), for example. Wal-Mart is expecting its same-store sales to be flat in its current quarter. (Source: Reuters, March 12, 2013.) Wal-Mart is considered a low-end retailer offering lower prices to consumers. Sales staying flat are nothing but a warning sign for even weaker consumer spending ahead.
As I have been continuously harping on about in these pages, consumer confidence isn?t present in the U.S. economy. It needs to make a comeback in order for consumer spending to increase. (Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of America?s gross domestic product [GDP].)
Dear reader, in the fourth quarter of 2012, U.S. economic growth was so poor that we hardly had any GDP growth. With consumer confidence headed in the wrong direction and consumer spending raising red flags, I will not be surprised to see more troubles ahead for the U.S. economy.
More problems for consumer confidence: the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the real average hourly earnings for all employees in the U.S. economy fell 0.6% in February from January. (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 15, 2013.) How can consumer confidence improve under these conditions?
Michael?s Personal Notes:
As mainstream economists continue to focus on the sovereignty of the smallest nation in the eurozone, Cyprus, my worries are focused on the four main economic hubs in the region.
Germany, the main economic hub in the eurozone, is hinting at an economic slowdown ahead, as the crisis in the region becomes more severe. The Ifo Business Climate Index for Germany edged lower in March. Businesses in the country are pessimistic about the current business environment and future business development. (Source: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, March 2013.)
The Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers? Index (PMI) for March showed that Germany is experiencing the slowest growth this year. The Flash PMI dropped to a three-month low to 51 in March, compared to 53.3 in February. (Source: Markit, March 21, 2013.) A reading below 50 indicates contraction in the manufacturing sector.
Similarly, France, the second-biggest economic power in the eurozone, is facing an economic slowdown. The country is faced with high unemployment and an economy that is deteriorating.
Italy, the third-largest producer in the eurozone, is caught in a downward spiral, with its troubles increasing on a daily basis. In January, retail trade in the country decreased 0.5% from December of 2012. Compared to January of 2012, the measure for sales at retail outlets fell three percent. (Source: Italian National Institute of Statistics, March 27, 2013.)
Finally, Spain, the fourth-biggest economy in the eurozone, hasn?t taken any rest from the economic slowdown since the debt crisis began. The central bank of Spain announced the country?s gross domestic product (GDP) will contract by 1.5% in 2013 and unemployment will rise above 27%. (Source: Financial Times, March 26, 2013.)
The Spanish government was forced to get a bailout of 100 billion euros from its eurozone peers when the country?s banks were facing severe liquidity issues. The country has been trying to implement austerity measures, but it?s failing miserably.
Eurozone troubles are here to stay for a long time, as the strongest powers now face their own economic slowdown. And what happens in the eurozone is important to the U.S. economy, because a significant amount of American companies operate in the region. If demand declines in the eurozone and the economic slowdown strengthens, then American companies will suffer.
Dear reader, the ?Cyprus problem? is relatively small compared to the situation in countries like France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. But what has happened in Cyprus with the government effectively taxing bank accounts with more than 100,000 euros in them is very significant?a clear indicator of what could be ahead for France, Italy, and Spain.
What He Said:
?We will wish Greenspan never brought rates down so low as to entice so many consumers to have such big mortgages.? Michael Lombardi in Profit Confidential, April 27, 2004. Michael first started warning about the negative repercussions of Greenspan?s low-interest rate policy when the Federal Reserve first dropped interest rates to one percent in 2004.
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The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, March 28, 2013
The Note's Must-Reads are a round-up of today's political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com
Compiled by ABC News' Jayce Henderson, Amanda VanAllen and Carrie Halperin
SUPREME COURT: The Hill's Sam Baker: " Supreme Court appears reluctant to issue broad marriage ruling" The Supreme Court seemed to make clear this week that it is in no rush to expand the rights of same-sex couples to marry. The court made history simply by taking up the first cases it has ever heard on the issue of marriage equality. And in both cases, the justices seemed concerned with minimizing the footprint their decisions will leave. LINK
The New York Times' Adam Liptak and Peter Baker: " Justices Cast Doubt on U.S. Law Defining Marriage" The Supreme Court appeared ready on Wednesday to strike down a central part of a federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, as a majority of the justices expressed reservations about the Defense of Marriage Act. LINK
BORDER SECURITY: The Washington Times' Seth McLaughlin: " Senators touring border witness woman scaling 18-foot fence" Sen. John McCain and members of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" tasked with carving out a comprehensive immigration package got a firsthand look at the difficulty involved in securing the U.S.-Mexican border when a woman literally climbed over a border fence right in front of them. "Just witnessed a woman successfully climb an 18-ft bollard fence a few yards from us in #Nogales," the Arizona Republican tweeted. LINK
JULIA PIERSON: ABC News' Mary Bruce: " Julia Pierson Sworn In as First Female Secret Service Director" President Obama today praised the qualifications of his pick to lead the U.S. Secret Service, as Julia Pierson was sworn in as the agency's first female director. "I have to say that Julia's reputation within the service is extraordinary," Obama told reporters. "She's come up through the ranks, she's done just about every job there is to do at the Secret Service." LINK
IMMIGRATION REFORM : USA Today's Aamer Madhani: " Obama: Immigration bill could pass by summer" President Obama expressed optimism on Wednesday that Congress will have a bill that overhauls the nation's immigration laws ready next month and that passage of the legislation can be completed by summer's end. "If we have a bill introduced at the beginning of next month as these senators indicate it will be, then I'm confident that we can get it done certainly before the end of the summer," Obama said in an interview with the Spanish-language network Telemundo. LINK
Politico's Anna Palmer: " Immigration talks hit the border" Overlooking a hillside dotted with big box stores, mobile homes and fast food chains just a few miles from Mexico, key Senate immigration reform negotiators gathered for a press conference to show they've found common ground on at least one issue - border security. The only problem: disagreement on the border wasn't the reason senators couldn't come up with a plan before leaving Washington last week for a two-week recess. LINK
GAY MARRIAGE: The Wall Street Journal's Brent Kendall: " Obama's Actions Over Law Questioned" President Barack Obama believes the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, but continues to enforce it. That stance came in for serious criticism Wednesday from conservative members of the Supreme Court, and led the justices to tackle some thorny procedural questions. LINK
OTHER: The Los Angeles Times' Michael Memoli: " Ashley Judd says no to Kentucky Senate bid" Ashley Judd put an end to speculation about a potential turn from acting to politics Wednesday, announcing that she would not challenge Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat in 2014. In a series of Twitter messages, Judd thanked her would-be supporters for their encouragement but said she needed to focus her energy on her family. "I have spoken to so many Kentuckians over these last few months who expressed their desire for a fighter for the people & new leader," Judd wrote. LINK
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'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Introduces A Whole New Joe
Sequel to 2009's 'Rise Of Cobra' does a tonal turnaround, giving fans a more faithful adaptation of the real American heroes.
