To CPAC, with Love

Published: Feb. 21, 2023, 7 a.m.

CPAC\u2026do you remember what it stands for? It\u2019s an acronym for the Conservative Political Action Conference, kind of a Woodstock for movement conservatives. Always the headliner, Ronald Reagan appeared in January 1974 as Governor of California in CPAC\u2019s inaugural year. To put it in perspective, that\u2019s just a few months before a Richard Nixon would resign in fear of impeachment. That year, in 1974, CPAC attendees heard California Gov. Reagan urge them to remain united, as the Founding Fathers had, and that America\u2019s responsibility as a world leader had been blessed by God. To be honest, this is a consistent theme throughout all his speeches, and today, we\u2019ll focus on 1983.