Left Follows the Right on Campus Outreach Path

LA Times ^ | 7/24/05 | Cynthia H. Cho

[mathprof]

When Kimberly Teplitzky and Geoff Aung attended the College Republican National Convention in Arlington, Va., last month, they avoided talking about political issues with their fellow conventioneers.

"We didn't want to scare them away," Teplitzky said.

Teplitzky and Aung — who voted for Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) in the 2004 presidential election — are interns at Campus Progress, a new division of the Center for American Progress, a liberal Washington think tank. They were, to say the least, out of place at the GOP event.

"We didn't want to give ourselves away right away," Teplitzky said. "But when they asked, we told them who we were."

The point of going to the convention, she said, was to "see what they are doing, hear what they are saying and to find out what their priorities are."

In short, the two were there to learn from the successes of their political opposites.

Nearly invisible on college campuses a generation ago, conservatives have made a concerted effort over the last three decades to groom students as future political leaders — with considerable success.

Now, liberals have started taking pages from that playbook; Campus Progress was formed in February to, as its website says, "counter the growing influence of right-wing groups" on college campuses.

[snip]

Though Campus Progress admires the conservatives' success, "we don't want to emulate everything they do," Halperin said. "We'll take things that are effective."

[mathprof]

Notice how the young libs needed to use lies and deception to learn.

Also, as far as this goes:

" Keisha Senter, speakers bureau coordinator for Campus Progress, said that progressive student groups didn't always have the money or connections to bring leading progressive speakers to their campuses..."

This is never an issue for them. The administration has very deep pockets for funding far-left speakers. On the other hand the youung conservatives have to foot the bill for the likes of an Ann Coulter.

[JRios1968]

Notice how the young libs needed to use lies and deception to learn.

Then again, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Obviously our side is doing something VERY well.

[untenured]

Left-wing groups already have an influential presence on campus. It's called the faculty.

Why Does the Academy Tilt Left?

[Jaysun]

"We didn't want to scare them away," Teplitzky said.

She forgot incognito leftist rule number one: Drop the Soviet name for something more freedom friendly such as "Henry" or "Smith".

[concerned about politics]

Nearly invisible on college campuses a generation ago, conservatives have made a concerted effort over the last three decades to groom students as future political leaders — with considerable success.

DUH! Liberals will never understand.

It's not the Republicans methods - it's their message.

[concerned about politics]

In short, the two were there to learn from the successes of their political opposites.

Unless they've seen the light and become Conservatives, they haven't learned anything. It went right over their heads.

[ncountylee]

she snagged a big name for the keynote address: Clinton.

Very big with the amoral, bar suspended, impeached, crime coddling, military loathing, defense secret peddling apologist crowd!

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

In short, the two were there to learn from the successes of their political opposites.

[snip]

Though Campus Progress admires the conservatives' success, "we don't want to emulate everything they do," Halperin said. "We'll take things that are effective."

In other words, they didn't learn a thing...

[SteveMcKing]

The vile, decrepit lifestyle of your average Leftist puts them at a natural disadvantage in some ways. But they do have the advantage of being shameless obnoxious loud-mouths who aren't embarrassed to cause a scene and be appeased with political favors, if only to make them shut-up for two seconds.


The Leftist novel "Dog Soldiers" details the inate problem that they face: that their highest ideals are identified by a lack of lifestyle discipline or personal responsibility. The hippies were set to take over the country in the 1970s, but they crashed-and-burned thanks to their own greed for cash and a definitive move into hard drugs like heroin.

What the Left needs to succeed are hacks like Howard Dean: elite, psychotic liberals who keep their own lives clean and successful, yet befriend and exploit the pathetic grass-root losers of their party who they call "democrats".

[doug from upland]

CAP is funded by Soros.

[kcvl]

After invading the College Republican National Convention, two young reporters offer an undercover look at the conservatives of the future, from a progressive point of view.

Kim and Geoff at CRNC

http://www.alternet.org/story/23296/

Besides the homogeneity of Christianly provocative “moral” messaging, the right has great cross-issue unity that is hard to beat for pure political power and leverage. The Leadership Institute is trying to encourage students to start other conservative groups on campus such as right to life or gun groups, but without saying (and sometime with saying) are encouraging these simply as extensions of CR. This will only increase their power by attracting more students who especially interested in just single issues, but ultimately throw them into the larger conservative movement.

[kcvl]

Stories by Kim Teplitzky

Declaring Independence From Dirty Energy

This year's Energy Independence Day may not have had fireworks, but it did cause a bang. Youth in 281 cities across North America staged actions demanding a break from dependence on fossil fuels. And this, they say, is just the beginning.

