One of the latest efforts by the Republican Party is to try and blame the college bribery scandal on entitled, liberal Hollywood elites. Meghan McCain did as much on her The View rant the other day when she attempted to paint herself as the victim (yet again) somehow. (I can't quite figure it out, but it involved Hollywood Liberal Elites not considering Arizona State University an Elite College like Yale and Harvard. And no, I'm not kidding.) And all of this effort -- as far as I can tell -- is because two actresses were on the list. So, apparently, in Far Right Conspiracy Theory World that means everyone was a Liberal Hollywood Elite.
What I find remarkable (although not surprising, given the empty state of today's Republican Party, throwing away the concept of morals to support Trump, accused pedophiles, wife beaters, pathological lying, neo-Nazis and more) is how Ms. McCain or most anyone on the far right actually know the political affiliation of all the donors. For all I know, they indeed all are liberals. Everyone of them. It's absolutely possible. Though what is even more possible -- in fact, probable -- is that they aren't. For all I know, 70% are conservative Republicans. (For those keeping score, note that I'm being fair enough to not say that they could all be Republican.)
I don't have a clue who they all are. And most anyone being fair would say the same.
What I can say, and do have a clue of is that --
Among money that can be directly accounted for, at least $220,000 went to Republican entities. Much of that to Mitt Romney, and a lot to the Republican National Committee, the Republican Senatorial Committee, and the Republican Campaign Committee. So, there you have it, and...Oh, okay, wait a moment. Not only that but also Lori Loughlin and her husband donated to Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mitt Romney (R-UT).
Well, gee, so much for that "Hollywood Liberal Elite Theory." It was really cool while it lasted... (Okay, with today's GOP, I have no doubt that this crackpot, disproven theory will nonetheless continue along with Pizzagate and HillaryIsTheRealOneWhoColludedWithRussia.
To be clear, there were donations to Democratic politicians and Democratic organizations. But then, I'm not someone blaming this all on reactionary Republican wingnuts -- or whatever the opposite is of Liberal Hollywood Elites. (Given that "Liberal Hollywood Elites" is often wink-wink code for "Jews," perhaps the opposite may be simply "Christians." Though again, I'm not blaming the scandal on them. As a fun sidenote, though, I did find a lovely interview with Lori Loughlin on the Christian Broadcast Network website where she talks about balancing her family, work and faith. It's very sweet.) Scrolling through the list, a quick glance appears reasonably split somewhat evenly between political parties.
(Disclaimer: Years ago, I very briefly had an agent who was just starting out. The agent's assistant was Lori Loughlin's sister. We had lunch once, though as personable as she was that was largely the limit of our interaction since she rarely responded to my emails which ultimately was one of the main reasons I left the start-up agency after only about six months, because I thought an assistant returning a client's emails was not an unreasonable expectation, at least as a starting point . I do not blame this on Lori Loughlin. She was busy balancing her family, work and faith.)
In the end, though, I think the only common denominator that we can fairly make about the people who paid bribes to get their children into colleges is that everyone of them were all financially well off. This is the polite term for "rich." So, if Republicans and Meghan McCain truly, honestly want to put the blame on anyone, that might be at least a good place to start.
Not that they will. Because it would give their brand a bad name.
Okay, worse name.
What I find remarkable (although not surprising, given the empty state of today's Republican Party, throwing away the concept of morals to support Trump, accused pedophiles, wife beaters, pathological lying, neo-Nazis and more) is how Ms. McCain or most anyone on the far right actually know the political affiliation of all the donors. For all I know, they indeed all are liberals. Everyone of them. It's absolutely possible. Though what is even more possible -- in fact, probable -- is that they aren't. For all I know, 70% are conservative Republicans. (For those keeping score, note that I'm being fair enough to not say that they could all be Republican.)
I don't have a clue who they all are. And most anyone being fair would say the same.
What I can say, and do have a clue of is that --
Among money that can be directly accounted for, at least $220,000 went to Republican entities. Much of that to Mitt Romney, and a lot to the Republican National Committee, the Republican Senatorial Committee, and the Republican Campaign Committee. So, there you have it, and...Oh, okay, wait a moment. Not only that but also Lori Loughlin and her husband donated to Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mitt Romney (R-UT).
Well, gee, so much for that "Hollywood Liberal Elite Theory." It was really cool while it lasted... (Okay, with today's GOP, I have no doubt that this crackpot, disproven theory will nonetheless continue along with Pizzagate and HillaryIsTheRealOneWhoColludedWithRussia.
To be clear, there were donations to Democratic politicians and Democratic organizations. But then, I'm not someone blaming this all on reactionary Republican wingnuts -- or whatever the opposite is of Liberal Hollywood Elites. (Given that "Liberal Hollywood Elites" is often wink-wink code for "Jews," perhaps the opposite may be simply "Christians." Though again, I'm not blaming the scandal on them. As a fun sidenote, though, I did find a lovely interview with Lori Loughlin on the Christian Broadcast Network website where she talks about balancing her family, work and faith. It's very sweet.) Scrolling through the list, a quick glance appears reasonably split somewhat evenly between political parties.
(Disclaimer: Years ago, I very briefly had an agent who was just starting out. The agent's assistant was Lori Loughlin's sister. We had lunch once, though as personable as she was that was largely the limit of our interaction since she rarely responded to my emails which ultimately was one of the main reasons I left the start-up agency after only about six months, because I thought an assistant returning a client's emails was not an unreasonable expectation, at least as a starting point . I do not blame this on Lori Loughlin. She was busy balancing her family, work and faith.)
In the end, though, I think the only common denominator that we can fairly make about the people who paid bribes to get their children into colleges is that everyone of them were all financially well off. This is the polite term for "rich." So, if Republicans and Meghan McCain truly, honestly want to put the blame on anyone, that might be at least a good place to start.
Not that they will. Because it would give their brand a bad name.
Okay, worse name.
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