Holy Crap it actually is happening; Tony Perkins urges conservatives to stop giving money to RNC

[Perky]

Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council and an influential social conservative, is urging his members to stop giving money to the Republican National Committee, POLITICO has learned.

"I've hinted at this before, but now I am saying it: Don't give money to the RNC," Perkins will tell FRC members in the group's next e-mail newsletter. "If you want to put money into the political process, and I encourage you to do so, give directly to candidates who you know reflect your values."

Perkins' move comes two days after it was disclosed that the committee spent nearly $2,000 at a lesbian bondage club near Los Angeles — a revelation that has revived Republican griping about Chairman Michael Steele and the national party.

"This latest incident is another indication to me the RNC is completely tone-deaf to the values and concerns of a large number of people they are seeking financial support from," Perkins writes.

His move comes a few weeks after Mark DeMoss, a prominent Christian conservative P.R. executive and donor, said after the disclosure of the RNC's controversial fundraising presentation that he would stop giving to the national party.

In his missive, Perkins also lamented that the RNC had touted their hiring super-lawyer Ted Olson to represent them in a campaign finance case.

"Yes, this is the same Ted Olson that is trying to overturn the results of the marriage amendment in California," Perkins writes. "The outcome of Olson's challenge to Prop 8 goes far beyond nullifying the votes of nearly 7 million voters in California; his efforts could lead to the overturning of amendments and laws in all 45 states that currently define marriage as the union of one man and one woman."

These actions raise a potentially more serious threat to the RNC than the mere embarrassment of using party money to pay for a night out at a establishment dubbed Voyeur West Hollywood. The committee has $9.46 million in the bank and already likely won't be able to offer the congressional committees and GOP candidates the sort of financial help they have in the past. If social conservatives — the core of the party base — withhold contributions, the RNC's money problem could become far worse.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0310/Tony_Perkins_urges_conservatives_to_stop_giving_money_to_RNC.html


Two salient points

First, teabaggers do not have the political or organization skills to win elections. There is just so much crappy thing they can say to turn off the middle. Plus Anger only can bring in so many dollars.

Second, and this is the big one...this really always was a fundraising house of Cards for the Repukes. Piss the wrong people off. Large Donors and fundies who like it or not are great at rallying the troops and passing the plate. without those two pillars in full cooperation the RNC is in really really bad straits, What is going on right now is scaring the bejesus out of every GOP Congressman in a swing District.

[Phx_Dem]

1. Thank you Michael Steele.

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[MUAD_DIB]

5. This is all a plan within a plan, by Steele, to thwart the Democrats in November.

:sarcasm:

[roguevalley]

13. don't forget the hip-hop settings. :) I cringe for people so lacking in

self-awareness.

[Berry Cool]

19. Yeah, he's playing multidimensional chess!

:rofl: Poor Repukes. They try to cultivate new, young members of their party to replace the old ones who are dying off, and they completely piss off the religious right they so depend upon for organized political action and dollars because said new young members are apparently more socially libertarian than they are socially conservative, and that makes the old folks not like 'em anymore. Oops.

[barbiegeek]

20. Steele has gotten all WINS since taking over

Every Repug has won since he took over. Massachusetts for one example.

[leftynyc]

23. WRONG

I swear republicans have the shortest memories. Try NY-23. The teabaggers got their asses kicked.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

24. Not true

There were a couple of Virginia House of Delegates seats the Republicans were unable to win, despite determined efforts by the Governor and Atty General. The high-profile Republican wins (Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts) should be attributed to flawed Democratic candidates and campaigns. None of the races were won on substance.

[jenmito]

2. The good news is Steele will stay. He won't resign and they'd need 2/3rds of the RNC leadership to

vote him out. This could be our chance at victory in '10.

[Jennicut]

4. 2/3rds to vote him out?

This is going to be fun to watch.
:rofl:

[KansDem]

10. Yeah, watch them demand an "up or down" vote!

"Simple majority," of course!

[jenmito]

12. Yup-2/3rds of the group of people who voted him in.

It's VERY fun to watch him and his attitude! He just keeps turning off more and more of his donors. :D

[Perky]

8. Why do you think he won't resign?

[jenmito]

11. Because of his past statements to his REPUB. critics, like...

Steele, too, has had more than his share of tough weeks. So what does he say about his critics?

"I tell them to get a life," Steele told ABC News Radio in an interview Thursday. "I'm looking them in the eye and say, 'I've had enough of it. If you don't want me in the job, fire me. But until then, shut up. Get with the program or get out of the way.'"

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2010/01/michael_steele_to_critics_shut.html

[barbiegeek]

21. How is it good, he's had all wins since taking over

[jenmito]

22. False. The VERY FIRST election, one in NY, was a loss. And then there was the other one in NY that

got all the attention-NY-23.

[Cha]

3. IOW..give it to Whacked

teabaggers who promote violence and ignorance..not that the rnc isn't in there too.

[Perky]

7. Maybe. But two salient points

First, teabaggers do not have the political or organization skills to win elections. There is just so much crappy thing they can say to turn off the middle. Plus Anger only can bring in so many dollars.

Second, and this is the big one...this really always was a fundraising house of Cards for the Repukes. Piss the wrong people off. Large Donors and fundies who like it or not are great at rallying the troops and passing the plate. without those two pillars in full cooperation the RNC is in really really bad straits, What is going on right now is scaring the bejesus out of every GOP Congressman in a swing District.

[Cha]

9. Thanks..that can't be

bad.

[Clio the Leo]

6. (rubbing my little hands together with glee)

... although I do want Steele to do a LITTLE bit better so he can keep his job. The good news is that it would be VERY hard to replace him as it turns out. He'd have to be voted out by a two-thirds majority.

So, for the same reason, the GOP is stuck with BOTH health care reform AND Michael Steele. :rofl:

[Metric System]

14. I hope there are 2 right-wing parties by 2012.

[old mark]

15. Can we end Steele money or something? Maybe a thank you note from

Liberals?

That might help him get back on the gop's good side.


mark

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. Free tickets to a club, perhaps?

:D

[old mark]

18. A tasetful gift is always appropriate.....nt

[ck4829]

17. K&R

[Cognitive_Resonance]

25. Opportunism

These Religous Right organizations and Televangelists are parasites. They really don't give a flip about the cause. The cause is just a means to an end. It's all about fleecing the gullible. Frank Schaeffer and others have effectively exposed these slimy characters ("Crazy for God").

[JamesA1102]

26. Loved him in 'Psycho' nt