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Dwayne Johnson in "G.I. Joe: Retaliation"
Photo: Paramount
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The saddest part of this video by Extremely Decent Films [NSFW-L] isn't that it's true, or that it's supported by our governments, or that it's merely representative of many anti-consumer media and technology infrastructure oligopolies, but that we tolerate it to exist.
Does this sound like your cable company? Your cell carrier? When did that become okay?
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Wanelo, the hot social ecommerce startup that is reportedly raising new funding at a valuation north of $100 million, joined us in the TechCrunch TV studio to talk about how the company is NOT a Pinterest for products to buy, the company's fast growth, and, of course, whether the startup is raising new cash.
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Bringing home the bacon: More men doing the grocery shopping.
More and more men are doing the grocery shopping as women's opportunities expand.
A customer checks out the ready made food section at a grocery store in Cincinnati. A number of studies suggest that men have been shouldering more household duties, like grocery shopping, over the past few decades.
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EnlargeAlmost 500 years after John Donne proclaimed that no man is an island, it can now be said that some men have a man aisle ? a sign of the grocery-shopping times that illustrates how roles have shifted in 21st century families. This month, the National Retail Federation's Stores Magazine even reports that there's a change afoot in who's doing the shopping, though this shift first came to light via 2010 U.S. Census figures, which revealed 20% of fathers with preschool-aged children and working wives were the primary caregivers at home.
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Yet, if the media needed more tangible proof, it found it in a somewhat silly place: the corner of a New York City grocery store dedicated to manly goods, and dubbed "The Man Isle" [sic] by the operators of Westside Market NYC. Media outlets such as the New York Post and Los Angeles Times couldn't get enough, though a closer look reveals that this "man aisle" is more marketing gimmick than manly substance. Check out the store photos posted by Business Insider and you'll see what we mean: Doritos? Ramen noodles? Teriyaki beef jerky? Hmmm. Could this really be the "caveman aisle" instead?
Still, the hype over one store's cheap (and successful) publicity stunt can't obscure the overarching facts: More men grocery shop today than the guys of previous generations. Chalk up the Great Recession as a key factor: The Center for American Progress reports that between December 2007 and mid-2009, a sharp rise occurred in the number of married couples where the woman was left to bring home the bacon because her husband was unemployed. And so the men (including yours truly) stepped up to literally bring home the bacon.
But do men need a "man aisle" to get the hang of grocery shopping, or is such a dedicated aisle merely a crutch for men to feel more comfortable and macho at the supermarket? Historical trends lead us to believe that the answer is no; just as women have diversified in skills and opportunities over the last few generations, we now see more men cooking at home, and taking an interest in the gourmet offerings at stores such as Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. And as the reporter of this story can attest, a family that's bucking traditional gender roles in the name of making complicated economic times work, needs no incentive from gimmicky man aisles.
But don't expect the "man aisle" trend to slow down anytime soon. Nielsen?reported in 2011 that men are shopping more than ever, while the St. Louis Post-Dispatch cites statistics showing that 31% of grocery shopping is being done by men, up from about 14% in the 1980s.
That study, by the way, was done by the broadcast equivalent of the man aisle: ESPN, the sports network. That fact alone speaks volumes to us. But what say you, dealnews readers? Are you a household wherein the man handles the domestic duties? If so, do you find these man aisles enticing or irrelevant? Sound off in the comments below.
Lou Carzolo is a contributor to Dealnews.com
?The Korean Zombie? asks Georges St-Pierre to stop wearing ?Rising Sun? symbol at fights
UFC featherweight Chan Sung Jung has a fight with Ricardo Lamas coming up in July. The fight will likely have title implications, and will give "The Korean Zombie" a chance to prove he belongs at the top of the UFC's 145-lb. class. But the upcoming fight didn't keep Jung from speaking up to one of the UFC's biggest stars.
Jung posted a letter on his Facebook page to UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre about the Rising Sun symbol GSP wore to his fight with Nick Diaz.
Dear Mr. Georges St. Pierre
Hi, My name is Chan Sung Jung from South Korea. As one of many Koreans who like you as an incredible athlete, I feel like I should tell you that many Korean fans, including myself, were shocked to see you in your gi designed after the Japanese 'Rising Sun Flag'. For Asians, this flag is a symbol of war crimes, much like the German Hakenkreuzflagge. Did you know that? I hope not.Just like Nazis, the Japanese also committed atrocities under the name of 'Militarism'. You can easily learn what they've done by googling (please do), although it's only the tiny tip of an enormous iceberg.
