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Congressional Leadership Out of Touch on Gas Prices
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Freedom's Watch, Remembered: Their Greatest Hits
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Ahh, Freedom's Watch. Not long ago, they were supposed to be the New New Shiny Thing in conservative advocacy groups. Funded by Sheldon Adelson, fronted by Ari Fleischer, and with deep connections to organizations like the American Enterprise Institute, they were some war-lovin' fools that were going to blanket the airwaves with issue ads and be total Game Changers. Now, sadly, the group has fallen on hard times, along with Adelson, who, according to reports saw his "net worth had [fallen] by more than $16.6 billion for the year."
Karen Tumulty has a piece on Freedom's Watch that captures their legacy pretty perfectly, as an organization who ...
Freedom's Watch, Remembered: Their Greatest Hits
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Ahh, Freedom's Watch. Not long ago, they were supposed to be the New New Shiny Thing in conservative advocacy groups. Funded by Sheldon Adelson, fronted by Ari Fleischer, and with deep connections to organizations like the American Enterprise Institute, they were some war-lovin' fools that were going to blanket the airwaves with issue ads and be total Game Changers. Now, sadly, the group has fallen on hard times, along with Adelson, who, according to reports saw his "net worth had [fallen] by more than $16.6 billion for the year."
Karen Tumulty has a piece on Freedom's Watch that captures their legacy pretty perfectly, as an organization who ...
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