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 ...
May 16, 2005
Mike Rice and his partner Craig Varoga, who used to work for Reid, work for NARAL Pro-Choice America and have begun work to collect financial dossiers on judges and justices around the country:
Rice is not just a nosy citizen. He and Craig Varoga, a former aide to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, are partners in a California political consulting firm. Their May 5 petition requested financial information on 30 appellate judges in all but one of the country’s judicial circuits, including nine widely mentioned Supreme Court possibilities. Varoga & Rice’s client: NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Nobody can recall any previous mass request for such disclosures by federal judges. This intelligence raid is financed by the abortion lobby, but it looks to Republicans like a front for Reid and other senators who will consider President Bush’s appointments for Supreme Court nominations.
The thing is, every time the Dems spend money for anything I feel as(though)someone just picked my pocket!
Soros = The secretary of state project (just one example)
It never occurs to them that when you target someone, it's very likely they're going to target you in return, and they might be a better shot than you are.
Craig Varoga is CEO of the public affairs firm Varoga Rice & Shalett...
Varoga traditionally raises money from unions and the Democratic Governors Association, which has contracted Varoga’s firm in the past. Varoga also has a group, Alliance for North Carolina, targeting the Republican candidate for governor in that state. It used to be called Pioneer Majority.
Other Varoga groups include: Bluegrass Freedom Fund (which ran ads to help defeat Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky in 2007); American Alliance for Energy Independence; American Public Policy Committee; American Affordable Health Care; and Midwest Alliance for Better Government (formerly Public Security Now).
Funders:
Patriot Majority: In 2008, $1.2 million from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; $500,000 from the Change to Win labor federation (which is spearheaded by the Service Employees International Union); and $125,000 from the United Food and Commercial Workers union. In 2006, $400,000 from SEIU Local 1199; $250,000 from the Massachusetts Teachers Association; $200,000 from the Democratic Governors Association; $50,000 from Patricia Cornwell of CEI Enterprises.
Patriot Majority West: In 2008, $2.18 million from AFSCME. In 2006, $250,000 from the Democratic Governors Association; $200,000 from Colorado Education Association; $120,000 from AFSCME; $100,000 from SEIU; $25,000 from Tim Gill.
Patriot Majority Midwest: In 2006, $370,000 from the Democratic Governors Association.
Alliance for North Carolina: In 2006, $45,000 from Democratic Governors Association.
Bluegrass Freedom Fund: In 2007, $1 million from William Yung of Columbia Sussex; $640,000 from the Democratic Governors Association, $238,000 from AFSCME.
American Public Policy Committee: In 2008, $60,000 from the Democratic Governors Association.
Midwest Alliance for Better Government: In 2008, $50,000 from AFSCME, $45,000 from the Democratic Governors Association.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94392710
ROTFL!!! They only thing these commies forgot was "Flagwaving". The Flagwaving, Patriot Majority PAC. What a bunch of lowlifes. These bass turds aren't even American and they talk about being "patriots". What scum.
and their “extreme tactics,” like targeting vulnerable Dems for defeat. Which this group is now copying.
In the Scott Brown election, similar groups bought up all the local advertising time to shut out the opposition from even having an opportunity to advertise. The tea party was able to buy in the National market, because it was overlooked.
That reminds me of one of Andrew Jackson’s duels.
He knew his opponent was a better shot was so he let the man beat him to the trigger. The man shot Jackson in the chest. Jackson put his hand over the wound, took careful aim and killed the man.
good post!
So, these two pixies are homosexuals? Or do they mean "partner" like the Lone Ranger and Tonto?
I think they mean business partners.
October 02, 2008
ACORN, Bankers & Now Union Dupes, Patriot Majority For Obama
Craig Varoga (worked on 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election campaign; former communications director to Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) ), now list themselves as Patriot Majority. They ain’t patriots
MIKE RICE: former research director for the California Democratic Party and gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Brown in 1994
http://invinciblearmor.blogspot.com/2008/10/acorn-bankers-now-union-dupes-for.html
Sorry dude but the left is not in the majority nor are they patriots. Very bad name choice for a communist group.
Patriot Majority “527” Contribution Details
1199 SEIU - NY Political Action Fund
New York, NY 10108 $200,000 07/20/2006
1199 SEIU - NYS Political Action Fund
New York, NY 10108 $300,000 06/28/2006-
10/14/2006
AFSCME
Washington, DC 20036 $5,800,000 07/21/2008-
11/13/2008
Aggregate below the Threshold
Washington, DC 20036 $3 06/30/2007
American Affordable Health Care
Washington, DC 20036 $11,874 03/23/2007
Bluegrass Freedom Fund
Washington, DC 20036 $5,000 05/12/2008
Change to Win Political Education
Washington, DC 20036 $500,000 08/28/2008
Communications Workers of America
Washington, DC 20001 $300,000 09/12/2008-
05/28/2009
Democratic Governors’ Association
Washington, DC 20005 $230,000 09/13/2006-
09/25/2006
Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association
Washington, DC 20003 $2,500 10/24/2006-
10/26/2006
DRIVE Committee
Washington, DC 20001 $250,000 09/09/2008-
10/02/2008
Eastern MA Bricklayers People’s Committee
Boston, MA 02129 $2,500 10/11/2006
Heartland PAC
Des Moines, IA 50321 $5,000 10/03/2006
Laborers’ Political League Education Fund
Washington, DC 20006 $35,000 10/20/2006
Local 509 SEIU
Watertown, MA 02472 $10,000 08/31/2006
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Boston, MA 02108 $250,000 08/30/2006
NE Regional Council of Carpenters PAC Fund
South Boston, MA 02127 $50,000 08/23/2006
Oklahoma Freedom Fund
Oklahoma City, OK 73102 $10,469 03/23/2007
Patricia Bauman
Washington, DC 20009 The Bauman Foundation/Directo $25,000 10/17/2008
Patricia Cornwell
New York, NY 10018 CEI Enterprises, Inc/Author $50,000 10/23/2006
Patriot Majority Midwest
Washington, DC 20003 $161,000 09/02/2008-
12/16/2008
Patriot Majority West
Washington, DC 20003 $300,000 09/02/2008
Public Security Now
Washington, DC 20036 $920 04/20/2007
Richardson for Governor
Albuquerque, NM 87102 $10,000 09/21/2006-
10/06/2006
Service Employees International Union
Washington, DC 20036 $770,000 09/19/2008-
09/30/2008
The American Public Policy Committee
Washington, DC 20036 $861 03/23/2007
The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Harrisburg, PA 17101 $6,500 10/31/2008
United Food & Commercial Workers Union, CLC
Washington, DC 20006 $125,000 08/15/2008
http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/527/patriot-majority-fund.asp
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