Conservative Political Action Conference

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Category: Conservatives

The Conservative Political Action Conference is also known as CPAC. CPAC is the largest conservative conference in the United States.

In 2005, turncout and former Senator Zell Miller who once claimed to be a Democrat, awarded the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth the "Courage Under Fire" award for "speaking the truth" (flat out lying) about John Kerry's war record.

Past Speakers at the Conference

• Ronald Reagan
• George W. Bush
• Dick Cheney
• John Ashcroft
• Pat Robertson
• Pat Buchanan
• Dick Armey
• Jesse Helms
• Tom DeLay
• Trent Lott
• Sam Brownback
• Bob Barr
• Phyllis Schlafly
• Beverly LaHaye
• William Bennett
• Ralph Reed
• George Will - columnist
• Gary Bauer
• Alan Keyes
• Grover Norquist
• Charlton Heston of the NRA
• Condoleezza Rice
• Ann Coulter
• David Horowitz
• Katherine Harris - Florida Secretary of State
• Dr. Laura Schlessinger
• Oliver North
• Karl Rove
• Rick Santorum
• John Fund
• Paul Ryan
• John R. Lott, Jr. of the American Enterprise Institute
• Chris Cox
• Henry Hyde
• John Sununu
• Michelle Malkin
• Zell Miller
• Jeff Sessions
• Morton Blackwell
• Ken Mehlman
• Tim Murphy
• Ken Blackwell
• Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council
• Newt Gingrich
• Richard Poe
• George Allen
• James C. Roberts of Radio America
• Rev. Lou Sheldon of Traditional Values Coalition
• Many other conservative pundits, writers, and politicians.

Speakers Scheduled for the 2006 Conference

at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, February 9-11, 2006

• Dick Cheney
• Dennis Hastert
• George Allen
• Mitch McConnell
• Ann Coulter
• Ken Mehlman
• Wayne LaPierre
• Bob Novak
• Grover Norquist
• More to come.

External Links and Sources

People For the American Way: American Conservative Union profile