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Welcome to the Tea Party's "Road to Majority" conference which began today in Washington D.C. It's a surreal place that has little to do with reality, as so-called Patriots and Christians mingle together to espouse beliefs that are far to the right of most Americans. Clearly the main push for this Conference was the Agenda of Traditional Marriage and Anti-Abortion, but as always the GOP and Tea Party cannot help themselves and go in for bashing Democrats, especially Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. And they are just bloody childish.
So while Ralph Reed and the Faith and Freedom Coalition tried to push the family-friendly agenda at hashtag #RTM2014, one picture taken by journalist stole the show: a rather ugly Obama figurine stuffed into a urinal so that men could, well . . . Pee on the President. And since the internet is forever, that is now the symbol of the Faith and Family Road to Majority conference, a picture at once anti-Christian and Racist, a display showing the usual disrespect for both the person and the office of the President. As I say, they cannot help themselves.
Cognitive Dissonance at work:
"Whatever problems we have as a nation, God is bigger than all of them." - @ralphreed #RTM2014
— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) June 20, 2014Scene from a Faith & Freedom restroom #RTM2014 pic.twitter.com/IOUyRjcLFT
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 20, 2014KKKlassy. RT “@igorbobic: Scene from a Faith & Freedom restroom #RTM2014 pic.twitter.com/doFzWOIQVX”
— KarenB (@commentkaren) June 20, 2014ITS COMFIRMED! @GOP is the NEW KKK! Urinating on likeness of Pres Obama is symbolic of what they did to black men! http://t.co/tRIria2t8H
— PoliticalScrutiny101 (@PoliScrutiny101) June 20, 2014@igorbobic @WillMcAvoyACN The disrespect is just appalling, and at a event for grownups, no less
— Sylvie Parris (@SylvieGalloway) June 20, 2014@Justiceyes @bannerite The disgrace is not the Obama urinal figurines. It's that these Faith & Freedom people are not embarrassed by this.
— Howard M. Modell (@HowardMModell) June 21, 2014i feel bad for the no doubt poorly paid custodian who has to remove all those obama urinal cakes.
— Darren (@pnerrad) June 20, 2014From USA Today
The Road to Majority conference, organized by the Faith and Freedom Coalition, has a jampacked lineup of speakers, including a host of Republican politicians such as new House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, former senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and businessman Herman Cain.
The goal of the three-day conference, which wraps up Saturday, is to educate and inspire grass-roots leaders and activists to promote conservative pro-family values.
From CBS News
As part of the conference, FFC supporters on Thursday will lobby members of Congress on certain issues, including support for "traditional" marriage. Even though the Republican National Committee has urged Republicans to show more sensitivity for gay rights issues as the tide of public opinion turns, Reed said the conservative base is ready to stand firm on the issue of marriage. On the same day, several conservative groups are hosting a "March for Marriage" issue in Washington, featuring speakers like former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Sen. Rick Santorum.
Backstage - @RickSantorum//@MicheleBachmann//@ralphreed. pic.twitter.com/obL5zj0Wwt
— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) June 20, 2014*drops mic* RT @WaPoSean: Bachmann: "Americans love America." #RTM2014
— Jake Grovum (@jgrovum) June 20, 2014Michele Bachmann is using a large part of her speech to take on Hillary Clinton. Says she "is not commander in chief material." #RTM2014
— Sean Sullivan (@WaPoSean) June 20, 2014Bachmann mocks people who dislike "Redskins" name, then attacks Metropolitan Opera for "insane Antisemitism" #RTM2014
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 20, 2014And now Michele Bachmann is railing against “The Death of Klinghoffer”! #RTM2014
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 20, 2014Ralph Reed: "you haven't heard the last of Michele Bachmann!" #RTM2014
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 20, 2014Overheard at #RTM2014 after Bachmann’s rousing speech: “Well, I don’t need coffee now."
