RNC Fundraiser to Feature Andrew Breitbart

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Coming up in August, a very special Republican National Committee fundraising event featuring right wing hero Andrew Breitbart. Unbelievable.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has a party fundraising event coming up in August that is scheduled to feature a very special guest: Conservative media activist Andrew Breitbart, according to a copy of the invitation exclusively obtained by TPM.

The fundraising event, billed as an “Election Countdown,” will take place from August 12-14 in Beverly Hills, California, and will also feature other politicians such as California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, and Nevada Republican gubernatorial nominee Brian Sandoval. Steele and Breitbart are scheduled to co-headline a welcome reception on the first evening, August 12.

This goes in the “Wingnuts” category because there is obviously no remaining daylight between the RNC and the crazies.

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1 jc717  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 9:52:49am

This was probably set up before the Breitbart's latest exploits.
It'll be interesting to see if they keep him. I would be surprised if they do.

2 Kragar  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 9:52:54am

Andrew Breitbart is scheduled to appear right after the Obama effigy burning, and before the ceremonial "Airing of Grievances".

3 iceweasel  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 9:53:54am

re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Andrew Breitbart is scheduled to appear right after the Obama effigy burning, and before the ceremonial "Airing of Grievances".

He's booked for the 2012 Republican National Convention keynote too? /

4 Varek Raith  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 9:54:16am

re: #1 jc717

This was probably set up before the Breitbart's latest exploits.
It'll be interesting to see if they keep him. I would be surprised if they do.

They knew of his Acorn "sting".

5 Kragar  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 9:54:52am

Jeb Bush set for Rand Paul Ky. Senate fundraiser

6 Cato the Elder  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 9:57:31am

I would not be surprised to find out that Breitbart regularly dips his bucket in a semi-official GOP slush fund or two...

7 Obdicut  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:01:59am

This really, really is an open embrace of ugly racism by the RNC.

8 Cato the Elder  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:02:52am

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. of Tennessee doubts whether Islam is covered by constitutional protections.

9 Decatur Deb  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:04:47am

re: #1 jc717

This was probably set up before the Breitbart's latest exploits.
It'll be interesting to see if they keep him. I would be surprised if they do.

Then they have an excellent opportunity to make a statement. Truth or dare time, folks.

10 Obdicut  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:04:51am

re: #5 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Jeb Bush set for Rand Paul Ky. Senate fundraiser

Holy crap. Even the Bushes are throwing in with the Paulians?

Not to be snide, but I thought they had more self-respect than that.

11 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:04:58am

re: #8 Cato the Elder

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. of Tennessee doubts whether Islam is covered by constitutional protections.

No Supreme Court Seat For You!

12 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:09:02am

re: #11 EmmmieG

No Supreme Court Seat For You!

I keel thread.

13 Kragar  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:09:50am

re: #10 Obdicut

Holy crap. Even the Bushes are throwing in with the Paulians?

Not to be snide, but I thought they had more self-respect than that.

I thought they would stand apart to protect the brand name if anything.

14 Shiplord Kirel  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:10:36am

re: #10 Obdicut

Holy crap. Even the Bushes are throwing in with the Paulians?

Not to be snide, but I thought they had more self-respect than that.

The nutwing has hijacked the GOP media; Fox, Limbaugh, Drudge. The mainstream country-clubbers have no choice but to play along or bail out completely.

15 Decatur Deb  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:10:42am

re: #8 Cato the Elder

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. of Tennessee doubts whether Islam is covered by constitutional protections.

If this crap stands (and it won't) every synagogue and Catholic church in Tennessee would be unprotected.

16 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:11:54am

re: #8 Cato the Elder

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. of Tennessee doubts whether Islam is covered by constitutional protections.

oof.

17 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:12:09am

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Off-topic, but I just posted a side link for the news article on the Texas busdriver's suit regarding his firing for refusing to transport a woman to Planned Parenthood.

Odd that he thinks his rights were violated while apparently not taking into account that the woman had some rights as well. Or perhaps he really should not have been a bus driver in the first place.

18 ShaunP  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:12:19am

re: #14 Shiplord Kirel

The nutwing has hijacked the GOP media; Fox, Limbaugh, Drudge. The mainstream country-clubbers have no choice but to play along or bail out completely.

There is a third option, but it involves getting thrown under the bus by the rest of GOP establishment. Although you do get to retain your self-respect...

19 Targetpractice  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:12:23am

re: #1 jc717

This was probably set up before the Breitbart's latest exploits.
It'll be interesting to see if they keep him. I would be surprised if they do.

That was my first thought as well, that this had been planned for months now, prior to his letting his racism all hang out. But if Steele or somebody high up on the totem pole don't revoke that invitation soon, then it'll be pretty obvious that the party as a whole has thrown their chip in with the vilest, darkest parts of the political spectrum in the pursuit of power.

