{"id":1567,"date":"2010-02-20T11:25:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T19:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2010-02-20T11:25:32","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T19:25:32","slug":"cpac-in-the-house-and-the-party-dont-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1567","title":{"rendered":"CPAC In The House And The Party Don’t Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a followup to my column<\/a> on CPAC’s efforts to make their conference and the conservative movement more appealing to young people. The key component of their strategy was the XPAC lounge, a slammin crib stocked with video games and junk food where Yaffie playas can chill. The “X”<\/em> is for “Xtreme”.<\/em> But then there was also this: From the CPAC schedule of events…<\/p>\n

11:00
\nXPAC Rap\/Jam Session<\/strong>
\nWashington Rooms 1-4
\nSponsored by Parcbench.com<\/em>
\nLive music and special performances by Rappers: Hi-Caliber, Young Cons, and many more!
\nOpen to all XPAC ticket holders<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well…Talking Points Memo attended this highly anticipated throwdown and came away with some compelling video of hip, young, right-wing activists.<\/p>\n

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Liberals are in BIG trouble now. So throw your tea bags in the air. And wave em like you’re on Medicare. You been served a steaming brew of FAIL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a followup to my column on CPAC’s efforts to make their conference and the conservative movement more appealing to young people. The key component of their strategy was the XPAC lounge, a slammin crib stocked with video games and junk food where Yaffie playas can chill. The “X” is for “Xtreme”. But then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,15],"tags":[725],"class_list":["post-1567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-humor","tag-cpac"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-ph","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1562,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1562","url_meta":{"origin":1567,"position":0},"title":"Conservatives Gone Wild: CPAC Is All Up In Yo Face","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/17\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Conservative Political Action Conference will open tomorrow in Washington, D.C. and it promises to be totally off the hook. 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