| − | Mattera gave an excellent speech at [[CPAC]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvlL_lDk4ko see video], explaining the need to recapture the youth vote and that he has a book available called ''[[Obama Zombies]]'' by publisher Simon and Schuster. He made national headlines when the [[New York Times]] tried to smear his speech as racist. <ref>[http://bigjournalism.com/jmattera/2010/02/22/the-new-york-times-should-terminate-character-assassin-zernike/ The New York Times Should Terminate Character Assassin Zernike, BigJournalism.com by Jason Mattera, February 22nd, 2010]</ref> <ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2010/02/19/nyt-brooklyn-accent-raaaaacist/ NYT: Brooklyn accent = RAAAAACIST!, MichelleMalkin.com, February 19, 2010]</ref> | + | Mattera gave an excellent speech at [[CPAC]], <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvlL_lDk4ko Mattera At CPAC: This Is Our Woodstock, But Our Women Are Beautiful & We Don't Snort Cocaine]</ref> explaining the need to recapture the youth vote and that he has a book available called ''[[Obama Zombies]]'' by publisher Simon and Schuster. He made national headlines when [[New York Times]] reporter Kate Zernike tried to smear his speech as racist,<ref>[http://bigjournalism.com/jmattera/2010/02/22/the-new-york-times-should-terminate-character-assassin-zernike/ The New York Times Should Terminate Character Assassin Zernike, BigJournalism.com by Jason Mattera, February 22nd, 2010]</ref> <ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2010/02/19/nyt-brooklyn-accent-raaaaacist/ NYT: Brooklyn accent = RAAAAACIST!, MichelleMalkin.com, February 19, 2010]</ref> claiming it sounded like a "Chris Rock" impersonation. Mattera called for her resignation<ref>[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/clay-waters/2010/02/22/kate-zernikes-smear-victim-jason-mattera-calls-her-firing-retraction-ny Kate Zernike's Smear Victim, Jason Mattera, Calls for Her Firing, Retraction From NY Times]</ref><ref>[http://minx.cc:1080/?post=299829 Conservative Author Uses Racist "Chris Rock Voice" to Threaten and Slur Steny Hoyer]</ref> and [[Andrew Breitbart]] talked about the incident at the conference, calling Zernike "a despicable human being". |