20 Shiplord Kirel  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:12:29am

re: #11 EmmmieG

No Supreme Court Seat For You!

I wonder how he feels about Confederate Copperheads.?

21 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:12:35am

re: #12 EmmmieG

I keel thread.

with bonus Soup Nazi offshoots!

22 theheat  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:14:39am

I don't know how any Republicans can feign surprise when their party is accused of being a safe haven for haters and lunatics. This didn't suddenly just happen; they've been bringing the crazy into the fold since Palin's VP nomination, right under everyone's noses. Everybody's gone along for the ride either with a smile on their face, or in perpetual denial of the facts.

It's time to start painting with that broad brush. I don't want to hear any whining about "a tiny minority of extremists." Too little, too late - your party is hopelessly fucked, and getting more fucked up by the minute.

23 Feline Fearless Leader  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:14:54am

re: #8 Cato the Elder

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. of Tennessee doubts whether Islam is covered by constitutional protections.

What the hell. Do these guys really have any understanding of what our governing documents were about, or why particular clauses were written?

Otherwise, it simply means that their need to pander far exceeds their integrity, and thus to me heavily implies that they should not be holding, or be elected to, public office.

24 Varek Raith  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:17:04am

re: #15 Decatur Deb

If this crap stands (and it won't) every synagogue and Catholic church in Tennessee would be unprotected.

No.
Those are the true religions.
/

25 tnguitarist  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:19:12am

re: #8 Cato the Elder

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. of Tennessee doubts whether Islam is covered by constitutional protections.

Ugh. I'm a man on an island.

26 pharmmajor  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:20:13am

Yet another step toward the inevitable republican crash and burn this November.

27 Gus  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:22:38am

Andrew Breitbart and the re-branded RNC/GOP are a perfect match.

Rather ironic that the same people that are always talking about elitism will be holding this fundraiser at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel with rooms starting at $371 per night. One-thousand dollars buys you one dinner but the top billing at $60,800 gets you the package deal in this billionaires and race-baiters for Republicans event.

Breibart also got a $500,000 advance for his upcoming "book". So yeah, tell me about elitism.

28 Decatur Deb  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:22:42am

re: #24 Varek Raith

No.
Those are the true religions.
/

My catholic wife's best friend, a Presbyterian from Mississippi, was raised to believe Catholics are not Christians. Our county has 150+ churches, one of them a Reform temple, and one is a Catholic church. We watch this stuff.

29 HappyWarrior  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:25:16am

Smart move GOP. Have a fundraiser with a man who is known to have no qualms about taking doctored material to make people look bad. As for the idiotic governor of Lt Governor of Tennessee. What a damn jerk. Seriously, people wonder why we struggle to make inroads with Muslims in the Middle East and it's because of idiots like this. And doesn't he know that many Amiercans and their ancestors immigrated here in the first place because of religious oppression.

30 Shiplord Kirel  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:26:38am

re: #26 pharmmajor

Yet another step toward the inevitable republican crash and burn this November.

I'm alarmed at another possbility: They might not crash and burn.

Angle and Paul are both doing well, for example. At least one of them will probably win. The worst case, a wingnut landslide, could actually happen.

31 Decatur Deb  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:27:26am

How in hell are we supposed to isolate one Idiotarian of the Year?

32 Cato the Elder  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:27:35am

re: #23 oaktree

What the hell. Do these guys really have any understanding of what our governing documents were about, or why particular clauses were written?

Otherwise, it simply means that their need to pander far exceeds their integrity, and thus to me heavily implies that they should not be holding, or be elected to, public office.

Well, not all too long ago, the Church I belong to was held to be an evil "cult" (aka "The Whore of Babylon") by a great number of these same people. (Still is, by the bigger freaks.) The only reason Catholicism got an early toehold in North America (the Spanish aside, of course), is that a couple of colonies, Maryland among them, were specifically designed to be, as it were, Catholic "reservations". This is why there are Catholic crosses bottony on the Maryland flag and why the first diocese in country was that of Baltimore.

When the Irish started showing up, there were anti-Catholic riots a-plenty, and lots of lynchings, too.

These people either do not know this history or secretly wish to repeat it.

33 Targetpractice  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 10:38:28am

re: #22 theheat

I don't know how any Republicans can feign surprise when their party is accused of being a safe haven for haters and lunatics. This didn't suddenly just happen; they've been bringing the crazy into the fold since Palin's VP nomination, right under everyone's noses. Everybody's gone along for the ride either with a smile on their face, or in perpetual denial of the facts.

It's time to start painting with that broad brush. I don't want to hear any whining about "a tiny minority of extremists." Too little, too late - your party is hopelessly fucked, and getting more fucked up by the minute.

