WaPo 'balance' on story of RNC's incredibly stupid fund-raising PPP

[BurtWorm]

The 72-page PowerPoint presentation reveals the blunt appeal to emotion that both parties use to motivate donors and prefer to keep private. But its release online and consequent cable chatter became an unwelcome distraction for Republicans, because the strategy it outlined fit squarely with Democrats' portrait of the GOP as the party of "no."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030405052.html?nav=rss_politics

From the story by Amy Gardner, who seems to have missed the significance of the revelation, which Howard Dean and Lawrence O'Donnell nailed on MSNBC yesterday. This leak is not news because both parties do this shit and neither one wants the public to know what they're up to. You certainly get that impression from this paragraph, though don't you? Like, there but for the grace of the leak gods go the Democrats, right?

No, this is news because it shows how great is the contempt the Republican Party feels for the morons who send big and little checks to them--but especially for the little morons, the angry white teapartyer suckers. Of course those dopes aren't reading the Post or probably any paper. And they aren't watching MSNBC, either. They're probably having their tummies rubbed and heads pattend over on Fox News Channel right now.

[RandomThoughts]

1. I was curious why on page 64 of the powerpoint.

It said that contributions from Corporations were prohibited, and put that in bold letters.

Anyone else notice that?


It says on page 64
Prohibited Sources
Corporations
Unions
Foreign Nationals
Federal Government Contractors

http://www.politico.com/static/PPM136_100303_rnc_finance_leadership.html


Anyone figure that out?

[MidwestTransplant]

2. It's hard work getting people to vote against their own self interest.