Happy Veteran's Day.
bellicose
war like language
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
DWight Eisenhower
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Walpin Cleared
Gerald Walpin, the former IG that was dismissed by the Obama administration, has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
The story of Gerald Walpin is different from that of most whistle blowers. Most whistle blowers get targeted, attacked, and never recover. Given that this whistle blower, Walpin, was targeted by the President himself was the one targeting Walpin.
Targeting whistle blowers is also the sort of thuggish behavior that is SOP in Chicago politics. In Chicago, the Inspector General, the post held by Walpin, is often filled by cronies. Whistle blowing is left whatever citizen or city employee brave enough to take on the city's structure.
Targeting of whistle blowers is the sort of behavior that would be welcomed by the Chicago political machine. It was one of the first instances of the Obama administration acting as though their base was at 121 N. LaSalle (the address for Chicago City Hall) rather than 1600 Pennsylvania.
It should also be noted that Kevin Johnson, the target of Walpin's probe, was also cleared for a "lack of evidence".
Walpin, who was fired by President Barack Obama last summer amid controversy over his probe of Johnson, revealed Tuesday that he also had been cleared of overstepping his authority in the matter.
Now, he said, he wants his job back.
The story of Gerald Walpin is different from that of most whistle blowers. Most whistle blowers get targeted, attacked, and never recover. Given that this whistle blower, Walpin, was targeted by the President himself was the one targeting Walpin.
Targeting whistle blowers is also the sort of thuggish behavior that is SOP in Chicago politics. In Chicago, the Inspector General, the post held by Walpin, is often filled by cronies. Whistle blowing is left whatever citizen or city employee brave enough to take on the city's structure.
Targeting of whistle blowers is the sort of behavior that would be welcomed by the Chicago political machine. It was one of the first instances of the Obama administration acting as though their base was at 121 N. LaSalle (the address for Chicago City Hall) rather than 1600 Pennsylvania.
It should also be noted that Kevin Johnson, the target of Walpin's probe, was also cleared for a "lack of evidence".
Council Submissions
The nominations are up.
Council Submissions
Mere Rhetoric - Agitprop-Funding NEA Chief: “Barack Obama Is The Most Powerful Writer Since Julius Caesar
The Glittering Eye - Triage
Rhymes With Right - Just A Reminder – Hasan Not The First
Bookworm Room - Watch the Democratic dominoes fall
The Provocateur - Dr. Chacko Comes to Lahey
The Colossus of Rhodey - The problem with Islamic terrorism and the Left
The Razor - Suburban Perspective on Rural America
Right Truth - A Small Nation
Joshuapundit - Death By A Thousand Cuts
Honorable Mentions
Okie On The Lam - Nanny Nancy Pelosi Shoving 1990-Page Health Care Up Our Collective Wazzoo!
Tel-Chai Nation - Turkey’s Erdogan continues with his bigotry
Non-Council Submissions
Submitted By: The Watcher – Selwyn Duke /American Thinker - Jihad and America, the land that cried sheep
Submitted By: The Glittering Eye – Tigerhawk - The myth of American heroism
Submitted By: Rhymes With Right – Red County - Tragedy At Ft. Hood
Submitted By: Bookworm Room – Villainous Company - Obama doesn’t “get” the military he commands
Submitted By: The Provocateur – WSJ Blog - Doctor: I Was Fired for Fighting Hospital’s Ties to Medtronic
Submitted By: The Colossus of Rhodey – The Scientist - Promises, Promises
Submitted By: Right Truth – Right, Wing-Nut - A Nation, Hi-Jacked
Submitted By: The Razor – MG Hoft - Wash U Shuts Down Freedom Memorial
Submitted By: Mere Rhetoric – Danger Room - Is This China’s Anti-Satellite Laser Weapon Site?
Submitted By: Joshuapundit – Ron Radosh/Hot Air - The Nation, Jihad and General Casey/a>
Council Submissions
Mere Rhetoric - Agitprop-Funding NEA Chief: “Barack Obama Is The Most Powerful Writer Since Julius Caesar
The Glittering Eye - Triage
Rhymes With Right - Just A Reminder – Hasan Not The First
Bookworm Room - Watch the Democratic dominoes fall
The Provocateur - Dr. Chacko Comes to Lahey
The Colossus of Rhodey - The problem with Islamic terrorism and the Left
The Razor - Suburban Perspective on Rural America
Right Truth - A Small Nation
Joshuapundit - Death By A Thousand Cuts
Honorable Mentions
Okie On The Lam - Nanny Nancy Pelosi Shoving 1990-Page Health Care Up Our Collective Wazzoo!