It's about power, that's all. Bringing the loonies, the crazies, the haters, and the bigots into the fold is a strategy aimed at one conclusion: A return to the Republican control of the Executive and Legislative branches of not just the federal government, but government at every level. If it means they have to rub shoulders with the most hate-filled, bigoted, crazy SOBs that have walked the Earth, they'll do it, just so long as it means more votes come November.

Thing about it is, they don't yet realize where this road's going to take them. That, in their blind and fanatical drive to drive out the "impure" and the "heretical," one that would rival the Spanish Inquisition, they are setting the stage for their eventual collapse into the Dustbin of History, a collapse that can't come soon enough.

34 webevintage  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:00:35am

Nice to see they like to scrape the bottom of the bucket for their speakers.


I guess the question is, in the end, will the voters in NOV see the GOP for what it is and STILL vote them in or will they vote for Democrats.

35 cineaste  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:02:55am

Why is a liar like Breitbart called a "Conservative media activist" while some far more respectable who participated in the journolist are castigated as part of some evil conspiracy to distort the media?

The RNC is adrift and rapidly floating out to sea on a riptide of wingnuts and delusion.

36 cineaste  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:03:30am

*some far more respectable pundits...

PIMF!

37 cineaste  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:11:24am

And while we're at it, can anyone identify the GOP's platform anymore? Their next convention is going to be fascinating.

Plank 1: We are against Democrats.

Plank 2: We are for whoever is against Democrats.

Plank 3: We are against Big Government.

Plank 4: If we are the Government, ignore plank 3.

Plank 5: We are pro-individual rights. The Big Government should stay out of our personal lives.

Plank 6: One exception to Plank 5 is gay marriage.

Plank 7: Another exception to Plank 5 is women's right to choose.

Plank 8: Another exception to Plank 5 is Muslim's right to build community centers.

Plank 9: Another exception to Plank 5 is anyone who looks like they might not be an American needing to prove that they are when encountered by law enforcement.

Plank 10: Another exception to Plank 5 is the belief that we're all equal, but we all need to acknowledge that Christians are more right than everyone else.

Plank 11: Mormons aren't real Christians.

Plank 12: We believe Obama is not a citizen and should go back to Africa, but not in a racist way.

Plank 13: We believe in the land of opportunity. But less so for people who speak spanish.

Plank 14: Dinosaurs and man existed together on earth at the same time.

Plank 15: Global warming is a myth and if the globe is warming it's because god wants it that way.

38 Decatur Deb  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:15:42am

re: #37 cineaste

Very nice.

Plank 16: We are pro-Israeli, at least the last 140,000 of them.

39 Cato the Elder  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:16:37am

re: #38 Decatur Deb

Very nice.

Plank 16: We are pro-Israeli, at least the last 140,000 of them.

Oh, snaps!

40 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:28:14am

re: #8 Cato the Elder

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. of Tennessee doubts whether Islam is covered by constitutional protections.

Yowza.

Speaking of which, folks, that's my SIL's lite gov. I should send a sympathy card.

41 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:28:39am

re: #10 Obdicut

Holy crap. Even the Bushes are throwing in with the Paulians?

Not to be snide, but I thought they had more self-respect than that.

Seriously. That New England pride, if nothing else, should keep them away.

42 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:30:48am

re: #24 Varek Raith

No.
Those are the true religions.
/

Although, of course, his arguments against Islam exactly parallel time-honored arguments against Judaism and Catholicism....

43 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:31:03am

re: #25 tnguitarist

Ugh. I'm a man on an island.

My sister-in-law is with you!

44 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:31:50am

re: #27 Gus 802

Andrew Breitbart and the re-branded RNC/GOP are a perfect match.

Rather ironic that the same people that are always talking about elitism will be holding this fundraiser at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel with rooms starting at $371 per night. One-thousand dollars buys you one dinner but the top billing at $60,800 gets you the package deal in this billionaires and race-baiters for Republicans event.

Breibart also got a $500,000 advance for his upcoming "book". So yeah, tell me about elitism.

The problem is that people who hate elitists, but nominally honor capitalism tend to find themselves in situations like this.

45 ProMayaLiberal  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 11:44:11am

re: #9 Decatur Deb

This makes me abosolutely livid. Is there anything out-of-staters can do to help his opponent win the election he will be in next?

46 Kung Fu Grip  Mon, Jul 26, 2010 9:41:22pm

Where was your outrage when Michael Moore was a featured guest at -- not a fundraiser -- but the DNC convention itself.

Oooops. Sorry, I forgot that DNC wingnuts aren't real wingnuts.

47 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jul 27, 2010 12:19:19am

re: #46 Kung Fu Grip

Where was your outrage when Michael Moore was a featured guest at -- not a fundraiser -- but the DNC convention itself.

Right here, moron:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

48 [deleted]  Wed, Jul 28, 2010 8:12:15pm

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