Thu Nov 29, 2012, 09:44 PM

TomCADem (6,371 posts)

Conservative activist threatens to steer donors from RNC if GOP raises taxes

Source: The Hill

Brent Bozell, a prominent conservative activist and fundraiser, is threatening to steer donors away from the Republican Party if GOP lawmakers sign a deal to raise taxes.

Bozell sent a letter to Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus on Wednesday pledging to make it his mission to counsel conservative donors to shun the party if its leaders in Congress agree to raise taxes.

Bozell, the chairman of ForAmerica Inc., has been active in conservative political circles for three decades and estimates he has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for “an alphabet soup of conservative causes.”

“Reince, it pains me to say this, but if the Republican Party breaks its word to the American people and goes along with President Obama with tax increases, it will have betrayed conservatives for the final time,” Bozell wrote.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/270017-conservative-activist-threatens-to-steer-donors-away-from-rnc

Grover Norquist corporate backers and fundraisers are bringing down the hammer to enforce Norquist's tax pledge. There is a reason why Republicans are so willing to hold America's credit rating and taxes for 98 percent of Americans hostage. Their constituents are not the American people, but the corporate SuperPacs that support them.

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Conservative activist threatens to steer donors from RNC if GOP raises taxes (Original post)	TomCADem	Nov 2012	OP
Uh.. Yeah, like the $350 million Karl Rove gave them was so helpfull.	W T F	Nov 2012	#1
good on them. may they all fall into the pit.	roguevalley	Nov 2012	#22
+1	burnsei sensei	Dec 2012	#68
GOP=null and void=when your money can't buy what you want and no one is afraid of you, nt	kelliekat44	Nov 2012	#57
good	elleng	Nov 2012	#2
Corruption at its finest, bought and paid for.	pipewrench	Nov 2012	#3
I don't think "corruption" was the word you were looking for.	hughee99	Dec 2012	#61
Seems like a Win-Win to me. . .	Journeyman	Nov 2012	#4
And steer them where? Some productive purpose? Your own pocket?	PSPS	Nov 2012	#5
He seems to think dividing the 47% who voted for Romney will magically produce MORE voters next time	Squinch	Nov 2012	#52
Oh look, It's Norquist the Second	AldoLeopold	Nov 2012	#6
That's okay, Brent. People only like you for your money anyway.	gtar100	Nov 2012	#7
Bluff, fearmongering, bullying, y'know the finer points of the greedy	Iliyah	Nov 2012	#8
Willy Wonka	chuckstevens	Nov 2012	#9
for you:	Liberalagogo	Dec 2012	#62
Bozell is a blowhard, liar and hypocrite.	Archae	Nov 2012	#10
Just like all the RepubliCONs I know.	xtraxritical	Nov 2012	#38
Go for it, idiot.	proud2BlibKansan	Nov 2012	#11
Ha! Where they gonna go?	wtmusic	Nov 2012	#12
True, two parties is the stable strategy of our system	HereSince1628	Nov 2012	#26
Nope. A duopoly is inherently unstable. Like a stool with two legs.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#43
Two poles to a magnet...	HereSince1628	Nov 2012	#44
Binary thinking appeals to people who think they've got it nailed down.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#49
A stool with two legs....	Aviation Pro	Nov 2012	#45
A breakaway Tea Party, with Sarah as its divinely appointed leader	nxylas	Dec 2012	#79
The irony is if the republicans refuse to budge that taxes will automatically raise	cstanleytech	Nov 2012	#13
It's comical, isn't it?	hoboken123	Nov 2012	#35
Yup. If they do nothing then everyones taxes raise and Obama and the dems	cstanleytech	Nov 2012	#58
Soumds almost too good to be true.	AAO	Dec 2012	#71
I guess he didn't learn the lesson that $$ doesn't buy votes	SaveAmerica	Nov 2012	#14
Bozell the Clown may not have much to worry about, after the Rove Disaster.	Ikonoklast	Nov 2012	#15
They might as well have used that $350 mil as toilet paper.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#40
breaks its word to the American people	AlbertCat	Nov 2012	#16
So, are they going to support a new party? Or a foreign leader?	kelliekat44	Nov 2012	#17
Maybe they can borrow one of the Chinese leaders	davidpdx	Dec 2012	#65
He's talking about betraying conservatives	brush	Nov 2012	#18
I'm not sure if it's low-information or low-IQ.	AAO	Dec 2012	#72
That too	brush	Dec 2012	#73
Gotta love a circular firing-squad.	The Doctor.	Nov 2012	#19
DingDingDing!	Blandocyte	Nov 2012	#21
If they aren't nice to themselves, they're going to hit themselves in the head with a sledgehammer!	Squinch	Dec 2012	#66
GOP2, GOP3, keep it going. The more splintered the merrier.	Kennah	Nov 2012	#20
More of the PukeBagger, thug and bully tactics!	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#23
It's a bluff and I'm sure the GOP realizes that it's a bluff.	drm604	Nov 2012	#24
He's irrelevant	The Wizard	Nov 2012	#25
Please procede, Bozo	JHB	Nov 2012	#27
Well put.	Derek in Iowa	Nov 2012	#42
You go, Brent!	tanyev	Nov 2012	#28
"The American people"	crim son	Nov 2012	#29
They're screwed, either way.	Old and In the Way	Nov 2012	#30
take your ball and go home, crybaby	frylock	Nov 2012	#31
To where?	Aerows	Nov 2012	#32
He's just blowing off steam.	Third Doctor	Nov 2012	#33
Good, I hope he starts a new party	RoccoR5955	Nov 2012	#34
breaks it's word to the american people?	heaven05	Nov 2012	#36
Shaking his clenched fist and shouting threats as he circles the bowl with a crapload o' turds	NBachers	Nov 2012	#37
Bwahahaha!	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#39
Steer them where?	Derek in Iowa	Nov 2012	#41
Welcome to DU. nt	DocMac	Dec 2012	#78
I suspect a grassroots bipartisan group.	justice1	Nov 2012	#46
Please direct your money elsewhere	ut oh	Nov 2012	#47
Yeah	kenfrequed	Nov 2012	#48
He should hold his breath until	They_Live	Nov 2012	#50
Where they gonna go?	BeyondGeography	Nov 2012	#51
I know ...	SummerSnow	Nov 2012	#53
Legalized bribery - our current campaign finance system	ItsTheMediaStupid	Nov 2012	#54
Ohhh I'm quaking....	Fearless	Nov 2012	#55
here's hoping they wriggle really hard in opposite directions	0rganism	Nov 2012	#56
Exactly...	GTurck	Dec 2012	#59
we should tax the hell out of those political charities & political churches.	Sunlei	Dec 2012	#60
Well regarding the churches they should just enforce the existing rules is all.	cstanleytech	Dec 2012	#63
If all the tax laws were strictly enforced on the top 50% our deficit would be over. nt	kelliekat44	Dec 2012	#64
If he starts his own party. . .	bobhuntsman	Dec 2012	#67
Seems to me the GOP has two choices.	ElboRuum	Dec 2012	#69
This message was self-deleted by its author	dtom67	Dec 2012	#70
First thought I had - they may be morans.	AAO	Dec 2012	#74
really?	Skittles	Dec 2012	#75
Lets see, we just had an election and Obama won saying he was going to raise taxes.	Thinkingabout	Dec 2012	#76
Democrat party?	Skittles	Dec 2012	#77
So asshat is going to start a new party of corporate welfare league so they can be readily	lonestarnot	Dec 2012	#80

