The headline of P.J. Gladnick’s Feb. 26 NewsBusters post blared, “New Republic Sold to Ultra Liberal Banking Heir Winthrop McCormack.” In it, Gladnick ranted that “Winthrop McCormack is very reliably far left. A check of his political donations shows his money flows to far left causes and politicians with the safe (D) by their names.”
As evidence of McCormack’s “far left” leanings, Gladnick cites a newspaper article noting that he has “given at least $1.1 million to party candidates and groups associated with the Democrats since 2003, according to Open Secrets, the campaign finance watchdog site. On top of that, he also gave $1 million to an independent group in 2004 that sought to boost Democratic turnout.”
No, really. That’s it.
Apparently, simply donating money to Democrats makes you “ultra liberal” and “far left” as far as Gladnick and NewsBusters are concerned.