Tel-Chai Nation - Turkey’s Erdogan continues with his bigotry
Non-Council Submissions
Submitted By: The Watcher – Selwyn Duke /American Thinker - Jihad and America, the land that cried sheep
Submitted By: The Glittering Eye – Tigerhawk - The myth of American heroism
Submitted By: Rhymes With Right – Red County - Tragedy At Ft. Hood
Submitted By: Bookworm Room – Villainous Company - Obama doesn’t “get” the military he commands
Submitted By: The Provocateur – WSJ Blog - Doctor: I Was Fired for Fighting Hospital’s Ties to Medtronic
Submitted By: The Colossus of Rhodey – The Scientist - Promises, Promises
Submitted By: Right Truth – Right, Wing-Nut - A Nation, Hi-Jacked
Submitted By: The Razor – MG Hoft - Wash U Shuts Down Freedom Memorial
Submitted By: Mere Rhetoric – Danger Room - Is This China’s Anti-Satellite Laser Weapon Site?
Submitted By: Joshuapundit – Ron Radosh/Hot Air - The Nation, Jihad and General Casey/a>
Tea Parties at the Crossroads
Following the coming out party for the tea parties (no pun intended) in February, the liberals and Democrats mocked. President Obama was still wildly popular. There were just under 20 different cities with a few hundred attendees in each city. It was a passing fad. After all the president was popular and everyone expected him to remain so for an indefinite future. At the time, the conventional wisdom was the permanent and sustained electoral change to the Democrats. People were figuring out how quickly the country would move from center right to center left and how far left it would.
Then, the tea parties protested on April 15th again. Now, they were in near 1000 cities and the numbers ranged for a few dozen to twenty thousand in Atlanta. The totals numbered somewhere in the neighborhood of one million. Still people mocked. Sure, the tea parties could protest but what would it lead to. On the 4th of July, the tea parties protested again. Their numbers were similar to that of April 15th. Still, it seemed as though it was going to be nothing more than protests.
Then, the August recess hit. The same folks that attended the tea parties started finding town hall debates everywhere and they began challenging politicians over the health care debate. Suddenly, what was once a calm exchange of a few dozen citizens quietly speaking to their representatives turned into a full political force and story. The month of August was dominated by citizens challenging their politicians over the health care debate. While the Democrats struggle to pass health care reform to this day, one thing is certain. The health care proposal, if passed, will not only be unpopular but wildly unpopular and that was finished off by the citizen revolt in August.
All movements must, at some point, turn into an electoral force. That's what the tea parties are attempting to do now. They made their first stand in New York's 23rd District, and it was a total and miserable failure. Worse than that, most of the movement refuses to acknowledge it for what it is. Most folks believe they won. They seem to think that by losing they won.
Doug Hoffman was the perfect tea party candidate. He was an outsider. He was a consistent conservative. He believed in lower taxes, less government, less regulation, and free markets. He was against the bailouts, the stimulus, and the health care reform package. Furthermore, he was running in a district held by a Republican since the Civil War. Furthermore, he had almost every important conservative politician behind him: Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, etc.
Yet, he lost. He lost because he became a theoretical politician. He became a symbolic politician. He was the sort of politician the tea parties wanted in the Republican party. Meanwhile, Dede Scozzafava was the sort of politician that the tea parties saw the Republican turning into without their revolt. They pitted Hoffman against Scozzafava and the Democrat won.
The Democrat, Bill Owens, spoke to issues important to his constituents: jobs, health care, education. Doug Hoffman spoke about how he's the true conservative. That's the thing about purists. They think everyone is like them. Most people just don't care that much. They want problem solvers. They want people that will help them feed their kids, get good health care, get a good education, etc. They don't care if it's a conservative or a liberal. Running as the consistent conservative will get the purists but it won't win. New York 23 proved that.
