Posted on 04/08/2016 12:46:22 PM PDT by SpaceBar
The next time you hear Mark Levin on the radio, or watch Glenn Beck on TV, or read Erick Erickson, RedState.com on the Internet, you might just ask yourself who is paying for the message? And why is it so stridently anti-Trump?
Don’t fool yourself. They’re doing it for the money.
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Follow the Money
The Conservative Tree House blog exposed the financial nexus supporting prominent “conservative” pundits to promote in their media outlets Ted Cruz as the last, best hope to block Trump in Wisconsin, a state considered by the Washington-based GOP establishment as perhaps the last establishment firewall to block Trump from the GOP presidential nomination.
“These financial/media relationships have largely and historically, remained hidden,” a blogger identified simply as “sundance” noted in an article posted on TheConservativeTreeHouse.com on Wednesday. “They have sure never been publicly, clearly, and regularly stated so the consuming audience would know the presentation was fraught with financial conflict.”
$400k for Mark Levin books... (more at link)
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Judas.
“These financial/media relationships have largely and historically, remained hidden,” a blogger identified simply as “sundance” noted in an article posted on TheConservativeTreeHouse.com on Wednesday. “They have sure never been publicly, clearly, and regularly stated so the consuming audience would know the presentation was fraught with financial conflict.”
$400k for Mark Levin books “The Senate Conservatives Fund (PAC) purchasing massive quantities ($400,000) of Mark Levin’s books in exchange for favorable candidacy political opinion. Conveniently hidden by the radio host who avoids mentioning the financial conflict created,” the blog pointed out.
On Jan. 13, Ben Jacobs in an article published by the Daily Beast headlined “Pay to Play?” noted that Politico, in an article that now appears to have been scrubbed from Politico’s website, reported on how the GOP establishment seeks to buy Levin.
The Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF), a “conservative” fund founded by former Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina that backed Cruz in his Senate fight against Obamacare, spent $427,000 to buy copies of radio talk show host Mark Levin’s four-year-old book “Liberty or Tyranny” to distribute to donors – a purchase that should have earned Levin approximately $1 million in royalties.
Despite his many diatribes against Trump broadcast to his national radio audience, Levin hid the fact the son of his fiancé is a full-time staffer for Cruz.
Glenn Beck rolls in cash from Cruz-supporting Super-PAC
GOP establishment political operative David Barton not only runs “Keep the Promise” one of the most prominent pro-Cruz Super-PACs, he also serves as the chairman of Glen Beck’s “Mercury One” charity.
So, the next time you see Glenn Beck on his knees proclaiming that Ted Cruz is the “anointed one,” deemed by God to be president of the United States, you might ask yourself if God also deemed Barton to put at Beck’s disposal the millions in Super-PAC money he can funnel to Beck, so long as Beck continues to sing Ted Cruz’s tune.
Erick Erickson gets $3 million to support “The Resurgent”
Yet even these political whores do not top “conservative” Erick Erickson, founder of RedState.com, who funds his media venture “The Resurgent” with Super-PAC money from the Ricketts family of Wisconsin, big backers of Gov. Scott Walker (who incidentally endorsed Cruz).
Do You Think The So-Called 'Establishment' Has Bought Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Ben Shaprio, and Erick Erickson?
Well, that’s no headline. The GOP establishment has made it quite clear they are funding the stop Trump movement.
What is truly idiotic is the ridiculous conspiracy theories concerning Mark Levin. If you think Mark Levin is part of the establishment, than you have lost all credibility IMHO. Not to mention the dubious sources like the Daily Beast.
Just the same, I have taken a break from his show until a while after the election.
Actually, Sundance has the payment forms on his Last Refuge page.
The man, just like Cruz, who claims to love our Constitution and fights for our Constitution every weekday has sold his soul to the devil. By supporting ineligible Cruz, how can Mark proclaim anything other than he is NOT a Conservative nor an American who loves our country’s Constitution. On the surface, he is no better than Glenn Beck. Just a bit less crazy.
Erikson has a bad case of the wannabes. He’s a marginal broadcaster and shows me little.
I lost respect for Rush when he finally admitted to a secret meeting with chuck schumer over amnesty.
Frankly, IMO he’s not even good enough to have a show in the Atlanta market....he is far, far above his capability and actual intellectual here.
Wait, what? Meeting with Schumer (Rush) is worse than sending political contributions to Schumer so he can be re-elected (Trump)?
Amazon reviews would be the perfect place to add this information.
Go to it folks :-)
Rush tried to hide the fact and got mad at the audience for bringing it up. This was specific to amnesty and not a general meeting.
Trump flunky Roger Stone discovers you can earn $1 million in royalties from $400,000 in book sales. Amazing!
That must be Trumpinomics. You sell a book for $4 and get $10 in profit. Art of the Deal, baby!
I came to this conclusion years ago that they are all charlatans.
I’m sure Rush meets with lots of people he doesn’t tell us about. Republicans and Democrats. So what? At least he doesn’t give money to elect Democrats the way Trump does.
Hypocrite.
That's not what I heard. Rush was mad at the MSM for lying about it. He called it one of thousands of "off-the-record" meetings he has, and included multiple participants. You don't "bring up" off-the-record meetings.
The truth hurts doesn’t it. Do you think Trump has ever met with Democrats and not told us about it? Perhaps just before he gave them thousands to get re-elected?
Admittedly, it's a maze of deception, a web of front groups and LLCs, but anyone can follow the deceit if they try. Though probably not Cruzers, who lemming-like follow "The Raising of the Priest" Glenn Beck and Ted Cruz.
I started to post the link to this thread, but I knew it would do no good. NOT ONE Cruzer on FR would bother to actually GO LOOK and do the research THEMSELVES. They are totally uninformed about the facts related to the candidates, the issues, the campaign. Worse, they are INTENTIONALLY and determinedly so.
Sundance has it documented to a "T".
These same people owe a great debt to Sundance: The Conservative Treehouse did the investigative journalism NO ONE IN MSM would do on the Trayvon Martin case, doing detailed analysis that broke it wide open and showed that the story MSM provided was a lie. Photos, maps, timelines, phone calls---Sundance put it all together.
He did the SAME THING in the case of The Gentle Giant in Ferguson MO, proving it didn't happen as portrayed by MSM. Maps, photos, timelines, first hand accounts, cross-referencing police statements and phone calls---again, the investigative journalism the "journalists" won't do.
Now he's busted the Cruz charade wide open. I'd commented on FR recently, the unanimity, the ubiquitousness of "conservative talk radio" in their uniform agreement, spending hours attacking Trump with over-the-top hate, and hours giving man-kisses to Cruz despite the mountain of evidence that Cruz is not who he says he is. Well, Sundance confirmed what I thought: my conclusion was that only MONEY could make people so uniformly and vociferously be in ONE ACCORD, speaking as ONE VOICE, in abject vituperation of a candidate representing real conservatism, PATRIOTISM, while simultaneously providing cover for the man behind TPA, TPP, massive immigration, the North American Union, etc.
Now, it makes perfect sense. I said then: we learned our idols have feet of clay. Never thought it would happen. Levin? and RUSH??? After all these years with Rush? Sad.
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