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In reply to the discussion: THIS... Is Why Wisconsin Is A NATIONAL Fight... At Least To Republicans... Dems, Not So Much... [View all]starroute
(12,977 posts)8. It goes back further -- it just went mainstream with Gingrich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff#College_Republican_National_Chairman
After graduating from Brandeis, Abramoff ran for election as chairman of the College Republican National Committee (CRNC). After a campaign which cost over $10,000 and was managed by Grover Norquist, Abramoff won the election after the chief competitor, Amy Moritz (who later, as Amy Ridenour, became a founding director of the National Center for Public Policy Research, and was involved in several trips funded by Jack Abramoff), was persuaded to drop out. Abramoff "changed the direction of the committee and made it more activist and conservative than ever before," notes the CRNC. "It is not our job to seek peaceful coexistence with the Left", Abramoff was quoted as saying in the group's 1983 annual report. "Our job is to remove them from power permanently." . . .
At the CRNC, Abramoff, Norquist and Reed formed what was known as the "Abramoff-Norquist-Reed triumvirate". After Abramoff's election, the trio purged "dissidents" and re-wrote the CRNC's bylaws to consolidate their control over the organization. According to Easton's Gang of Five, Reed was the "hatchet man" and "carried out Abramoff-Norquist orders with ruthless efficiency, not bothering to hide his fingerprints".
After graduating from Brandeis, Abramoff ran for election as chairman of the College Republican National Committee (CRNC). After a campaign which cost over $10,000 and was managed by Grover Norquist, Abramoff won the election after the chief competitor, Amy Moritz (who later, as Amy Ridenour, became a founding director of the National Center for Public Policy Research, and was involved in several trips funded by Jack Abramoff), was persuaded to drop out. Abramoff "changed the direction of the committee and made it more activist and conservative than ever before," notes the CRNC. "It is not our job to seek peaceful coexistence with the Left", Abramoff was quoted as saying in the group's 1983 annual report. "Our job is to remove them from power permanently." . . .
At the CRNC, Abramoff, Norquist and Reed formed what was known as the "Abramoff-Norquist-Reed triumvirate". After Abramoff's election, the trio purged "dissidents" and re-wrote the CRNC's bylaws to consolidate their control over the organization. According to Easton's Gang of Five, Reed was the "hatchet man" and "carried out Abramoff-Norquist orders with ruthless efficiency, not bothering to hide his fingerprints".
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THIS... Is Why Wisconsin Is A NATIONAL Fight... At Least To Republicans... Dems, Not So Much... [View all]
WillyT
May 2012
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Yep... AND... What Makes People Think That Wisconsin Will Vote For Walker In June, And Then...
WillyT
May 2012
#2
The republicans view politics as all-out, life-or-death war; the Democrats are still clinging to
Poiuyt
May 2012
#5
I do not think the Dem's are trying to be "civil", they are just playing the Washington Generals
Dustlawyer
May 2012
#15
More like wrestling. I don't think the winners/losers are determined before a NFL game. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#30
No kidding. They get rolled time after time after time and they refuse to get it.
calimary
May 2012
#13
NUMEROUS NATIONAL DEM GROUPS INCLUDING THE DNC ARE HELPING. SO ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP !!!!!
RBInMaine
May 2012
#9
Why are they always "free market," except not allowing Labor a free market like the Corps?
Dustlawyer
May 2012
#14
The latest anti-union, wage-lowering, "free-trade" agreement is in the works. Apparently, the DNC
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2012
#23