TRENDING: RNC cancels Breitbart fundraiser

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) – The Republican National Committee has cancelled a fundraiser with conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, who is under fire for promoting an edited video that falsely portrays former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod as having boasted about discriminating against a white farmer looking for her assistance.

Breitbart was scheduled to appear with RNC Chairman Michael Steele at a reception later this month in Beverly Hills.

“We are working on scheduling and we fully plan to have another event scheduled soon based on our existing trips to California,” an RNC spokesman said in a statement sent to CNN.

The spokesman said the fundraiser was cancelled “To better capitalize on the fall fundraising season that happens post-Labor Day, while also lowering costs by utilizing existing trips to California.”

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/01/rnc-cancels-breitbart-fundraiser/?fbid=Mk-EWLltEYm

[rocktivity]

1. TRANSLATION: "The spokesman said the fundraiser was cancelled

to better avoid being linked to Brietbart, since Shirley Sherrod has him dead to rights on her defamation lawsuit."

:headbang:
rocktivity

[SLCLiberal]

8. That's awesome

Sue his sorry arse...

[azureblue]

27. that's why they cut Bart

because they know he's gonna gets sued, dragged into court and exposed, and they do not want to be apart of that lawsuit.

[classof56]

39. Agreed! And welcome to DU.

I like your website, BTW.

[DeSwiss]

2. K&R

I see this deal with Andrew Brainfart, is going about as well for the Repukers as their http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/diversity-is-in-the-eyes-of-the-beholder-a-day-at-uni-tea.php?ref=fpa">Teabagger Diversity Rally did yesterday.

:7

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Bwaaahaaahaaa!

:rofl:

I didn't even know that was going on here yesterday. Never heard a peep about this non-event. They have defiled the cradle of liberty!

[Brother Buzz]

32. No minorities showing up proves that minorities are racist.

Teabagger talking point du jour. :rofl:

[lob1]

3. K&R. I hope the right wing is forced to dump Breitbart

in the garbage where he belongs.

[awoke_in_2003]

28. they won't...

they are stupid that way

[gratuitous]

5. So, it's the timing, not Breitbart?

We should make sure that the Republicans stay closely tied to Mr. Breitbart. They are so allergic to honesty that they can't even admit that they canceled the event to avoid being linked to Breitbart.

[mwb970]

35. That's what struck me too.

republican leaders seem required to lie with each statement they make, even when it's not necessary. I have never seen such a dishonest group of people in my life.

I actually feel kind of sorry for the poor country bumpkins who have been pumped so full of fear and hate of The Other. They simply aren't mentally equipped to distinguish truth from lies and end up swallowing endless gallons of bullshit from fox "news" and right-wing hate radio.

The really sad thing is that many, even most, of these "bumpkins" are extremely friendly and generous, if simple-minded, people. It is only their political views (and their racism) that I find so odious. I really don't think they are truly "evil" in the way that the Cheneys and the Palins and the Becks of the world are evil. If anything, they are witless victims of fear-mongering far-right demagoguery that convinces them that they are helpless victims of The Other. They have been (rather easily) tricked into supporting a corporate-fascist agenda that will bring untold misery to themselves and their families. And to the rest of us too!

I'm almost tired of this question, but is there ANY way that we can reach these people with the truth? Is it time for a "Radio Free America" that can somehow blast through the Iron Curtain of right-wing lies, fear, and hate that surrounds these poor wretches, before it's too late?

:shrug:

[laughingliberal]

6. Heh! RNC throws Breitbart under the bus. Lol! nt

[alp227]

7. "to better capitalize on the fall fundraising season" yep, i knew it no admission of wrongdoing

The RNC just won't admit that Breitfraudt defamed someone big time, huh? Sissy chickenhawks.

[breadandwine]

20. Wait a minute. The GOP putting off a FUNDRAISER until after the summer?

DON'T cancel GOP FUNDRAISERS! The poor GOP needs moola!

Tell them to resume that Breitbart fundraiser RIGHT this minute! Cash trumps EVERYTHING!

The party of MONEY, MOOLA, LUCRE, BP, oil industry and WALL STREET needs dirty money right away!

Just remember. If you send the GOP your last nickel, someday YOU'LL get rich TOO........

Hey. They apologized to BP. Why can't they apologize to Breitbart?????????

[countmyvote4real]

33. "They apologized to BP. Why can't they apologize to Breitbart?"

Brilliant. I hope that's repeated.