Posted on Oct 25, 2004

[kcvl]

The Climate Campaign

Coordinator: Kimberly Teplitzky
Email Address: kimt@temple.edu
Phone Number: 267-307-4707 (cell)
School Name: Temple University

[kcvl]

Colleges Mobilize for Energy Independence Day

October 19, 2004

"In 1776, the Forefathers of America came together to declare independence from Britain," said Kim Teplitzky, an organizer of the Philadelphia event. "218 years later, we need modern day politicians to show similar courage, and to lead our country away from its dangerous addiction to dirty energy."

[kcvl]

Energy Action (EA) summit is a coalition of youth and student groups working on energy and climate change, of which SSC is a member. There were a lot of productive talks to come out of this meeting, and I believe we are well prepared to work intelligently with our allies in the student environmental movement. Tremendous props go to Kim Teplitzky on this event. She is the SSC representative at Energy Action and put in lots of work organizing the summit. She will be studying abroad this spring.

I wonder how she will travel abroad? Will she use DIRTY ENERGY?!

[kcvl]

Campus Progress Sudan Action Day

By SocialCapital - Jul 11th, 2005 at 8:09 pm EDT

On July 14 students from across the country will be converging on the Hill to meet with their Representatives and Senators asking them to support critical legislation addressing the genocide happening in Darfur, Sudan as part of an Action Day sponsored by Genocide Intervention Fund and Campus Progress. The day starts with training and issue briefing to educate a broad base of students about the tragedy where 400,000 people have already died, 2 million have been displaced and hundreds more continue to be killed everyday. Then, we will be urging our Representatives to support newly introduced legislation that would address the situation and promise a greater response from the U.S. If you re interested in taking part, e-mail Kim Teplitzky at kteplitzky@americanprogress.org.

Trainings 9:30-12 at Georgetown Law
Appointments on the Hill 1-5

Additionally, the Be A Witness campaign just launched urging mainstream TV media to be a witness to the tragedy that has largely been ignored while Tom Cruise has dominated the airwaves. If you can t make it to the Hill, check out www.BeAWitness.org to e-mail the networks and learn more about the abhorrent job they ve done covering real news.

Posted by Kim Teplitzky

[kcvl]

[PhillyPissedOffVoters] Re: meeting help

Renee Gilinger
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:58:50 -0700
hey - you can almost always use the young voter alliance office. just let me know - renee

Darian Anthony Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Actually, Kim, what we need is someone who can both organize meetings
(space, time), and send out the announcement. Someone other than just me,
because sometimes I'm busy, sick, etc.

We can still use the space here in Center City at 1800 JFK 5th Fl.
(Solutions For Progress - my employer). Or whereever, doesn't matter to
me, but if we were to change locations, we should put it to the list first.

Up for it?

Earlier this summer we had a Steering Committee, but then everyone in the
steering committee couldn't do it anymore, except for me. So here we
are. I'd very much like to revive the steering committee.

I hope you don't mind, I cc'ed the list on this as well.

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:14:29 -0400, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> hey darian,
> i can host a meeting at my place next thurs at 9 if you
> want. let me know if this helps! i live at 2424 poplar.
>
> kim teplitzky

[kcvl]

Kim Teplitzky, a journalism student at Temple University, commented that she hopes to get a better connection with her Jewish identity and to use it to promote awareness. Students have a chance to understand Judaism outside what they gained from their own family, she noted, and to network with others who have much in common.

[kcvl]

Students for Environmental Action at Temple University plan to have a resolution pass through their student government supporting the group's immediate goal of a wind energy purchase equaling 12 percent of the university's electricity usage. On April 1, the group will be announcing this and expecting a response from the president addressing the student demand. They will be handing out fact sheets and other attention grabbers such as condoms that say, "Keep it Clean!" in order to generate a high level of student attention and support. "We hope the administration on all levels will realize how serious we are and how much the students support this campaign. They must start making more long sighted decisions that support a healthy and clean environment for all people." - Kim Teplitzky (Students for Environmental Action)

[MarkL]

It just never occurs to them that the problems they're having are based on the ideals they espouse. Since they hold their own ideals to be "the right way to think," and they believe that the conservatives are at best wrong (or in some cases, just plain evil), they can only come to the conclusion that there's something wrong with the way they're presenting "the message." Too bad they don't realize that it's the message that's "keeping them away in droves." On the other hand, maybe it's not a bad thing.

Mark