Posted on 03/29/2010 5:00:29 PM PDT by opentalk
1. Craig Varoga, a longtime Democratic political operative, has formed a group -- known as Patriot Majority PAC -- with the specific goal of keeping tea party candidates out of office.
"Americans need to confront the dangerous ideas of the tea party movement head on, without any fear, before they gain any additional traction in the legislative process or the 2010 elections," said Varoga, who managed former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack's 2008 presidential run.
The idea behind Patriot Majority PAC is to pick 12 to 15 races where tea party-affiliated candidates are running then launch a barrage of television and radio ads (as well as online targeting) to keep them from winning. The funding, according to Varoga, will come entirely from individuals and thanks to a ruling in U.S. District Court last week the group will be able to expressly advocate for the defeat of candidates.
(Varoga also hopes to establish Patriot Majority as a clearinghouse for information -- on the negative side of the ledger -- about the tea party movement. "We are asking all Americans to join us and oppose the extreme tactics of the tea party and the dangerous ideas behind them," he said.)
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
Go for it! Idiots!
The socialists should spend all of their money on the tea party candidate in Nevada. ;O)
They can’t win a fair fight so cheat with a compiant media
Dangerous ideas like protecting the Constitution and defending freedom?
Dangerous ideas... like freedom, lower taxes, domestic energy development, strong national defense, secure borders.... ideas like that?
He has chosen a name that will confuse real patriots. On purpose. What a snake.
The Tea Party has seen the first two stages, it is now in the third phase! This is good news.
You send a couple of fat ass welfare queens to get in my face they better be ready.
yeah...that constitution rag is pretty dangerous, and so are those pro constitution Tea Party Patriots.
I hope they spend their asses off with little or no effect!
“Dangerous ideas...” Ideas like our Founding Fathers had, ideas about liberty, things that scare Democrats.
They’ll spend untill they’re willing to admit that we’re at least as smart as they are.
During the 1990s, Varoga served as communications director to Senator Harry Reid
http://www.facebook.com/people/Craig-Varoga/1098610077
Two Democratic Operatives (and Big Labor) Are Behind The Anti-Teaparty Effort
A seemingly grassroots organization that’s mounted an online campaign to counter the tea party movement is actually the front end of an elaborate scheme that funnels funds — including sizable labor union contributions — through the offices of a prominent Democratic party lawyer.
A Web site popped up in January dedicated to preventing the tea party’s “radical” and “dangerous” ideas from “gaining legislative traction,” targeting GOP candidates in Illinois for the firing squad.
“This movement is a fad,” proclaims TheTeaPartyIsOver.org, which was established by the American Public Policy Center (APPC), a D.C.-based campaign shop that few people have ever heard of.
But a close look reveals the APPC’s place in a complex network of money flowing from the mountainous coffers of the country’s biggest labor unions into political slush funds for Democratic activists.
Here’s how it works: What appears like a local groundswell is in fact the creation of two men — Craig Varoga and George Rakis, Democratic Party strategists who have set up a number of so-called 527 groups, the non-profit election organizations that hammer on contentious issues (think Swift Boats, for example).
Varoga and Rakis keep a central mailing address in Washington, pulling in soft money contributions from unions and other well-padded sources to engage in what amounts to a legal laundering system. The money — tens of millions of dollars — gets circulated around to different states by the 527s, which pay for TV ads, Internet campaigns and lobbyist salaries, all while keeping the hands of the unions clean — for the most part.
The system helps hide the true sources of funding, giving the appearance of locally bred opposition in states from Oklahoma to New Jersey, or in the case of the Tea Party Web site, in Illinois.
And this whitewash is entirely legal, say election law experts, who told FoxNews.com that this arrangement more or less the norm in Washington.
“It’s not illegal but it is, I think, dishonest on the part of the organizations,” said Paul Ryan, a legal counsel at the Campaign Legal Center. “And there’s a reason they do it: they know voters don’t like outsiders coming in to sway the vote.”
Too late.
The funding, according to Varoga, will come entirely from individuals
George Soros right?
Patriot Majority PAC = ACORN retread?
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