Update: Talking The RNC and Politics On Freedom Radio at 8 PM
Update: Current Chairman Michael Steele will announce his decision on whether to run again, or not, on a conference call with committee members tomorrow evening according to the New York Times.
Via Free Republic. Here's the blog for the show. I should be on about 8:15 PM ET.
Yesterday, I was initially asked to discuss this RNC chair blog post at Big Government on Fox and Friends this AM, but the segment was cancelled. Nice guy, though, the producer, hopefully that, or another good topic, will come up in the future.
Diana West and Dan Riehl 8 PM Eastern, Sunday, December 12.
Washington Times columnist Diana West writes a weekly commentary column for Newspaper Enterprise Association. A conservative with a strong bent for cultural commentary, Diana West explores topics few writers touch upon ,"Not that I haven't been known to do a few of those, but I do strive to slip in a few zingers. In other words, mine is not a who's up, who's down Beltway column; nor is it just another take on the Big Story-of-the-Week. Instead, I am fascinated by the culture stories, the ones that reveal who we are as a people."
It’s a bit of a stretch to call something sponsored by FreedomWorks “grassroots-focused.”
barfo, the one trick pony. Fool of the interwebs.
let me guess barfo, soros paid you to type that.
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as for michael steele…63 house seats, 6 senate seats.
most successful rnc chair, ever.
If his success lies chiefly in getting out of the way of the dem collapse, it still counts.
mark l. -
Remember, Soros doesn’t need to pay anyone…he is ‘the puppet master’.
I’m sure you couldn’t have missed Glenn Beck’s shocking expose of this?
(And by that yardstick, tell us what is Charles Koch paying these days?)
I agree that it seems odd that Repubs would at this time make moves that show them as fractured.
But as with the Dems, it ain’t the outside attacks that bring you down…it’s the in-fighting.
So as Bush would say, bring it on…
“tell us what is Charles Koch paying these days?”
not enough to read salvage.
any resource on how involved the koch brothers really are?
The wiki entry on their foundations offers that they gave a whopping 1.8 million to politcal candidates in 2008.
forgive me for not bothering to look at how much soros has pumped into (losing candidates), but his ‘political philanthropy’ certainly is tenfold the amount, at minimum.
this is the wierdness of the argument…
the dems discover the equivalent of political jay-walking, while soros is out there pulling off car-jackings.
just curious mike…do you think scale is relevant? in all honesty, my dad recently got snookered into giving money to larouche people, he is a sucker for hot chicks…
as for the rich who give their money away, soros or koch brothers, for political, I tend to be rather agnostic. Strong correlations between financial funding and candidate victories are hardly a cause and effect occurrence.
I could expect michael bloomberg to pour 3 times as much as perot into 2012, and would be shocked to see him garner 1/3 the support that perot got. If soros wants to pump ALL his money into telling americans how we should emulate the european model of social spending, against the backdrop of the european collapse, he might pick up 50k new voters.
“But as with the Dems, it ain’t the outside attacks that bring you down…it’s the in-fighting.”
strong disagreement on this point.
gop is trimmed back by the media, which keeps them leashed up, short of jumping off a political cliff.
dems are given the ‘indulgent parent’ treatment by the media, until they crack up the car in the public square.
‘any resource on how involved the koch brothers really are?’
Well, even if there was…would it matter?
Soros/Koch…the bogey man roles.
I do think think it’s worth considering – as with Dems vs. Repubs – the direct personal benefit to what’s advocated/supported by Soros to that which is by Koch boys.
Its’ like Bill Maher’s crack about whether it should give the Tea Party any pause knowing they want the same thing as billionaires.
I know…class warfare and all that.
But still…
Scale -
I agree. I don’t see much reason to believe either of these guys are ‘puppet masters’ or anything. Just very very rich guys who by flinging the equivalent of a nickle or dime, get to own the room.
But a fool and his money…as they say.
“Soros/Koch…the bogey man roles.”
would it be fair to say that if their former roles, stooge for the nazis versus american businessmen, were reversed, this would all be hunky dory?
soros is just biding his time in exile.
if he ever gets out from under his wrap in europe, he is on the next plane, never to be heard from again in the us.
“But a fool and his money…as they say.”
my precise sentiments. millions of dollars for media matters and their legit respect is zilch. still…the koch bros might get more bang for their buck, at least relative to soros.
i think there is a legitimate conservative movement in search of money, whereas the dems are already standing on the platforms long paid for by several wealthy donors.
at best the koch’s could trim the borders of the the conservative movement, but they will hardly shape it’s grand design.
Well, that is far from a sober assessment.
But that’s what I mean by suggesting it wouldn’t matter what resources or facts were shown.
‘stooge for the nazis’.
Really,now.
I wonder where you got that little tid-bit.
I hear he’s mean to puppies too.
Look up the pay outs from their respective foundations…it speaks volumes.
Though maybe not loud enough to be heard over the fantastical of the Becks of the world.
‘millions of dollars for media matters and their legit respect is zilch. still…the koch bros might get more bang for their buck, at least relative to soros.’
That must explain the hysterical panic over Soros from the right vs. the occasional mention of the Koch bros.
But I guess perception is everything.
ok…he just has a record of finding the most fascist organizations around to aid. Soros has a world view, and the dems come closest to that view.
the tidbit is rather older than beck’s special. I lack beck’s awe of soros, as I do file him under the previous ‘fool and money’ addage. puppet master? rich geezer wanting to be relevant before he dies, rather soon.
“That must explain the hysterical panic over Soros from the right vs. the occasional mention of the Koch bros.”
panic? not really. i didn’t even know who the koch brothers were, and when I saw the ‘scale’ of their involvement, I chuckled.
“occassional mention”? how bout, slapping the word “presidential” in there?
the whole exchange was far more revealing about obama/dems than it was for the koch brothers. getting singled out by a rather creepy admin is a distinct mark of honor. getting under the skin of democrats, at one twentieth the effort or soros…
paper thin skin.
‘stooge for the nazis’.
are you telling me that the consideration that was made…
if soros had this resume and worked for conservative causes…
dems would refrain from lobbing the same grenade? please. I even offerred that he was a ‘stooge’…
web def provides:
“2. One who allows oneself to be used for another’s profit or advantage; a puppet.
3. Slang A stool pigeon.”
this term was not randomly chosen. it fairly depicts his role in aiding the nazis.
I understand your wanting to walk back from that ‘stooge’ comment a little.
And I don’t really accept that Beck’s much publicized and criticized airing of these charges weren’t the inspiration behind the remark.
But I also understand your not wanting to appear Beck-ian.
But remind me, isn’t it Soros’ political views you take issue with?
That’s what it is for me with the Koch brothers.
Which is why I don’t mention the rumor that Charles Koch was once ‘a Jewish boy helping send the Jews to the death camps’.