Furthermore, the Japanese Government never gave a sincere apology, and still to this day, so many victims are dying in pain, heartbroken, without being compensated. But many westerners like to wear clothes designed after the symbol under which so many war crimes and so much tragedy happened, which is ridiculous.
I know most of them are not militarists. I know most of them do not approve unjustified invasion, torture, massacre, etc. They're just ignorant. It's such a shame that many westerners are not aware of this tragic fact. Wearing Rising Sun outfits is as bad as wearing clothes with the Nazi mark on it, if not worse.
Since you're influenced by Japanese Martial Arts, your wearing a headband designed after Japanese flag is understandable. But again, that huge 'Rising Sun' on your Gi means something else.
Many people say GSP is the best Welterweight fighter throughout history, to which I totally agree. This means you have a great influence on every single fan of yours all around the world. And I do believe your wearing 'the symbol of War Crime' is a very bad example for them, not to mention for yourself.
So, what do you reckon? Do you want to wear the same Gi next time as well?
The Rising Sun flag was used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, and it was banned by the United Nations in 1945. Jung is not the only person to have an issue with seeing it used by an athlete. During the 2012 Olympics, Japanese gymnasts wore a leotard that was inspired by the Rising Sun, and some South Koreans were not happy about it.
When one-time MMA sponsor Hoelzer Reich used Nazi imagery on the gear UFC and WEC fighters wore into the cage, the promotions banned their items from the cage. Jung has the courage to speak up to a fighter he admittedly admires. GSP and the UFC owe him a response.
UPDATE: Both GSP and Hayabusa, the company who made GSP's gi, have apologized. GSP posted a statement from Hayabusa:
Since Georges St-Pierre wore our walkout gi at UFC 158 we have received attention surrounding the negative connotation of the rising sun graphic used. The last thing we want is to offend or alienate anyone with the choice of design on our products.
We at Hayabusa have the utmost respect for culture and history and appreciate all of our customers worldwide. As such, we accept full responsibility for this design and are taking all complaints and comments very seriously.
The gi worn by GSP will not be brought to market. In addition, we will be very conscious of this specific design element when developing future communication materials and products.
Please accept our sincerest apology for any offence this has caused. If you have any questions or comments regarding this matter, please feel free to discuss it with us at customerservice@hayabusafightwear.com. One of our representatives will be happy to assist you.
And GSP added:
I'd like to also personally apologize to anyone who was offended by this. I am very sorry, that was never my intention.
Both GSP and Hayabusa acted quickly to apologize. Though it would have been better if the symbol was never used, Jung used the moment to educate others on the issues with the symbol. For that, he should be commended.
Thanks, Bloody Elbow.
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From Networx' Chaya Kurtz:
If you haven't jumped on the cleaning-with-vinegar bandwagon, what are you waiting for? You can clean so many surfaces in your house with this edible, non-toxic ingredient. In addition to being an effective cleanser, plain old white vinegar is cheap. Big box stores and club stores often offer deep discounts on this already inexpensive item.
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In order for you to get a jump start on your green spring cleaning, I've got ten ways to clean the house with vinegar, right here for you.
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Musharraf returns to 'save Pakistan,' but nation skeptical
General Pervez Musharraf ruled Pakistan for seven years until pushed into self-imposed exile. He returned today to stand for parliamentary elections in May.?
Pakistan's former ruler General Pervez Musharraf waves to supporters as he arrives at Karachi airport on Sunday.
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Mr. Musharraf left Pakistan as a retired general, but returns as a politician whose party is planning to contest parliamentary elections this May while he has a number of legal notices to respond to.?While Musharraf says that he has returned to "save Pakistan," analysts believe that the former army chief will have a "minimal" impact, if at all, on the elections.
After several years of living in exile in London and Dubai, Musharraf announced that he would come back to Pakistan after the parliament ? that threatened to impeach him in 2008 ? completed its term and a caretaker government was in place. This was largely met with by skepticism, given that his return has often been delayed. He arrived in Karachi on Sunday and spoke briefly with supporters amassed at the airport.
?I have come back for the poor people,? he said, despite the threats to his life. ?I will be addressing rallies all over Pakistan, please come and listen to me again.? His planned rally on Sunday evening in Karachi was abandoned after the provincial police cancelled a no-objection certificate issued to his party for using the venue.
In 2010, Musharraf formed a political party called the All Pakistan Muslim League while living in London. But his career as a politician in exile has not been successful. Several members left the party after being disillusioned by Musharraf?s reluctance to come back to Pakistan. His party has little infrastructure or a membership base, and has not been an active political force to reckon with. Party spokesperson Aasia Ishaque said that ?Musharraf is a brave man? for opting to return and would be given a "grand welcome" by his supporters.
Musharraf and the All Pakistan Muslim League say they will be participating in the May 11 polls. However, analyst Ikram Sehgal says Musharraf would have a ?minimal? impact on the elections. The insurgent politician capturing attention isn't Musharraf, but cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.?According to Mr. Sehgal, ?The two main parties [the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz] are worried about Imran Khan coming up in the stretch before the elections.?
Columnist Cyril Almeida says that ?Musharraf the politician today evokes the memory of Imran Khan from a decade ago: a high-wattage name, lots of media coverage, and absolutely no impact on the electorate. Perhaps the best punishment for Musharraf is the one he's chosen for himself: to court a voting public that has entirely moved on from the man and his era.?
Mr. Sehgal adds: ?At the end of the day, Musharraf?s supporters ? with or without his consent ? will end up supporting Imran Khan."
While Musharraf was once an ally of the US in the fight against Al Qaeda, his appeal has waned at home and abroad. Influential figures in Pakistani society, politics, and the military that used to back Musharraf have found other candidates to support, including Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.
Despite this, Sehgal says that Musharraf would get a ?warm welcome in Karachi,? the country's business capital.
