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Snow at CPAC: We didn't create
the war in Iraq, We didn't create the war on terror
Max Blumenthal
Raw
Story
Thursday, March 1, 2007
TOn the first day of the 34th annual Conservative
Political Action Conference (CPAC), White House Press Secretary
Tony Snow, a former Fox News Channel anchor, made a speech in which
he argued that terrorists were to blame for the Global War on Terror,
not the United States.
Speaking at the Omni Shoreham Hotel's Regency Ballroom in Washington
DC, the presidential advisor said, "We didn't create the war
in Iraq. We didn't create the war on terror."
Snow also vowed that the US would "capture terrorists hiding
out in their caves and their spider holes, tapping away on keyboards."
According to The Right Angle, one of twenty-five blogs which received
credentials for the conference, Snow "received a standing ovation
following his speech."
"His message for conservatives was simple: take off the dark-colored
glasses 'because we've got a lot of work to do,'" Ivy J. Sellers
blogs. "The world is watching and waiting, Snow told the crowd,
and 'when we win...the rest of the world's going to say, 'We want
to be like American.'"
Other speakers scheduled to speak at the conference, which will
run through Saturday, include Vice President Dick Cheney, Fox News
Channel anchor Sean Hannity, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), former
Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX) and controversial columnists Ann Coulter
and Michelle Malkin.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ), a 2008 presidential candidate, is being
criticized for skipping out on the conference.
"Sponsors of the Conservative Political Action Conference,
which begins today in Washington and brings together thousands of
conservative leaders and grass-roots activists, say the Arizona
Republican has 'dissed' organizers by attempting to schedule a private
reception for attendees after rejecting invitations to speak at
the event," Ralph Z. Hallow reported in a front page story
in today's Washington Times.
"It was a classical McCain move, dissing us by going behind
our backs," said William J. Lauderback, the executive vice
president for the American Conservative Union told the paper.
Vice President Cheney will be delivering remarks at the conference’s
Presidential Banquet Thursday evening, according to a CPAC press
release.
"We are pleased that the Vice President has agreed speak at
CPAC again," said American Conservative Union Chairman David
A. Keene in the press release. "Having spoken at CPAC many
times throughout his career, we are certain CPAC’s attendees
are appreciative of his lifetime of leadership, and eager to take
in his ideas for moving forward our shared conservative vision."
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BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
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