This has mostly missed the national media. John McCain, about two weeks ago, headed to New Orleans to make a major speech behind closed doors to an ultra-secret, ultra-conservative, ultra-just about everything organization known as the Council for National Policy.Normally, no one gets into their meetings. Even the mice have to check out. But McCain got in! And the press, which normally receives no word of this club's goings-on, somehow heard about the meeting with McCain. The CNP, displeased, finally agreed that the press could sit in a separate room and listen to the speech. Big whoop!
Have you heard anything about this event, or did it get sucked down that black hole of "important news that needs not be reported to the people"?
The Council for National Policy was founded by Tim Lahaye, the ultra-right fundy end-times scribbler, author of the "Left Behind" novels, along with other ultra-right nuts like Paul Weyrich, who helped to put together the Heritage Foundation.
The CNP is "a little-known club of a few hundred of the most powerful conservatives" in the country. They meet three times a year. No one knows where. A copy of the rules obtained by the New York Times says "The media should not know when or where we meet or who takes part in our programs, before or after a meeting..."
Power is what this little club is all about. They are power seekers, power builders, power users. They want power because their reason for existence is to recreate the United States into a right-wing theocratic state under the rule of their god!
Although the membership list is supposed to be a closely-guarded secret, it does include James Dobson, Paul Weyrich, Holland H. Coors (the beer magnate), Wayne LaPierre of the NRA, among others.
What the hell was McCain doing in the courtyard of the CNP? Well, he was courting their favor, and pandering for their votes. It's rather interesting, that, according to People for the American Way, back in 1987, LaHaye was the national co-chair for Republican presidential candidate, Jack Kemp. LaHaye had to resign, however, when it was revealed that he had written a number of anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish sentiments. He called Catholicism a "false religion" and said the Jews "brought the judgment of God upon themselves and their land" by rejecting Jesus.
Why would McCain want the support of such people?
He wants to get elected, dummy, and he'll do whatever it takes. Again!
1 comment:
I think this should be more widely distributed so that people are at least aware that such groups do meet, have an agenda and are capable of promoting it. If the so called liberal press had any power, they would be disclosing such things. Maybe they should join with the Jewish or Israeli Lobby as they do own and control the world from a basement in Brooklyn, New York, I am told. One must wonder at how little we, the people, know about what goes on behind closed doors, unless it is sexual activity involving famous people, preferably Democrats or politicians.
Bob Poris
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