Phyllis Schlafly: My Board Plotting to Fire Me Over Trump

[SpiritOf1776_J4]

I'm sad that the Cruz supporters did this to someone that is 91. I did do something for her - I prayed for her.
I am beginning to see what "seven hills dominion" philosophy means about "taking over".

When you are confronted with enemies "in" your group as well as out, sometimes it's best to shrug and stop dealing with those people, and go somewhere you can all build together as one group. But Schlafly is too old to have to be putting up with this. I hope she fires the lot.


http://www.wnd.com/2016/04/phyllis-schlafly-my-board-plotting-to-fire-me/

NEW YORK – Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly confirmed to WND that six board members of her group Eagle Forum have called a special meeting Monday that she believes is an attempt to remove her as CEO and board chairman because of her support for Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House.

“This may be my Dobson moment,” Schlafly told WND, referring to allegations that James Dobson was pushed out of the organization he founded, Focus on the Family.

“The six board members calling today’s telephone meeting won’t tell me what the meeting is about, but I think it’s an attempt to vote me out,” Schlafly said. “It’s disloyal and it’s terribly shocking, and I’m completely depressed about it.

“I may be one vote short to win today,” she conceded.

The meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. Central Time.

Asked for reaction to the development, Trump gave a brief statement to WND through his campaign staff.

“Phyllis is one of the most respected conservative leaders in the country, who helped form the conservative movement, and I am incredibly grateful for her continued support,” Trump said. Along with her support of Trump, her six opponents on the board have cited her opposition to the so-called “Con-Con Movement,” a push to get 34 states to vote for an Article V constitutional convention with the aim of adding a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Schlafly said the board meeting was called by only three members, and Eagle Forum lawyers are arguing that three members are not enough, according to the by-laws, to call a meeting of the board.

“This is a complete takeover attempt,” she said.

“I think the leader of the coup is my daughter Anne Cori and her husband at Eagle Forum of Missouri,” Schlafly said. “I think she and her husband want to take over the organization.”

Her son John Schlafly, the treasurer of Eagle Forum and a board member, explained to WND that among the six board members calling the meeting are several “who feel Donald Trump is unacceptable as the GOP presidential candidate in 2016.”

Phyllis Schlafly endorsed Trump March 11.

“It’s a very strange situation, but I can say that Phyllis’ assessment that it is a hostile meeting is accurate,” Martin said. “The email that went out Saturday to the Eagle Forum members was designed to communicate that these six board members were taking steps hostile to her management of the organization. We asked for the members to communicate directly to these six.

Bunch of stuff about Cruz actions in the article not included - long article - read it yourself.

 

[dannno]

4:45 she discusses Trump, this was before the official endorsement

 

[Jamesiv1]

Trump Lives Matter puts the meeting on their calendar....

 

[undergroundrr]

She voted for Santorum last election. She ignored mentioning Ron Paul in any capacity like the most deft media political strategist. Her Value Voters Summit was the venue at which Ron Paul was booed for bringing up the golden rule.

It's foolish to endorse Cruz. But Cruz is perfect for their organization - pandering to socons while warmongering his way through the primaries. trump's three-wife history and overall moral image is truly problematic for the family values-centered Eagle Forum. I can see why there would be some conflict there.

 

[dannno]

She voted for Santorum last election. She ignored mentioning Ron Paul in any capacity like the most deft media political strategist. Her Value Voters Summit was the venue at which Ron Paul was booed for bringing up the golden rule.

It's foolish to endorse Cruz. But Cruz is perfect for their organization - pandering to socons while warmongering his way through the primaries. trump's three-wife history and overall moral image is truly problematic for the family values-centered Eagle Forum. I can see why there would be some conflict there.

It depends if you look at the values they project vs. the values they live by.

I think Cruz has much worse values than Trump, family or otherwise.. but you are correct as far as the images that the candidates project.

I was pretty disappointed that Utah got behind Cruz, who I think has the worst values of any candidate in the race.. it was pretty superficial, but hard to expect much more out of people these days.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

She voted for Santorum last election. She ignored mentioning Ron Paul in any capacity like the most deft media political strategist. Her Value Voters Summit was the venue at which Ron Paul was booed for bringing up the golden rule.

It's foolish to endorse Cruz. But Cruz is perfect for their organization - pandering to socons while warmongering his way through the primaries. trump's three-wife history and overall moral image is truly problematic for the family values-centered Eagle Forum. I can see why there would be some conflict there.

Schafly did not support Paul because he did not sufficiently engage the social right agenda and voters to her liking. In the past she appeared partial to America First oriented candidates like Pat Buchanan, so her endorsement of Trump seems consistent with that. Her organization may have an unbalanced emphasis on those issues, but it has least has tried to remain independent of elite influence. The takeover attempt appears to be the work of infiltrators trying to finally steer Eagle Forum into the Establishment matrix.

 

[undergroundrr]

I was pretty disappointed that Utah got behind Cruz, who I think has the worst values of any candidate in the race.. it was pretty superficial, but hard to expect much more out of people these days.

