Tony Perkins (Family Research Council) urges conservatives to stop giving money to RNC

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

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.

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

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FRC would probably also be happy if you gave your money to your favorite Religious leader: Ted Haggard, Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker...

[Mz Pip]

1. Excellent!

It's always a plus when the conservatives go after each other.

[BunkerHill24]

2. Hallalujah!

[Liberalynn]

3. That's right Tony you tell them.

Why don't you just break off and form your own party too. I think that would be an excellent idea. Tell all your followers not to vote Rethuglican. That will fix them. Show them your the boss. :rofl:

[kestrel91316]

4. Tony, you're my new hero. Who'd 'a thunk??

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

7. Who would've thunk it...

... was my first thought, too.

[SkyDaddy7]

5. "Praise Jebus"

It would be awesome to see the church begin to pull away from the GOP!! They can't survive without the "Jesus votes"!!

[Moonwalk]

11. More important (and what I really hope) is that the Jesus folk can't politically survive--

--without the GOP. In fact, I'm hoping that come election time, conservative voters will split themselves into a few political parties (Tea party, Religious, GOP), making sure that no one conservative representative can get enough votes to beat the Dems. Probably too much to hope for, but one can dream.... :smoke:

[SkyDaddy7]

15. I share your dream!!!

[hlthe2b]

6. It... would... be wrong... to

laugh.... Wouldn't it?


:rofl:

[No Elephants]

20. It's rarely wrong to laugh.

[coffeenap]

8. Great idea, Tony! nt

[Rozlee]

9. They're eating their young. Or is it placing their old on ice floes? Either way, I'm for it.

:evilgrin:

[Barack_America]

10. Thank you, Tony!

Although I suspect he's mostly jealous he wasn't invited to the bondage club.

[No Elephants]

21. I bet that has him all tied up in knots.

:rofl:

[harry_pothead]

12. Man up and go join the Constitution Party

If Tony Perkins truly means what he says.

[Archae]

13. This from the liar for Jesus...

...who bought David Duke's mailing list.

The Nation claims that in 1996, Perkins paid former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke $82,000 for use of his mailing list. At the time, Perkins was campaign manager for Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana. The Federal Election Commission fined the Jenkins campaign $3,000 for attempting to hide the money paid to Duke.<9>

[No Elephants]

22. Gee, a whole $3000 fine for breaking campaign laws?

Wouldn't $5 have been more fair?

:sarcasm:

[glinda]

14. He would rather money go for real extreme candidates is my guess.

[Dogmudgeon]

16. (Your Favorite Lefty) urges progressives to stop giving money to DNC

I thought it looked familiar!

--d!

[No Elephants]

24. Yes. When the national committee of your Party ceases to represent your values, you stop

giving it your money. Nothing surprising about that. (Duh) Why in hell would you continue throwing your hard earned good money after bad?

What in hell is wrong with giving to individual candidates you hope will represent your values?

Only an idiot would pay money for things they don't want.

ETA: BTW, you do know who the leftys are, don't you? Hint: Republicans are righties.

[brooklynite]

25. The National Committee deals primarily with State organizations and campaigns...

...which will help determine redistricting after the 2010 Census. Still, no pressure...

[No Elephants]

26. The National Committee does a lot more than that with its money.

[Supersedeas]

17. Take the next step and urge them not to vote for the Corp Laissez-Faire Economics of the GOP

[semillama]

18. The actual reason the FRC is mad at the RNC is not what is presented in the article

The Rude Pundit explains:

"4/01/2010
Family Research Council's Statement on the RNC: It's Really About Gays and Greed:
The mainstream media has been all abuzz with the pronouncement by Tony Perkins of the Christian conservative organization Family Research Council (motto: "About that whole 'judge not lest ye be judged' thing..."), "Don't give money to the RNC." Every article and news report associates the action with the Republican National Committee's expense report showing the expenditure of $2000 worth of drinks and bondage at the douchiest nightclub in L.A. However, only a few mention that what the FRC's action is really about: hating the gays and pumping up its own coffers.

See, the FRC exists at this point for two reasons: forcing women to have unwanted babies and stopping any and all advances in gay rights. So, since abortion isn't part of the RNC's expenditures yet (you never know with Michael Steele), they've got the homosexual agenda involved. Not only was Voyeur offering lesbian bondage acts, but the RNC recently hired lawyer Ted Olson on a campaign finance reform case: "Yes, this is the same Ted Olson that is trying to overturn the results of the marriage amendment in California. 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." He's also the same Ted Olson who represented Bush in Bush v. Gore, but, oh, fuck that, he supports gay marriage."

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

19. What he really means is give it all to...

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Democat]

23. Don't give your money to that BLACK guy, Michael Steele...

...give it directly to white politicians so we can get rid of the black president.

That's probably a rough translation.

[No Elephants]

27. All Republicans are evil, so just hang on to your money.