Yesterday John Boehner pulled out all stops to get a crooked lobbyist crony of his, Maria Cano, elected as the new Chair of the RNC. Although he managed to get rid of the embarrassing clown the RNC saddled itself with 2 years ago-- really a foregone conclusion for weeks-- his candidate came in a distant third. The winner, though, isn't someone Boehner will have any trouble embracing. As a right-wing blogger pointed out this morning, Chairman Reince Priebus doesn't need any lessons in arch-hypocrisy. He's coming to the party fully armed. Take all the vowels out of his name first. You're left with RNC PR BS. How perfect, especially considering that Priebus' campaigning for his new job included a much ballyhooed statement in right-wing circles: "If you're pro-abortion, pro-stimulus, pro-G.M. bailout, pro-AIG, well you know guess what, you might not be a Republican." Well...
Blatant right wing hypocrisy has become so commonplace that it's no surprise at all to discover that Priebus himself worked at a law firm that helps clients secure federal stimulus funds.Priebus is a partner for the law firm Michael Best & Friedrich LLP in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In February 2009, his firm announced the creation of a 'Stimulus Legislation Team', of which Priebus was listed as a member.
One of the client alerts co-authored by Priebus describes the team's role as such:
"…The Michael Best Stimulus and Economic Recovery Team is prepared to assist you in understanding the implications and in developing and implementing a strategy to secure the benefits of this unprecedented legislation. Specifically, we will assist you to identify opportunities, prepare appropriate proposals and make targeted contacts to secure funds."
A Wisconsin blogger, fills in all the blank spots for the rest of us. Priebus, a close ally of Paul Ryan, who has been tasked by Wall Street to wreck Social Security, "is a partisan, voter obstruction operative from Ryan's district who lost his bids to roll back Wisconsin's historically progressive tradition to open and fair elections."
Priebus is the outgoing chair of Republican Party of Wisconsin and a partner with the GOP-heavy law firm, Michael Best and Friedrich (LLP), recently retained by the new GOP-led Wisconsin state legislature to redraw and gerrymander national and Wisconsin legislative districts. (The GOP legislature is not allowing democrats to have the counsel of tax-financed law firms to redraw districts.)
Priebus is known in Wisconsin political-journalistic circles for his dedicated (and so far unsuccessful) efforts to obstruct Wisconsin voters, suppressing the wrong kind of voters—black
, old, and disabled. The Priebus-led voter obstruction programs are consonant with national GOP efforts to obstruct Democratically leaning voters.
rest at http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2011/01/rnc-pr-bs-dwt-welcomes-reince-priebus.html
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