Free Republic

Once upon a time, the Bush Crime Family employed perhaps the greatest political dirty trickster of all time — the late Lee Atwater. A quarter-century later, in the dynasty’s death throes, with the family’s fading fortunes riding on a lost soul whose picture you can find in the dictionary next to the phrase, “deer in the headlights,” the Bushes send out a freshman co-ed from St. Anselm’s to take down Donald Trump. What could possibly go wrong? The girl’s name is Lauren Rose Batchelder, and here are a couple of her recent tweets: “@Jeb Bush best boss ever! Go go...

During an appearance at a Jon Huntsman “No Labels” event, a female audience member named Lauren Batchelder played the role of a female antagonist toward candidate Donald Trump. ADVERTISEMENT However, Ms. Batchelder is not just an average audience member. She’s a paid political operative of the GOP and a paid staff member of Team Jeb Bush: NH 6 Within minutes of her scripted performance at the event, the producers of CNN were quickly editing soundbites and framing a narrative. That story was pushed into the media stream within hours. CNN’s Jeanne Moos was the delivery vehicle for the a hit...