Politics meet fun and faithful at US conservative confab

[ellisonz]

By Michael Mathes | AFP – 3 hours ago

Take one large part strategizing, throw in key stump speeches, mix in an orange rifle and a tea party-aligned California beauty queen and what do you get? The most vibrant conservative gathering ahead of the Republican National Convention.

If you're lucky here, you'll meet the ghost of Revolutionary War hero Button Gwinnett, a signer of the US Declaration of Independence who later died in a duel with a rival, or have your program signed by Texas Governor Rick Perry.

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Along a bank of talk radio booths set up in the CPAC basement, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann -- a tea party favorite who was in the Republican nomination race until January -- glad-handed Joe Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. 'Joe the Plumber,' a controversial figure from the 2008 campaign who is planning his own run for Congress.

At a nearby booth the National Rifle Association encouraged attendees to play a target shooter simulation game. Throughout the day, hundreds of men in business suits gleefully picked up the plastic orange rifle and took aim at targets.

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[lovemydog]

1. I'd rather stay home

I was gonna say 'I'd rather have a root canal' but if that were the choice, I'd probably go to the 'party' with a friend and laugh.

[DCBob]

2. "plastic orange rifles" are so much fun for the simple minded "kill-the-bad-guys" conservatives.

What a bunch of pathetic loons.

[ellisonz]

3. *bang* *bang*

You're dead.