?The business community likes him,? he says. Pakistan's growth rate?picked up post-9/11, after Musharraf led the country into an alliance with the US in the war in Afghanistan.?
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Shapiro: GOP disarray on full display at CPAC
By Walter Shapiro
In politics, nothing is as fascinating as a party in disarray, uncertain about its future and bitterly divided about whether and how to change. That?s why for the next few years, Republican agonies offer an infinitely more compelling narrative than the arrogance of the puffed-up Obama Democrats.
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which ended its annual meeting Saturday, represented a high-profile opportunity for top Republicans to ask painful what-next questions -- or avoid them.
In an era when every politician is a robotic follower of message discipline, CPAC was riotously off-message. The chief reason for the thematic disarray was that most prominent Republicans simply do not agree on the long-term message to offer that will help them win presidential elections.
The CPAC press contingent, which was big enough to cover the O.J. Simpson trial, had collectively decided that CPAC was the kick-off for the 2016 Republican nominating contest. Bulletin: Only 41 months to the next GOP Convention.
What matters at this stage are not the fleeting image boosts for would-be 2016 contenders (though Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and even Scott Walker did quite well), but rather the collective effort to define the party. This is something that needs to be done beyond the short-term maneuvering of GOP congressional leaders. It is not John Boehner?s and Mitch McConnell job to redefine Republicanism.
But the party does need redefinition. This is not just my conclusion from the press box, but also the interpretation offered across the conservative spectrum at CPAC.
Sure, Sarah Palin won the sound bite wars with her shrill call to ?furlough the consultants? and send ?the architect? back to Texas -- a thinly veiled swipe at Karl Rove.
But the party?s problems are much deeper than its failure to match Barack Obama?s 2012 voter-targeting effort. Put simply, Republicans have lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections ? and four of those contests weren?t close.
No one in politics has had as good a month as Rand Paul, who vaulted out of the shadow of his father, libertarian stalwart Ron Paul, with his 13-hour Senate filibuster attacking Obama?s drone policy. At CPAC he capitalized on his newfound fame and ill-concealed 2016 ambitions by castigating the party establishment: ?The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered.?
Newt Gingrich, who has become the aging Cassandra of the Republican Party offering dire warnings that are never fully accepted, was similarly scathing about the GOP?s direction. The former House speaker called upon Republicans to reject ?the establishment?s anti-ideas approach.?
On fiscal matters, Gingrich said, ?We must disenthrall ourselves from the accountant green eyeshade approach to thinking about budgets.?
It is tempting to offer a diagnosis that the Republicans are on the wrong side of every 21st century demographic and cultural trend ? antagonizing Latino voters with their opposition to immigration reform; alienating younger voters with hard-line positions on social issues like gay marriage; and remaining an almost entirely all-white party as ethnic diversity transforms America. In his CPAC speech, Jeb Bush warned his fellow Republicans, ?All too often we?re associated with being anti-everything ? anti-immigration, anti-women, anti-gay.?
But that wasn?t what Rand Paul was referring to when he called the party ?moss-covered.? And it was certainly not Gingrich?s message when he called the GOP ?anti-ideas? and single-mindedly obsessed with cutting budgets.
A telling reflection of the Republican Party?s ideas gap is its Ronald Reagan problem.
At CPAC, virtually every orator felt compelled to reverently invoke the Gipper at least twice ? and sometimes three times if the audience?s attention was drifting. It is worth pointing out that Reagan, for all his accomplishments, was last on a ballot in the Orwellian year of 1984.
Yes, when Reagan swept 49 states to win a second term, Paul Ryan wasn?t old enough to drive. Something is wrong when a party?s hero comes from an era when a smart phone was one that had a mechanical answering machine attached.
This is a common malady for a party mired in an inescapable losing streak. When the Democrats were on the ropes in the 1970s and 80s, party orators still felt compelled to invoke Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy.
Nothing underscored the rectitude of both Gingrich?s and Paul?s critiques of GOP than the speeches delivered by its 2012 standard bearers.
Mitt Romney, making his first major public appearance since the Election Day unpleasantness, delivered a speech of such soul-numbing banality that I half expected him to eat up time by reciting the words to ?America the Beautiful.?
There were no driving ideas and no revealing personal anecdotes. Just bland Mitt-isms like, ?I utterly reject pessimism. We may not have carried on November 7th, but we haven?t lost the country we love. And we have not lost our way.? It is telling that Romney refuses to take any rhetorical risks even now that the active phase of his political career is over.
Ryan, Romney?s erstwhile running mate, offered a reprise of his latest plan to balance the budget in 10 years by slashing (forgive me, ?reforming?) Medicare and Social Security. ?Our debt is a threat to our country,? Ryan said. ?We have to tackle this problem before it tackles us.?
This was the kind of green-eyeshade politics Gingrich has decried. Ryan?s remarks proved that while you can take a man out of Capitol Hill and put him on a national ticket, you can?t take Capitol Hill out of man. Unlike Marco Rubio, a far more compelling speaker, Ryan comes across more as the eternal House Budget Committee chairman than a visionary of the GOP?s future.
Another CPAC headliner was failed 2012 presidential contender Rick Perry, who still has his power base as Texas governor.
Perry offered the most reassuring argument to partisans refusing to believe the party needs to change. Decrying what he called a ?media narrative? suggesting conservative arguments have failed, Perry said ?That might be true if Republicans had actually nominated conservative candidates in 2008 and 2012.?
There is an element of truth to Perry?s argument, since neither John McCain (who voted against George W. Bush?s 2001 tax cuts) nor Mitt Romney (remember the Massachusetts health-care plan) are traditional conservatives. Perry?s words also reflect the insistence by many in conservative movement who blame weak candidates for their problems and see no need to adjust their views.
