Al Cardenas

Bozell Statement: ACU's Invite to American Atheists Is More Proof CPAC Is Destroying Conservative Movement
By Brent Bozell | February 25, 2014 | 2:35 PM EST

Editor's Note: What follows is a statement released this afternoon by Media Research Center founder and president Brent Bozell, regarding revelations that the American Conservative Union (ACU) invited militant atheist group American Atheists to host a booth in the exhibit hall of the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

The invitation extended by the ACU, Al Cardenas and CPAC to American Atheists to have a booth is more than an attack on conservative principles. It is an attack on God Himself. American Atheists is an organization devoted to the hatred of God. How on earth could CPAC, or the ACU and its board of directors, and Al Cardenas condone such an atrocity? [statement continues after page break]

CNN's Costello Pesters CPAC Chair About Inclusion of Gay Republicans
By Matt Hadro | March 15, 2013 | 11:30 AM EDT

CNN's Carol Costello spent her entire interview with the CPAC chairman badgering him about the inclusion of gay Republicans in the conference. A few minutes before, Costello had led off the 9 a.m. hour of Newsroom touting GOP Senator Rob Portman (Ohio) and his newfound support for gay marriage.

"Will CPAC ever change its position and allow gay Republicans to sit at the table?" she pressed the chair of the American Conservative Union, Al Cardenas. "Were there gay people included in those panel discussions?" she followed up.

Liberals Dominate 4 to 1 on Meet the Press Panel Praising Obama's Gay Marriage Support
By Kyle Drennen | May 14, 2012 | 1:13 PM EDT

On Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, American Conservative Union president Al Cardenas squared off against a group of left-wing pundits on the subject of President Obama announcing his support for gay marriage. The liberal bloc of guests included MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, and Washington Post columnists Jonathan Capehart and Kathleen Parker. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]

Parker cheered Obama's use of the word "evolving" to describe his flip-flop on gay marriage: "I think that's the perfect word to describe this conversation because the American people are evolving on this issue. And increasingly they're coming on the side of same-sex marriage being the right side of history..."