Can the power, money, special interest groups and the Mainstream Media hijack yet another election? Maybe... it's up to the people. by David Dickinson
(libertarian)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
A few weeks ago, Michelle Malkin wrote in her blog about Jerry Perenchio, "the National Finance Co-Chair of the McCain 2008 campaign and the billionaire founder of Spanish-language media conglomerate, Univision.
Open borders + campaign finance hypocrisy + eco-radicalism= McCain’s billionaire national finance co-chair Jerry Perenchio
By Michelle Malkin January 28, 2008 09:50 AM
Meet Jerry Perenchio. He's a National Finance Co-Chair of the McCain 2008 campaign and the billionaire founder of Spanish-language media conglomerate, Univision. He also heads up a charitable foundation that has showered gobs of money on extremist green lobbying groups. Take open-borders zeal, add campaign finance hypocrisy, mix with eco-radicalism, and presto: The perfect, multiculti-profiteering McCain money buddy.Here's his official bioon the McCain website:
Since 1992, A. Jerrold Perenchio has been the chairman and chief executive officer and controlling shareholder of Univision Communications Inc., the largest Spanish-language communications company in the United States. From 1973 until the partners sold the company to Coca-Cola in 1985, Mr. Perenchio was a partner and chief executive officer of Tandem Productions and T.A.T. Communications and a partner of Norman Lear and Alan D. Yorkin. Following his graduation from UCLA, Mr. Perenchio served three years in the United States Air Force as an officer and pilot. After his Air Force service, Mr. Perenchio started his business career as a talent agent, first with Music Corporation of America then formed his own company, Chartwell Artists, which was the fifth largest talent agency in the world representing such stars as Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Andy Williams, Elton John, Johnny Mathis, as well as many others. Mr. Perenchio is currently a trustee of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and chaired the $200 million fundraising effort for the new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in west Los Angeles. Mr. Perenchio has been a lifelong Republican and was a major contributor and fundraiser for George W. Bush, as well as other candidates of the Republican Party.
Now, let's review what the McCain campaign bio didn't mention.
Jerry Perenchio is the man whopoured millions of dollarsinto fighting the California movement to teach schoolchildren English. Does John McCain share Perenchio's zealous opposition to pro-English immersion initiatives? If he doesn't, why does he have the nation's leading opponent of pro-English immersion initiatives serving in the prestigious position of national campaign finance co-chair? Perenchio aggressively bankrolled opposition to Prop. 227, which dismantled "bilingual education "the oxymoronic program that holds foreign-language-speaking students hostage and forces them to maintain their native tongues instead of transitioning to English as quickly as possible in 1998. He donated millions directly to the opponents and also donated millions of dollars in anti-227 "public service announcements" on Univision railing that "The dreams of millions of Hispanic families are being destroyed." Despite Perenchio's massive campaign to prop up language segregationism, the pro-English Prop. 227 won in a [link edited for length]:
Overcoming huge opposition, Proposition 227, the "English for the Children" initiative, won a landslide 61% victory at the polls. The measure dismantling California's 30-year-old system of bilingual education for limited English children had consistently demonstrated widespread public appeal during its yearlong campaign, and was able to sustain that support against powerful political opposition by election day..
"We overcame enormous odds to win this victory," declared Ron Unz, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who chaired the 227 campaign. "Our initiative was opposed by the President of the United States. It was opposed by the Chairman of the state Republican Party and the Chairman of the state Democratic Party. It was opposed by all four candidates for Governor, Democrat and Republican alike. It was opposed by nearly all the state's major newspapers and virtually every educational organization, large union, and establishment group. Our only strong support came from the people of California, but that was enough for victory."
In the final weeks of the campaign, Republican billionaire A. Jerrold Perenchio, owner of the Univision Spanish-language television network, provided millions of dollars in cash and free air-time to the No on 227 campaign, which overall outspent the Yes campaign by a ratio of 20 to 1 in advertising. Despite this financial mismatch Proposition 227 passed by one of the widest margins in recent history, winning a larger percentage of the vote than any contested initiative since Proposition 13 in 1978.
Election results show that the measure carried 56 of California's 58 counties. Campaign finance reports indicate that the Yes campaign spent about $550,000 (excluding signature-gathering costs), of which some $200,000 was spent on advertising, while the No campaign raised and spent $4.5 million, including nearly $4 million on advertising and voter contact. In addition, Mr. Perenchio's television network provided an estimated $1 to 2 million in free air time for anti-227 editorials.
Perenchio also donated to opponents of Prop. 187, the California measure banning social services to illegal aliens. And he has given money to many soft-on-illegal immigration Democrats. In fact, before jumping ship to Arnold Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial campaign, he was thelargest individual campaign donor to Gray Daviscontributing at least $500,000 to the liberal Democrat. When voters demanded Davis's recall after he pushed driver's licenses for illegal aliens (among other failed policies),Perenchio chipped in another $50,000 to help Davis supporters fend off the measure.He also gave generously toBill Richardson's campaigns$100,000 from him another $50,000 from his wife for the New Mexico Democrat governor's failed presidential bid last year, plus about $167,000 from Perenchio and one of his companies to Richardson's 2002 campaign.
Perenchio playsboth sides.And so does McCain. As theWashington Postreported last February, Perenchio is one of the elite donors McCain signed up to his presidential campaign finance committeeafter crusading against Perenchio's soft-money contributions:
Just about a year and a half ago, Sen. John McCain went to court to try to curtail the influence of a group to which A. Jerrold Perenchio gave $9 million, saying it was trying to "evade and violate" new campaign laws with voter ads ahead of the midterm elections.
