Who would you see as the most successful right wing operative?

[Stinky The Clown]

Ralph Reed, who got the religious right a lot of power?

Karl Rove, who won a presidency?

Dick Armey who manufactured outrage and then assembled a "grass roots" movement that remains an actual factor even today?

Someone else? Richard Melon Sciafe? The Koch brothers? They're not operatives so much as financiers.

Ted Olson and his Arkansas Project? Barbara Olson and Ricky Silberman? Some of them from further back? Lee Atwater? Don Segretti?

Maybe someone else?


I'm not celebrating these people. Just curious. Who do you see as the most successful right wing operative?
















The orange mambo was the wanker. Ledo's was the giveaway.

[Mr Deltoid]

1. Kenneth Starr

Impeached over a blowjob as part of an investigation into a 20 year old land deal.

[elleng]

2. rover. Before him (and not as overall powerful/successful) lee atwater.

[tridim]

3. I don't know, but I was thinking about Karl Rove this morning..

Wondering why he still has a job.

Basically he stole two elections and systematically destroyed America posing as as "Bush's Brain".

Nice resume Karl.

[Maccagirl]

4. The nameless/faceless Military-Industrial complex

who either murdered, or hired someone to murder JFK nearly 50 years ago. They've been on quite a roll ever since.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. Bogeymen are convenient if not always present

People don't flock to names and faces. Certainly not on the RW. You don't see stylized images of Reagan or Rove the way we had Obama posters or Che t-shirts.

Most Americans, even the squishy middle, want results, good or bad.

When Reagan and the Bushes were in power they had results; albeit bad. When Clinton was in power he got results; albeit dubious.

With Obama we keep saying, "he caved to the Tea Party!" which is just a back-handed way of saying, "the Tea Party got results!"

RWers aren't popular, they're effective and nobody likes to bet on a losing horse let alone a horse that won't even bother trying to run the race.

[XanaDUer]

6. The one we don't know about

nt.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Self delete

I erroneously replied to you.

[XanaDUer]

8. Sorry, I have no clue what you mean

"coopters"?

[XanaDUer]

10. Ah

nt.

[RKP5637]

9. +1000 +++, n/t

[ThomWV]

11. Nixon's "Southern Strategy"

[QC]

12. Lewis Powell. n/t

[TwilightGardener]

13. Pigboy for strategy, Luntzhead for messaging.

[Pyrzqxgl]

14. Who Gives A Shit?

[Stinky The Clown]

19. I'll chalk you up for one vote in the "who gives a shit" column.

The home version of the game will be two in two to four weeks.

Thanks for playing! :hi:

[Little Star]

15. To many successful ones to be able to choose just one. n/t

[Toucano]

16. The most accomplished is probably Bill Clinton.

The mastery of the "sheep's clothing" was unparelled.

[leftstreet]

18. You surely don't mean Mr NAFTA, Wall Street Deregulator, Welfare to Work Slavery?

surely not

:beer:

[Tom Ripley]

20. Ya beat me to it!

[Major Hogwash]

17. Lee Atwater.

We should have won that election hands down.