Posted on 11/20/2015 12:46:06 PM PST by RoosterRedux
A well-connected GOP operative alarmed by the enduring strength of Republican Donald Trump's presidential bid is planning a "guerrilla campaign" backed by secret donors to knock him out of the race.
Liz Mair, former online communications director of the Republican National Committee, recently created Trump Card LLC to "defeat and destroy" the celebrity businessman's candidacy, according to a memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal.
"In the absence of our efforts, Trump is exceedingly unlikely to implode or be forced out of the race," the Trump Card memo says. "The stark reality is that unless something dramatic and unconventional is done, Trump will be the Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton will become president."
An increasing number of Republicans are concerned that Mr. Trump's inflammatory rhetoric about different minority groups, including Hispanics and Muslims, are damaging the party's image and will undermine efforts to reach a broader electorate in a general election. Expectations that his campaign would fizzle out have been dashed as he has remained atop the polls since the summer.
The anti-Trump crusade aims to unite contributors who are backing a variety of the Republican primary candidates, Ms. Mair said. Opposition research, grass roots organizing and donor outreach has been going on for weeks, Ms. Mair said, while declining to name any supporters.
"It"s loosely organized and highly confidential," said Ms. Mair. "I certainly know donors who are very happy that their fingerprints will be kept off things."
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Liz Mair worked for Walker briefly, had to leave quickly because she was outed as a Cheap Labor Express operative, hurting Walker’s stealth amnesty campaign.
The point is not to defeat Hillary or elect Yeb!, the point is to prevent us from electing anyone who would stop The Cheap Labor Express.
Words mean things. Words lie “No matter what” for example.
But will any of the cancervatives admit they were wrong? Nope. They will go vote for ANYTHING with an R on it then come here crying about how that awful Obama destroyed everything.
Never once admitting their precious lesser evils paved the road for him with garbage like this.
http://www.redstate.com/2015/03/17/dear-scottwalker-liz-mair-is-a-friend-of-mine/
Dear @ScottWalker, Liz Mair Is a Friend of Mine
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | March 17th, 2015
http://www.p2012.org/chrnprec/pawlentyorgprec.html
Key People-Gov. Tim Pawlenty
Freedom First PAC, St. Paul, MN ...formed Oct. 2009
Oct. 2009 through March 21, 2011
Online Communications Outreach Liz Mair and Patrick Hynes of Hynes Communications
(announced Oct. 1, 2009) Hynes Communications
Mair - Online communications director at the Republican National Committee in 2008. Lived in the United Kingdom for ten years where she earned an M.A. in international relations from the University of St. Andrews, attended law school, and practiced corporate law in the London for three years. Born and raised in Seattle, WA.
Hynes - President of the firm. Online outreach consultant for Sen. John McCainâs 2008 campaign. Experience also includes account executive with the consulting firm Marsh Copsey + Scott. Author of In Defense of the Religious Right (Nelson Current).
http://www.lizmair.com/biography.php
A libertarian Republican and Arsenal FC fan, Liz served as Online Communications Director at the Republican National Committee during 2008, where she led an aggressive and groundbreaking online media outreach effort aimed at electing John McCain, Sarah Palin and Republicans across the country. During the 2010 cycle, she advised Carly Fiorina on online communications. She also consulted for Gov. Rick Perry during his presidential run.
...
March, 4th 2009
I still love John McCain and think he’s awesome
- Liz Mair
intelius.com
Elizabeth A Mair , age 48
Waunakee, WI
Poynette, WI
Washington, DC
De Forest, WI
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Republican National Committee
Republican Liberty Caucus
New Media Strategies
Hynes Communications LLC
DCI Group L.L.C
MAIR Strategies LLC
University of St. Andrews
Debbie Mair
Seth Mair
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Related??
(no link)
BANKRUPTCIES
Wisconsin State Journal (WI) (Published as Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)) - September 24, 1998
Edition: AllSection: Business ThursdayPage: 6F
Dane County bankruptcies from July 24 and 30
Chapter 7, Elizabeth A. Mair, 201 (Reigstad) St., DeForest.
Quite a history!
How did she get along with Palin? . Does Sarah have the goods on her?
Mair generally supports Palin, perhaps because Mair “loves” McCain.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/06/this-is-how-you-beat-donald-trump.html
ENDGAME 09.06.15
This Is How You Beat Donald Trump
Liz Mair
Interesting article...
http://spectator.org/articles/62186/gop-consultants-become-campaign-issue
GOP CONSULTANTS BECOME CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Controversial hires dog Bush, Walker, Perry, and Paul.
