John Batchelor, we are not your 'comrades,' unless of course you mean the duplicitous left. Updated, he doubles down

Update, John Batchelor doubles down, 2/22-2/23/11: Between 12 midnight and 12:30 tonight Batchelor introduced the topic of Wisconsin and that it had a behind the scenes story. The story of Wisconsin to objective people is the miraculous showing on Saturday of the fledgling grassroots Tea Party people--(who said they would have been there earlier in the week, but they were working). Batchelor goes the other way, gives the spotlight to the big union side, bringing on a guest from the NY Times. Among the breathless Times' person's first words were, Koch brothers, and $100 billion, so I turned off the radio. I had never heard of the Koch brothers until about a year ago when the media started going after them.

The linked article above describes last Saturday's grassroots effort in Wisconsin. It even mentions Americans for Prosperity (a Koch supported group) did send some buses, but as the article describes, it was people on the ground who instigated the one day event. By freely mentioning the Koch group, the writer apparently didn't think it was some big deal "behind the scenes" that no one should know about. (I happened to read this report yesterday, had never heard of the author before, but now am aware he's the son of Jim Ryun, has a Republican background, and is one of many people involved in right of center activism today).

The main point is I've listened to Mr. Batchelor regularly for about 8 of the past 10 years. I've only heard him mention the name George Soros once, and it was in passing, something like he was a philanthropist and a refugee, a romantic figure of sorts. George Soros is the most powerful person in politics today and has been treated as a head of state for many years. This despite his criminal and continual predatory financial dealings and pointed efforts at undermining the United States. He is very active at the UN and backs a multi trillion dollar pressure group trying to force global warming taxes and regulations into the life of every person in America. He is allowed to be involved at the highest levels (see 2nd to last para). He has waged his war on all fronts, not just politics. He wants the entire US culture destroyed and changed. Accordingly he's feted in Hollywood. The state of California today is an example of his success.

• This is really a waste of time, because everyone knows this about Soros. The story is really about Batchelor from whom I've never heard a discussion of Soros in all these years. Just the one sugar coated mention a year or two ago.
  

The people have one brief shining moment last Saturday in Wisconsin, and Batchelor trashes it AND gives red meat to the left. Here is a better description of the Tea Party movement just for the record, 10/29/10, "Birth of a Movement, Tea Parties arose from conservatives steeped in crisis," Wall St. Journal, Blackmon, Levitz, Beraon, and Lauren.
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John Batchelor's radio show used to champion big truths that weren't getting the coverage they deserved elsewhere and were important for Americans. His views, type of guests, and manner of interviewing have changed a lot in recent months. Which is fine and must be rewarding for him. On Sunday night's (2/20-2/21) radio show leading to the 12:30am break, Mr. Batchelor interviewed Matt Bai from the NY Times. He sympathized with Bai who said Obama knows how to do what needs to be done but the Republicans are stopping him (for whatever reasons). Batchelor did a final pander/scold by giving what he said were illustrations of how Republicans could and should be doing the kinds of things Obama wanted. He admonished what he termed "my comrades" (Batchelor has said in the past he's a Republican) for not going along with more vast public works projects (assuming that's the key to saving the country). If by "my comrades" he means the duplicitous left, that makes sense.

• Mr. Batchelor may have been a "comrade" of right of center Americans at one time, but those days are long gone.

He should drop the act and the sanctimonious scolding. We get more than enough of it from other Soros Republicans.



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