The Establishments war on Donald Trump
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Title: Club for Growth Action to Trump: You Sue Us, We'll Sue You Back
Source:
National Review
URL Source: http://www.nationalreview.com/corne ... well-sue-you-back-jim-geraghty
Published: Sep 26, 2015
Author: Jim Geraghty
Post Date: 2015-09-26 08:54:45 by Tooconservative
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Comments: 92
Attorneys for Club for Growth Action, a political arm of the Club for Growth, sent a letter to the Trump Organization’s General Counsel Thursday threatening a counter-suit if Trump sues their organization. “If Mr. Trump brought suit on the baseless grounds stated in your letter, Club Action would not hesitate to seek sanctions for abusive litigation under Federal Rule 11 or equivalent rules and, depending upon the forum, under statutes that deter Strategic Litigation against Public Participation (anti-SLAPP statutes),” the letter states. “Stripped of its purple adjectives, your letter makes two complaints against Club Action. Both complaints are untrue, and neither comes close to the type of knowing and malicious falsehood the First Amendment requires a public figure such as Mr. Trump to establish.” At the heart of the issue is the Club for Growth Action ad stating that Trump “supports higher taxes.” Trump’s lawyers say he no longer holds the position the ad refers to, and will soon be unveiling a plan to lower taxes. (Trump has said, however, he intends to target the “hedge fund guys” who he feels aren’t paying their fair share.) Perhaps the more interesting contention from the Club is this: You accuse the Club for Growth of trying to “extort” a million dollars from Mr. Trump in return for its political support. Nonsense. Club Action reports it was Mr. Trump who, last spring, asked to meet with the Club. During the meeting requestsed by Mr. Trump, as reflected in the attached letter to Mr. Trump, the Club’s Mr. [David] McIntosh made clear that the Club and Mr. Trump had important areas of policy disagreement. However, some areas of policy agreement also were identified. Mr. Trump asked how he could support the Club and, upon being informed that a donation would be appreciated, invited Mr. McIntosh to send a follow-up letter through Mr. Lewandowski, who also attended.
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#2. To: TooConservative (#0)
... one million dollars could make all that go away:
Trump told them he wanted to support the Club. So they sent a fundraising request to his campaign manager. I've never known the Club to compromise, no matter who the donor is. Notice they specifically pointed out that they disagree with Trump on some political matters up front. Trump knew that they weren't going to ever endorse him if he didn't embrace the Club's strict agenda. Just as a general matter, the Club is quite consistent in applying its standards to both donors and to pols that it donates to. The pols, in particular, have to toe the line on the Club's agenda. Sounds like Trump wanted their endorsement and thought he could just buy them off since that is typical with many of these groups. The Club is tougher than that. If Trump just wants to write a check and get an endorsement, the Heritage Action group would be a better bet for him. But the Club's endorsement carries a lot more weight which is why Trump was interested to begin with. And Trump at least knows that a lot of us can be swayed to a candidate if they can secure the Club's support.
You're making stuff up.
You're naive if you don't understand that some of these "conservative" groups do sell endorsements. And you're naive if you don't understand that that is exactly what Trump was trying to do. He no doubt will buy a few of these endorsements. However, the Club has its reputation and loyal backers because they aren't for sale. The only other group that is notable for not being for sale is the National Taxpayers Union bunch (though they aren't as strong as they once were, the Club having taken some of their donors away from them).
They are for sale. They are already bought and paid for. They are whores. They are also damaged goods and those who associate with them are writing their own political funeral.
#21. To: A K A Stone (#19)
Actually, they are not for sale. But they assume that pols are so they do buy the pols. And they are quite good at making sure their pols stay bought. The Club intends to buy the pols (mostly in low-cost districts) to enact its pro-business/pro-jobs/anti-regulation agenda. And also to make the rest of them afraid of getting primaried by Club-backed opponents. In some respects, the Club was the model for the Tea Party groups. Like NRA, the Club will consider endorsing Dems as well as GOPs. Of course, Dems are allergic to the Club so they rarely have any applicants but it isn't because the Club isn't willing if a Dem will support their agenda.
Yep. They even published a price list.
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#15. To: TooConservative (#8)
If Trump just wants to write a check and get an endorsement,
#18. To: A K A Stone (#15)
You're making stuff up.
#19. To: TooConservative (#18)
they aren't for sale.
Replies to Comment # 19. They are for sale. They are already bought and paid for. They are whores.
#31. To: A K A Stone (#19)
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"They are for sale."
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