Politico Tars Marco Rubio With Conspiracy Theories of 'Bilderberg Obsessives'
The "mainstream media" claim that they finely sift information to offer their customers only the most trustworthy information. That obviously does not apply to Politico or their reporter Ken Vogel. On Saturday, they stooped to an article headlined "Marco Rubio as vice president: the Bilderberg conspiracy?"
Vogel even included this line: "Paranoid? Perhaps. But like any good conspiracy theory, there’s just enough there to stoke questions." Then there was plenty of publicity for the "Bilderberg obsessives" and radio host Alex Jones:
John Edwards’s speech to the Bilderberg Group’s 2004 meeting in Stresa, Italy, reportedly helped clinch his selection as that year’s Democratic vice presidential candidate. And Jim Johnson, the man who chaired that vice presidential selection process and initially was tasked with spearheading Barack Obama’s 2008 search for a running mate, is a leading Bilderberg member, while prominent Romney advisers including Robert Kagan and Vin Weber have attended past meetings, as have Bill Clinton, Donald Rumsfeld and top finance, media and tech executives.
“These are influential folks — and they’ve all got friends in American politics — so if they see somebody that impresses them or doesn’t, I expect that they would pass that view on,” said Weber, a former Minnesota congressman who has attended two Bilderberg meetings. “But I would tell all of those bloggers and protestors to save their outrage for a real conspiracy, because this is just a conference.”
That assessment is rejected as pure spin by the international community of Bilderberg obsessives. They’re convinced that the meeting is ground zero in an worldwide plot by big banks, mainstream media, defense contractors and governments to suppress working people around the world.
This year, anti-Bilderberg activists are planning an “Occupy Bilderberg” protest outside the Westfield Marriott in Chantilly, Va., where they believe the group will hold its conference May 31-June 3...
Radio host Alex Jones, a hero on the anti-government fringe who also runs Infowars, this month told the Russian government-funded cable network Russia Today that at their upcoming meeting Bilderberg attendees will decide on “wars with Iran, ways to censor the Internet … how to sell the public on more banker bailouts” and “how to ram through carbon taxes.”
But the most immediate issue on the agenda, he said, will be a decision on “Should the elite get behind Mitt Romney or Barack Obama? Both men are bought and paid for by the same financial interests, and so the discussion will be which candidate can basically con the American people into laying down to tyranny for another four years.”
The pending Bilderberg meeting is “one of the most important globalist meetings ever,” said Jones, who has tried to crash past Bilderberg meetings and called for “tens of thousands” to turn out at the Marriott.
Vogel even closes by bowing to the Bilderberg-obsessive counter-argument:
The Washington Post’s [Al] Kamen, meanwhile, laughed when told how his column had spawned a theory that the Bilderberg meeting was going to tap Rubio as Romney’s running mate.
“They’re misreading the item,” he told POLITICO. “It’s bizarre.”
Of course, Bilderberg theorists would point out, Kamen’s ultimate boss, [Washington Post publisher Donald] Graham, is a Bilderberger himself.
Remember this the next time Politico complains about the low quality of information on talk radio or the conservative blogosphere.
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Ken Vogel
Submitted by CivilWarGuy on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 7:49am.
Ken Vogel of Politico is a leftwing hack who used to work for one of George Soros' front groups before being hired by Politico.
From Rubio's point of view, it is a smear
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 8:03am.
They're saying that the same group that listened to John Edwards is going to endorse Rubio as Romney's running mate. Ouch! That's the smear.
Well, that's it then.....no Rubio for veep
Submitted by creekrat on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 8:16am.
If they say it, it must be so, so scratch Rubio off and let these folks get on with picking our candidates. It's worked well up to now, don't you think?
Good morning creek
Submitted by cocodrie on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 8:46am.
We let them pick McCain now we let them pick McRomney. They didn't pick Sarah but we let them marginalize her. Why shouldn"t we let them pick our VP? It would simplify Present Obabble's win.
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Afraid you could be right.......
Submitted by creekrat on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 10:11am.
But I pray we are found wrong, truly feel this once great country is coming to its end. Four more years of this? Lord help us.
Rubio
Submitted by HudsonRiverGirl on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 11:20am.
While I consider Rubio intelligent, articulate, and a future president, I would prefer to see Steve Forbes as the vice president at this time.
It sends a message that the economy is paramount if America is going to recover from Obama.
I agree
Submitted by gopcongress on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 2:23pm.
This may sound trite, but I don't believe Marco Rubio's talent should be wasted on the VP spot now, as the office is pragmatically different than the presidency itself. Forbes may or may not make a good successor in 2020 (assuming a successful 2-term run for Romney), but his presence would send badly needed energy boosts into the economic community. And Forbes WILL do what is best for the economy based on past performance.
I would actually prefer Marco to have an active leadership in a GOP-majority senate, perhaps even ascending to the top spot by 2016 when he's reelected for his second term. Having Rubio in the senate would be killer, especially if he can work with Rand Paul.
We don't need a Sarah Palin-esque addition to the ticket this time around. The Tea Party is alive and functioning on all cylinders, and we need someone to actively run the vice presidency as efficiently as one can to support the president. Forbes would be a great choice, and race / gender will not matter other than to the mainstream media.
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subsitution
Submitted by spepper on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 8:47am.
Let's see, substitute the name "Marco Rubio" with "Barack Hussein Obama"-- you have then the SAME EXACT NARRATIVE that Alex Jones et.al. uses. According to Alex, virtually ALL "national stage" politicians across the spectrum from Obama to Rubio are all "primped prodded and poked" by the amorphous "Bilderbergs" like Manchurian candidates to do their bidding-- so Ken Vogel is using a half-truth ON PURPOSE, as is typical of folks like him pursuing THEIR agenda against folks like Rubio.