By Jeffrey Lord - 3.26.15
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has hired Steve Schmidt, the ex-McCain campaign guy, who a while back took to the set of NBCâs Meet the Press to say:
âOur elected leaders are scared to death of the conservative entertainment complex, the shrill and divisive voices that are bombastic and broadcasting out into the homes.
âAnd then when you look at the demographics, who is Rush Limbaugh talking to? He is talking to a demographic thatâs white, 65 plus, and rural. Itâs not what the country looks like anymore.â
(snip)
Schmidt wasnât the only one going after Rush, either. Jeb Bush has signed on longtime GOP consultant Mike Murphy. Murphy too has been unable to resist the temptation to show up on Meet the Press and trash Rush. Said Murphy:
âThe biggest problem that Romney had was the Republican primary, Thatâs whatâs driving the Republican brand right now to a disaster, and weâve got to get, kind of, a party view of America thatâs not right out of Rush Limbaughâs dream journal. Weâve got to look at reality.â
(snip)
The real lesson in the Liz Mair affair is that Ms. Mair may be the first consultant this year to get pitched by a GOP candidate for her views but she will not be the last. The Mair episode opens a new chapter in GOP politics in which the choice of ârented strangersâ by a candidateâs campaign will be seen as more than a sign of professional wisdom because of the consultantâs area of expertise. Consultants themselves will now become potential issues all by themselves. Every word a consultant has ever said, written, or tweeted will be examined with an eye to what the candidate in question really believes. And, even more to the point, the choice of consultants will be seen as how that candidate would staff and run the White House and rest of the federal government if elected.
The idea that the expressed views of a Republican consultant on any issue of the day somehow doesnât represent the candidateâs point of view is now dead as the proverbial door nail.
Welcome to the new world, consultants. You created it.
ps. Has Mair consulted on any WINNING major campaigns?
Trump by a landslide over the criminal America-hating, constitution hating, marxist/fascist totalitarian control freak felon Hillary Clinton!!
Go, Trump, GO!!
Not gonna work.
This is some video of here on MSNBC snarking Trump and showing off her linebacker neck, starting at 2:15:
I did a Twitter war with her and then mined and retweeted her old Tweets for some of her past Trump comments. Made sure to retweet all the positive ones she made (surprisingly found a few mixed in among the snark and comments about his hair).
https://twitter.com/JediJones77/with_replies
Also found an article where she outlined her whole “how to defeat Trump” strategy. She said in a Tweet that her “numbers” tell her to keep attacking him on socialized medicine support. She keeps insisting he currently supports “single payer” health care.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/06/this-is-how-you-beat-donald-trump.html
I’ve always had Trump #2 behind Cruz. Usually on other sites I defend Trump against libs and RINOs. But I’ll always defend Cruz from Trump supporters and try to sway Trump supporters over to Cruz if possible. I’ll always defend Trump from attacks from his left even though I’ll attack him from the right sometimes.
She is pro-gay RINO who worked for Walker campaign tho I think Walker got rid of her due to the outcry of his conservative base.
Sheesh. She makes me embarrassed to say I ever was a Republican.
Whether one likes Trump or not, this is disgusting. Shame on her and her funding sources for stooping to such low-brow tactics!!!
These dickweeds arenât afraid Trump will lose to Hillary, theyâre afraid heâll beat her.
“It”s loosely organized and highly confidential,”.
So much so that it’s being discussed on the Internet.
Check out these Liz Mair/guerrilla Trump attack tweets. (h/t Despot of the Delta)
Interesting that Lou Dobbs mentioned (h/t RitaOK) the Koch’s are involved (if I understood your post correctly) as well as ‘others’.....
Thanks, JJ. Great find.
I know you are a Cruz supporter, and I appreciate you calling out these lowlife smear jockeys for the hit pieces they’re putting out about Trump.
<<< The first rule of Guerrilla Campaign is donât tell anyone about Guerrilla Campaign! >>>
While you certainly DO have a point, it seems the “gorilla” word describes the secret funders that are unknown because this is an LLC, and not a PAC.
This way I’m sure they can take Democrat war chest money, Clinton Foundation money, Soros money, foreign money, UNIVISION money, etc.,
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