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 20, 2014~~~~~~~
Retweet if you think traditional marriage is important! #FFCoalition pic.twitter.com/NfhbTwNgda
— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) June 20, 2014Baptist preacher Benny Tate introducing Catholic Rick Santorum. #RTM2014
— Sarah Posner (@sarahposner) June 20, 2014Rick Santorum: GOP needs to represent workers, not just business http://t.co/8jg0nUkFwT via @washingtonpost #RTM2014 #TCOT #teaparty #ocra
— Shirley Widlacki (@patriotmom61) June 20, 2014F&F crowd not exactly thrilled with Santorum's ode to blue collar workers #RTM2014
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 20, 2014"Marriage is a public good." Santorum, who just spoke at a rally about preventing people from marrying yesterday. #RTM2014 #March4Marriage
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) June 20, 2014Classic Santorum non-sequitor: "You want limited government? Then you want more married people and stable families." #RTM2014
— George Zornick (@gzornick) June 20, 2014"Everybody loves to hear their own name." Santorum, being ironic. #RTM2014
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) June 20, 2014~~~~~~~
"We're not here this morning by accident." - @ralphreed #RTM2014 pic.twitter.com/q1gPDVlBWw
— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) June 20, 2014Great conversation at @FaithandFreedom with @RickSantorum, Rev Rafael Cruz & @GaryLBauer #RTM2014 #inspiring pic.twitter.com/LWuwGElQld
— Nadine Maenza (@nadinemaenza) June 20, 2014Ted Cruz's dad says 50% of evangelicals aren't registered to vote. Pleads with other pastors to set up registration. #RTM2014
— Sarah Pulliam Bailey (@spulliam) June 20, 2014Ted Cruz's dad quotes, When the righteous rule, ppl rejoice. When the wicked rule, ppl mourn. "There has been a lot of mourning." #RTM2014
— Sarah Pulliam Bailey (@spulliam) June 20, 2014Raphael Cruz is amazing! MT "If the righteous aren't running & voting all that leaves are the wicked to elect the wicked." #RTM2014
— Heather Grant (@HeatherGrantNC) June 20, 2014Pic: Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Allen West and John Bolton backstage at @FaithandFreedom Road to Majority http://t.co/t3uCztO3WI #RTM2014
— Orit Sklar (@OritSklar) June 20, 2014~~~~~~~
.@AllenWest addressing #RTM2014. pic.twitter.com/lGRvEvEUcb
— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) June 19, 2014"Faith and freedom does not come unless you have strength and courage." - @AllenWest #RTM2014
— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) June 19, 2014~~~~~~~
RT @ralphreed: Me and @RepKevinMccarthy photo bombed by @RepLouieGohmert in green room at Road to Majority. ##RTM2014 pic.twitter.com/ZyPQnoN7Ln
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) June 20, 2014"Yesterday was a big day," new House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says to a standing ovation
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 20, 2014Ralph Reed just introduced newly-elected House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy as "our next speaker." #RTM2014
— Andy Kroll (@AndrewKroll) June 20, 2014House Majority Leader-elect Kevin McCarthy says, "I don't want to become Washington."
— Chris Moody (@moody) June 20, 2014McCarthy: "I'm not ashamed to say it, I'm proud to be a Christian."
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 20, 2014Really, really weak response at evangelical-heavy #RTM2014 for newly elected House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
— Andy Kroll (@AndrewKroll) June 20, 2014Gohmert tells me he's willing to give McCarthy a shot at repping tea party interests as majority leader, but "proof will be in the pudding"
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 20, 2014Ballroom pretty empty for US Rep. Louie Gohmert at #RTM2014 pic.twitter.com/6DETLsXRpr
— Andy Kroll (@AndrewKroll) June 20, 2014~~~~~~~
.@THEHermanCain: I'm going to sum up the problem with the Obama administration in 3 words: "A crisis of crises." Uh...
— Andy Kroll (@AndrewKroll) June 20, 2014Herman Cain: A 1st grader could run America better than Obama—and "stupid people" are ruining the nation http://t.co/g64oCExVdU
— Andy Kroll (@AndrewKroll) June 20, 2014Funny how Herman Cain just called himself an "ambassador for information" before falsely claiming Romney won the Iowa caucus #RTM2014
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) June 20, 2014Herman Cain reiterates that he was called by God to run for president, tells crowd not to quit (like he did while running for pres) #RTM2014
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 20, 2014~~~~~~~
"I believe that every life is a gift from God and must be protected." - @ChrisChristie #RTM2014 pic.twitter.com/E7pRUUA8eK
— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) June 20, 2014"The challenges we face are big but solvable… they are solvable if we tell each other the truth." @ChrisChristie #RTM2014
— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) June 20, 2014Simply noting: unlike previous speakers, Christie did not mention religious freedom, Benghazi, POW swap, Hillary #RTM2014
— Sarah Pulliam Bailey (@spulliam) June 20, 2014Chris Christie used inaccurate abortion talking point at CPAC. He was debunked. But still used today at #RTM2014 http://t.co/CCQBvKABJh
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) June 20, 2014Chris Christie started speech by mocking notion of working with Democrats, now saying we have to work with Ds to "get things done" #RTM2014
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 20, 2014Chris Christie sounds like Donald Trump telling #RTM2014 what a great, amazing leader he is.
— Michael Czin (@MikeCzin) June 20, 2014“@RightWingWatch: Chris Christie says he "established credibility in leadership" ... #RTM2014”Well, he did get that bridge shut down.
— Justiceyes (@Justiceyes) June 20, 2014~~~~~~~
Classic Rand Paul speech: Abstract argument, flowery diction, philosophers name-checked, zero anecdotes. #RTM2014
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 20, 2014.@SenRandPaul goes all Pogo at Faith and Freedom Coalition event: "I have met the enemy, and the enemy too often is us."
— Andy Kroll (@AndrewKroll) June 20, 2014He changed a few examples, but the speech Rand Paul just gave to #RTM2014 was the same one he delivered last year: http://t.co/jcm6ylWOzR
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 20, 2014I say not one penny for countries that persecutes Christians... not one penny for those that harm Israel. -Rand Paul to cheers #RTM2014
— Sarah Pulliam Bailey (@spulliam) June 20, 2014
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