The Andrew Breitbart-Max Blumenthal slugfest continues, as Blumenthal posts a short interview with “Isis,” the woman who took the photograph of Breitbart employee James O’Keefe at the “Race and Conservatism” event in 2006: Isis: O’Keefe “Was There,” Involved In “Execution”.

I followed up with Isis. She told me in no uncertain terms that she had witnessed O’Keefe engaged in the “execution” of the white nationalist event of the Robert Taft Club.

“What I told Weigel and what I told him to quote me as saying, is that O’Keefe was involved the same way you would be involved if you went to a party and you put out the cups and stocked the cooler,” Isis told me. “He was helping Marcus Epstein in the execution of the event so I don’t see what the issue is. It was obvious that he was there supporting the event and was involved in its execution.”

Isis added more about her discussion with Weigel. “I told him the same thing I told you,” she remarked to me. “O’Keefe and Luke Pelican and the Leadership guys helped Epstein because they were friends with Marcus [Epstein], and they are friends with him because they agree with his views on the race stuff. And I told him when O’Keefe got there he was helping Marcus set the event up. Nitpicking over where he sat is bullshit. I mean, enough is enough. They were there; they were helping out with the event and they can’t deny that.”

Isis also told me that Weigel told her that Andrew Breitbart, the right-wing blogger who has had O’Keefe on his payroll, “was acting like a f*cking nutcase.”

UPDATE at 2/5/10 2:49:22 pm:

Here’s an account of the “Race and Conservatism” conference at the hate site American Renaissance (Google cache link): American Renaissance News: Race And Conservatism Debated At The Robert A. Taft Club (No Thanks To The Leadership Institute).

This was not some kind of harmless debate like you might see on Phil Donahue. The event was highly controversial and was nearly canceled, until black conservative Kevin Martin was invited as cover. Other “establishment conservatives” had agreed to attend but backed out when they discovered Jared Taylor was the featured speaker. Quote from the AmRen post:

It’s interesting to note, however, that Taft Club organizer Marcus Epstein said he’d invited several other Establishment conservatives to speak, most of whom initially agreed to come but then backed out when they discovered Jared Taylor would be on the platform.

And there’s a very good reason for that controversy, because Taylor’s views are repugnant.

All of this is straight from the horse’s mouth at American Renaissance, Taylor’s site. So the argument that this was just some innocuous “debate” doesn’t hold water.

(Hat tip: wrenchwench.)

UPDATE at 2/5/10 3:22:47 pm:

A couple more points about the American Renaissance article…

First, it’s clear that they were involved in the organization of this event, along with the far right Robert A. Taft Club. If groups like these are the organizers, why would it be incorrect to refer to this as a “white nationalist conference?”

Second, notice that American Renaissance’s Kevin Carter can barely hide his contempt for black conservative speaker Kevin Martin:

Kevin Martin was the next to speak. He opened by lamenting how difficult it is to be a Republican in the black community. He blamed most of the problems that blacks face on the fact that “self-appointed leaders” like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have conditioned blacks to believe in a culture of victimization that prevents them from ever taking responsibility for their own problems.

Nevertheless, Martin seemed to blame the media for most of the negative stereotypes about blacks. His speech was also full of the usual banalities, such as “we’re all members of one race: the human race,” etc. Nevertheless, Martin should be praised for rejecting the culture of victimhood that he described.

Their differences with Martin stem from the fact that they consider him to be genetically inferior to a white man. That’s why they sneer at his comment that the media are to blame for negative stereotypes — to them, the stereotypes are true and it’s Martin himself who is to blame, because that’s how black people are.

It’s a profoundly sick world view. This is why decent people shun the Jared Taylor crowd.