[SLCLiberal]

34. Well...

They diss him in public, then parade him around to the loon fringe to keep the money coming in. They know where their bread is buttered and they dare not cut off the fanatics.

[Jefferson23]

9. Ha ha, that is too bad though, I would have preferred to see the Republican's

continue their embrace in public vs behind the scenes...oh well.

[Mz Pip]

10. This is what happens

when your "movement" peaks too soon. Most people can't maintain that level of anger and hatred when they really aren't victims of anything.

The Civil Rights movement lasted and prevailed because there really were serious inequities discrimination. same with the women's movement. But the Tea Party seems to be more about a bunch of people who are pissed about losing an election. Their lives really haven't changed much since the election, despite all the rhetoric. So the anger just fizzles out.

They've got no answers besides their talking points, which really aren't answers. The leaders of their "movement" can't keep this going and turnout seems to show this.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Bingo! +10,000

the Tea Party seems to be more about a bunch of people who are pissed about losing an election.

And ironically, under the SocialistNaziCommieFacist™ administration that they hate so, they actually got a tax cut.

[TheEuclideanOne]

22. They did get a tax cut, didn't they.

That was one of the red flags, IMHO, that this is not a very bright group. Early on, realizing that their whole movement was about "Taxed Enough Already" at a time when they got a tax cut, it was clear that these people are not very bright, or the narrative was written way ahead of time. Okay, clearly it is a combination. Although you would think that if their main issue was taxes, that somebody should have spoken up and said something like, "Shouldn't we pick a different issue, considering that we are getting tax cuts this year?". I suppose it sounds more politically correct than their real motivation of "There is a nigger in the white house!!!!". The sad truth is that most of them do not realize what pawns they are. When I explain to people that they are following a very racist agenda, they just do not get it. For example, they see Breitbart and Fox's work nightly. They see the same two black guys at a voting station being shown over and over again (75 times by fox) and just do not see that the strategy by the Rethugs and Fox is to scare whitey, but you can tell by talking to them that the message is working on them. Hard to fight this type of mentality.

[mwb970]

37. +1000.

You've got it!

I too was amazed at the "stop raising our taxes" protests in the wake of a massive tax cut given to the very people protesting their "increased" taxes. :crazy:

Maybe I am just jaded, but I now expect conservatives to get absolutely everything crazily wrong every single time. It is almost beyond belief how they manage to come down on the wrong side of every issue, every time. And they're not just on the "wrong" side. They invariably go for the "un-American, un-Christian, inhuman" side.

These are Americans? In what sense, Charlie?

[TheEuclideanOne]

42. Americans? Not by my definition.

Isn't it ironic that the ones that are so quick to wave the flag seem to follow actions that are not in the best interest of the country?

One other iron that I have long considered is that this party is so quick to make the Hitler comparison, but if you look at the way the tea party acts, they would absolutely be great nazis. They would be the best nazi's ever! I can make a long case for this, but to sum it up in an example, if Beck was Hitler, do you think that any of these teabaggers would do anything less than put on a uniform and blindly, enthusiastically follow him? And Beck is not the only one.

There are so many issues with the Republican party that I can't even get to a point where I agree or disagree with. Instead, I am simply stunned that people could be so stupid as to even come to these conclusions. WTF is wrong with these people?

[No Elephants]

36. IMO, the teabagger potty is Armey's attempt to stave off death of the Republican Potty, esp.

its wingnut base, by harnessing anger over election of America's first President who is African American and also America's first President who is a descendant of Muslims. (Pick your favorite hate or feel free to double dip! Yeayyyy! :sarcasm:)

So, Obama's tax cuts are irrelevant to them. So is his apparent complete lack of interest in their firearms. Neither changes his genes and nothing he does or doesn't do ever will.

[thereismore]

40. Nice summary! nt

[rasputin1952]

12. This is actually a radical breakdown for the GOP...

they are distancing themselves after 2 serious gaffes, they have learned reaction. Under "normal" circumstances, they band together, this shows me, among other things, that they have started to realize there are repercussions for they actions. One thing is for sure, they never want to be held accountable for anything, once accountability comes into the equation they scamper away. The R's are just a few millimeters from what I predicted about 6 months ago, the complete meltdown of the GOP...:woohoo:

[EFerrari]

14. I don't see how they can dump him when their whole election strategy

depends on white anger.

This is going to be an interesting season.

[rasputin1952]

16. "White anger" is a part of it...

but radicals from either party, generally don't do too well.

