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RNC Attacks Liberal ‘Haircut Strategy’ as ‘Voter Suppression’
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| By Joel Gehrke October 14, 2014 9:49 AM
| Joel Gehrke
Posted on 10/14/2014 7:41:24 AM PDT by shuck and yall
Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyers super PAC, Next Gen Climate, wants to implement a haircut strategy against Republican campaigns in order to depress conservative turnout.
Our Republican Haircut Strategy a precision focus on a specific harm in target Republican markets we will seek to degrade Republican performance, a memo from Steyers super PAC explains in a memo obtained by Politico that the RNC flagged as a voter suppression tactic.
The election results in many states may be as narrow as a few thousand votes, so we sought to determine whether we could have an impact at the margins of the race by dampening Republican enthusiasm levels, the memo says.
Our opinion research has identified issues potentially relevant to Republican voter enthusiasm that have a common denominator the Republican candidates side with their corporate donors against the tangible interests of Republican voters, it also says.
It is disappointing that liberal billionaire Tom Steyer would rather convince people not to vote at all rather than engage in a real policy debate. Of course, if voters knew he was spending millions of dollars on behalf of Democrats to protect his far-left anti-energy policies, theyd lose, Reince Priebus said in a statement to National Review Online. So I guess he ran out of better options.
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Not only ads, it involves going onto conservative websites to find divisive issues within the Republican camps to suppress turnout. Lets not play into the hands of our enemies
To: BillyBoy
The election results in many states may be as narrow as a few thousand votes, so we sought to determine whether we could have an impact at the margins of the race by dampening Republican enthusiasm levels, So this is the guy who those lib trolls on here are working for.
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posted on
10/14/2014 7:51:09 AM PDT
by
Impy
(Voting democrat out of spite? Then you are America's enemy, like every other rat voter.)
To: Impy
Yep. Steyer is an a$$hat extraordinaire. While he may not be a Kool-Aid drinking member of the Church of Global Warming, he sees it as a wonderful wealth transfer tool to line his pockets.
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posted on
10/14/2014 7:55:48 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: shuck and yall
Effective tactic... a good back-up just in case the crooked electronic voting machines don’t deliver as expected.
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posted on
10/14/2014 7:56:39 AM PDT
by
ArtDodger
To: Vigilanteman; Arthur Wildfire! March; sickoflibs; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; AuH2ORepublican; ...
This guy is currently flying under the radar, sounds like he’s a new Soros, and every bit as dangerous.
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posted on
10/14/2014 7:58:42 AM PDT
by
Impy
(Voting democrat out of spite? Then you are America's enemy, like every other rat voter.)
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posted on
10/14/2014 8:04:22 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: shuck and yall
Just thinking the same thing. By the sounds of it, the strategy may be working on some.
To: shuck and yall
There was an effort last cycle to impersonate conservatives online to suppress conservative contributions and votes. Romney’s abortion support was their favorite issue (because many conservatives legitimately and strongly opposed his positions). There have long been efforts to stir up divisions in the opponents base - its why RINOs who will criticize other Republicans (like McCain) can get so much air time.
It is fair game to highlight issues and positions that the other guy’s voters will disagree with, but it is dishonest to hide under a false flag to manipulate people. So like the left.
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posted on
10/14/2014 8:52:14 AM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: shuck and yall
"Lets not play into the hands of our enemies "
What if our principal enemy is the GOPe?
All Fault lies with the GOP on this. To blame a Commie Billionaire or Conservative voters is missing the mark.
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posted on
10/14/2014 8:57:19 AM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Impy; Vigilanteman; Arthur Wildfire! March; sickoflibs; GOPsterinMA; AuH2ORepublican
You have to expect it.
They’re seeing their little revolution slipping away, so they’re going to step up with whatever they can get away with.
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posted on
10/14/2014 9:24:08 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: shuck and yall
Yeah, well, depressing Republican turnout seems to be part of some FREEPers’ agenda, too.
To: Impy; Vigilanteman; Arthur Wildfire! March; sickoflibs; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; AuH2ORepublican
” This guy is currently flying under the radar, sounds like hes a new Soros, and every bit as dangerous.”
Yep. and we need to expose him.
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posted on
10/14/2014 10:56:53 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
To: SoFloFreeper
Yeah, well, depressing Republican turnout seems to be part of some FREEPers agenda, too. And those that you mention are called trolls.
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:14:49 AM PDT
by
celmak
To: MDspinboyredux
Just thinking the same thing. By the sounds of it, the strategy may be working on some. It sure does, and they are fey, not even realizing they can be paid for their conservative effort to defeat Republicans and elect Democrats.
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:15:20 AM PDT
by
af_vet_1981
(The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
To: stephenjohnbanker; Impy; Vigilanteman; Arthur Wildfire! March; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; ...
From above :”
Our opinion research has identified issues potentially relevant to Republican voter enthusiasm that have a common denominator the Republican candidates side with their corporate donors against the tangible interests of Republican voters, So do Dems, just ask Elizabeth Warren. She is complaining about Obama wrt that.
And the GOPE didn't pass amnesty yet.
This is what I always say that the GOP should do, repress Dems votes.
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:20:29 AM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
To: sickoflibs; Impy; Vigilanteman; Arthur Wildfire! March; NFHale; GOPsterinMA
” This is what I always say that the GOP should do, repress Dems votes. “
Yes, you have been preaching this for years, but the right people ain’t heeding the call.
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:29:03 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
To: shuck and yall
To: stephenjohnbanker; sickoflibs; BillyBoy
We should go troll DU and start whining about how the DNC-E sucks. ;d
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:02:52 PM PDT
by
Impy
(Voting democrat out of spite? Then you are America's enemy, like every other rat voter.)
To: stephenjohnbanker; sickoflibs; Impy; Arthur Wildfire! March; NFHale; fieldmarshaldj
The RATS have a hard time winning without fraud or 3rd party straw candidates running interference for them.
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:20:47 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: shuck and yall
it involves going onto conservative websites to find divisive issues within the Republican camps to suppress turnoutThe GOPE doesn't need help with that, they know exactly how to turn off conservative voters
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:37:15 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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