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| Clintons launching "dirty tricks" offensive against Tea Party movement? |
| 2010-02-17 |
| "Capitol Confidential" @ BigGovernment Big Government has learned that Clintonistas are plotting a "push/pull" strategy. They plan to identify 7-8 national figures active in the tea party movement and engage in deep opposition research on them. If possible, they will identify one or two they can perhaps 'turn', either with money or threats, to create a mole in the movement. The others will be subjected to a full-on smear campaign. (Has MSNBC already been notified?) Oppo research is legal, as is the Clintonian ad hominem attack--unethical, immoral, a logical fallacy, but not a violation of criminal law, and quite probably protected free speech. Using the threat of public exposure of embarrassing personal details to influence behavior is probably extortion, which is a felony. Big Government has also learned that James Carville will head up the effort. Who better to do so? Obviously, there is no love lost between Obama and the Clinton machine. It may at first seem odd that Clinton would rush to Obama's defense, but the tea party movement poses a threat far beyond the immediate goals of the Obama Administration. The tea party movement could evolve into a new political realignment, one founded on a belief in limited government and less government interference in the economy. The Progressive agenda, which has been painstakingly built up over the last three decades, could be left in tatters. As the Clinton's know, "politics ain't beanbag." Expect the counterattack soon. Don't say you haven't been warned. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #10 The "Taxed Enough Already" movement is too grass roots to be damaged by the left. The two Arkansas hillbillies can go after a half dozen wannabe leaders of tea partiers but it will have no effect on the millions of those who are fed-up with socialists. Hillary is mad that her healthcare agenda took a hit. |
| Posted by: Heriberto Uloth5220 2010-02-17 21:59 |
| #9 The Clinton and Obama regims are the most corrupt, diasterous anddangerous administrations our cpountry has had to endure. They put the terrorist below them in treachery and deciet. They can't functio on their own; they have to resort to lies, threats and bribes to forc radicAL COMMUNISM DOWN OUR throats. I see blood in our streets in the near future. |
| Posted by: Shad 211 2010-02-17 21:44 |
| #8 CB is right - it's Axelturf |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-02-17 21:33 |
| #7 Uh....yeah. Riiiiight. Sorry, I just don't see Hill & Bill doing something like this to benefit Obama. Stabbing Obama in the back? Sure. Helping him out when he is known for rewarding loyalty by tossing people under his very crowded bus? Nope. If anything, Hillary benefits if the Tea Party people can take Obama down a few notches. Bubba's legacy looks better if Obama blows it big time. Based on that 12 page NY Slimes story about the "radicals" in the Tea Party movement, they can make shit up on their own perfectly fine without the gang from Arkansas. There is literally nothing in it for them or their loyalists. There is plenty for Rahm & Axelrod if they can make it look like they had nothing to do with it, however. Keep that in mind. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-02-17 21:21 |
| #6 Bill Clinton better lay low right now. Needless to say, all democrats are unpatriotic at this point as their lead motivator is a communist moslem. So lie, smear, re-write history is their way. It's all about power. And Yes America, this is US and THEM. The belief that the opposition wills you no harm hasw been refuted in full now. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-02-17 20:12 |
| #5 Ooooh, the Clintonistas are coming after us. I'm so scared! (They couldn't even get the nomination for the Hildabeast). |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-02-17 19:36 |
| #4 James Carvile |
| Posted by: Beldar Threreling9726 2010-02-17 17:42 |
| #3 Is that the same mighty Clinton machine that couldn't handle Mr. Hope&Change and his bunch of ivory tower baby bolsheviks in dem primaries? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-02-17 16:40 |
| #2 It tells everyone who the Clintons consider their real enemies. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-02-17 15:41 |
| #1 Politics might not be bean-bag, but it isn't Cold War espionage, either. "Turning" assets and inserting moles seems kind of out-there. I can't tell if the Clintons have honestly gone insane or if this source is just garden-variety nuts. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-02-17 15:23 |