The conservative faith that all the Republicans need is a right-from-the-start presidential nominee may be buttressed by the 2014 midterm elections. Up to now, the party that controls the White House almost invariably loses congressional seats in the sixth year of a president?s term. (Recall that the Democrats took over Congress in the sixth year of George W. Bush?s presidency). If the pattern holds in 2014, the Republicans may win undeserved self-confidence from an off-year electorate that is older and whiter than in presidential years.
The CPAC Convention ended Saturday with a (yikes!) 2016 Straw Poll. The results were totally meaningless since CPAC convention attendees are not a cross-section of anything ? and, hey, we are nearly three years from the 2016 Iowa caucuses. (But if you must, absolutely must, know who won, it was Rand Paul).
As tempting as it is for the GOP (and, yes, the media) to get prematurely caught up with polls and presidential possibilities, the party needs to find the big ideas to offer the nation as an antidote to Obama-ism. Judging from CPAC 2013, that looks like a long journey. Before the Republicans can elect a president, they first need to solve what George H.W. Bush once awkwardly referred to as ?the vision thing.?
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/republican-disarray-on-full-display-at-cpac-151848460.html
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Men Get Waxed For Breast Cancer Fundraiser | Bernews.com
On Wednesday [Apr 17] M?lange needs men to brave the hot wax in support of those fighting the breast cancer battle. This fundraiser is being held at the Bersalon/Inner Sanctum on Pitts Bay Road from 5.30pm to 8.00pm.
Men will have their chest, back and/or legs waxed so that sponsors can donate for each strip endured [min. $5 per strip], just for the cause. There will be a cash bar available and for more information about M?lange or to download a sponsor sheet, visit their website at www.melange.bm.
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Source: http://bernews.com/2013/03/fundraiser-men-get-waxed-for-breast-cancer/
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Dublin tourists lead icy St. Patrick's Day parade
Children dressed as St Patrick make their way to the St Patrick's Day parade in Limerick, Ireland, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Children dressed as St Patrick make their way to the St Patrick's Day parade in Limerick, Ireland, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
A woman wears false flag eyelashes during the St Patrick's day parade through Dublin city centre on St Patrick's day, Sunday March 17, 2013. (AP Photo/PA, Julien Behal)UNITED KINGDOM AND ALL IRELAND OUT
Snow accumulates on the beard of a bagpipe player in the Wyoming Valley Pipe and Drum Band as they perform in the Wilkes-Barre St. Patrick's Day parade in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, March 16, 2013. St. Patrick's Day Parade. (AP Photo/The Citizens' Voice, Kristen Mullen)
Sophine Lassiter, 2, attends the 25th annual North Myrtle Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade and celebration, Saturday, March 16, 2013, in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/The Sun News, Charles Slate) LOCAL PRINT OUT (MYRTLE BEACH HERALD OUT, HORRY INDEPENDENT OUT, CAROLINA FOREST CHRONICLE, GEORGETOWN TIMES OUT)
Dogs Toby, right, and Angel, who belong to Bob and Julie Hockey of East Springfield, Ohio, are dressed for the 25th annual North Myrtle Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade and celebration, Saturday, March 16, 2013, in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/The Sun News, Charles Slate) LOCAL PRINT OUT (MYRTLE BEACH HERALD OUT, HORRY INDEPENDENT OUT, CAROLINA FOREST CHRONICLE, GEORGETOWN TIMES OUT)
DUBLIN (AP) ? Never mind the fickle Irish weather. A chilly, damp Dublin celebrated St. Patrick's Day with artistic flair anyway Sunday as the focal point for a weekend of Irish celebrations worldwide.
More than 250,000 revelers braved the occasionally snowy, sleety skies to line the streets for the traditional holiday parade, a 3-kilometer (2-mile) jaunt through the city's heart involving performers from 46 countries.
Unusually, 8,000 tourists in town for the festivities led this year's procession in a "people's parade." Many donned leprechaun costumes or deployed banners and flags of their home nations or U.S. states, with the Texans making the biggest impression as they sported "Happy St. Paddy's Day, Y'All!" T-shirts.
One marcher, a 22-year-old engineer from Calgary, Canada, defiantly showed it wasn't so nippy at all ? by doing the hour-long walk shirtless, with only a painted-on shamrock covering his chest.
"It's not cold!" Oliver Feniak declared as he, like many in the leisurely paced 2 1/2-hour parade, stopped to shake hands with onlookers standing five-deep on O'Connell Bridge spanning the River Liffey.
Sunday's decision to put tourists in the vanguard was connected to a year-long tourism promotion called The Gathering that is organizing hundreds of clan reunions nationwide in hopes of boosting the economy. That's sorely needed in an Ireland struggling with 14 percent unemployment, heavy emigration and a household-debt crisis following the 2008 collapse of its Celtic Tiger boom.
St. Patrick's Day always marks the start of Ireland's full-court press for tourists. Since 1997 Dublin has expanded the holiday into a multi-day festival featuring special children's playgrounds, street amusement parks, concerts and walking tours. Irish President Michael D. Higgins is hosting a nationally televised TV show Monday night featuring many of Ireland's top artists and musicians, including Bono and Nobel-winning poet Seamus Heaney.
"We cherish the creativity, community spirit and rich culture for which we, as a nation, are renowned," Higgins said in a speech after the parade. "I have said on many occasions that while the experience of the so-called Celtic Tiger failed to live up to the best versions of Irishness, we have not been failed by our artists. In fact, our artists are a huge moral resource and great reputational asset for Ireland."
St. Patrick's Day is being marked in skylines across the world as part of a global campaign to floodlight landmarks green at night. This year the pyramids of Giza, the leaning tower of Pisa, Niagara Falls, and the Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking Rio are among dozens of iconic spots going green for the occasion.
