ETA set off a bomb in Bergara less than 24 hours ago.

Ah.
And these constitute a real threat?
Sure.

You're in the minority. Professional conservatism is a market, and markets reward exaggeration, demagoguery, dishonesty, and stupidity.
In the short term.

Lots of hatred out there!

Sure, I've heard of them.
But, did you notice I said 'Operating Today"?

Uhh...Im not sure what your media diet is, but readers of the Washington Post know that ETA set off a bomb in Bergara less than 24 hours ago.

Im sure the family of Ronald Sendrijas would take offense with your statement, as well.

You ever hear of ETA? Or FARC? Or the CPP/NPA? Or Aum Shinrikyo? Or the Continuity IRA? Or FARC? Or the Tamil Tigers? Or Sendero Luminoso?

Sure, I've heard of them.
But, did you notice I said 'Operating Today"?

You ever hear of ETA? Or FARC? Or the CPP/NPA? Or Aum Shinrikyo? Or the Continuity IRA? Or FARC? Or the Tamil Tigers? Or Sendero Luminoso?"

The Unabomber? Tim McVeigh? Quite likely the long-forgotten Anthrax envelopes of 2001?

Never let a few facts get in the way of a misleading rant, Bithead.

I would love to see an organization like CPAC start a Conservative's "Shadow Government" with real conservatives holding "real" political posts in thes shadow government and then holding forth.

E.G. Gingrich as Sec State, Bolton back as UN guy, Romney at Commerce, Ted Olson as Atty. Gen. and Fred Thompson as Veep, etc.

And as for Islamic Terrorists, who is a terrorist today that is not driven by extremist Islam?

To continue Triumph's rebuttal of that utterly ridiculous, pandering garbage, I would point you to the Chechens and the Palestinians. Both groups _contain_ Muslims, but their goals are pretty much entirely based on national independence, not extremist Islam. Oh yeah, and how about them Kurds? Really, Bithead, that's the sort of tripe I'd expect to hear _at_ the CPAC, not in defense of it...

who is a terrorist today that is not driven by extremist Islam?

You ever hear of ETA? Or FARC? Or the CPP/NPA? Or Aum Shinrikyo? Or the Continuity IRA? Or FARC? Or the Tamil Tigers? Or Sendero Luminoso?

The suggestion that American politicians like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are virtually indistinguishable from totalitarian dictators and that their wish is to line those who disagree along walls and shoot them is simply appalling. And, yet, such outrages were greeted with more than a modicum of applause.

Well, in all honesty, you might be able to fit water between them, but not very often.

And as for Islamic Terrorists, who is a terrorist today that is not driven by extremist Islam?

Also, setting a firm date for leaving Iraq, win loose or draw is, in fact, surrendering.

It’s absurd, though, to argue that he refuses to acknowledge that Islam and terrorism are totally unconnected or that he’s refused to utter the words “Islamic terrorists.” He’s done it repeatedly for years.

Yes, in fact, Bush invited to the White House and met with an Islamic terrorist weeks before 2001: Sami Al Arian.

And yesterday's speech by Romney indicated that Obama and Clinton were going to surrender to terrorists, which was loudly applauded. It's a feature, not a bug, of political discourse, especially on the conservative side of the aisle.