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Article: Acts of faith: In which our man in Washington hears Charlton Heston talk to himself and prays for relief from tax-funded religious charity. (Capital Letters).(Conservative Political Action Committee conference)
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- May 1, 2001
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Subj: The Ebullient Right Wing
Date: 2/17/01
From: mwlynch@reason.com
"Looks like you're happily married," said National Right to Work vice president of propaganda Stephan Gleason, as he patted my slowly growing belly. Gleason had just exited the stage at the 28th annual Conservative Political Action Committee (GPAC) convention, a three-day staging ground for the grassroots of the vast right-wing conspiracy. He told the packed ballroom at the Crystal Gateway Marriot in Arlington, Virginia, that today's AFL-CIO is not their father's union and warned that the group recently reversed its opposition to communism. Wagged Gleason, "No word yet ...