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I love Derf!! ![]() Join Date: Mar 12 2002 Location: Undisclosed Secure Location
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Rep Power: 26 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Democracy Alliance memo details Dem plan to "educate the idiots"and target minorities Democracy Alliance memo details Dem plan to "educate the idiots" and target minorities Filed Under: Colorado Elections Topics: AFL-CIO, Andrew Romanoff, Bell Policy Center, Bill Ritter, campaign finance, Colorado Democracy Alliance, Democracy Alliance, Dominic DelPapa, Evan Dreyer, Joan Fitz-Gerald October 1, 2008 Face The State Staff Report In a confidential internal memorandum obtained by Face The State (PDF), the Colorado Democracy Alliance outlines a roster of "operatives" who worked for Democratic victory in the 2006 general election. The document outlines specific tasks for various members of the state's liberal infrastructure, including a campaign to "educate the idiots," assigned to the state's AFL-CIO union. Among the operation's intended targets: "minorities, GED's, drop-outs." ![]() Individuals named in the document, marked "CONFIDENTIAL," "for internal use only," and "DO NOT DISTRIBUTE," are high-level elected Democrats including House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, former Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald, as well as Gov. Bill Ritter's press aide and former campaign chief Evan Dreyer. All are specially marked as "off-the-record or covert." Mentioned as a "critical contact" was Dominic DelPapa, a partner at Ikon Public Affairs. DelPapa was at the center of recent controversy stemming from the February leak of a confidential memo he authored detailing a multi-million dollar "foot on throat" attack on Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, among others. CoDA is one of 18 state-based versions of the nationally focused Democracy Alliance, a self-described "investment partnership of business and philanthropic leaders" funding liberal infrastructure nationwide. For more information about the Democracy Alliance in Colorado, see day one and two of Face The State's week-long series on the group. In a podcast released by the DNC Host Committee Tuesday, national Democracy Alliance founder Rob Stein explains the need for large, secretive donor networks. "We do not have the infrastructure that the right has built, yet," he said. "But there has never in the history of progressivedom (sic) been a clearer, more strategic, more focused, more disciplined, better financed group of institutions operating at the state and national level." In the same podcast, Laurie Hirschfeld Zeller, the newly installed executive director of CoDA, explains her organization's mission. "Our job is to build a long-term progressive infrastructure in Colorado while we're conceding nothing in the short term in terms of progressive goals at the ballot box." Zeller had high praise for the state's liberal establishment, specifically naming America Votes, New Era Colorado, Progressive Majority, the Latina Initiative, and ProgressNow as partners in CoDA's coalition building efforts. "CoDA works with all these organizations," she said. The Bell Policy Center, a liberal think tank that regularly plays host to CoDA board meetings, was praised for its work fighting to dismantle Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. She characterized Colorado's constitutional requirement for voter approval of tax increases as "arcane." According to Zeller, CoDA operates "in a structure that provides privacy to members." Under current law, this structure is as a taxable non-profit organization that allows individual donors to give anonymously to shared causes. She described the structure as a "fiscal irrigation system" designed to "provide a harvest later this fall." Stein, the DA founder, said state groups like CoDA have fired "a warning shot to conservatives in America." "Conservatives have nothing comparable to possibly compete with it, and they better watch out," he said. Colorado was chosen as a test case for exporting DA's national model, due in part to the "significant wealth" of liberal donors living here. "It's not just individual donors," Zeller said of CoDA's financial underwriting. "One of the things that has been crucial in making the work of the Colorado Democracy Alliance effective in Colorado has been our partnership with institutional donors and activist organizations in labor, particularly," she said. "That's been a major part of how we get our work done here." According to Zeller, CoDA's giving is concentrated in five general funding categories: leadership development, communications, "research and ideas," "civic engagement" and "constituency development." "We embrace the 'progressive' label in our giving and the strategic role we play in Colorado politics," she said. Despite sweeping gains for political liberals both in Colorado and nationally, Stein believes his coalition can do a better job of communicating with voters. "It feels scary, because we don't have the message down right," he said. "[But] We're being more businesslike - we're being more professional." http://www2.facethestate.com/article...get-minorities |
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Rep Power: 23 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Democracy Alliance memo details Dem plan to "educate the idiots"and target minori Gee. Sorta like the McCain campaign paying people to plaster net forums with Pro-McCain crap. Or that Red group that was paying frats to hold poster for a couple hours, oh, and get a free lunch. This happens all the time.
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Rep Power: 30 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Democracy Alliance memo details Dem plan to "educate the idiots"and target minori Man, the people that are backing McCain REALLY DO DRINK THE KOOL-AIDE! Are you mad? Religious cults or TERRORISTS BACK THE REPUBLICAN. Everything you post about Obama is EXACTLY THE PROBLEM with McCain and friends. McCain has no friends and can't STAND having to hook up with a bunch of religious nuts that want NOTHING more than to HURRY the coming of Jesus and ending abortions. 2 things that couldn't be more MEANINGLESS in this day and age. You can see it in his face. If he had chose ANYONE but Palin he would be winning HANDS DOWN. Only people on your kool aide and fox news can't seem to see this and they proved it when they took the pole in the diner and NO ONE VOTED McCain yet he claimed that WHAT WE JUST SAW was a tie. Lie right to your face and tell you that what you see is not reality. OK. |
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Rep Power: 23 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Democracy Alliance memo details Dem plan to "educate the idiots"and target minori McCain has no friends because the dies of old age Engfant.
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Rep Power: 26 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Democracy Alliance memo details Dem plan to "educate the idiots"and target minori McCain understands "Country First." You don't seem to. Neither do the partisans Obama or Biden. |
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Rep Power: 36 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Democracy Alliance memo details Dem plan to "educate the idiots"and target minori Quote:
Virginia Republicans are in an uproar after the state teacher's union sent an e-mail to its members encouraging them to wear blue-colored shirts to school to show their support for Barack Obama. State Republicans are calling it an undisguised attempt to influence students' political views. The Virginia Education Association sponsored "Obama Blue Day" on Tuesday. In an e-mail sent last week, it urged teachers to participate by dressing in blue. "There are people out there not yet registered. You teach some of them," the Sept. 25 e-mail reads. "Others, including our members, remain on the fence! Its time for us to come together, voice our unity, because we make a difference!" "Let's make Obama Blue Day a day of Action!" the e-mail continues. "Barack the vote!"
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Rep Power: 36 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Democracy Alliance memo details Dem plan to "educate the idiots"and target minori some more obamians acting very military like: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gla...rnity-regiment
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