The Republican National Committee plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on “fear” of President Barack Obama and a promise to “save the country from trending toward socialism.”
The strategy was detailed in a confidential party fundraising presentation, obtained by POLITICO, which also outlines how “ego-driven” wealthy donors can be tapped with offers of access and “tchochkes.”
The presentation was delivered by RNC Finance Director Rob Bickhart to top donors and fundraisers at a party retreat in Boca Grande, Florida on February 18, a source at the gathering said.
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“What can you sell when you do not have the White House, the House, or the Senate…?” it asks.The answer: “Save the country from trending toward Socialism!”
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The 72-page document was provided to POLITICO by a Democrat, who said a hard copy had been left in the hotel hosting the $2,500-a-head retreat, the Gasparilla Inn & Club. Sources at the event said the presentation was delivered by Bickhart and by the RNC Finance Chairman, Peter Terpeluk, a former ambassador to Luxembourg under President George W. Bush.
Aren’t the Republicans already doing this? Oh wait, I’m thinking of Fox News. Nothing like fresh ideas to invigorate a campaign though, eh?
No different than my former party constantly soliciting donations from me to stop the Republican fascist state. I was bombarded with propaganda on how we need to stop the Patriot Act, unlawful wire tapping and protect our privacy on the internet.
Best money I never spent.
Dvorak,
Where the hell do you find these leftist morons to post for your blog? I take you to be a more rational and skeptical guy when it comes to politics and politicians but the leftist blowhards you let put stories up are frankly ruining this blog, imho. You are becoming the MSNBC of blogs.
1. tchotchke – (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman
2. tchotchke – (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
There ya go. The repugnants are up to their old disgusting power trips. Sex for access. I’ll bet its being run out of that “special” church of theirs too.
Nothing changes.
#3
Interesting you would think the minority party that controls nothing in DC is on a power trip. But we all know that the dems NEVER politic like this. The Republicans should be as ethical and transparent as Obama and Rangel right?
Liberalism is absolutely a mental disorder.
This is hilarious! The Democratic Party is the undisputed champion when it comes to using the tactic of fear as propaganda. To cry foul when this trademark maneuver is used against them is the joke of the century.
It must be torment for the Obamaites when the fear tactic and truth in advertising look so much alike.
#2 & #4 The Warden
The point of this post is to illustrate just how totally bereft of ideas the Republicans are. Basing a scare campaign on so called ‘socialist’ Democrats, who do nothing but siphon taxpayer money to the rich via bailouts and scams? There is NOTHING socialist about the Dems. They just pay lip service to the left because they know they have nowhere else to go. The Obama administration are straight up corporatist crooks, just like the Republicans. The only difference is the people they market to, and judging by this document the Republican’s regard their base as a bunch of morons.
No surprise here.
Karl Rove mastered the art of fear to herd sheep and will always factor in as the primary GOP election strategy.
The Dems have never found a good fear counter strategy. When Bush was taking away our Constitutional rights, the GOP fought back with “security and safety” trumped freedom.
Roosevelt declared “we have nothing to fear but fear itself”. How right he was.
I always have to laugh when US politicians and pundits use the word “socialism” in connection with anything that goes in that country…
…as if they knew what it meant XD
Honeyman,
You have no understanding of politics and how money is raised by parties from their base. If you did, you’d not have proved your ignorance as demonstrated by your post to me.
#4–Warden–in context ((you do know what a “context” is I hope===but from what you post I would have to think not)) the repugs are on a power trip based on spreading fear amount the idiot red based fundamental rightwingnut base AND in capturing political donations from that base and from large corporations seeking welfare.
You are SO transparent. You don’t have to “control Washington” in order to be on a power trip.
How silly you are. Even Dr Dootie Pants is having trouble keeping up with you, although he is giving it the good college wash out try.
#9–Warden==are you going to respond to Honeyman or not?
#7-Dallas-Roosevelt declared “we have nothing to fear but fear itself”.
Except of course Roosevelt himself.
If he wanted to be really truthful with the people he would have said, “We have nothing to fear but my wife. I mean have you seen the mugg on that puppy? Oh God, she just never shuts up! I’m gonna have to die to get away from that awful whining.”
OK, maybe he was better off lying like he did. It’s not like he could have out run her.
Actually he is right. Neither party is socialist or conservative. They are moderates… only interested in staying in power and expanding their portfolio. America would never actually elect a “true” conservative or liberal nut.
2nd, liberalism is no more a mental illness than conservatism is. If you don’t believe me. Simply look at a list of values that makes one a conservative. They are just as pathetic as what makes one a liberal.
Finally, they are all pretty much moderates. Yes, that even includes the likes of Palin, Beck and Gore. If you want to try your hand at real socialism or fascism… you will simply have to move to another country.
A polsci 101 course at your local community college could have told you as much. Of course that would require reading actual books and not listening to political pundits seeking career advancements and a base in order to get rich off from.
And Harry Truman said “A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.”
Remember “Medi-scare”? Demoncrats trying to frighten old people into voting for a Demoncrat because the Republican party was going to take away their Medicare? Demoncrats INVENTED using fear tactics.
People seem to have a short memory.
I say: Vot’em all out and right into the ditch!
Media scare tactics go back long before the Democrats or Republicans even existed. They just used a different medium to get their message out in those days.
Also… stop with the play on words. “Demoncrats” and “Repugs”… it makes you look uneducated.
As for voting the Democrats and Republicans out of office. They would pretty much throw the equilibrium of this country out of balance. If you want a civil war, get the f*ck out of my country. I am not dying for cheap political theater.
If there is one message to be learned in politics, there will only be two political parties in American politics. This is the way our system was designed.
There simply is no leverage for a third party. Unless it was to replace one of the major two. This of course is impossible (at the moment) because it is a “game” and, or “professional theater” and they will protect each other from an outsider just as much detest each other in “public.”
A third party system could emerge that had a chance, but it would have to be a very moderate party with the proper funding, media connections and corporate sponsorship. In other words, it would have to be as corrupt as the two that are currently in power.
The truth as an America is you simply have to pick one of the two and pretend they are your home team and there really is a championship. Which there are, if you consider small political gains to the left or right to be important… overall true change… no.
At the end of the day, however, we have to realize that the left and right is mostly an illusion (except for small pockets of ideological driven people)who are simply used by their party for reelection and fund raising.
Is socialism suppose to be worse than corporate communism?
#17 I think for a lot of Republicans the answer is yes, specifically the fundamentalist Christians. They are brought up all their lives that the most important aspect of their life is their religious life, in which they are told to bow down and submit their lives 100% to a (hopefully benevolent) dictator, i.e. God. Given that, I think that many of them are actually uncomfortable with a democracy in the political aspect of their lives, and deep down they’d prefer a dictator in that aspect of their lives too.
Socialism is rule by “the people” and “corporate communism” aka fascism is rule by “The Man”. They’ve been taught all their lives that the people must submit themselves to The Man. Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, etc.
Eh, it’s just a theory, but I’ve met enough fundies who are suspicious of independent thinking to believe it.
A rose by any other name…
technically what we have here is fascism if it makes that jack boot on your neck feel any less onerous.
Shocking. Like the party of “NO” has some measurable degree of values.
They value their diminishing standing in a reasonably truthful America.
The trouble is the collective intelligence of this fading party could not
fill a peanut shell, but it works for that phony Michael Steele and fills
the coffers with cash from suckers like the very angry and very scared
posters here.