Freedom’s Watch is shutting down.
Freedom’s Watch is shutting down.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports today that Freedom’s Watch, the right-wing advocacy group founded by Ari Fleischer and funded by Sheldon Adelson, “is pretty much kaput.” Freedom’s Watch spokesman Ed Patru “confirmed that much of the staff was on its way out,” but refused to say if the group would continue in the future:
As for the organization’s future, Patru maintained it was yet to be decided by the board of directors, which includes former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer and Sands Corp. President Bill Weidner.
“In the coming weeks and months, the organization will downsize,” Patru said. “In terms of the future and what role the organization will play, those decisions will be made in the very near future.”
Politico’s Josh Kraushaar notes that “the group is going out with one last blast in the Georgia Senate runoff” by running an ad that attacks Democratic Senate candidate Jim Martin, whose daughter was kidnapped, as being soft on crime.
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They will be back later under a new name that fits their agenda better, "Fascism Watch".
November 24th, 2008 at 5:01 pmHAH
November 24th, 2008 at 5:02 pmFreedom’s Watch is shutting down.»
- - Will the last person out please shut off the VERY dim bulb.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:03 pmI guess since freedom finally arrived, then there's no need to watch for it, anymore....
November 24th, 2008 at 5:06 pmSee ya, wouldn't want to be ya.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:07 pmSheldon's finances sank precipitously with the financial meltdown. His casino company is closed to being a penny stock.
Oh, and the big money boys betting on each other's failure?
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/did-wall-street-gang-up-on-morgan-stanley/
The taxpayer rode to the rescue.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:08 pmLook for it on E-Bay, under Watches/Knockoffs.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:09 pmHow appropriate considering that freedom was the big winner in this year's election.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:12 pm..the right-wing advocacy group founded by Ari Fleischer and funded by Sheldon Adelson, “is pretty much kaput"..
..said director Colonel Klink. "Mein Bushie und Herr Schultz drinken all our fricken beer and go through cash like drunken Nazi's", continued Klink.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:14 pmSo long and don't the door hit you where the good lord split you- on second thought, it is OK if it does.
Will Ari be moving over to Commissioner of Baseball? Or, will he have to fight GWB for the job?
November 24th, 2008 at 5:19 pmSheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corp--52 week high $123
It hit a low last week of less than $3 a share. That has to hurt.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:19 pmDon't let the door hit you in the ass on the way off our planet - good riddance :)
November 24th, 2008 at 5:39 pmoops - sorry Chuck Feney - you beat me to it
November 24th, 2008 at 5:40 pmBut wouldn't the repub losses in the election be all the more reason that they need to get their "mainstream" word out ?
The article alludes to the major financial supporter running into financial problems. But it seems like if they were at all viable as a political machine, the base would pick up some of the funding.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:43 pmIt's hard out there for a crook Ari might apply for a job with the Obama/Biden Administration. Look he could be a spy for the GOP and maybe bring chaos to bring them down for McCain/Palin to somehow get in office. Scotty is doing the best he can to suck up even Bennie want to keep his Fed job. Poor Bennie doen't know what he's doing but just following orders but the pay is good.
November 24th, 2008 at 5:48 pmQuoting wikipedia.org:
"Freedom's Watch has tight connections to the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) and the American Enterprise Institute. The group was conceived at a Florida meeting of the RJC in March 2007 in part to counter MoveOn.org and help the Bush administration sell its Iraq policy. It was founded by a dozen conservatives of immense wealth, most notably Sheldon Adelson, who donated almost all of its initial funding.[6] Four out of five members of Freedom's Watch original board are Republican Jews, and four of the eight initial donors are Jewish [...]"
Buh bye!!! Fascist Traitors!!
November 24th, 2008 at 6:00 pmHard to imagine now, people thought that these guys would be the Swiftboaters of 2008. Their boat sank.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:12 pmTheir motto:
Let Freedumb Ring!!
November 24th, 2008 at 6:30 pmYesssssssssssss!
November 24th, 2008 at 6:36 pm* * *
November 24th, 2008 at 11:24 pmANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
AbleCluster
November 25th, 2008 at 12:05 amYou are not long for this world my dumb ass and annoying friend.
Kaputt is with two t's, trust me I speak German and live in Berlin ; )
Even the Yiddish version is spelled that way...
November 25th, 2008 at 6:10 amFreedom Watch? LOL What were they watching out for, all of our rights being stripped away by BuschCo (intentional misspelling)from the Patriot Act? Rights for rich white old dudes?
GOOD RIDDANCE!!
November 25th, 2008 at 6:23 amA Repug billionaire who made his fortune bilking gambling addicts and lonely retirees. How typical.
November 25th, 2008 at 8:37 am