Haha. No, trump would never do well in Utah. Take the family values focus of Eagle Forum and multiply it by 100. And although it's pretty impertinent, John McAfee won't have much traction there either.

 

[jmdrake]

Schafly did not support Paul because he did not sufficiently engage the social right agenda and voters to her liking. In the past she appeared partial to America First oriented candidates like Pat Buchanan, so her endorsement of Trump seems consistent with that. Her organization may have an unbalanced emphasis on those issues, but it has least has tried to remain independent of elite influence. The takeover attempt appears to be the work of infiltrators trying to finally steer Eagle Forum into the Establishment matrix.

So Paul wasn't socially conservative enough but for Trump it doesn't matter cause he's so bombastic in his opposition to illegal Mexicans?

 

[FindLiberty]

don't care - gave up on wnd right after they canned Browne
right after 9/11 "When Will we Learn?"

A board that picks on the 91 year old can fluff off.

burn baby burn (GOP)

It just sells me on Trump (if ALL these power players REALLY don't
want him). It's a chance for a change from the SNAFU L/R status quo
that has pissed on Ron Paul, Rand Paul, LP, Harry Browne, etc.
every time. Too bad it still will probably lead up to Clinton winning.

The outcome will leave the GOP so mucked up it won't be able to
breathe in future election because of rule strangulation.

 

[undergroundrr]

Schafly did not support Paul because he did not sufficiently engage the social right agenda and voters to her liking. In the past she appeared partial to America First oriented candidates like Pat Buchanan, so her endorsement of Trump seems consistent with that. Her organization may have an unbalanced emphasis on those issues, but it has least has tried to remain independent of elite influence. The takeover attempt appears to be the work of infiltrators trying to finally steer Eagle Forum into the Establishment matrix.

It's silly to separate Eagle Forum from the Establishment.

Or, more accurately, to quote r3volution 3.0 in one of the most lucid posts i've ever seen on this site:

That's because your establishment/anti-establishment paradigm is faulty.

There is no "The Establishment."

There is a constellation of special interests advocating statism in various forms, who often fight amongst themselves.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

So Paul wasn't socially conservative enough but for Trump it doesn't matter cause he's so bombastic in his opposition to illegal Mexicans?

Ron and Rand Paul are socially conservative enough, but didn't emphasize those issues, nor run on them. The disaffected outsider voters don't just want assent, they want assurance action will be taken on them.

 

[erowe1]

She should be fired. The Eagle Forum is supposed to be a very Christian socially conservative group. For them to back Trump is unconscionable. It's like all she cares about is keeping brown people out of the country.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Did anyone else see Trumbo, with Bryan Cranston (of Breaking Bad fame)?

Well, it was supposed to be a panegyric to the poor black listed communists and fellow travelers in Hollywood in the 50s.

...how their support for Stalinism caused them to lose their jobs.

...couldn't feed their families and so forth.

Me? I rooted for the studios and the blacklisters.

Fuck communists, let them starve.

Trumpers aren't quite as bad as bolsheviks, of course, but close enough.

So, if they get fired for their political views, tough titty, I say.

 

[erowe1]

When you are confronted with enemies "in" your group as well as out, sometimes it's best to shrug and stop dealing with those people, and go somewhere you can all build together as one group.

Good idea.

 

[erowe1]

Trumpers aren't quite as bad as bolsheviks, of course

You're being quite generous to the Trumpers.

 

[RonPaulGeorge&Ringo]

Poor Phyllis.

These scumbags acting on behalf of Canadian imperialist Cruz need to be tried on espionage charges and sentenced to prison and/or death.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

You're being quite generous to the Trumpers.

I'm just incorrigibly nice.

...my main character fault.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

It's silly to separate Eagle Forum from the Establishment.

Or, more accurately, to quote r3volution 3.0 in one of the most lucid posts i've ever seen on this site:

Denying the paradigm is more faulty. Statism is very organized, and ignoring its structure or concentration of money and power is, well, ignorant. Much of the time, the very 'infighting' itself is staged, to distract people via fostering an illusion of choice (prime example, the two party puppet show). More lucidly:

-Some people get a check from Sheldon Adelson, the Kochs, George Soros, Rupert Murdoch, etc, and some do not. Those who do not are not the establishment.

-Some parties, like the LP, do not get gerrymandered districts, thus no people in office. Those parties are not the establishment.

And so on. Eagle Forum has been one of the exceptions, an advocacy group that wasn't just another mouthpiece of the GOP leadership, with matching talking points.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Poor Phyllis.

These scumbags acting on behalf of Canadian imperialist Cruz need to be tried on espionage charges and sentenced to prison and/or death.

Cruz's foreign policy is less hawkish than Trump's.

For instance, Cruz opposed the Libyan War of 2011; Trump supported it.

Trump also supported the 2003 Iraq War.

His advisors are hardcore neocons: including one Lebanese war criminal (Walid Phares) who played a role in the slaughter of hundreds of Palestinian women and children in cooperation with the Israeli military in 1982 during the Lebanese civil war.

 

[euphemia]

But it's kind of her group. She is the founder. If her board doesn't like it, they should resign. But the fundraising is attractive to people who want to be in charge without all the hard work to start their own group.