While tens or thousands of foreigners have made a beeline for Dublin, practically the entire Irish government has gone the other direction, sending 19 ministers to 21 countries to capitalize on a marketing opportunity unique among nations.
Prime Minister Enda Kenny marched in Saturday's biggest U.S. parade in New York and is scheduled to meet President Obama at the White House on Tuesday, when the U.S. political establishment marks the Irish holiday.
It hasn't all gone smoothly. The government deputy leader, Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, caused diplomatic waves in Atlanta, Georgia, by snubbing the second-biggest American parade in nearby Savannah ? because, Gilmore said, he didn't want to attend a dinner hosted by an Irish-American group that bans women from attending.
Most of Irish-America marked the holiday a day early, reflecting the view that such a notoriously boozy holiday shouldn't happen on a Sunday. But the Irish diaspora in most of the rest of the world stuck to marking St. Patrick's Day on March 17 as usual.
Many of Sunday's revelers suggested they were in Dublin specifically to soak up the pub atmosphere.
"We came all the way from Kansas City to drink some Guinness!' declared one banner on the parade route displayed by John Mullen, a 46-year-old lawyer, and his 17-year-old son Jack.
The senior Mullen, whose roots lie in the western county of Mayo, said he and his boy actually were golfing their way through Ireland, not drinking. He said the key to enjoying Ireland was to soak up the locals' exceptionally good conversation regardless of the foul weather.
"Yesterday we got rained on, sleeted on, snowed on as we golfed. There was even some sun here and there. It was four seasons in one round," Mullen said. "People back home say I've got the gift of the gab, but I've got no game here. The conversations here are magnificent. But you sometimes wonder how you're ever going to get out of them!"
In the world's first major St. Patrick's party Sunday, about 30,000 spectators soaked up the sun as Sydney's Irish-Australians paraded through the city. Australia always marks St. Patrick's Day on a Sunday. After the event, partiers rallying at the city's Hyde Park saw 45 Irish men and women receive Australian citizenship. That's increasingly common as tens of thousands of Irish job-seekers have made Australia a favored new home while Ireland's own economy remains in the doldrums.
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SEC tourney, Day 4: Ole Miss set for finale vs. Florida
Vanderbilt center Josh Henderson works against Mississippi forward Reginald Buckner (23) and Mississippi guard Marshall Henderson (22) during the first half in the SEC Tournament semifinals on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Published: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 5:54 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 5:54 p.m.
Mississippi 64, Vanderbilt 52
What it means: Ole Miss, now 25-8, is playing in the SEC Tournament final against Florida. This is the Rebels' first appearance in the final since 2001. They have won the tournament one time (in 1981) and likely secured an NCAA Tournament berth with the win. Vandy actually led by as many as nine in the first half, but the Rebels came back to tie the game at the half. The Commodores looked like a team that was playing its third game in three days. The Commodores end their season at 16-17.
Player of the game: Marshall Henderson needed 17 shots to get his 23 points, but he made a couple of dagger 3s in the game. Henderson also had three rebounds, a pair of assists and put on a dribbling show to help run out the clock at the end of the game.
Inside the box score: This was a game of missed shots. Ole Miss won despite missing 15 3-point attempts and 16 free throws. Vanderbilt missed 23 shots from behind the arc.
Source: http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20130316/articles/130319633
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Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.)
"Marriage is what marriage is. Marriage was around before government said what it was. It's like going out and saying, 'That tree is a car.' Well, the tree's not a car. A tree's a tree. Marriage is marriage. "It's like handing up this and saying this glass of water is a glass of beer. Well you can call it a glass of beer, it's not a glass of beer, it's a glass of water. And water is what water is. Marriage is what marriage is. "I can call this napkin a paper towel, but it is a napkin. Why? Because it is, what it is." -- Santorum <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/rick-santorum-sex-gay-marriage_n_1094007.html#s450367&title=On_The_Definition">on the definition of marriage in 2011</a>.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)
It's hard to pick a single quote from Bachmann's library of anti-gay, anti-science, anti-fact quotes, so we'll leave you with an oldie but goodie -- her <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-scher/top-10-crazy-things-conse_b_764124.html">2009 House floor argument</a> against climate change. "Carbon dioxide, Mister Speaker, is a natural byproduct of nature. Carbon dioxide is natural. It occurs in Earth. It is a part of the regular lifecycle of Earth. In fact, life on planet Earth can't even exist without carbon dioxide. So necessary is it to human life, to animal life, to plant life, to the oceans, to the vegetation that's on the Earth, to the, to the fowl that -- that flies in the air, we need to have carbon dioxide as part of the fundamental lifecycle of Earth."
NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre
?Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Riots. Terrorists. Gangs. Lone criminals. These are perils we are sure to face?not just maybe. It?s not paranoia to buy a gun. It?s survival. It?s responsible behavior, and it?s time we encourage law-abiding Americans to do just that.? -- LaPierre in a <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/13/stand-and-fight/#ixzz2KoyFgIrg">Daily Caller op-ed</a> from February
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Cruz has only been in the Senate for a few months, but already he's made a name for himself as an aggressive questioner with a flair for the dramatic. After drawing some bipartisan backlash for his cross-examination of then-Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/02/ted-cruz-sees-red-not-crimson-at-harvard.html">The New Yorker dug up this Cruz quote</a> from a speech in 2010: "There were fewer declared Republicans in the faculty [of Harvard Law School] when we were there than Communists! There was one Republican. But there were twelve who would say they were Marxists who believed in the Communists overthrowing the United States government." His camp later <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/23/ted-cruz-responds-to-new-mccarthy-new-yorker-article-curious-they-would-dredge-up-a-3-year-old-speech-call-it-news/">stood by the comment</a>.