Yet, the tea parties seem to think they've won. They ran Scozzafava out of the race and their guy almost won. That's as delusional as it absurd. If this is the way it will go, they'll hand the Democrats a victory everywhere they take a stand. The tea parties are aiming at Florida next. There, the popular, but moderate, governor Charlie Crist is running against the consistent conservative but totally unknown Marco Rubio. They're ready to make another stand. Crist isn't nearly conservative enough for them. So, they're going full force to beat him in the primary. They may even win though Rubio will almost certainly then lose in the general election.
See, in the primary, the true and consistent conservative is important. In the general election, it means absolutely nothing. For the tea parties to be successful, they must move from the theoretical to the practical. No one, but them, cares who is most conservative. People care about getting problems solved. Conservatives seem to think that simply talking about conservatism is enough. If it were, Doug Hoffman would be the new Congressman from New York 23. He isn't because ultimately no one cares all that much.
Many times movements like this wind up doing more harm than good. That's where the tea parties are on the verge of going. They'll challenge each and every moderate in the primaries. Those moderates will lose. Then, their consistent conservative will trot out in the general election and talk about how they're the consistent conservative and they'll lose each and every time. All the tea parties will really do is make sure all sorts of liberals wind up in Congress.
Then, the tea parties protested on April 15th again. Now, they were in near 1000 cities and the numbers ranged for a few dozen to twenty thousand in Atlanta. The totals numbered somewhere in the neighborhood of one million. Still people mocked. Sure, the tea parties could protest but what would it lead to. On the 4th of July, the tea parties protested again. Their numbers were similar to that of April 15th. Still, it seemed as though it was going to be nothing more than protests.
Then, the August recess hit. The same folks that attended the tea parties started finding town hall debates everywhere and they began challenging politicians over the health care debate. Suddenly, what was once a calm exchange of a few dozen citizens quietly speaking to their representatives turned into a full political force and story. The month of August was dominated by citizens challenging their politicians over the health care debate. While the Democrats struggle to pass health care reform to this day, one thing is certain. The health care proposal, if passed, will not only be unpopular but wildly unpopular and that was finished off by the citizen revolt in August.
All movements must, at some point, turn into an electoral force. That's what the tea parties are attempting to do now. They made their first stand in New York's 23rd District, and it was a total and miserable failure. Worse than that, most of the movement refuses to acknowledge it for what it is. Most folks believe they won. They seem to think that by losing they won.
Doug Hoffman was the perfect tea party candidate. He was an outsider. He was a consistent conservative. He believed in lower taxes, less government, less regulation, and free markets. He was against the bailouts, the stimulus, and the health care reform package. Furthermore, he was running in a district held by a Republican since the Civil War. Furthermore, he had almost every important conservative politician behind him: Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, etc.
Yet, he lost. He lost because he became a theoretical politician. He became a symbolic politician. He was the sort of politician the tea parties wanted in the Republican party. Meanwhile, Dede Scozzafava was the sort of politician that the tea parties saw the Republican turning into without their revolt. They pitted Hoffman against Scozzafava and the Democrat won.
The Democrat, Bill Owens, spoke to issues important to his constituents: jobs, health care, education. Doug Hoffman spoke about how he's the true conservative. That's the thing about purists. They think everyone is like them. Most people just don't care that much. They want problem solvers. They want people that will help them feed their kids, get good health care, get a good education, etc. They don't care if it's a conservative or a liberal. Running as the consistent conservative will get the purists but it won't win. New York 23 proved that.
Yet, the tea parties seem to think they've won. They ran Scozzafava out of the race and their guy almost won. That's as delusional as it absurd. If this is the way it will go, they'll hand the Democrats a victory everywhere they take a stand. The tea parties are aiming at Florida next. There, the popular, but moderate, governor Charlie Crist is running against the consistent conservative but totally unknown Marco Rubio. They're ready to make another stand. Crist isn't nearly conservative enough for them. So, they're going full force to beat him in the primary. They may even win though Rubio will almost certainly then lose in the general election.
See, in the primary, the true and consistent conservative is important. In the general election, it means absolutely nothing. For the tea parties to be successful, they must move from the theoretical to the practical. No one, but them, cares who is most conservative. People care about getting problems solved. Conservatives seem to think that simply talking about conservatism is enough. If it were, Doug Hoffman would be the new Congressman from New York 23. He isn't because ultimately no one cares all that much.
