[cripplecreek]

"Americans need to confront the dangerous ideas of the tea party movement head on

LOL idiots.

[basil]

Go for it! Idiots!

[Man50D]

The socialists should spend all of their money on the tea party candidate in Nevada. ;O)

[Kandy Atz]

Dangerous ideas like protecting the Constitution and defending freedom?

[beethovenfan]

Dangerous ideas... like freedom, lower taxes, domestic energy development, strong national defense, secure borders.... ideas like that?

[Oceander]

Don't misunderestimate these SOBs - they are undoubtedly backed by George Soros' money, and as desperate fascists, will resort to anything and everything to bring down true American patriots. Has anyone started digging into the funding behind this group of fascists, so we can out the big money that's bankrolling this fascism?

[JimWayne]

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they oppose you, and then you win!

The Tea Party has seen the first two stages, it is now in the third phase! This is good news.

[CommieCutter]

You send a couple of fat ass welfare queens to get in my face they better be ready.

[highlander_UW]

Americans need to confront the dangerous ideas of the tea party movement head on...

yeah...that constitution rag is pretty dangerous, and so are those pro constitution Tea Party Patriots.

[pallis]

“Dangerous ideas...” Ideas like our Founding Fathers had, ideas about liberty, things that scare Democrats.

[kcvl]

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.”

http://tinyurl.com/yfpzshv

[SmokingJoe]

“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,”

Too late.

The funding, according to Varoga, will come entirely from individuals

George Soros right?

[justsaynomore]

Patriot Majority PAC = ACORN retread?

[kcvl]

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.

http://tinyurl.com/ygv9akg

[kcvl]

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

[FlingWingFlyer]

Patriot Majority PAC

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.

[kcvl]

Contributions to Patriot Majority are not tax deductible.

[chris_bdba]

Sorry dude but the left is not in the majority nor are they patriots. Very bad name choice for a communist group.

[kcvl]

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

[smokingfrog]

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.