Feminists Attack CPAC for Attracting…Women
Feminists are up in arms that CPAC attracts…WOMEN!
Via Feministing and Broadsheet, I watched this video that the Daily Caller put together. Not only did it feature several of my former co-workers, but it was also silly. The premise was dumb, yet the women interviewed tried to explain why they were there.
No where in the video did the women say that their reason for attending was “boys, boys, boys” as Tracy Clarke-Flory alludes. Actually, if you listen to the video, the majority of the women are attending for work. The college students articulate that they are attending to learn about the issues and support candidates.
Even in the twisted world of feminism, I thought learning about issues and supporting candidates was supported. Oh, silly me. I forgot that different rules apply to conservatives. We’re supposed to shut up and pretend we don’t exist.
Oh crazy feminists, get over yourselves and do the math. CPAC proactively reaches out to college students with steep discounts on ticket prices. Traditionally 50% or more of the attendees are college students. Since more women are now matriculating than men…connect the dots. Also, attendance was up 20% overall this year with at least 10,000 people registering.
I realize that this this is difficult to swallow since it proves:
1. CPAC, the representation of all that is evil to the universe of liberals, is growing. 10,000 is a lot for any conference on any subject or political ideology.
2. Women are actually conservative, including college-aged women.
3. Conservative women aren’t ashamed of being attractive.
4. With more and more conservative organizations targeting women and inviting them to attend events like CPAC, it’s hardly surprising that they would show up.
It really is amusing to read through liberal blogs and newspapers and see what the left pulls out of CPAC. It’s like they attended a completely different conference than the one that I saw.
I think I make it pretty clear that I have zero respect for both Jessica Valenti and Meghan McCain here, but Jessica really out did herself with saying “just when you think CPAC can’t get any creepier.” Really? Just Really? This video freaked you out that much? With all the actual evil in the world done to women, those women at CPAC are the worst?
Tags: Broadsheet, Conservatives, CPAC, Daily Caller, Feministing, women
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February 22nd, 2010 at 8:09 am
Here’s the catch, though. The Daily Caller’s description of the video is gag-inducing, if not outright offensive.
To wit, “The wonky males at CPAC have some company: Women! How did they get there? What do they care about? Have they seen any cute boys? The Daily Caller as these questions, and more!”
I guess in The Daily Caller’s world, the conservative movement is a male movement and we’re just along to look pretty. Because, y’know, women have never contributed to conservatism. We’re just here for the men and the MRS degree!
February 22nd, 2010 at 8:39 am
Abby, I agree that the Daily Caller’s video and description were stupid and neanderthal. However, if you listen to the video, the women clearly express why they are in attendance and actually counter what the Daily Caller says.
It does raise questions as to what the Daily Caller writer thinks about women in the conservative movement.
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:07 am
Agreed. The women interviewed do a great job of explaining they’re at CPAC for the same reason the men are: politics, speakers, and networking (shock!).
Good thing The Daily Caller is on the case.
I look forward to their future videos that investigate hard-hitting questions like why women work in politics (women love men with power, duh), why women run for office (obvi it’s a great way to advertise yourself to men), and why women even try to express political opinions in public (we look soooooo cute when we try to use our little female brains to think about “wonkish male” problems).
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:12 am
My God, I can’t watch more than the first minute of that video without cringing uncontrollably.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:07 am
It’s pretty bad. It was stupid of the Daily Caller to put it together and it was stupid of Broadsheet and Feministing to use this as evidence that CPAC is “creepy.”
February 24th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Great video- good on DC for putting something out that wasn’t dry and droning.
Have no idea what the crap the feminists were all shrieking about… the last line of the thing was “we’re not here for the boys, we’re here for the politics”.
You’d think that that would be a clue as to what the whole message of the video was supposed to be about. Conservative women are serious about being… conservative. SHOCKER.