MICHAEL STEELE STORY OF RNC

This morning Michael Steele treated us to a rare glimpse of the internal workings of the Republican Party national apparatus: the RNC.  Steele was the ex-chairman of the RNC serving in that capacity from January 2009 until January 2011 at which time his fellow party members replace his with Reince Priebus. This morning I heard Steele say that Priebus, former General Counsel for the Republican Party in Wisconsin, was giving him advice, much of which he followed.  The party was in debt by about $24 million. Priebus ran against Steele for the position as chair and won. Following his win, he increased the RNC bank account to over $50 million—a change of $74 million from donations.

What a happened and why did it happen but more important what were the consequences of what happened?  Priebus was a modern day Brutus. As an attorney, he talked Steele into following his advice, and then used those decisions against Steele to win power in the RNC. Once in power he sold the Party to the highest bidder—the rich donors such as David and Charles Koch, the Walton family, etc.  The Koch family for example has their base in what some of us recognize as the extremely radical John Birch Society, which was so radical no respectable politician would associate with them. In addition, Republicans who previously shunned Ayn Rand followers as being ridiculously radical, suddenly were openly praising her as their idol: Alan Greenspan, Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Ron Johnson, for example. The national republican or conservative philosophy did not change but the people did; a few rich people bought their way into power—they bought the RNC.

This story is important to understand if we are ever to understand why our country has changed. One person, Reince Priebus, use trickery to stab Michael Steele in the back and gain power of the RNC. Once in power, Priebus sold out the entire reasonable conservative party to a small radical group. This small group of people has used their money and power to corrupt our political system using their money to fund the dirty techniques developed by political operative Karl Rove into a system of minority rule in Congress.  It happened in Wisconsin, the headquarters of John Birch Society, the home of Joe McCarthy, the home of Rep. James Sensenbrenner, the state run by a rogue Gov. Scott Walker, and the home of Paul Ryan. You don’t know Sensenbrenner. He is punk Representative from Wisconsin that should have not power at all but he is the reason we do not have a Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF). Which shows that Priebus, and his evil character, matters right down to the smallest of details of the interworking of our Government.

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