Archive for March, 2010
FreedomWorks president Matt Kibbe on C-Span’s Washington Journal
Posted by Brendan in FreedomWorks on March 30, 2010
FreedomWorks president Matt Kibbe was on C-Span this past Sunday discussing the conservative revolution sweeping across the country. He also talked about Obamacare and the fight for limited government and free markets. Watch the video by clicking here.
Talking Obamacare on Russia Today
Posted by Brendan in FreedomWorks on March 26, 2010
I talked about Obamacare and what it means politically on CrossTalk, a show on Russia Today TV. Click here to watch the segment.
Conservatives Attack Double Standard on Health Care Threats
Posted by Brendan in FreedomWorks on March 26, 2010
Dave Weigel, a reporter known for covering conservatives fairly, has a piece up at The Washington Independent that’s well worth reading. He notes that conservatives are fighting back against the smears, lies and propaganda against them. Here is my quote:
Brendan Steinhauser, the director of campaigns for FreedomWorks, helped put together two days of rallies against health care legislation on Capitol Hill. Much of the coverage of those rallies focused on alleged incidents of racial and sexual slurs against Democratic members of Congress who were walking into the building for negotiations over the vote. And that, to Steinhauser, was ridiculous.
“Ninety-nine percent of the people out there were good, patriotic Americans,” Steinhauser told TWI. “Those are our people. But what we heard about were these very few incidents of alleged racial slurs which I haven’t seen evidence of. I’d like to see the video if it’s out there.”
Tea Party groups push back against left and media
Posted by Brendan in FreedomWorks on March 26, 2010
Read this Fox News article about how the tea party movement is pushing back against a left-wing smear campaign, which is attempting to paint us all as racists, thugs and even terrorists. Here is my quote in the article.
Brendan Steinhauser, director of federal and state campaigns with the conservative group FreedomWorks, said he will be “reminding” activists to focus on “peaceful political efforts” and that any violence “will only set the movement back.”
But he noted that his office received a bomb threat last September before a big protest in Washington, D.C.
“I think there is a double standard when it comes to covering how extremist elements on the left and the right behave,” he said in an e-mail. “Both types of extremists should be condemned by the media and the rest of us who do not engage in such acts.”
MSNBC tries to smear tea party movement
Posted by Brendan in FreedomWorks on March 24, 2010
I appeared on MSNBC with Dylan Ratigan to talk about alleged incidents of politcal violence by activists around the country in the wake of the healthcare debacle.
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Next steps in the conservative revolution
Posted by Brendan in FreedomWorks on March 23, 2010
Here are a couple of news stories that mention the next steps of the conservative revolution sweeping the country. This article, in The Washington Independent, captures the feelings some of us were having outside the US capitol building Sunday night as the vote was going on inside. And this article in Fox News talks about our plans for making Obamacare the big issue in the 2010 midterm elections.
I expect conservatives to fight Obamacare in the courts, in state legislatures and in the battle for public opinion leading up to the midterm elections. This law is toxic, and the conservative movement must remind the public which party has been fighting against Obamacare, and which party has been jamming it down their throats. The ultimate test of public opinion will come in November. Rest assured that we will remember in November.
Reuters article on the tea parties and the GOP
Posted by Brendan in FreedomWorks on March 19, 2010
I sat down with David Morgan of Reuters a few days ago for this story. It’s a pretty good piece, and does a good job discussing the complex relationship between the tea parties and the GOP. Here is the part that mentions yours truly. I was talking about the moment after Rick Santelli’s famous rant against the bailouts.
“It went viral,” said Brendan Steinhauser, director of federal and state campaigns at FreedomWorks. “It was a beautiful moment for us because it’s not like you could create that if you wanted to.”
CBN Covers the People’s Surge Against Obamacare 2.0
Posted by Brendan in FreedomWorks on March 17, 2010
Final battle against Obamacare 2.0
Posted by Brendan in FreedomWorks on March 17, 2010
We have entered the final phase of the battle against Obamacare 2.0. Please try to keep the volume turned WAY up this week with phone calls, emails, faxes and letters to your Representative. Try to direct as much attention toward their local district offices in your area. With phone lines jammed in Washington, you will have a much better chance of reaching someone in the Representative’s office with the local numbers. You can find out where the local offices are by clicking here. If you have some time this week, please try to visit these local offices and deliver your message in person. That is the most effective thing we can do right now to stop this bill.
Also, if you have not signed FreedomWorks’ “No Health Care Reconciliation!” petition, please do so now. Together we CAN stop this healthcare takeover once and for all.
My interview with WMAL 630 AM this morning
Posted by Brendan in FreedomWorks on March 16, 2010
Here is my interview with Grandy and Andy, on WMAL 630 AM this morning. We did end up having close to 5000 people in DC for the lobbying effort. Hopefully this event will put the nail in the coffin on Obamacare 2.0.


