Sorry, but Mr. Blum, God bless ‘im, hasn’t the slightest clue when it comes to the concept of “strategic alliances”. There are plenty of Conservative organizations that would probably have gladly joined with him in this effort. He obviously is either too ego-driven or ignorant for such teaming efforts.
Stupid, really. What matters is winning, not whose name(s) go/goes up in lights with such a victory.
“A self-described autodidact who has no law degree or formal scholarly background,...”
For all its focus on “diversity”, the left doesn’t quite know how to relate to someone who is not a product of the leftist-vetted educational establishment. Usually, they are treated as a nobody unless and until they rise so far in achievement they can be classified as a outlier eccentric.
This job is made easier should the person in question show leftist sympathies. If they should show non-leftist (rational) sympathies, they have to rise even further before getting visibility. A good example of this would be the Koch brothers, whose debut into national public life in the Times was almost certainly framed by vilification.
This is a sad commentary on the left, for human progress depends on outlier ‘super-producers’ far more than they care to realize.
(Edward Blum) A self-described autodidact who has no law degree or formal scholarly background ELITIST ALERT! ELITIST ALERT!
So exsqueeze me NY Slimes but IMO that's 100% better than having some bs law degree after being taught by some phony 'constitutional scholar' (paging Barry Obama), or some Pinko-Commie Domestic Terrorist law professor (paging Bernadine Dorhan) who hates the USA and thinks our Constitution is a suicide pact that can be used against us.
Ergo NY Slimes, take your autodidact and shove it up your anal canal.
The left revels in the notion they’re out for The Little Guy, but here we see them sneering at Mr. Blum precisely BECAUSE he is the little guy:
Presto-change-o, now the little guy is No Good.
Notice also the triumphant tone when they say the contact number is his cell-phone.
Hey....SO WHAT...?
Oh gosh, I’ll bet Mr. Blum is even lacking a CHAUFFEUR, you know?