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Egypt, Deficit Bring Calls to End Foreign Aid -- But Should We?
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The unrelated crises roiling Egypt and the federal budget have at least one thing in common: They both have brought calls to eliminate foreign aid. Just as Punxsutawney Phil crawled from his hole this week, the perennial debate over sending taxpayer money to foreign lands emerged once more on Capitol Hill. In its effort to get a handle on the turmoil, the Obama administration raised the specter of ending military aid to Egypt. The second-largest recipient of U.S. largesse after Israel, Egypt has gotten more than $250 billion in weaponry since 1950, and that doesn't count the ...
RNC's Next Boss? Four Hopefuls Attend Forum, Minus Michael Steele
By Kevin Brennan - Politics DailyCandidates for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee criticized Michael Steele and reached out to the tea party at a panel discussion hosted by the RNC Conservative Caucus on Wednesday. Steele, who has yet to announce if he will run for another term, did not attend the event, which was moderated by two representatives of FreedomWorks, a leading tea party organization. The four participants in the forum agreed on almost all issues brought before them. Despite a clear hesitancy to mention Steele by name, the candidates universally cited a need to improve the RNC's current ...
Conservative Group FreedomWorks Hit by Cyber Attack
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA planned "money bomb" thwarted by a cyber attack. No, it's not the stuff of comic books, but a page out of this year's election battles. FreedomWorks' computer server was hit by a mysterious hacker Thursday, and the conservative group said it believes it was targeted by a political foe just as it launched a major fundraising drive, sometimes also called a "money bomb," The Wall Street Journal reported. The FreedomWorks Web site went down at 9:45 a.m., just as its $200,000 money bomb was being promoted on conservative host Glenn Beck's radio show. The group estimated it lost about $80,000 in ...
Podcast: Americans for Prosperity's Erik Telford and PR Strategist Jim Eltringham
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyA few weeks ago, former Majority Leader Dick Armey, who also heads the conservative organization FreedomWorks, joined me on the podcast. During our conversation, Armey told me that FreedomWorks and The Club for Growth "have a very good working relationship," but said that another conservative grassroots group, Americans for Prosperity, "quite frankly, just simply doesn't do much." In the interest of equal time, Erik Telford of Americans for Prosperity joined me on a recent podcast to answer Armey's charge that his group "doesn't do much." As Telford explained, his group and Armey's group ...
Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe on 'A Tea Party Manifesto'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyFormer House Majority Leader (and current FreedomWorks Chairman) Dick Armey joined us on today's podcast -- along with FreedomWorks President and CEO Matt Kibbe -- to discuss their new book, 'Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto.' During our conversation, Armey expressed optimism that if Republicans were to retake the majority in Congress in November, they could lead effectively. As evidence, he cites the possibility that conservatives like Pat Toomey and Marco Rubio could join with Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to "set the agenda." As Armey put it: "Senator DeMint's got about eight new ...
Who's in Charge of the Tea Party Movement?
By David Knowles - AOL News(July 19) -- Over the weekend, the National Tea Party Federation officially severed ties with the Tea Party Express over a war of words between Mark Williams, a spokesman for the latter group, and the NAACP. At issue was a letter Williams had posted on his website that mocked the NAACP in terms that many readers found to be racist. On its website, the National Tea Party Federation issued a warning to the Tea Party Express on Saturday, demanding that it take the following actions: 1. Mark Williams must be officially removed from the ranks of the Tea Party Express. 2. Notice of Mark Williams' ...
Matt Kibbe on Inciting Health Care Chaos: We're 'Not Nearly as Rowdy as a High School Football Game'
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyThe head of the conservative group accused of inciting disruptive behavior at Democrats' health care meetings insists it's the Left that's to blame, not the Right. In an interview with Politics Daily, Matt Kibbe, the president of Freedomworks, contends that initially, his group's followers were "not nearly as rowdy as a high school football game." But when Democratic leaders like Harry Reid "mocked" their grassroots as phony, he said, "people were aroused." ...
Pelosi Calls Health Care Protests 'Astroturf'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office sent out a fact sheet to reporters Tuesday afternoon, calling recent demonstrations at congressional town hall events "Astroturf," the Washington euphemism for a corporate public relations campaign disguised to look like a grass roots citizen movement. Pelosi said that while Democrats are putting forth proposals to reform health care, "those not interested in health insurance reform are disrupting public meetings and not allowing concerned constituents to ask questions and express their views. Many of these opponents who are shutting down civil discussion ...
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