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|[[NRA]]

|[[NRA]]

|[[Neoconservative]] speakers featured rather than strong [[conservatives]] like [[Marco Rubio]], [[Michele Bachmann]], [[Rand Paul]] and [[Jim DeMint]]<ref>May 2010 convention, held in Charlotte, NC.</ref>

|[[Neoconservative]] speakers featured rather than strong [[conservatives]] like [[Marco Rubio]], [[Michele Bachmann]], [[Rand Paul]] and [[Jim DeMint]]<ref>May 2010 convention, held in Charlotte, NC.</ref>

|Supported pro-same-sex marriage candidate Dede Scozzafava rather than Doug Hoffman for Congress in early 2010

|Supported pro-same-sex marriage candidate Dede Scozzafava rather than Doug Hoffman for Congress in early 2010, and supported [[RINO]] [[Bob Bennett]] (both were defeated by huge margins)

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|[[CPAC]]

|[[CPAC]]

|[[Cato]]

|[[Cato]]

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|Strongly against [[Big Government]], but weak on traditional [[conservative]] values.  Opposed the [[Federal Marriage Amendment]].<ref>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6379</ref>  One of the few to file an [[amicus brief]] against the [[global warming]] hoax in '''Comer v. Murphy Oil'', pending before the [[Fifth Circuit]] ''en banc''.

|Strongly against [[Big Government]], but weak on traditional [[conservative]] values.  Opposed the [[Federal Marriage Amendment]].<ref>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6379</ref>  One of the few to file an [[amicus brief]] against the [[global warming]] hoax in ''Comer v. Murphy Oil'', pending before the [[Fifth Circuit]] ''en banc''.

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|[[Federalist Society]]

|[[Federalist Society]]