However edifying this year’s CPAC gathering will be for attendees, its organizers have provided plenty of entertainment value to the public in the run-up to the event. Who will appear — Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and Dr. Ben Carson, for example — hasn’t caused as much of a stir as who won’t be in attendance. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn’t invited, GOProud has been excluded, and today Pamela Geller of the American Freedom Defense Initiative announced that her application to speak has been ignored.
https://twitter.com/Atlasshrugs/status/307903395350581248
Geller, who recently won a court battle to have her pro-Israel, anti-jihad posters displayed in New York and Washington, D.C., train stations, suggests in a blog post that her articles criticizing American Conservative Union board member Grover Norquist have made her persona non grata at CPAC despite a record of standing-room-only appearances.
https://twitter.com/politicsofamy/status/307766505435697152
https://twitter.com/m_mcaulay/status/307693752531681280
https://twitter.com/NWConserOutpost/status/307964915434536961
CPAC's wrong about this… http://t.co/fQdo5xe8nL
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) March 2, 2013
Looks like open-borders, soft on jihadi Grover Norquist strikes again. MT @Atlasshrugs CPAC Turns Away Pamela Geller http://t.co/IfnrEP9uRa
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 2, 2013
Those who bemoan "infighting" would rather see GOP sold off to highest foreign bidders than support activists battling to protect US. Shame.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 2, 2013
@michellemalkin amen!
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) March 2, 2013
@michellemalkin I may not agree 100% w/Gellar but to exclude her from CPAC smacks of the influence of a certain board member.
— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) March 2, 2013
Twitchy founder and CEO Malkin offers plenty of background on that “certain board member.”
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Refresher course on Norquist's disturbing prog stances/alliances==> http://t.co/ZZnPKYnRrX
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 2, 2013
If you know young ppl going to CPAC, make sure they know what Grover Norquist stands for & who he stands with ==> http://t.co/YrwQyy8bqk
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 2, 2013
Dear young #CPAC attendees: Pls ask your elders this question ==> Who is Abdurahman Alamoudi? http://t.co/Q6974Bmtud
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 2, 2013
More background on Norquist and Alamoudi. #CPAC http://t.co/4axw7eqER8
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 2, 2013
I'll #standwithpamelageller over Grover Norquist in a heartbeat. How about you? http://t.co/2qwUZpr23B #CPAC
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 2, 2013
Think Progress editor Judd Legum was among those declaring allegiance to #TeamGrover — reason enough to suspect CPAC has made a poor choice in dropping Geller.
Kudos to @CPACnews for deciding not to give a platform to @pamelageller's islamophobia http://t.co/LpRj0SEerv #nohate
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 2, 2013
I'll take Grover RT @michellemalkin: I'll #standwithpamelageller over Grover Norquist in a heartbeat. How about you? http://t.co/fbRaKHBtmD
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 2, 2013
https://twitter.com/_AhadOne/status/307948296851304449
Ha! Apparently Pamela Geller has become too much of a screeching psycho Islamophobe even for #CPAC http://t.co/Vw7rEGoRAz
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) March 2, 2013
Shh… You don’t want people to think you’re an Islamophobe, do you?
Flashback 2007: Cleaning our own house #standwithpamelageller ====> http://t.co/7bwMsWTW1l #CPAC
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 2, 2013
Be prepared: Norquist & Co. play the race card against conservative critics more viciously than the Left ==> http://t.co/Q6974Bmtud
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 2, 2013
Will everyone keep quiet for the sake of party harmony? Let’s hope not.
I hope @sarahpalinusa will speak up at #CPAC about this http://t.co/2qwUZpr23B
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 2, 2013
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