Like Money from Satan

Or worse: because unlike the Devil, some bad guys really exist.

MEC points out the Bradley Foundation as very UnDemocratic major donors to the DLC. Who are these people? What you can find on the web is a bit dated, but about what you'd expect.

Between 1985 and 2002, the foundation had granted close to $500 million to a variety of conservative organizations. (3) By the end of 2002, the foundation had $532,048,000 in total liabilities and assets, a 16% drop from the year before. This amount increased to $619,980,000 in 2003. Total grants for charitable purposes were at $25,815,000 and an added $7,562,000 in operating expenses in 2002. (16) (17)>

Many of Bradley’s 2003 grantees are among the leading organizations of the right wing, particularly its neoconservative sector. The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research was given $600,000 for the Foreign and Defense Policy Studies program, the Bradley Lectures, and some type of survey analysis. The Hudson Institute received $446,100 for the Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal. The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) and Middle East Forum received $50,000 each. The FPRI grant went towards the Center for the Study of America and the West and general operations. The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies received $40,000 for research on U.S.–Russia–Caspian affairs. (16)

Among organizations from the religious sector, the Ethics and Public Policy Center received $425,000 for general operations while Freedom House was granted $250,000 for several projects and activities. The Institute on Religion and Public Life received $250,000 for First Things magazine. The Institute on Religion and Democracy received $75,000.(16)

Other grantees include the Project for the New American Century, which received $200,000. The National Strategy Information Center received $275,000. The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies received $125,000. The Independent Women’s Forum obtained $20,000 for general operations, and Bradley also gave $20,000 to Marquette University for a research project on Norman Podhoretz. (16)

With friends like this, is it any wonder that a DLC tool like Joementum Lieberman still works for the Republicans even though he pretends to be a Democrat?

Is it any wonder the Republicans quote his speeches on their website?