Secretive Republican Donors Are Planning Ahead

[BootinUp]

A secretive network of Republican donors is heading to the Palm Springs area for a long weekend in January, but it will not be to relax after a hard-fought election — it will be to plan for the next one.

Koch Industries, the longtime underwriter of libertarian causes from the Cato Institute in Washington to the ballot initiative that would suspend California’s landmark law capping greenhouse gases, is planning a confidential meeting at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa to, as an invitation says, “develop strategies to counter the most severe threats facing our free society and outline a vision of how we can foster a renewal of American free enterprise and prosperity.”


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Charles Koch, whose wealth Forbes magazine calculates at about $21.5 billion, argues in his letter that “prosperity is under attack by the current administration and many of our elected officials.” He repeatedly warns about the “internal assault” and “unrelenting attacks” on freedom and prosperity. A brochure with the invitation underscores that to the Koch network, “freedom” means freedom from taxes and government regulation. Mr. Koch warns of policies that “threaten to erode our economic freedom and transfer vast sums of money to the state.”

The Kochs insist on strict confidentiality surrounding the California meetings, which are entitled “Understanding and Addressing Threats to American Free Enterprise and Prosperity.” The letter advises participants that it is closed to the public, including the news media, and admonishes them not to post updates or information about the meeting on the Web, blogs, social media or traditional media, and to “be mindful of the security and confidentiality of your meeting notes and materials.”



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They list previous guests including even Supreme Court Justices and of course the expected masters of industry and their toady politicians.

[Historic NY]

1. Hey Agent Mike...subversives are going to be in Palm Springs in Jan.

[unkachuck]

2. "...the "internal assault" and "unrelenting attacks" on freedom and prosperity."

....krotch must be referring to his own 'freedom and prosperity' because our 'freedom and prosperity' has already disappeared due to the 'internal assault' of organized capitalist crime and their Republican tools....

[SoCalDem]

3. republicans think long term..always have

Dems tend to think of the next election & how to round up the stragglers.

Anyone who thinks that last summer's teabaggers-on-parade/shoutfest was unique, is dead-wrong. The moneyed ones were planning for the '10 election on the day after Obama was elected, and last August was a dry run to see how much free media they could count on...

They probably had noticed how lax the press was when millions of anti-war people took to the streets, so they had to know in advance how much free airtime they could count on.. They knew they would have Fox , but they had to garner MORE free press..

At the same time they could gauge how "askeerd" the dems they targeted would be, because when they were shouted down, or canceled events, this was ADDITIONAL free press..

Republicans have a tried & true playbook, and limitless funds, so they get to always play offense...and they are very good at it/.