When pawns in a conspiracy start talking about how things get done, a lot of dark corners get lit up. Digby tracks one operative in the New Hampshire phone-jamming scandal who sheds light on just how deep the neocon money-machine reaches:
… The modern GOP plays the hardest of hardball. There are no limits. And if they weren’t such arrogant assholes, they could probably always get away with it because law enforcement tends to be conservative. These guys have pushed the limits so far, however, that the law just can’t ignore it any longer.
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One thing I think Dems haven’t discussed enough is that last paragraph in the New Hampshire phone jamming piece— how the Republicans have set up politics as a business. We’ve often noted that they have the wingnut welfare system through their phony “think” tanks and media outlets. And the K Street project is notorious. But there’s another factor involved that I hadn’t thought much about — all these satellite consulting firms that make money directly from the RNC — you know, the group that’s funded by millionaires and little old ladies on social security.
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I suspect the Republicans aren’t the only ones who create lucrative “middleman” jobs for political consultants. But I’ve never heard of the Democrats doing this kind of “shenanigans” with the money, although it’s always possible. Nonetheless, it’s the GOP that has institutionalized this system and created a formidable national political machine out of it.
This next election is going to be a major test of this philosophy of polarization and the political machine that’s been carefully designed to capitalize on that. They are very, very good. They got sloppy up there in New Hampshire and left some fingerprints on their work, but that’s unusual. Generally, they are much smoother. And this next election is the ultimate challenge. They are dramatically unpopular. If they can pull it off, they will be political magicians. I have no reason to believe they won’t give it a good run. …
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When pawns in a conspiracy start talking about how things get done, a lot of dark corners get lit up. Digby tracks one operative in the New Hampshire phone-jamming scandal who sheds light on just how deep the neocon money-machine reaches:
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