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RNC Spent 2K At “Bondage-Themed Nightclub”

POLITICO confirmed the RNC expense by examining the committee’s February FEC filing.

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Dear Suzanne, another letter from the RNC

In the last few months, I've posted some, not all, letters from the RNC and their... more

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RNC caught manufacturing politics of fear

The Republican National Committee (RNC) suffered an embarrassing set back when... more

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Leaked documents reveal GOP plan to use scare tactics to raise money

"National GOP leaders are doing damage control today after a Politico scoop lifted the curtain on the party's plan to tap voters' "fear" in the coming campaign season. The PR problem started when an absent-minded attendee at the Republican National Committee (RNC) confab on February 18 in Boca Grande, Florida, left a 72-page document from its 2010 strategizing session in a hotel room. Today, Politico reporter Ben Smith's expose is making headlines.

The memo tracks the fundraising presentation that RNC Finance Director Rob Bickhart delivered to the RNC's $2,500-a-head annual retreat. The best path to victory in 2010, the document advises, is for Republican candidates to depict themselves as the best hope for resisting the "trending toward socialism" taking shape in a Democrat-dominated Washington.

And the document doesn't shy from making its points graphically. MSNBC showed the images this morning on Morning Joe [See page image above]:

The presentation portrays the Obama administration as "The Evil Empire," includingthe now-infamous image of President Obama made over in the makeup Heath Ledger used in his performance as the Joker in the 2008 Batman movie "The Dark Knight." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears as Cruella De Vil from "101 Dalmatians," and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is the witless cartoon dog Scooby-Doo. The memo candidly confirms that the aim of such caricature is to amp up "fear" among the GOP's conservative base. The memo also makes fun of major RNC donors, categorizing some as "ego-driven" and easily pacified with "tchochkes" (a Slavic word for toys).

The embrace of harsh rhetoric and the swipes at the large donor set seem to signal the GOP establishment's growing comfort with employing tactics associated with the activist Tea Party movement-and with plying Tea Party sympathizers for cash. Of course, it isn't unusual for parties out of power to court controversy and play with fire to rile up donors and grass-roots activists. The RNC has caught heat for fundraising tactics in the past, most recently when it was caught sending out fake census forms to raise money. And Democrats have shown a demagogic streak in the past, depicting George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as Bond-like supervillains and playing up alleged GOP plans to kill Social Security to rally voters behind a popular entitlement program."

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Exclusive: RNC Confidential Party Fundraising Presentation

The RNC confidential party fundraising presentation detailed how they expect to win in... more

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RNC GOPers Meeting in Hawaii

John Oliver meets Republicans who traveled to Hawaii to reinforce their message of... more

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Why Sarah Palin Should Reject Running in 2012

Short article about a possible role for Palin

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Lies, deceit and disinformation at Pacifica Radio’s KPFT

I came across a great video by YouTube user clintmilby that exposes the some of the... more

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Top 10 Ways to Pick the Cotton

The RNC in a stroke of sheer genius have devised and Wile E Coyote like super plan to... more

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Republican Health Plan Covers Abortion

The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective... more

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RNC mailer designed to look like census survey misleading

Michele Bachmann may be raising outlandish fears about the Census -- but Michael... more

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Something is Wrong in America

Something is wrong in America and in a government of, by and for the people,... more

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Wake Up America: We Need Real Health Care Reform

Marches toward socialism, death panels and health care rationing, oh my! If... more

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RNC Obama Agenda Survey- Misleading?

"There is so much about the Obama agenda most Americans do not know about, thanks... more

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GOP leaders to Michael Steele: Back off

GOP leaders, in a private meeting last month, delivered a blunt and at times heated... more

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Assessing RNC police tactics: missteps, poor judgments and inappropriate detentions

The spying began late in the summer of 2007, after police in St. Paul discovered an... more

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Clever RNC Staffer Turns Democrat-Incited Mob Outrage Back on its Source

Republicans played a trick on Democrats today by redirecting angry telephone calls... more

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Internal RNC Memo: "Engage In Every Activity" To Slow Down Health Care Reform

A private memo distributed by the Republican National Committee calls for like-minded advocates to help defeat President Barack Obama's health care proposals by delaying its consideration.

The memo, which was obtained by the Huffington Post from a Democratic source, provides the clearest illustration to date of the political playbook being used to stop Democratic attempts at a health care overhaul. Much of the material mirrors the speeches and presentations made by conservatives both inside and out of elected office to date. Obama's plan for health care is deemed an "experiment" and a "risk" that could bankrupt the country and dangerously change the doctor-patient relationship.

In particular, the 12-page memo makes the case that it is a Republican priority to slow down the consideration of health care reform before it can become codified.

"The Republican National Committee will engage in every activity we can to slow down this mad rush while promoting sensible alternatives that address health care costs and preserve quality," the memo affirmatively declares.

In an effort to slow down reform, the RNC advises its advocates to use a whole host of political tools, from organizing town halls, to writing letters to the editor, to booking surrogates on radio and television, to engaging in "Street Theater" protests outside Democratic events. And in a bit of irony, the memo's authors encourage readers to frame the president as the one acting out of political motivations.

"Despite the president's increasingly skeptical reviews, it should also be noted that the Obama administration is fantastic at the PR game," the memo reads. "In some cases, they are even a little too good at it, selling things that are demonstrably untrue."

"The president's PR team uses rhetoric to mask reality, and the White House spin machine is in overdrive trying to convince Americans as well as our nation's health care professionals that their plan is the cure for what ails us," it argues at another point. "Republicans will not allow the Democrats' rhetoric to define this debate."

As for a Republican alternative to the president's agenda, the RNC memo doesn't offer much in the way of details, save to make the argument that the status quo isn't as bad as it is being painted.

"The Republican Party knows we have the best health care system in the world," the memo declares. "The Republican Party also knows it is a system in need of reform because it is costing our families and our businesses too much."A private memo distributed by the Republican National Committee calls for like-minded... more

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Chairman Steele lures blacks to GOP with ‘fried chicken and potato salad’

An Indiana Republican blog got Michael Steele to answer questions from bloggers.... more

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GOP: Soft as Steele

Let’s be real here. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is a... more

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