As McCain launches his own presidential campaign, however, he is counting on Perenchio, the founder of the Univision Spanish-language media empire, to raise millions of dollars as co-chairman of the Arizona Republican's national finance committee.
Many of the top fundraisers that have signed up for John McCain's presidential campaign have deep ties to the "soft-money" donations to political parties and 527 nonprofit political groups that McCain has fought to end.
SOFT-MONEY DONATIONS SINCE THE 1998 ELECTION A. Jerrold Perenchio, chairman of the Spanish-language media giant Univision and a McCain national finance co-chairman: $11.3 million
Perenchio is also the president of the Chartwell Foundation. The Chartwell Foundation gave $100,000 to the McCain-founded Reform Institute (whereMcCain's open borders Hispanic outreach director Juan Hernandezhappens to serve as a Senior Fellow) under shady circumstances. As the WaPo noted, McCain co-chaired the Reform Institute in his drive to end big-money donationswhile at the same time chairing the Senate Commerce Committee, which regulates broadcasters including Perenchio's Univision, which had many issues pending before the government. Many other donors to the Reform Institute similarly sought legislative favors from McCain.Yep. I spy with my little eye something that rhymes with[link edited for length].
So, I ask, is John McCain the type of person America needs or wants in office? I know, it's nothing new but, it certainly isn't right. It is another example of how beholding to others our representatives and candidates for public office become. Perenchio is a purse handler of John McCain and a direct opponent of American values and the spirit of fair play for tax payers. He seems adamant in his beliefs that English speaking US taxpayers support illegal aliens by providing all of the services and rights that should be exclusively available for US citizens.
The good news is that the voters... the people, were able to overcome what seemed to be impossible odds in light of money raised and spent and support by elected officials and those candidates that sought office. Money and power did not trump the people. Prop 227 and 187 both passed despite them. The people spoke through their votes, not their purses.
The opportunity to overcome impossible odds is in front of us again... and not for the last time.
Ron Paul is today's Prop 227 and 187. We know what is right. We know the odds. We know that the voters can trump the money and power when they stand up and vote their hearts.
It's not too late and we can, if we persevere, put Ron Paul in the White House. There is time. McCain will be outed for the unscrupulous, pious, purchased, ignorant fool that at least I believe him to be. He is quite simply a very poor choice for the Republican Party and the USA at this point in time. He has no clue when it comes to economics. He has no standard message. He is the darling of the MSM and so, very little is exposed of his misguided ideals and missteps. When others are chastised, he is coddled by the MSM. We must keep in mind who's pulling the strings of the MSM... big money, power elite individuals and corporations. People just like Perenchio!
Of course, McCain's not the only one that doesn't have a clue or doesn't live by reality. The other night Mdme. Clinton stated the when she was President, she would do this that or the other with interest rates, blah, blah, blah. That's not the President's job, dear. You should know that. The American people should know that. What happens? She gets applause at the end of the statement from the audience. Man, oh man. I couldn't believe it.
OK, to the point. Ron Paul can get the nomination and win the election. As McCain and Huckabee are shown, under the scrutiny that will be heaped upon them in the coming weeks and months, as the neocons that they are, taking money from special interests that are blatantly out of step with the values of the American people and the Constitution, their temporary popularity will disappear. Leaving Ron Paul. Will Ron Paul be there to benefit? He says he will on two conditions.
1. The number of supporters continues to grow
2. The campaign donations keep coming in
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Posted By: Ivan from Oregon
Date: 2008-02-23 17:40:21
Incidentally, the California Constitution (Article 5, Section 6, if memory serves :) says that English is the official language in the State and the government shoud do everything it can to implement this goal. Yet another example of a supreme law being ignored.
While all of this is mostly true it comes down to the uninformed electorate
or really those that don't bother going to the polls, and those that don't
bother contacting their elected officials to tell them how they feel. GET
INVOLVED!!
>
THE 545 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE
This letter is profound.......and so obvious once you read it that I
don't understand why it isn't being shouted from rooftops all over this
country. It is nonpartisan.*
What do you think?
*THE 545 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR **AMERICA**'S WOES *
BY CHARLEY REESE
Politicians are the only people in the world who create
problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the
Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits? Have you
ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against
inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president
does. You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to
vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code. Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy. Congress does. You and I
don't control monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and
nine Supreme Court Justices - 545 human beings out of the
300 million - are directly, legally, morally, and
individually responsible for the domestic problems that
plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because
that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress
delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound
currency to a federally chartered but private central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a
sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no
ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to
do one cotton- picking thing. I don't care if they offer a
politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has
the power to accept or reject it.
No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's
responsibility to determine how he votes.
*A CONFIDENCE CONSPIRACY*
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing
you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in
this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an
excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have
the gall of a SPEAKER, who stood up and criticized G.W. BUSH
for creating deficits.
The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the
Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the
supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the
House of Representatives for originating and approving
appropriations and taxes.
Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the
majority party.
She and fellow Democrats, not the president, can approve any
budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass
it over his veto.
*REPLACE THE SCOUNDRELS *
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million
cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present
facts - of incompetence and irresponsibility.
I can't think of a single domestic problem, from an unfair
tax code to defense overruns, that is not traceable directly
to those 545 people.
When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people
exercise power of the federal government, then it must
follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in
the red. If the Marines are in IRAQ, it's because they want
them in IRAQ.
There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these
545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire
and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts
and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give
the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.
Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that
there exist disembodied mystical forces like "the economy,"
"inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what
they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and
they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should be
held accountable by the people who are their bosses -
provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own
employees. We should vote all of them out of office and
clean up their mess.
A M E N !!!!!.......GO RON PAUL!
