Posted on 03/05/2013 1:45:55 PM PST by Nachum
"We at the American Conservative Union insist on civility from all of our guests" Al Cardenas, the head of the Conservative Union (whch puts on CPAC)
What absolute hogwash. Who decides what is "civility"? Is exposing the truth uncivil? Is the first amendment uncivil? Is free speech uncivil? Is speaking one's mind uncivil? Is violating the blasphemy laws uncivil? According to Al Cardenas it is.
How have I been "uncivil"?
Al Cardenas's intellectual dishonesty is breathtaking. First off, I have never been invited to speak at CPAC, ever. His contention that it was only after I exposed Grover Norquist and Suhail Khan is patently dishonest. Despite my historic first amendment wins against NYC and Washington DC or the triumph of the defeat of the Ground Zero mosque, it was always a battle to hold an event there. They never invited me even before I spoke one word of what I knew about Norquist and Khan. So Cardenas is being untruthful.
Cardenas says this:
Also, this year we decided not to invite Pamela Geller for comments she made at CPAC critical of our officers. In each of these cases, their ad hominem attacks denigrate the debate and distract from the real point of CPAC.....
These checks made out to Grover Norquist's organization, The Islamic Institute, are not "ad hominem."
(Excerpt) Read more at atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com ...
“We at the British Empire insist on civility from all of our subjects”
Any comment from Daniel Greenfield on this snub?
I’d pay hard-earned money to go to a conference that had both of these folks presenting!
I blew off CPAC as a viable conservative venue after watching the McCain post primary debacle unfold there in 2008. About the only thing left worthy to watch are a select few conservative speakers, such as Palin, Cruz and West.
Isn’t Cardenas a pro-amnesty fraud? I distinctly remember him backing Romney early and having some really liberal viewpoints.
Just because you call yourself a conservative...or you give enough money to buy yourself a position a power doesn’t make you a conservative.
I’d pay hard-earned money to go to a conference that had both of these folks presenting!
I hesitate to comment or people are gonna start saying I'm Greenfield again, but I'd be surprised if there is not something about this in this week's Friday Roundup and/or at Frontpage.com.
Concerning the conference idea, Daniel has mentioned before he's a writer, and while does do some live appearances, I think is not real comfortable in that setting.
Appreciate it.
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