Many times movements like this wind up doing more harm than good. That's where the tea parties are on the verge of going. They'll challenge each and every moderate in the primaries. Those moderates will lose. Then, their consistent conservative will trot out in the general election and talk about how they're the consistent conservative and they'll lose each and every time. All the tea parties will really do is make sure all sorts of liberals wind up in Congress.
Morning Market Report
Veteran's Day will keep trading light and not all markets are open. The bond markets will be closed though the NYSE will havea full trading day. Yesterday, the Dow set a 15 month high finishing up 20.03 points to 10,246.97. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 were both down just slightly.
Futures are pointing upward this morning. The Federal Reserve "reinforced" the view that short term rates will remain as low as they are for the indefinite future. The markets are responding favorably to the continued loose money policy. The Dow futures are up about 60 points. Toll Brothers, the builder, reported solid earnings after markets yesterday. A Chinese company is close to buy Ford's Volvo unit.
While U.S. bonds are closed today, they had a mixed day yesterday. The ten year U.S. Treasury finished at 3.47%. That's the second day in a row it's been slightly better. The thirty year was slightly worse while the two and five were also slightly better. The yield spread between the two and ten year is now at 2.64%. That's still near the high for the last three months and only eleven basis points from the all time high set in June. Bonds in London were all slightly worse today and in Germany they were all slightly better. Oil is pushing $80 a barrel yet again. It's currently at $79.35 a barrel.
Markets around the world are looking strong. In the Far East, the Hang Seng in China was up 1.61%, the NIKKEI in Japan was up .01%, and the Straits Time Index in Singapore was up 1.21%. In Europe, the FTSE in London was up .97%, the DAX in Germany was up 1.24%, and the Spanish Index was up .16%. Strong manufacturing data from China sent their markets upward.
The dollar is down .21% against the Euro, up .56% against the British Pound, but up .03% against the Japanese Yen.
Futures are pointing upward this morning. The Federal Reserve "reinforced" the view that short term rates will remain as low as they are for the indefinite future. The markets are responding favorably to the continued loose money policy. The Dow futures are up about 60 points. Toll Brothers, the builder, reported solid earnings after markets yesterday. A Chinese company is close to buy Ford's Volvo unit.
While U.S. bonds are closed today, they had a mixed day yesterday. The ten year U.S. Treasury finished at 3.47%. That's the second day in a row it's been slightly better. The thirty year was slightly worse while the two and five were also slightly better. The yield spread between the two and ten year is now at 2.64%. That's still near the high for the last three months and only eleven basis points from the all time high set in June. Bonds in London were all slightly worse today and in Germany they were all slightly better. Oil is pushing $80 a barrel yet again. It's currently at $79.35 a barrel.
Markets around the world are looking strong. In the Far East, the Hang Seng in China was up 1.61%, the NIKKEI in Japan was up .01%, and the Straits Time Index in Singapore was up 1.21%. In Europe, the FTSE in London was up .97%, the DAX in Germany was up 1.24%, and the Spanish Index was up .16%. Strong manufacturing data from China sent their markets upward.
The dollar is down .21% against the Euro, up .56% against the British Pound, but up .03% against the Japanese Yen.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Video, Quote, and Word of the Day
grok
to understand
All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
William Faulkner
Wade Rathke Runs Rings Around His Opponents
To most in the conservative media, Wade Rathke is nothing more than a caricature. Words like criminal, Marxist, radical and extremist are most often used to describe him. To most in the conservative media Wade Rathke is a caricature and that's the way they like him. He's part of a radical cabal that wants to take over America and remake it.
In reality, Wade Rathke is a complicated figure. He's an individual of unique brilliance and skills. He can't be boxed in and pigeonholed. Furthermore, he's smarter and more savvy than almost all, if not simply all, his opponents. He knows media much better than them. As such, their mocking, ridicule and caricatures are merely used by Rathke as tools for his own purpose.