Response to TomCADem (Original post)

Thu Nov 29, 2012, 09:55 PM

W T F (535 posts)

Conservative activist threatens to steer donors from RNC if GOP raises taxes

1. Uh.. Yeah, like the $350 million Karl Rove gave them was so helpfull.

22. good on them. may they all fall into the pit.

68. +1

57. GOP=null and void=when your money can't buy what you want and no one is afraid of you, nt

2. good

3. Corruption at its finest, bought and paid for.

61. I don't think "corruption" was the word you were looking for.

4. Seems like a Win-Win to me. . .

5. And steer them where? Some productive purpose? Your own pocket?

52. He seems to think dividing the 47% who voted for Romney will magically produce MORE voters next time

6. Oh look, It's Norquist the Second

7. That's okay, Brent. People only like you for your money anyway.

8. Bluff, fearmongering, bullying, y'know the finer points of the greedy

9. Willy Wonka

62. for you:

10. Bozell is a blowhard, liar and hypocrite.

38. Just like all the RepubliCONs I know.

11. Go for it, idiot.

12. Ha! Where they gonna go?

26. True, two parties is the stable strategy of our system

43. Nope. A duopoly is inherently unstable. Like a stool with two legs.

44. Two poles to a magnet...

49. Binary thinking appeals to people who think they've got it nailed down.

45. A stool with two legs....

79. A breakaway Tea Party, with Sarah as its divinely appointed leader

13. The irony is if the republicans refuse to budge that taxes will automatically raise

35. It's comical, isn't it?

58. Yup. If they do nothing then everyones taxes raise and Obama and the dems

71. Soumds almost too good to be true.

14. I guess he didn't learn the lesson that $$ doesn't buy votes

15. Bozell the Clown may not have much to worry about, after the Rove Disaster.

40. They might as well have used that $350 mil as toilet paper.

16. breaks its word to the American people

17. So, are they going to support a new party? Or a foreign leader?

65. Maybe they can borrow one of the Chinese leaders

18. He's talking about betraying conservatives

72. I'm not sure if it's low-information or low-IQ.

73. That too

19. Gotta love a circular firing-squad.

21. DingDingDing!

66. If they aren't nice to themselves, they're going to hit themselves in the head with a sledgehammer!

20. GOP2, GOP3, keep it going. The more splintered the merrier.

23. More of the PukeBagger, thug and bully tactics!

24. It's a bluff and I'm sure the GOP realizes that it's a bluff.

25. He's irrelevant

27. Please procede, Bozo

42. Well put.

28. You go, Brent!

29. "The American people"

30. They're screwed, either way.

31. take your ball and go home, crybaby

32. To where?

33. He's just blowing off steam.

34. Good, I hope he starts a new party

36. breaks it's word to the american people?

37. Shaking his clenched fist and shouting threats as he circles the bowl with a crapload o' turds

39. Bwahahaha!

41. Steer them where?

78. Welcome to DU. nt

46. I suspect a grassroots bipartisan group.

47. Please direct your money elsewhere

48. Yeah

50. He should hold his breath until

51. Where they gonna go?

53. I know ...

54. Legalized bribery - our current campaign finance system

55. Ohhh I'm quaking....

56. here's hoping they wriggle really hard in opposite directions

59. Exactly...

60. we should tax the hell out of those political charities & political churches.

63. Well regarding the churches they should just enforce the existing rules is all.

64. If all the tax laws were strictly enforced on the top 50% our deficit would be over. nt

67. If he starts his own party. . .

69. Seems to me the GOP has two choices.

74. First thought I had - they may be morans.

75. really?

76. Lets see, we just had an election and Obama won saying he was going to raise taxes.

77. Democrat party?

80. So asshat is going to start a new party of corporate welfare league so they can be readily