Thing of it all is, the GOP has absolutely nothing in their repertoire, it's all about "we will take the nation Backward!" R's are still wondering just what the heck the party is supposed to be about...They have become the Modern "Knownothings", can't win with that...

[No Elephants]

38. Radicals don't do well bc their own parties will not support them Palin was a radical.

She energized McCain's campaign, which was dying before he brought her in. If she had been smart and well-informed, as well as radical, she would have continued to help him (but I thing Obama would still have won because of the Bush economy).

[stevedeshazer]

17. I work with a guy who thinks Breitbart should run for President.

For once, I'm looking forward to Monday morning @ work.

:)

[underpants]

18. Breitbart has served his purpose and can be cast out

much like Allen Raymond was after the New Hampshire phone jamming operation.

There is that too :shrug:

[rasputin1952]

24. Yep...so many R's are seen as "disposable" I don't see

how they can claim any unity at all?

I came up through the Eisenhower presidency, and while I was young, I could not help but feel proud, after all, this was a brave new world, thanks the work of people prior to my existence. By most accounts, the Ike years were decent, a lot was done during those years to our infrastructure, many important things were done.

This is not the GOP of years ago, it has become nothing more than a cookie cutter system...and these cookies are all stale and obnoxious. I'm going to enjoy watching this come about...the same party that gave us Lincoln and TR...gave us saps after that. Every election cycle, the GOP has the absolute worst candidates. Reagan...oh Lord; Bush I did some decent things, (nothing I can recall off the top of my head); bush II...simply the the worst president this nation has ever seen.

Anyway, a major political party in meltdown is not a pretty sight. The last radical exchange for D's were the Dixiecrats....virtually all of whom went R.

[Bluzmann57]

13. One thing that can be said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AlbertCat]

15. The party of "No" even says "NO" to itself.

no
nada
niet
nein

GOP is negativity and nihilism. They literally got nothing.

[Historic NY]

19. Beverly Hills Republican fundraisers, they ain't eating cat food there.

[Joanie Baloney]

21. Ha!

And this cancellation follows on the heels of Michael Steele's cancellation at an event here in San Diego this past week. Said it was food poisoning. Funny...whoda thunk that food poisoning was contagious??


Jackasses.

-JB

[DLine]

23. Wonder how fast the bus was going..

when they threw Breitbart under it.

[Beartracks]

25. "Breitbart looks forward to spending more time with his family."

Or something like that.

:D

--------------

[Amerigo Vespucci]

29. Yep, that was my immediate reaction when I posted it...

...wait and see. The GOP will find some way to turn that frown upside down...guaranteed.

:rofl:

[tsuki]

30. Yeah, but does his family?

[Fearless]

26. Awwwwwwww! Even rats leave a sinking ship.

:rofl:

[gristy]

31. The language is evolving... in a good way: "an edited video that falsely portrays..."

In the first week this happened the media was not so blunt in calling this spade a spade.

Fresno Bee on 7/24: http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/07/24/2017285/essay-for-obama-race-means-repeated.html
"In the edited portion of the video that was first available, Shirley Sherrod seemed to have been endorsing get-even discrimination against whites.

NY Times on 7/24: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/politics/22sherrod.html?_r=1&scp=9&sq=breibart%20sherrod&st=cse
"A conservative blogger put out a misleading video clip that seemed to show her admitting antipathy toward a white farmer"

ABC on 7/20: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/07/former-agriculture-department-office-denies-racism-secretary-vilsack-stands-by-her-firing.html
"since it seems to show a government employee saying she discriminated on the basis of race"

[Plucketeer]

41. Poor Brietfart

Everyone scampering away so as not to be accused passing him! :rofl:

[Xenotime]

43. HA! Let's see him post THAT on his blog.

[sui generis]

44. partial truth conflated to the whole truth.

to better capitalize my ASS. They are positively pathological in their stupidity - they SHOULD have tried to take the high ground and disassociated with Breitbart, claiming that character assassination by selective editing is not among their tactics and playbook or something equally false but better press.

Ugh. Oh well - it's really hard for wolves to look like sheep, but the corollary is most sheep are too dumb to notice.

[TacoD]

45. RNC to re-invite Breitbart to fundraiser

According to WaPO "44" blog
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/08/rnc-to-re-invite-breitbart-to.html

[Brother Buzz]

46. RNC knows exactly how long the collective memory of the Sheeples lasts