If Wade Rathke is a radical, a Marxist, or any other extremist, he's certainly not saying so. I know this because I asked him. His answer reveals not only how he views himself but how his opponents totally mischaracterize him. Rathke is beholden to only one ideology, community organizing. He's an organizer first, second, third and fourth. In answering questions about ideology and philosophy, Rathke constantly came back to pragmatism. He didn't offer an opinion on single payer health care. He said that one world government was "impractical". When asked to give a policy proposal to help the poor and middle class, Rathke suggested that we upgrade technology and make the entitlement process more streamlined.
Rathke is currently the head of Community Organizations International. The two big initiatives currently under way at COI are an initiative to combat predatory lending practices in the process of remittance (when folks send money back to their home country) and also preparing India for the inevitable entry of WalMart into their country. That is simply NOT the behavior of a Marxist, an extremist or a radical. That's because boiling Rathke down to such simple identifications misses the point.
Ever since America found out that the now current president once was a community organizer, it has been a source of ridicule and condescending fascination for folks on the right. Sean Hannity found it the source of an endless amount of condescending mockery. Yet, there's almost no conservative that has yet figured out community organizing. That's every bit more ironic given that the greatest force on the right, the Tea Parties, are a text book marvel in community organizing. I've been often told that no war or religion was ever started without a brilliant community organizer.
In every way, Wade Rathke lives by the virtues of community organizing. Because his opponents have no idea what that means, they don't understand that their mockery, caricature and ridicule more often than not wind up helping him. Community organizing is entirely a non ideological endeavor. You view a given reality and figure out how to best organize around that reality. I know this because that's exactly what Wade Rathke told me. The most important thing that everyone needs to understand about Wade Rathke is that he is uniquely pleasant and charming. Those are traits that everyone would like to have. Shrill and abrasive win you no friends. Pleasance and charm create movements.
Wade Rathke is a real three dimensional person. He's not a caricature. Community organizing will always be a face to face and on the ground endeavor. It will always require a maximum of human contact. So, after his opponents finish ridiculing, mocking, and caricaturing him, Wade Rathke is given the opportunity to charm all those he meets. Make no mistake, more of than not, he'll charm them.
We all remember how Sarah Palin was mocked. The more she was mocked, the more her fans and supporters got behind her. Well, on the charm and charisma scale, Sarah Palin is small time compared to Wade Rathke. So, what do you think Wade Rathke can do with an unlimited amount of ridicule directed at him?
Conservative media have never helped one person get the medical treatment they need, keep their home, make sure their landlord doesn't keep them out of their apartment, or make sure their bank doesn't take advantage of them with fees. Wade Rathke has helped millions do all of these things.
No one was more ridiculed, mocked, and caricatured than Jesus. Now, I'm not comparing Wade Rathke to Jesus. Wade Rathke doesn't compare himself to Jesus either, though, at times, I wonder just how close he sees himself to the almighty. Still, when you're about to be thrown out of your home and Wade Rathke saves you from that, Wade Rathke is your saviour. When he's mocked, there's little difference between that mockery and that of Jesus.
There are two simple principles of community organizing: organize around a broad simple concept and fire people up. If heartless and cruel people are mocking your leader, you've just accomplished both. I believe Wade Rathke relishes conservative ideologues mocking and ridiculing him because that gives him organizing opportunities.
In Jujitsu, you use your opponents strengths against them. A similar concept is in place here. When you mock Wade Rathke, that gives him a tool to organize. ACORN turned attacks against them into an art. Until recently, it almost always worked. Almost every attack could be boiled down to the right wing trying to take down ACORN because it was "the most successful community organization that lobbies on behalf of the poor and middle class". It's no accident that these counter attacks started to be less effective right after Rathke left.
Rathke refers to the ideological conservative media as the "clamoring herd". Most in that sphere of the media universe have only as their goal to bring down Rathke and ACORN. Yet, their obsessive attacks are only used by Rathke to his benefit. The conservative media preaches to the converted. Mockery, ridicule, and caricatures convert no one that isn't already sympathetic. Rathke preaches to the covertible. He uses attacks against him to rally those that are convertible to his cause. Wade Rathke runs rings around his opponents.
In reality, Wade Rathke is a complicated figure. He's an individual of unique brilliance and skills. He can't be boxed in and pigeonholed. Furthermore, he's smarter and more savvy than almost all, if not simply all, his opponents. He knows media much better than them. As such, their mocking, ridicule and caricatures are merely used by Rathke as tools for his own purpose.
