Carrie Prejean, Miss California 2009 and Runner-Up in the Miss USA Pageant, Fired

Carrie Prejean was fired today from the Miss California USA organization, reportedly for ‘breach of contract’.

My first thought was “breach of contract….sure thing. This is about the gay marriage issue”.

As you may remember, pageant officials and one very nasty little creep by the name of Perez Hilton went completely apeshit when Prejean answered a question (posed by Hilton) about her position on gay marriage by stating that she believes marriage is between a man and a woman. In the ensuing firestorm, one pageant official quit in protest, others publicly denounced Prejean’s position as outrageous, disgusting, and “totally out of touch’ with the spirit of the pageant, etc etc…, all culminating in Donald Trump’s decision on whether or not to keep her on. He did.

Anyway, based on all that, the logical assumption about her firing today would be that it stemmed from the gay marriage thing.

Then I read this transcript of an email exchange between miss Prejean and Miss California director Keith Lewis (Transcript courtesy Fox News):

From: “Keith Lewis”Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 07:19:18 -0700To: Carrie Prejean<cprejeanXXXX>Subject: FW: Messages

Carrie,

The Style Network has asked to schedule a general meeting. Generals in the entertainment field are an opportunity for casting and producing executives to gain a better understanding of a potential talents range and demeanor in order to consider them for future projects. They are done without a specific agenda. I have had great success with my actors who have taken generals and would suggest you give it strong consideration. You never know where it may lead and sometimes they develop entire shows around you. The following days are available to meet with them here in LA. Please let me know as soon as possible if any of them work for you.

Best regards,

Keith Lewis

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From: cprejeanXXXXSent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:38 AMTo: Keith LewisSubject: Re: Messages

What is this for?

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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From: “Keith Lewis”Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 07:43:45 -0700To: <cprejeanXXXX>Subject: RE: Messages

Carrie,

It is for a general meeting – please see the explanation below.

Best regards,

Keith Lewis

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From: cprejeanXXXXSent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:42 AMTo: Keith LewisSubject: Re: Messages

Just as you need details for things so do I. Also nice move trying to make money off of my appearances Also.. Do not try and silence me by saying I do not have a comment about the prop 8 ruling. Maybe you don’t. I do

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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From: “Keith Lewis”Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 07:49:07 -0700To: <cprejeanXXXX>Subject: RE: Messages

Carrie,

I have given you the details completely. Perhaps it is not something you would like to partake in, either way, you can let me know and I will respond to them today.

Best regards,

Keith Lewis

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From: cprejeanXXXXSent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:40 AMTo: Keith LewisSubject: Re: Messages

I expect you to be forwarding me ALL email requests and interview requests to me. I know how you are and its not right if you are selecting things for me. Thanks for your cooperation And fyi I am a presenter of medals at the special olympics in a few weeks for the summer games. So now u know I am doing this and I expect your full support. Also I was asked to fill in for a dj on a local radio show.. Ill be reading from a show biz script monday. I am doing this

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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From: “Keith Lewis”Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 08:01:35 -0700To: <cprejeanXXXX>Subject: RE: Messages

Carrie,

As we have discussed, there is proper protocol and we have not waived our rights in any way to your contract. I am happy to try and facilitate the request. Please forward over the information along with the proper contact and we will try and confirm the appearance right away.

Best regards,

Keith Lewis

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From: cprejeanXXXXSent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:57 AMTo: Keith LewisSubject: Re: Messages

You do not cooperate with me, and you pick and chose the the things YOU want me to do. That is not happening anymore. Stop speaking for me. I have MY own voice. What are u gonna do fire me for volunteering for the special olympics hahaha ur crazy No I am doing this appearance. You do not need details. Its for the SPECIAL OLYMPICS!!! You just need to know I will be doing it alright

You will not facilitate this appearance

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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From: “Keith Lewis”Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:10:25 -0700To: <cprejeanXXXX>Subject: RE: Messages

Carrie,

Although I do not agree with your directive nor is this letter an indication of our intent to waive our contract rights, we do not want to escalate the situation with you. In good faith, we will simply ask that you provide us all of the details so that we can block it in on our master calendar. We would also want to get the contact information should something come up - like you become missing after the event or you are in an accident before the event and need us to reach out for you. It is for your safety and our responsibility.

Best regards,

Keith Lewis

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From: cprejeanXXXX

Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:09 AMTo: Keith LewisSubject: Re: Messages

Ok then I expect you to provide security per my request like you agreed to provide

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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Well….look, I would say this looks bad for miss Prejean…in fact, it makes her look like exactly the type of self-centered prima donna that is the beauty queen stereotype. Judging by the “Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T” at the bottom of each of her messages though, this transcript was obviously captured and leaked/released by the recipient of her messages, which means the entire exchange may well have been a setup by Keith Lewis and the pageant people; whatever the case, you can be sure that Mr Lewis was undoubtedly on his best behavior here.

