The new left-wing conspiracy

The vast new left-wing conspiracy sets its tone every morning at 8:45 a.m., when officials from more than 20 labor, environmental and other Democratic-leaning groups dial into a private conference call hosted by two left-leaning Washington organizations.

The “8:45 A.M. call,” as it’s referred to by members, began three weeks ago, and it marks a new level in coordination by the White House’s allies... [snip]

“There’s a coordination in terms of exposing the people who are trying to come out against our agenda —they’ve all got backgrounds and histories and pasts, and it’s not taking long to unearth that and to unleash that, because we’re all working together,”

When a new group called Conservative for Patients Rights, for instance, launched an ad campaign featuring former health care executive Rick Scott,

“There was a discussion about what do we know about this guy and in a very quick period of time we were able to come up with his background,”

[I.e., don't debate the ideas, personally attack the messenger.]

Though White House officials do not participate in the calls, Palmieri said, the new infrastructure is closely tied to the White House. Podesta directed Obama’s transition, and Americans United for Change exists largely to run ads promoting the White House agenda.

[The ends justify any means.]

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