Conservative Commentator Ann Coulter
"There is the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws. We don't owe the homeless. We don't owe feminists. We don't owe women who are desirous of having abortions, or gays who want to get married to one another. That's what civil rights has become for much of the left, they dropped the blacks after five minutes. ... Civil rights are for blacks." -- <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/ann-coulter_n_1908958.html">Coulter on ABC's "This Week," September 2012</a>
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R)
In 2011, then-GOP presidential candidate Perry <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/rick-perry-evolution-video_n_930802.html">gave his thoughts</a> on the age of the Earth and evolution: "How old do I think the Earth is? You know what, I don't have any idea. ... I know it's pretty old so it goes back a long long way. I'm not sure anybody actually knows completely and absolutely how long, how old the Earth is," Perry said in response to a question, before transitioning to a followup query on evolution. "It's a theory that's out there, and it's got some gaps in it. In Texas we teach both creationism and evolution because I figure you're smart enough to figure out which one is right."
Former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.)
Ousted Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has an extensive catalogue of quotes to pick from, but this one about his own <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/allen-west-democrats-communist-party_n_1417279.html">House colleagues' supposed communist ties</a> stands out from the crowd. "I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party. It's called the Congressional Progressive Caucus," West said last year.
Donald Trump
Real estate mogul Donald Trump in one of his many attempts to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/donald-trump-obama-birth-_n_843056.html">promote his birther conspiracy</a> about President Barack Obama: "He may have one, but there is something on that birth certificate. Maybe religion. Maybe it says he's a Muslim. I don't know. Maybe he doesn't want that. Or he may not have one. I will tell you this: if he wasn't born in this country, it's one of the great scams of all time."
Mitt Romney
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. ... All right -- there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent on government, who believe that, that they are victims, who believe that government has the responsibility to care for them. Who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing." -- Then-GOP presidential candidate Romney in a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/mitt-romney-video_n_1829455.html">hidden camera video</a> released last year. The comments are thought to have contributed heavily to Romney's eventual electoral defeat last November.
Sarah Palin
Palin <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/palin-obama-is-palling-around-with-terrorists/">on then-candidate Barack Obama</a> in 2008: ?This is not a man who sees America as you see it and how I see America. We see America as the greatest force for good in this world. If we can be that beacon of light and hope for others who seek freedom and democracy and can live in a country that would allow intolerance in the equal rights that again our military men and women fight for and die for for all of us. Our opponent though, is someone who sees America it seems as being so imperfect that he?s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country??
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
Another CPAC all-star with a long list of material to choose from, Gohmert has saved some of his most controversial rhetoric to explain mass shootings. Over the summer, Gohmert suggested a massacre at a Colorado movie theater <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/louie-gohmert-aurora-shootings_n_1689099.html">was the result of</a> "ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs." "You know what really gets me, as a Christian, is to see the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs, and then some senseless crazy act of terror like this takes place ... We have been at war with the very pillars, the very foundation of this country. ... People say ... where was God in all of this? We've threatened high school graduation participations, if they use God's name, they're going to be jailed ... I mean that kind of stuff. Where was God? What have we done with God? We don't want him around. I kind of like his protective hand being present." Gohmert went on to suggest that if theater-goers had been equipped with firearms, they could have stopped the attack. In the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. last December, Gohmert <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/16/louie-gohmert-guns_n_2311379.html">similarly suggested</a> that more guns in the elementary school could have limited the loss of life.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)
In 2012, King compared immigrants to dogs. <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/05/22/rep_steve_king_immigrants_like_dogs/">Via Salon</a>: ?You want a good bird dog? You want one that?s going to be aggressive? Pick the one that?s the friskiest ? not the one that?s over there sleeping in the corner.? King went on to suggest that lazy immigrants should be avoided like the sleeping dog. ?You get the pick of the litter and you got yourself a pretty good bird dog. Well, we?ve got the pick of every donor civilization on the planet,? King said. ?We?ve got the vigor from the planet to come to America.?
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)
"I know in your mind you can think of times when America was attacked. One is December 7, that's Pearl Harbor day. The other is September 11, and that's the day of the terrorist attack. I want you to remember August 1, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom. That is a day that will live in infamy, along with those other dates." -- Kelly <a href="http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/01/13070876-republican-likens-contraceptive-mandate-to-pearl-harbor-911?lite">at a press conference in 2012</a>, denouncing the implementation of an Obamacare mandate that required insurers to offer contraception coverage.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R)
Cuccinelli, who is currently running for Virginia governor, has a long history of controversial comments stemming from his strong opposition to gay rights and abortion, as well as climate change denial. In 2009, he <a href="http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/steve-shannon-attorney-general">made the following comment</a> when asked about a college policy of non-discrimination based on sexual orientation. ?My view is that homosexual acts, not homosexuality, but homosexual acts are wrong. They?re intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural law based country it?s appropriate to have policies that reflect that. ... They don?t comport with natural law. I happen to think that it represents (to put it politely; I need my thesaurus to be polite) behavior that is not healthy to an individual and in aggregate is not healthy to society.? He later <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030804999.html">told public universities directly</a> that they couldn't adopt measures to prevent anti-gay discrimination, sparking a long and still-ongoing battle on the issue.
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.)
"Well actually the Genesis 8:22 that I use in there is that 'as long as the earth remains there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night.' My point is, God's still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous." -- Inhofe <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/03/09/441515/inhofe-god-says-global-warming-is-a-hoax/">explaining</a> that the Bible backs his book's claim that climate change is "the greatest hoax."