If Wade Rathke is a radical, a Marxist, or any other extremist, he's certainly not saying so. I know this because I asked him. His answer reveals not only how he views himself but how his opponents totally mischaracterize him. Rathke is beholden to only one ideology, community organizing. He's an organizer first, second, third and fourth. In answering questions about ideology and philosophy, Rathke constantly came back to pragmatism. He didn't offer an opinion on single payer health care. He said that one world government was "impractical". When asked to give a policy proposal to help the poor and middle class, Rathke suggested that we upgrade technology and make the entitlement process more streamlined.
Rathke is currently the head of Community Organizations International. The two big initiatives currently under way at COI are an initiative to combat predatory lending practices in the process of remittance (when folks send money back to their home country) and also preparing India for the inevitable entry of WalMart into their country. That is simply NOT the behavior of a Marxist, an extremist or a radical. That's because boiling Rathke down to such simple identifications misses the point.
Ever since America found out that the now current president once was a community organizer, it has been a source of ridicule and condescending fascination for folks on the right. Sean Hannity found it the source of an endless amount of condescending mockery. Yet, there's almost no conservative that has yet figured out community organizing. That's every bit more ironic given that the greatest force on the right, the Tea Parties, are a text book marvel in community organizing. I've been often told that no war or religion was ever started without a brilliant community organizer.
In every way, Wade Rathke lives by the virtues of community organizing. Because his opponents have no idea what that means, they don't understand that their mockery, caricature and ridicule more often than not wind up helping him. Community organizing is entirely a non ideological endeavor. You view a given reality and figure out how to best organize around that reality. I know this because that's exactly what Wade Rathke told me. The most important thing that everyone needs to understand about Wade Rathke is that he is uniquely pleasant and charming. Those are traits that everyone would like to have. Shrill and abrasive win you no friends. Pleasance and charm create movements.
Wade Rathke is a real three dimensional person. He's not a caricature. Community organizing will always be a face to face and on the ground endeavor. It will always require a maximum of human contact. So, after his opponents finish ridiculing, mocking, and caricaturing him, Wade Rathke is given the opportunity to charm all those he meets. Make no mistake, more of than not, he'll charm them.
We all remember how Sarah Palin was mocked. The more she was mocked, the more her fans and supporters got behind her. Well, on the charm and charisma scale, Sarah Palin is small time compared to Wade Rathke. So, what do you think Wade Rathke can do with an unlimited amount of ridicule directed at him?
Conservative media have never helped one person get the medical treatment they need, keep their home, make sure their landlord doesn't keep them out of their apartment, or make sure their bank doesn't take advantage of them with fees. Wade Rathke has helped millions do all of these things.
No one was more ridiculed, mocked, and caricatured than Jesus. Now, I'm not comparing Wade Rathke to Jesus. Wade Rathke doesn't compare himself to Jesus either, though, at times, I wonder just how close he sees himself to the almighty. Still, when you're about to be thrown out of your home and Wade Rathke saves you from that, Wade Rathke is your saviour. When he's mocked, there's little difference between that mockery and that of Jesus.
There are two simple principles of community organizing: organize around a broad simple concept and fire people up. If heartless and cruel people are mocking your leader, you've just accomplished both. I believe Wade Rathke relishes conservative ideologues mocking and ridiculing him because that gives him organizing opportunities.
In Jujitsu, you use your opponents strengths against them. A similar concept is in place here. When you mock Wade Rathke, that gives him a tool to organize. ACORN turned attacks against them into an art. Until recently, it almost always worked. Almost every attack could be boiled down to the right wing trying to take down ACORN because it was "the most successful community organization that lobbies on behalf of the poor and middle class". It's no accident that these counter attacks started to be less effective right after Rathke left.
Rathke refers to the ideological conservative media as the "clamoring herd". Most in that sphere of the media universe have only as their goal to bring down Rathke and ACORN. Yet, their obsessive attacks are only used by Rathke to his benefit. The conservative media preaches to the converted. Mockery, ridicule, and caricatures convert no one that isn't already sympathetic. Rathke preaches to the covertible. He uses attacks against him to rally those that are convertible to his cause. Wade Rathke runs rings around his opponents.
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