Dispatches from the Creation Wars

Henke quoted De Pasquale as saying: "Farah asked if he could speak on the issue (birther movement), but that isn't something we're interested in."

Now, remember, De Pasquale never bothered to provide the courtesy of an answer to my private and, I had presumed, confidential letter. But, here she was disclosing it to a guy not pushing the Republican Party in a "conservative" direction, but one who is pushing it in the opposite direction.

Still, I held my tongue - even though CPAC was obviously giving aid and support to a guy actively trying to discredit and boycott one of the group's sponsors.

But, it got worse.

About a week later, she gave another interview to the Los Angeles Times about my public banishment from CPAC, ridiculing not only me but even CPAC's constituency, the people who attend the conferences.

She told the paper I had asked to discuss the eligibility issue, but was turned down.

"It would fill a room," she was quoted by the Times as saying. "But so would a two-headed monkey. There really are so many more important issues, and it's only a three-day conference."

Do you get the picture? CPAC knows the topic would be popular among attendees - maybe even a draw for the conference. In other words, that's the level of contempt she has for the CPAC attendees.

I decided right there and then that WND would no longer sponsor CPAC as long as an arrogant, know-it-all wannabe like De Pasquale was running it. When others confronted De Pasquale on her ill manners, unprofessionalism and condescension, she finally wrote me an e-mail. But it was hardly the letter of apology one might expect under the circumstances. She explained that she was "just answering questions from the media."

But of course, even after taking this bold anti-CPAC stand, Farah still showed up to speak there. Because he's mad as hell and he isn't going to take it anymore -- unless he can get some publicity and attention out of it.

This reminds me of his bold stance against doing anything that might legitimize the Rev. Moon after attending a Moon event in South Korea in the early 90s. He was so appalled by seeing Moon claim to be the true Messiah that he swore on the spot that he would never do anything that might "even, in some small way, lending credibility to his preposterous claims" because he had now seen "just how easy it is to be compromised."

And yet years later, he was still writing a column for a Moon-owned magazine. And still promoting that Moon-owned publication on his website and selling subscriptions to it. And accepting awards from a Moon organization. Because he was so appalled by Moon that it was important to not legitimize him in any way -- unless he could make some money on the deal and get some glory out of it as well.

You're a martyr, Joe.