Orly and Gary Kreep have been at war for some time. They are joined at the hip in the CA Birther case, Mr. Kreep representing two of the plainitffs, Alan Keyes and Gail Lightfoot, while Orly has the other 30 or 40. Judge Carter has declined to sever the cases, so they are stuck with each other.
Today she's gone all Orly on us with this headline and a link to an interesting video.
WHY IS GARY KREEP TELLING FILMMAKER JOHN ZIEGLER TO LEAVE?
Posted on | October 19, 2009 | No Comments
It seems Western CPAC, at which Mr. Kreep headed up a panel on The Rule of Nebulous Law: Thoughts on the Modern Judiciary this weekend, almost came to blows when John Ziegler attempted to interview ACU head David Keene, and got kicked out of the conference for his trouble. Keene threatened to punch Ziegler. Then cops were called to eject him. Good times!
Video below the fold.
Ziegler was set to appear on Mr. Kreep's panel, but was uninvited by Kreep himself, at Keene's behest.
The rundown, from the rightwing blog Atlas Shrugged:
I have to tip my hat to John Ziegler, who called out conservative has-been American Conservative Union (CPAC) president, David Keene, on his abandonment of conservative principles. It is a beautiful thing -- honest journalism. This is the same David Keene who caved to Grover Norquist's pressure instead of having Geert Wilders speak at CPAC last year -- despite freedom of speech being the bedrock of conservative principles. Keene is tight with Islamist Grover Norquist, which is why Islamic supremacism is never discussed at CPAC anymore. Yes, the head of the conservative movement is a house slave to Grover. We have been infiltrated by the stealth jihad.
Ziegler writes, "to me, now more than ever, the conservative movement must purge itself of those in its 'leadership' who are not worthy of the cause they claim to champion. Over the past year I have begun to suspect that David Keene, the head of the American Conservative Union and the Chairman of CPAC (the largest annual gathering of conservatives) may fit into this category".
Jim is at Western CPAC and writes,
Author, broadcaster and filmmaker (Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted) John Ziegler was kicked out of the Western Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday after his interview with American Conservative Union, David Keene.
After John Ziegler pressed Keane on his reporting on Sarah Palin and the FedEx controversy. According to HotAir the American Conservative Union attempted to get Federal Express to pay millions of dollars to engage the ACU on their behalf over a political fight with UPS on legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill. The Politico also reported on this controversy. David Keane did not want to talk about it yesterday with John Ziegler.
Keane called Ziegler an a-hole and threatened to hit him.
Here's the video. Mr. Kreep appears at 4:44 to uninvite Ziegler from his panel discussion.
1:25
Keene: Get out of my face, turn the microphone off and get out of here,
Ziegler: Why? Why?
Keene: I'm not going to hit you, but I'd like to, because you deserve it.
I don't know what this is about and I don't care. I just love it when they fight amongst themselves, don't you?
UPDATE Okay, here's some background on the controversy.
WSJ - JULY 21, 2009
The July 15 letter signed by Mr. Keene and several other prominent conservatives noted that "FedEx's campaign is designed to capitalize on public sentiment that is angry that hundreds of billions of dollars have been wasted in the name of bailouts. But since UPS is not seeking even one dime of taxpayer money, the campaign is essentially a disinformation campaign and should be stopped."
In response to that letter, FedEx gave the Web site Politico a letter it received, dated June 30 and signed by Dennis Whitfield, the ACU's executive vice president. The letter said Mr. Keene's organization had offered to produce "op-eds and articles written by ACU's Chairman David Keene and/or other members of ACU's board of directors" in support of FedEx's position. In exchange, the group wanted FedEx to pay potentially several million dollars for the group's grass-roots efforts.
The ACU offered to "contact over 150,000 people per state multiple times at a cost of $1.39 per name or $2,147,550 to implement the entire program....If we incorporate the targeted, Senator-personalized radio effort into the plan, you can figure an additional $125,000 on average, per state."
FedEx declined the offer, and company spokesman Maury Lane accused the group of shopping its views to the highest bidder, saying the ACU's actions "defy the principles of integrity. To say that we were surprised would be an understatement."