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Republicans to declare ‘We Built This!’ in stadium built with government funds
The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced this week that it would craft its convention theme around President Barack Obama’s “You didn’t build that” remark — which was taken out of context to suggest that business owners “didn’t build” their businesses — and the party will unveil that message in an…
Bill Maher: RNC’s ‘He Tried’ ad has subtle racist message
Friday night, on the season premiere of Bill Maher’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher and his panel of guests argued over whether a new ad by the RNC entitled “He Tried, You Tried,” is subtly pushing a racist message to viewers. The ad, which Maher rolled at…
RNC uses stock photo of Asian children on Latino outreach site
(UPDATED BELOW) The Republican National Committee (RNC) has flubbed part of its effort to reach out to Latino voters by publishing a stock photo of Asian children on its RNCLatinos.com website, according to Think Progress. The image was a stock photo from the popular internet image archive Shutterstock. With Republican…
Tampa strip club hopes to entice RNC patrons
The 2001 Odyssey strip club in Tampa, Florida has revamped its online marketing strategy in hopes of attracting some of the nearly 50,000 people expected to attend the 2012 Republican National Convention. The strip club plans to use popular social media websites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr to create buzz…
RNC chair: ‘I’ll double down’ on comparing women to caterpillars
The chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) on Wednesday refused to “walk back” claims that the Republican “war on women” was as fictional as a “war on caterpillars.” In a interview that last week, Bloomberg TV’s Al Hunt asked RNC Chairman Reince Priebus how big of a problem it…
RNC seeks to overturn ban on direct corporate donations to candidates
Emboldened by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, the Republican National Committee (RNC) is seeking to increase the influence corporations have over funding American politics. In a brief filed Tuesday afternoon to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the RNC is seeking to overturn a 1908 law banning corporations from…
RNC chairman calls Trump debate ‘a problem’
Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), said Thursday that he’s opposed to candidates participating in a debate moderated by real estate mogul Donald Trump because Trump is still considering running for president independent of the two parties. “We appreciate what Mr. Trump has done, but if you’re…
SC GOP chair blasts ‘rogue state’ Florida for trying to move primary
South Carolina GOP Chairman Chad Connelly promised Thursday to do whatever was necessary to make sure his state continued to have the first primary in the South. In a vote Friday, a Florida state commission is expected to move their primary to January 31, 2011, which would be earlier than…
Steele bumbles literary reference: Cites Tolstoy, but quotes Dickens
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has been called many things during his tenure atop the Republican party. Literary connoisseur was not one of them. Even in announcing his intent to seek a second term at the RNC, Steele himself admitted that he’d “stumbled along the way.” Stumbled, maybe more…
GOP strategist: RNC Chairman Michael Steele has ‘failed miserably’
Steele ‘not going to matter’ to Republicans’ 2010 strategy thanks to Karl Rove’s ‘coup’ via ‘shadow RNC’ Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele is under fire from his own party once again. But this time, he may not be getting another chance at redemption in the eyes of senior…
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