Policing the political parties

During the next year, once Election 2016 is behind us, I am initiating an effort to audit the performance of the two principal political parties in the U.S. for the purpose of identifying and defining performance problems from which corrective action may begin. As a political analyst, I will solicit the assistance of political party leaders and representative members in accomplishing this. I don't expect the offer of engagement to be taken positively, yet who knows?

This morning, I searched for articles about political parties as part of ongoing research. One article popped to the forefront. As always, I checked to determine the authors. In this instance, the authoring and posting organization turned out to be "Western Journalism." What and who is that?

Western Journalism cleverly seeks to hide its identity, keeping their ownership and leadership concealed. Why? Because they want to pretend that, they are a legitimate news organization.

In fact, Western Journalism is owned by "Liftable Media Inc." What is that? In a post on another "conservative" blog called "RedState," a story reads as follows:

"Mike Huckabee, Herman Cain Sell Out To Clickbait Factory Liftable Media Inc.
DIARY / SOUTHERNCONSTITUTIONALIST //  Posted at 12:23 pm on March 15, 2016 by southernconstitutionalist

If you follow Herman Cain on Facebook, and more recently, Mike Huckabee, you will notice a pattern in their posts. 

Nearly all of the articles they post come from sites such as Tea Party News Network (TPNN), Conservative Tribune and Western Journalism. All three are owned by Liftable Media Inc. 

Who is Liftable Media? 

"Patrick Brown, the CEO of Liftable Media Inc, announced this morning the purchase of TPNN. Brown said, “We are proud to welcome the TPNN brand into our stable of digital media properties. Growing to become the voice of the Tea Party Movement, TPNN has given active citizens nationwide an opportunity to bypass the gatekeepers of the mainstream media. We plan to expand on this success and reach even more Americans in 2016 and beyond.” 

"Liftable Media is a top 100 digital network according to Quantcast.com. Founded in September of 2014 by the then 26-year-old Patrick Brown with the social story website Lifitable.com, Liftable Media has grown through the purchase of numerous other social news websites. Liftable purchased Thoughtfulwomen.org and WesternJournalism.com in 2014, and ConservativeTribune.com in the spring of 2015." 

http://www.redstate.com/diary/southernconstitutionalist/2016/03/15/mike-huckabee-herman-cain-sell-out-to-clickbait-factory-liftable-media-inc./

Back to the story lead that I have buried, that is, to understand political parties in America:

"The Shocking Truth About Political Parties
We seem to be very confused on this fact quite regularly...
by KrisAnne Hall September 7, 2015, at 12:42pm

Parties are not government. We seem to be very confused on this fact quite regularly. But knowing this is essential to keeping the proper perspective on elections. 

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus is demanding that the GOP presidential candidates sign an oath of loyalty. People can see right through this and know exactly WHY the RNC is doing this now. The members of the RNC can righteously be upset at the hypocrisy of their leadership. HOWEVER… 

Members of the Republican Party have no right to be upset about this demand by their leadership. The Republican Party is not government. The Republican Party is a private corporate club. They are not required to be “open minded.” As a matter of fact, the entire purpose of a private corporate club is that they CAN discriminate based upon their platform." 

Western Journalism

Writer, KrisAnne Hall, continues by posing questions:

"Has The Republican Party Drifted To The Left?
Is Trump Reaganesque?"

Her article continues by explaining: "It is well within the rights and the powers of the private corporate club called the Republican Party to require their members to sign an oath of loyalty. It is well within the rights and the powers of the private corporate club called the Republican Party to require their members to sign a “non-compete clause.” People cannot be outraged by that; they cannot even be surprised by that."

The conclusions from this brief foray into the land of conservatism is this:

1. Political parties are private clubs.
2. Conservatives are cannibals.
3. Political parties are not the government.

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