Via Instapundit:
Nearly 10,000 of the biggest donors to Republican candidates and causes across the country will probably receive a foreboding “warning” letter in the mail next week. The letter is an opening shot across the bow from an unusual new outside political group on the left that is poised to engage in hardball tactics to prevent similar groups on the right from getting off the ground this fall.
Led by Tom Matzzie, a liberal political operative who has been involved with some prominent left-wing efforts in recent years, the newly formed nonprofit group, Accountable America, is planning to confront donors to conservative groups, hoping to create a chilling effect that will dry up contributions. . . . The warning letter is intended as a first step, alerting donors who might be considering giving to right-wing groups to a variety of potential dangers, including legal trouble, public exposure and watchdog groups digging through their lives.
<sarcasm>The Republicans certainly are the "Brown Shirts" of our time, aren't they?</sarcasm>
All together now, let's give the Obama salute!
Unsuprisingly SA was the first thought going through my head as well when I saw that letter. One would hope the IRS would be fair on such matters, but government bureaucracy tends to fight for it's own existence or growth – i.e. a progressive agenda.
So, which autocrats propaganda does his salute remind you of? I'm thinking Mao myself. The rays have a nice oriental effect to them. Very fitting for a year when the Olympic Stadium was designed by Albert Speer Jr. for another totalitarian country.
Unsuprisingly SA was the first thought going through my head as well when I saw that letter. One would hope the IRS would be fair on such matters, but government bureaucracy tends to fight for it's own existence or growth – i.e. a progressive agenda.
So, which autocrats propaganda does his salute remind you of? I'm thinking Mao myself. The rays have a nice oriental effect to them. Very fitting for a year when the Olympic Stadium was designed by Albert Speer Jr. for another totalitarian country.
Posted by: Michael Zappe on August 9, 2008 01:42 PM