You mean like the Washington Generals?
Posted on 07/26/2013 10:08:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that the Justice Department will seek to recapture Texas and return it to federal oversight for approval of all election law changes such as photo voter identification. Holder’s move comes after the Supreme Court in June freed Texas and other states from the requirement that all state election laws be approved in Washington, D.C. Holder’s move prompted outrage from Texas Senators Ted Cruz, John Cornyn and Governor Rick Perry.
The three should also be angry with the Republican National Committee. PJ Tatler has learned that staff at the RNC have been spending RNC donations plotting to do exactly what Eric Holder is seeking to do – return Texas and other states to federal oversight.
According to RNC sources frustrated with the race-based effort, paid RNC consultant Tom Hofeller (thofeller@rnchq.org) is spending RNC donations to develop race-based criteria to grab Texas and other states and place them back into federal receivership. The sources tell Tatler that nearly all of the members of the actual committee have been kept in the dark about this effort, and no mention is ever made in RNC fundraising efforts — for good reason, because GOP donors would be furious.
Hofeller, a long-time RNC consultant on redistricting, has devised ways to force several states back into federal receivership by amending the Voting Rights Act to grab states and force them to obtain Washington, D.C. approval. He is hopeful that Congressional Republicans will use his RNC-generated ideas to accomplish this goal.
So far, the Republicans in Congress have shown more sense than the Republicans paid by the RNC, and are cool to the idea of returning states to federal receivership.
According to congressional sources, Hofeller has also been misrepresenting the importance of the law struck down by the Supreme Court. Hofeller has told Hill sources the federal election oversight law is essential to elect Republicans, something most Republicans on the Hill no longer believe is true. Hofeller has spread this message while being paid by the RNC.
RNC fundraising is down this year. If the rank and file learn that donations are being used to place states back under Eric Holder’s boot, to attack voter ID, and pay race-obsessed consultants like Hofeller, expect RNC fundraising to suffer further. Why should donors pay the RNC to help Eric Holder attack Texas?
The bigger question: why is the RNC paying anyone like Tom Hofeller one red cent to do something that the overwhelming majority of Republicans oppose?
Because they know better than you do...
Because the RNC is now the DNC in sheep's clothing - wearing RINO horns for good measure.
That is no compliment.
If you have been betrayed and abandoned... it's 'every man for himself'.
“The bigger question: why is the RNC paying anyone like Tom Hofeller one red cent to do something that the overwhelming majority of Republicans oppose?”
Because the gop wing of the uniparty isn’t any different from the ‘rat wing of the uniparty.
It’s a big club, and conservatives aren’t part of it.
Well it’s not like we didn’t already know that the RNC had been infiltrated by traitors and democrat communists for the past 50 years.
Any body who has not been aware of this problem has either been comatose or just plain stupid.
“If you have been betrayed and abandoned... it’s ‘every man for himself’.”
Naaah. Not really. It just means you need to make new associations with like minded people. Anyone who is being “betrayed” by the rnc at this point is either completely asleep or complicit.
WTH?!?!?!??
What is going on here? I’m dying to hear the pr explanation fron the GOP and then the real one..
The RNC is another arm of the DNC
Someone forgot to tell them that they are supposed to PRETEND to be the opposition party
I guess anything I say won’t count since I wouldn’t send the RNC one bent nickel.
Rove.
“Right... but a great many people who have been lying to themselves and who liked calling themselves Republicans for so long are going to have to FINALLY admit that the GOP does not represent them now and has not represented their interests for a very long time..”
Denial isn’t a river in egypt.
Yeah, there are still some conservatives who more readily identify themselves as republicans than as conservatives, but their numbers are dropping all the time. The red vs blue thing is just a diversion to distract attention from the things that matter. Nothing more than divide and conquer writ large.
The RNC is calling me lately Ive been avoiding the calls if I answer I plan to say no more from me until I am sure the GOP does not allow any form of amnesty, and now they are giving me more reasons.
Hmm ...
UPDATE: RNC Communications Director Sean Spicer denies this report in totality:
“There is literally not one piece of its that is in any way even close to being factual or true. The RNC is demanding a full retraction and apology.”
“Someone forgot to tell them that they are supposed to PRETEND to be the opposition party.”
Yep. Appearances need to be kept up. Red team good, blue team bad. QUICK! LOOK OVER THERE!
vaudine
Well... the sooner the $$$ pipeline to the GOP is choked off, the better!
The ambiguity will certainly diminish THEN... can’t wait!! :)
You mean like the Washington Generals?
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