CPAC 2014

[Olowkow]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2014/03/08/the-hardest-working-panel-at-cpac/

Pure gold.

The panel shifted between pointing out why they believed that conservative values needed no alteration to apply to women and begging the party’s men not to say Idiotic Things.
“We cannot have any stupid comments this year,” Obenshain pleaded. “Think before you make any obnoxious comments.”


“It’s never cool to talk about rape and laugh,” Wright said.

“There’s no need to be threatened by any of this,” Obenshain concluded. “In fact, the men in our movement I think get it because… At least you clapped, I hope you get it.”

 

[hgc]

"We cannot have any stupid comments this year," Obenshain pleaded. "Think before you make any obnoxious comments."

This is useless advice. The problem for the Akins of the world isn't that they don't consciously restrict their obnoxious comments, but that they don't recognize those obnoxious views for what they are.

This is the same thing that happened with Rand Paul on the Rachel Maddow show. He had no prior awareness that his view that businesses should be allowed to racially discriminate (because freedom!) would be a widely reviled notion.

 

[pgwenthold]

This is useless advice. The problem for the Akins of the world isn't that they don't consciously restrict their obnoxious comments, but that they don't recognize those obnoxious views for what they are.

This is the same thing that happened with Rand Paul on the Rachel Maddow show. He had no prior awareness that his view that businesses should be allowed to racially discriminate (because freedom!) would be a widely reviled notion.

Yep. The problem is not that these people SAY stupid things, it's that they actually BELIEVE those stupid things.

 

[Myron Proudfoot]

Yep. The problem is not that these people SAY stupid things, it's that they actually BELIEVE those stupid things.

in their bubble world they're not stupid things to say, but "common sense." It's when they leave the bubble that they get in trouble.

 

[pgwenthold]

in their bubble world they're not stupid things to say, but "common sense." It's when they leave the bubble that they get in trouble.

For sure. For example, not only did Mourdock not realize that what he said (pregnancy after rape is a gift from God) was offensive, he commented that his initial response, and that of his campaign was that he had "nailed" the answer to that question. Yep, they all thought that he had given a great answer.

They were SHOCKED the next day when people responded with, "Wow, that was offensive!"