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Glenn Beck worked the crowd like a preacher at a rally this month in Louisville, Ky., declaring that God had responded to conservatives prayers by sending a slate of tea party candidates to wrest control of the Republican Party from Mitch McConnell.
But there was a more earthly benefit to the arrangement that brought Beck to the rally. It was organized by the tea party nonprofit group FreedomWorks, which had endorsed the candidates and which has paid more than $6 million in recent years to have Beck promote the group, its initiatives and events.
The FreedomWorks-Beck relationship is just one example of a powerful and profitable alliance between the conservative movements most aggressive groups and the most popular radio hosts. The details of the arrangements are little-known, but they have been lucrative for the recipients, and, in turn, have helped ensure that the groups get coveted airtime from hosts with a demonstrated ability to leverage their tens of millions of listeners to shape American politics. Its an alliance that helped spawn the anti-establishment tea party and power Republicans to landslide victories in the 2010 midterms. Its also exacerbated congressional gridlock by pushing a hard line on the budget, immigration and Obamacare, and it is roiling the Republican Party headed into critical midterm elections.
Read more at http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/tea-party-radio-network-105774.html?hp=t1
WillyT
(72,631 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)and suddenly realizing that those little varmints he has so lovingly nursed are about to strike with venom.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Mitch is more than a bit toxic himself. Love that he is getting savaged from the right. Complacent corrupt jerk that he is.