Originally Posted By ecdc <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/01/07/the_conservative_movement_is_still_an_elaborate_moneymaking_venture/" target="_blank">http://www.salon.com/2013/01/0...venture/</a> >>The conservative media movement exists primarily as a moneymaking venture. As Rick Perlstein explained in the Baffler, some of the largest conservative media organs are essentially massive email lists of suckers rented to snake oil salesmen. The con isn’t limited to a couple of newsletters and websites: The most prominent conservative organizations in the nation are primarily dedicated to separating conservatives from their money.<< Turns out, if you scare the hell out of old people, they'll give you their money.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Turns out, if you scare the hell out of old people, they'll give you their money.>> The right-wing apparently learned SOMETHING from watching their TV Evangelists!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I particularly liked how that piece ended: "The fact that conservatives have that much contempt for their own true believers neatly explains how they govern when they actually have power."
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Exactly, RT. Saw that first hand while living in the OC before moving to the Bay Area. I used to 'job shop' as an electronics prototype tech, going from company to company as needed. One company I worked at was down the street from CBN headquarters. I drove past their parking lot almost daily. Geez Louise! It was overflowing with high end BMWs, Mercedes, Cadillacs, and even a Porsche or two. Very few cars in that lot were Chevy or Toyota sedans. Most of them were definitely upper middle class luxury autos. Yeah, just doin' the Lord's work! 8^P