Another time-worn liberal tactic
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 8:59am.
Spin a wild conjecture as "news analysis."
Perhaps they're that worried if Rubio does run as VP and
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 9:56am.
are trying to scare him off with a taste of the rabid lying attach dog machine that will go after him. They're letting him know that they will keep flinging the crap until they get some stink to stick.
That's how they roll and as a side bar, HEY PLUGS: We Do Get You!
Rubio and Bilderberg
Submitted by NVRAT on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 10:21am.
The ironic thing here is that Vogel, Jones etal. could be right about their statement . This group (Builderberg) has been around for many many years and a lot of the things that the "Conspiracy People" had warned of is now coming to fruition. Fortunately, not all politicians are Bilderberg supporters and have managed to stave off the desires of the members for years. It`s obvious that the banking community has gained power to manipulate markets and gain control of many facets (including energy markets) in the world community, especially, the people of all countries. I personally have no idea if this is true but, things that Obama, Bush (both of them) Clinton and Johnson and Nixon had done all leaned towards the ultimate Bilderberg goals. JFK and Reagan were presidents that appeared to not to go along with their agenda and both were successful except JFK who of course, did not complete his term(s) because of his assignation. I always thought that it was ironic that Reagan was also shot but survived to continue his two terms and some of the things he done went against the Bilderberg Group such as the collapse of the USSR and world domination by the USA (there by weakening UN and NATO) was definitely not part of their plan. For those of you that don't know much about "The Bilderberg Group" should Google them and see for yourself what this organization is about and then apply what you find to today's world wide situation. The results might surprise you. No, I`m not a OWS member or supporter just a person that has been around for many years and have watched the comings and goings of many politicians, conspiracy theorists and others that are always complaining about something. I have also watched the Democratic party slowly turn towards Socialism and the USA Communist Party for years and ending up with Obama strengthening those ideas and trying to implement them in our society with the help of Bush using the Dept of Homeland Security as the base to invade our freedoms and crush the Constitution which is the document that has stopped the UN from gaining total control over the last remaining free country in the world. Good Luck people, my time is short but, I do remember how real Freedom feels.
OK, I did my best to slog
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 11:31am.
OK, I did my best to slog through that bramble of a comment
---have you heard of paragraphs?---
and one thing stands out.
Nowhere in your observations about the history and goals of the Bilderbergers do I see the word "Rubio."
So while it might be very interesting, and maybe even true, you've made NO case to suggest that they might be conspiring for a Rubio Vice Presidency.
Conspricacy theories
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 12:31pm.
The Left thrives on them.
Not suprisingly, they went crazy overf Glenn Beck and his conspiracy theories. Beck was blasted as a fear-monger, not to mention a liar.
But the Left always manages to tie conservatives to some sort of Illuminati network.
Does anyone read Politico anymore?
Submitted by Conservator on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 12:50pm.
Last time I checked, their web site "hits" were sinking like the Titanic. It matters not in reality, Politico like MSNBC, are so bias that Americans have tuned them out. However what this story does reveal, is the leftist horror of the possibility that Marco Rubio will be Romney's VP pick which will lead him to victory in November.
The rich and powerful aren't interested in picking presidents!
Submitted by lrgon on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 3:56pm.
let alone vice -presidents. Ask George Soros who some in conservative circles tell us picked Obama.
This idea that an elite group of powerful men and women would pick the running mates for both partites is far fetched only to people that are afraid of the label "conspiracy." To the rich and political powerful it's part of the game.
Carroll Quigley anyone?
Oh, yes, he was the professor whom Clinton thanked profusely when Slick Willy spoke at Quigley's alma mater - Georgetown Uninversity. The prof was the author of Tragedy and Hope, a book about the history of these not so secret societies that wield quite a bit of political power on this planet.
There was a time when the electorate ( the people who voted) picked the veeps. In fact some of our elected vice-presidents were political opposites of the president. Jefferson was the president but his arch enemy and political conspirator Arron Burr, was the vice-president. Burr was charged with treason in connection to an event of trying to organize a new country. Lots of conspiracy was going on in relation to that scandal.
The Electoral College was designed to keep democracy from ruining the constitutional republican process. Majorites have been known to be wrong; look at who the majority (democracy) picked for president and vice president in 08! Image if a conservative was the vice president and not Joe Biden! Had Obama been impeached and removed from office for not meeting constitutional requirements (natural born citizen) the nation would not be stuck with another socialist as president - Biden!
But hey, let the elites pick the vice-president; be they Bilderbergers or Carbonari or CFR egg heads. Romney has a passel of CFR people advising him:http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/11331-bob-adelmann
Is there anything wrong with a politically powerful group secretly picking Romney's running mate? Isn't that how oligarchs are supposed to work? Let the people believe they pick the presidents when the oligarchy really calls the shots!
Bilderbergs R Us
Unless you are allowed to enter the next Bilderberg meeting which is closed to the press you really have no argument that things like picking the prez and vice-prez isn't worked out at these secretive gatherings of the powerful and not so famous.
Cookoo for Cocoa Puffs
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 5:07pm.
Oooh! Bilderberg! You wack-jobs just can't help yourselves.
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Who will it be next week? The Trilaterals? Bohemian Club?
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 6:06pm.
The Davos meeting?
Every time I read about another conspiracy theory about who really "controls" the world, I can only think that at some point Pinky and the Brain will attempt it again tomorrow night.