Posted on 08/08/2008 10:20:43 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
Get a load of these guys:
Nearly 10,000 of the biggest donors to Republican candidates and causes across the country will probably receive a foreboding “warning” letter in the mail next week.
…Led by Tom Matzzie, a liberal political operative who has been involved with some prominent left-wing efforts in recent years, the newly formed nonprofit group, Accountable America, is planning to confront donors to conservative groups, hoping to create a chilling effect that will dry up contributions.
“We want to stop the Swift Boating before it gets off the ground,” said Mr. Matzzie, who described his effort as “going for the jugular.”
The warning letter is intended as a first step, alerting donors who might be considering giving to right-wing groups to a variety of potential dangers, including legal trouble, public exposure and watchdog groups digging through their lives.
Free speech is cool with these guys, see, just as long as they approve of what you’re saying. Otherwise, they’re going to attempt to shut you up. They’re especially interested in strongarming Republican donor Sheldon Adelson (of Freedom’s Watch) , but as I mentioned back here, they won’t be the first leftist group to try to shut him down.
Accountable America would be far more alarming, by the way, if they were smarter:
…anonymity is a potential obstacle to the group’s efforts. Outside political groups organized as 501(c)4 entities, including Accountable America, do not have to disclose the names of their donors.
Oopsie. Think about that: by sending intimidating letters to potential donors, Accountable America has actually discouraged direct contributions to conservative candidates (which are on the public record) and created an incentive for donors to give anonymously to groups like Freedom’s Watch, which can legally protect their donor list from the likes of Accountable America!
It wouldn’t be the first counterproductive leftist campaign in recent memory, would it?
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UPDATE: Speaking of counterproductive political efforts, Commenter WilliePeter reminds me that Matzzie was also behind the attacks on General Petraeus. And those worked out so well for the Left, didn’t they?
Hmm…I get the feeling I’ve just outed one of the Right’s top secret infiltrators within the Left’s establishment. Sorry, Karl Rove!
Tammany Hall never really went away, and Boss Tweed never died. He just enlisted more far-left thugs to add to his rolls of criminals, thugs and charlatans to perpetuate organized criminal politics.
Ping
This guy is opening a can of worms that may sting him..
This guy is opening a can of worms that may sting him..
All in a day’s work for the Nazis of the American left.
It’s only fair, leftist groups make nice targets...
I really don't respond well to this type of intimidation. Why is it these spineless cowards always hide in the shadows when they make their threats?
Come out and play, rats.
These guys are thugs. Fascists. Plain and simple. If they don’t like your political views, they intimidate you. American society is going down the drain, and no one bothers to notice. How long before we lose our political freedom?
HMMM isn’t it illegal to send threats through the USPS? Not that I would recive one but if I did the first thing I would do would be to call the post office and then the attorney general of my state. I’d also make sure to give another large contribution to any conservative I could just to spite them.
From Wow....hear this far and wide-"Change" from one who has been there.
When the young leader spoke eloquently and passionately and denounced the old system, the press fell in love with him. They never questioned who his friends were or what he really believed in. When he said he would help the farmers and the poor and bring free medical care and education to all, everyone followed. When he said he would bring justice and equality to all, everyone said, ‘Praise the Lord.’ And when the young leader said, ‘I will be for change and I’ ll bring you change,’ everone yelled, ‘Viva Fidel!’
But nobody asked about the change, so by the time the executioner’s guns went silent, the people’s guns had been taken away. By the time everyone was equal, they were equally poor, hungry, and oppressed. By the time everyone received their free education, it was worth nothing. By the time the press noticed, it was too late, because they were now working for him. By the time the change was finally implemented, Cuba had been knocked down a couple of notches to Third-World status. By the time the change was over, more than a million people had taken to boats, rafts, and inner tubes
Well, go right ahead there, Mr. Matzzie. I am quite sure you will be supremely surprised and disappointed at the result of your attempts to intimidate conservatives.
Since liberals don't have backbones, Mr. Mattzie is under the mistaken impression that the same is true of conservatives.
slap suits work.
harrasment works.
what happens if a private individual does not want their family harrassed? it is a human thing.
The only solution is to prevent such “chilling” protests the same way they prohibit abortion protests.
Document drop: The “Accountable America” warning letter targeting GOP donors(I'm not bothering to post the image because it's hosted on Michelle Malkin's site which means you'll get nothing but a red x.)
Unreal
Talking Points Memo has the same letter up.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/letter-accountable-america/
Their images are better than those at MM's:
I like it - it works!
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