More importantly though, based on reports from Fox, CNN and others, it seems at this point that the ‘breach of contract’ claim is legit.

I’ve supported Carrie Prejean from day 1, and am really pretty bummed to see the situation take this kind of turn.

-Cnation

In a May 5th Business Insider article, the Obama administration was described  by a Chrysler creditors representative as “the most shocking “end justifies the means” group they have ever encountered”. Obama himself was described by another as “the most dangerous smooth talker on the planet- and I knew Kissinger.” (According to the article, both of these individuals voter for Obama.)

But here’s the thing - all anyone has to do is take the time to really look at what Obama has done already (quadrupled the budget deficit, given the country’s #3 automaker to the UAW, taken control of the 2010 census and enlisted ACORN to help with the count, etc…), what he has on deck (socialized medicine, massive carbon/environmental taxes, amnesty for illegals), and who he has installed or is in the process of installing into key cabinet positions throughout the administration (Hilda Solis, Harold Koh, Janet Napolitano, Gary Locke, Sonia Sotomayer, etc…) and the picture that will emerge is that of our country’s horrifying free fall into socialism under what many - myself included - view as an increasingly fascist regime, and marked by an escalating disregard for the rule of law at national, state and local levels by this administration and its loyalists.

There’s an element of society who now sees this as ‘their time’. It’s no longer about pursuing the American Dream, about taking advantage of the opportunities provided all of us  - by virtue of living in the greatest country in the world - to pull ourselves up and make something of ourselves and our lives. No, it’s now about ’social justice’, about robbing the rich to give to the poor like some sort of half-assed government robin hood, about tearing down those among us who create wealth and prosperity, about attacking industry, and ultimately, the destruction of the free market and our capitalist society

In a Canada Free Press article the other day, Daniel Greenfield wrote “Even now when banks are being nationalized and major automakers turned over to union ownership, it is mainly people over 40 who are even noticing that anything is wrong”. My own observations and experiences in daily life suggest that he is correct. Part of the problem, I think, is that the younger generation lacks any meaningful frame of reference from which to gauge the sweeping changes that are overtaking us and marking our decline. They certainly have no personal experience, and they’re sure as hell not learning about it in school anymore, so where does that leave us?

Just yesterday, a comment posted to an anti-illegal-immigration post of mine from a a week or two ago suggested that I “Go Die!”. The commenter, it turns out, was a 17-year-old girl from Spokane who’s position, I’ll have to assume, is the result of 11-12 years of public education from which love of God and Country have been all but stricken from the curriculum and replaced by “King and King”, “An Inconvenient Truth”, and promotion of ‘diversity’ and ‘multiculturalism’ over American unity and sovereignty.

I’ve invited her back in an attempt at something approaching a discussion, and I hope she returns even though I know she won’t. They never do.

There’s a lot of talk these days about Republicans taking congress in 2010 and possibly even the white house in 2012. Well….that remains to be seen, but there is another wildcard in this whole thing that I don’t see being discussed nearly as much as it needs to be.

The left-leaning demographic in this country is growing by the hour through several means:

1. The public school system, which is overwhelmingly liberal both in the classrooms and at the administrative levels
2. Unchecked illegal immigration
3. Expanding entitlement/handout programs
4. Preferential treatment being given by our White House to unions.

On points 3 & 4, there’s a saying something to the effect of  “A system that robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on Paul’s support”. In Obama’s Amerika, the producers in our country are Peter, while the rapidly-approaching-50-percent of Americans who pay no federal taxes at all are Paul.  Michelle Malkin today has a piece on the SEIU’s influence on the White House that I urge you to read.

On point 2, there is a reason why our borders have not been secured and work site enforcement has been halted. For republicans, it’s been about cheap labor. For democrats, it’s been about votes. For Obama, it’s about establishing a permanent democrat majority.

Which brings us to point 1, and probably the liberal left’s biggest coup, the public educational system.

Ever since we first went into Iraq and tried to train a government, an army, and a police force, my position has been that in order to establish any real stability, we need to stay long enough to educate the next generation of Iraqi children from kindergarten through young adulthood; only then could we be certain that they actually understood democracy enough to run their country, but also - and more importantly - only then could we be sure that they would renounce the ways of Sadaam Hussein and the Baath party.

Why? because he who controls the educational system controls the direction of the country.

We, as conservatives, have dropped the ball in a huge way in the education arena. Liberals own it lock, stock and barrel, and we are seeing first-hand the results: legitimate dissent is seen as ‘hate’, Christians are seen as ‘religious bigots’ (see Carrie Prejean), Americans who believe in the rule of law and the Constitution are viewed as ‘right wing extremists’, capitalism andthe free market system are being seen as ‘bad’, while socialism - although not explicitly being called that, is gradually being embraced.