President Of The Eagle Forum Phyllis Schlafly
Schlafly <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/schlafly-reiterates-view-married-women-cannot-be-raped-husbands">denying the existence of marital rape</a> in 2008: "I think that when you get married you have consented to sex. That's what marriage is all about, I don't know if maybe these girls missed sex ed. That doesn't mean the husband can beat you up, we have plenty of laws against assault and battery. If there is any violence or mistreatment that can be dealt with by criminal prosecution, by divorce or in various ways. When it gets down to calling it rape though, it isn't rape, it's a he said-she said where it's just too easy to lie about it." Schlafly then proceeded to suggest that feminists might mount false rape accusations against their husbands in order to fight marriage disputes.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)
In 2011, Lee <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/01/14/139049/lee-child-labor/">laid out his case</a> for why anti-child labor laws should be unconstitutional: "Congress decided it wanted to prohibit [child labor], so it passed a law -- no more child labor. The Supreme Court heard a challenge to that and the Supreme Court decided a case in 1918 called Hammer v. Dagenhardt. In that case, the Supreme Court acknowledged something very interesting -- that, as reprehensible as child labor is, and as much as it ought to be abandoned -- that's something that has to be done by state legislators, not by Members of Congress. [...] "This may sound harsh, but it was designed to be that way. It was designed to be a little bit harsh. Not because we like harshness for the sake of harshness, but because we like a clean division of power, so that everybody understands whose job it is to regulate what."
Dinesh D'Souza
In 2012, conservative author and director of anti-Obama conspiracy film "2016: Obama's America" Dinesh D'Souza became embroiled in a scandal after <a href="http://www.worldmag.com/2012/10/king_s_crisis">allegations that he was engaged in an inappropriate relationship</a> with a woman who was not his wife. Just days before the controversy led him to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/dinesh-dsouza-resigns-kings-college_n_1980614.html">resign his post</a> as president of the evangelical Christian King's College, <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/dsouza-obama-attacking-traditional-values-sex-scandal">D'Souza had attacked Obama</a> for mounting a campaign to chip away at "traditional values": "Why is Obama on the social issues -- and I'm thinking here of abortion, I'm thinking here of gay marriage -- why is Obama so aggressive in attacking the traditional values agenda? I think the reason for it is because when Obama thinks about colonialism ... [it] is identified not just with the soldiers but also with the missionaries. Remember it's the missionaries that went alongside the conquerors, the conquistadors, came to the Americas and worked on converting the Indians and later missionaries went to China, India and Japan. So I think this is the problem, Obama doesn't like traditional Christianity because he identifies it with colonialism. Obama's own Christianity is more of a Third World liberation theology, a very different kind of Jeremiah Wright type philosophy, summarized in the idea that America is the rogue nation in the world."
Political Strategist Dick Morris
"It will be the biggest surprise in recent American political history. It will rekindle the whole question on why the media played this race as a nailbiter where in fact Romney?s going to win by quite a bit." -- Morris <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/11/05/dick_morris_stands_by_prediction_romney_will_win_325_electoral_votes.html">on Fox News</a> just days before the election, explaining his prediction that Romney would win 325 Electoral College votes on his way to a landslide. Romney ultimately won 206 votes on his way to a handy defeat.
Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.)
Just days after assuming his position on Capitol Hill, Salmon <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/06/matt-salmon-government-shutdown_n_2421808.html">said it was "about time" to have another government shutdown</a>, citing the federal stoppage of 1995: "I think it drove Bill Clinton in a different direction, a very bipartisan direction," Salmon said. "In fact, we passed welfare reform for the first time ever, and we cut the welfare ranks in the last decade and a half by over 50 percent. These are good things. We also balanced the budget for the first time in 40 years in 1997, 1998, 1999. And when I left, we had over a $230 billion surplus."
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)
"She lectures us on eating right while she has a large posterior herself." -- <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/jim-sensenbrenner-michelle-obama_n_1163711.html">Sensenbrenner on First Lady Michelle Obama in 2011</a>.
Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)
At a town hall in 2010, then-candidate Pearce faced questions about the legitimacy of Obama's birth certificate. The congressman made it clear that he was willing to entertain the birther conspiracy. "You bet. Let's take it backwards first. My position is that Barack Obama raised the most significant questions himself. He said, after he came to the U.S., that he traveled to Pakistan. Now at the point that he traveled to Pakistan it was not legal to go there with a U.S. passport. And so he, himself, raised the greatest questions. I think that those questions need to be asked. "Now, then, my question would be to you all at what importance, what importance? You can typically fight two or three major battles in a year, major, and for me, if we don't get our economy going, nothing else works. ... I'm content to let the courts handle that and it's my understanding the Supreme Court is actually looking at this question because I think it's an important question. But I absolutely believe that Barack Obama raises the most significant questions himself."
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton
Right Wing Watch <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/geller-out-anti-muslim-voices-remain-cpac">recently recalled Fitton's latest effort</a> to push his theory that radical Muslims are infiltrating the government's ranks at the highest levels: "In a recent interview with End Times radio host Rick Wiles, he argued that the State Department is recruiting people directly from 'the jihadist movement here in the United States' and 'terrorist front organizations,' adding that the majority of Muslim-American groups are 'all fronts for these terrorist front groups.'"
Tim Goeglein
Goeglein current serves as vice president of external relations for the evangelical Christian organization Focus on the Family. He <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/us/01aide.html?_r=1&">resigned from a prior job</a> as an aide to President George W. Bush after a report showed that he'd repeatedly plagiarized material for columns he wrote for a local paper. He <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/cpac-goeglein-says-obama-savaged-and-attacked-marriage-life-and-religious-liberty">spoke at a CPAC panel last year</a>, where he accused Obama of launching a frontal assault on religious values: "We can very easily summarize and conclude the following: That in the history of the United States, and therefore in the history of the United States presidency, we have never had a president of the United States who has more radically but more intentionally savaged and attacked man-woman marriage, the dignity and sanctity of every human life, and now ... has begun to actually systemically redefine and therefore attack our basic religious liberties and individual consciences."
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/16/steve-king-cpac-_n_2890556.html
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