Posted on 02/02/2014 8:53:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
There's no better way to travel to Davos than on somebody else's Gulfstream. And that's how the Democratic operatives involved in Invest Again thought they were going to fly: They were going to go to Switzerland on a private plane owned by the heirs of the Goodrich tire fortune. They were going to meet with Bill and Hillary Clinton, and with Richard Branson, the Virgin Atlantic founder, who had supposedly pledged $12 million in seed money for their new organization.
Invest Again: It was a progressive organizer's dream. People quit good jobs to join the staff. Major Democratic strategy firmsBully Pulpit, a digital media shop founded by Obama campaign alumni; NGP VAN, which supplied software for President Obama's 2012 campaign; Fitzgibbon Media, whose client roster includes MoveOn.org, NARAL, and Julian Assangesigned on to create an issue campaign promoting science and science research, some with contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece. Bruce Kieloch, the Democratic fundraiser, and Kimball Stroud, the D.C. event guru, both deeply tapped into the world of high-net-worth Washington Democrats, had joined up as consultants.
There was a proposed budget of $30 million over the first 18 months, according to a draft of a campaign plan, with $4 million for staff alone.
And it was largely the brainchild of a 25-year-old wunderkind named Rory McCarron. Over the course of a few months, McCarron had turned a cocktail-napkin idea into a serious multimillion-dollar operation. It was impressive, and he was impressive: whip-smart and knowledgeable enough to make people want to join his cause, and likable and earnest enough to make people want to offer him a place to crash.
Not that he should have needed one....
(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...
Liars fooled by a liar. The anti-gay persecution card gets pulled in three, two, one.....
These delusional lefties really, really want to believe that they are on the side of Truth, Justice, Science, and Reason.
Except that they’re not.
They imagine themselves fighting the good fight against Nazis and Flat Earthers, when in reality they are doing their best to destroy truth and reason.
“Tell it to the King, Burger King, that is, where his mylife.com profile says he works.”
Oh, you’re just repeating a deliberate misunderstanding by people who are jealous of his success. What that really means is that he owns a Burger King franchise that includes multiple stores.
Kieloch invited McCarron and McCarron's boyfriend to his mountain house
"I thought he was smart, and all our friends thought he was smart," she says. "He is gay and fat and kind of innocent. It was this whole teen innocence: He seemed pure in his intentions on science and getting investment in science and taking on the Koch Brothers, and that to me was really admirable and basically what I had been doing."
It seems that playing the gay card with democrats gets you through lots of doors without having to prove anything else about yourself or your credibility. Overall I have to say, this couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.
Did you read the entire article? The reference to the “wild side” had to do with the fact that this guy seems to be gay. This may have added to his entree to Hillary.
Yes, I did and my reference was a joking one.
That fixed things, including my eyes. THANK YOU.
Arkansas “wild side” — TMI. Yikes.
If you get people to donate (or seek to) by setting up a charity, shouldn’t that be a criminal offense? Not just just a jealous misunderstanding? This would get 24/7 coverage if someone on the other side of the aisle did this.
“If you get people to donate (or seek to) by setting up a charity, shouldnt that be a criminal offense? Not just just a jealous misunderstanding? This would get 24/7 coverage if someone on the other side of the aisle did this.”
Oh, I was referring sarcastically to the fact that this douchbag listed himself at one time as working as Burger King and how he would spin it if someone spotted that.
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