The educational system is where we need to take the fight. We may or may not take back congress and the white house over the next several years, but even if we do, our victory will be short-lived if we don’t start getting re-involved in education, and I mean right now! It will take at least another generation to unravel the damage done by 40 years of liberal dominance in the schools, and I’m afraid we still haven’t seen the worst of it.

I’m on my lunch break and wrote this very quickly, I hope it makes sense.

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-Cnation

Miss California 2009
Carrie Prejean

This woman continues to blow me away. The strength, courage, poise, integrity, and flat-out refusal to take any shit from anyone is both inspiring and encouraging.

On top of all that, Miss Prejean gets bonus points for unintentionally pulling back the curtain on the disgraceful National Organization for Women, who, to their shame, have been nowhere to be found on this.

Without further adieu, here’s Carrie Prejean’s press conference from today (5/12/2009) where it was announced that she would be allowed to retain her Miss California 2009 title.

If you have a young daughter, have her watch this vid with you and show her what a real role model looks like.

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-Cnation

Alan Duncan - Picture of Tolerance

If I didn’t know better, I’d think this guy was a member of the oh-so-tolerant American liberal left…

British MP (member of parliament) Alan Duncan, appearing on the British television show “”Have I Got News For You” , first called Carrie Prejean a “silly bitch” and then went on to say “If you read that Miss California is murdered you will know it was me“.

“Have I Got News For You” is shot in front of a fairly boisterous and vocal live audience. After Duncan’s ‘murdered’ comment, they all but fell silent. The host and other guests tried to keep it as light as possible, but you could tell they were somewhere between disgusted and mortified.

It’s one thing - almost expected, actually - when some psychotic ruler like Iran’s Ahmadinejad calls for the murder of a person of faith, but when a member of a supposedly civilized goverment does it, it only goes to underscore the unbelievably sorry shape of our world today.

Duncan is one of the first openly gay Conservative Members of Parliament.

Was it a misguided attempt at humor, or was it a case of using using humor as a cover to say something he wouldn’t ordinarily have been able to say? Either way, this hateful moron’s career is o-v-e-r.

Maybe he can find work with Moveon….

Full story and video here…

-Cnation

Carrie Prejean, Patriot

I’m going to beat O’Reilly to the punch on this one:

Miss California, Carrie Prejean, is a patriot.

For the record, I could care less about beauty pageants or the women who participate in them. However, this was something special.

Carrie Prejean is a young woman from San Diego, California, and a contestant in the 2009 Miss USA pageant.

Apparently, at some point during the judging process there’s a question and answer session between the judges and contestants, and Miss Prejean had the misfortune of being asked a loaded question by gay sleazebag gossip columnist Perez Hilton, who we find sticking his agenda - among other things - where it doesn’t belong. Here is their exchange:

Perez Hilton: “Vermont recently became the 4th state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit. Why or why not?”

Prejean: “Well,  I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised and that’s how I think it should be between a man and a woman. Thank you very much.”

Contrary to what the leftie sites are reporting, the crowd cheered wildly. (Youtube link here)

Well, unless you just got off a really slow boat from China, you know where this is going.  Pageant directors were ‘upset’ and ‘offended’. Perez Hilton, in a classic display of liberal tolerance, called Miss Prejean a “dumb bitch”. Not to her face though (displaying, of course, some of that legendary liberal courage…)

Later, Miss Prejean was quoted as saying:

“It did cost me my crown,” Prejean continued. “It is a very touchy subject and [Hilton] is a homosexual, and I see where he was coming from and I see the audience would’ve wanted me to be more politically correct. But I was raised in a way that you can never compromise your beliefs and your opinions for anything.”

“I feel like I won,” she said. “I feel like I’m the winner. I really do.”

That, ladies and gentlemen, is a strong, courageous woman right there. My personal opinion of beauty contests aside, these women work incredibly hard and sacrifice so much of their young lives to the pursuit of the pageant crown. She had to know that her answer would doom her chances before she gave it. But instead of caving in and regurgitating some half-hearted politically-correct answer that may have kept her in the show, she stayed true to her beliefs and gave the only answer she could.

Did her politically-incorrect answer take her out of the running? Probably. But I’ll bet my last dollar that Miss Prejean, like any good person of faith and conviction, will sleep well tonight knowing she did the right thing.

-Cnation

Update: Michelle Malkin reports that not only did Hilton retract his apology (apparently, he apologized sometime today…), but then went on to refer to Miss Prejean as a “c-word”.

What kind of world do we live in when guys like Hilton matter?

-Cnation