The spokesman for Christian Exodus, Cory Burnell, is the NE Texas Regional Director for the neo-confederate League of the South.

As I noted in an earlier post, he also promoted an earlier Christian secessionist plan called The Confederate State of America Project (CSA). Other backers included Ron Holland, the leader of the failed Southern Party, and Robert Hayes and James E. Layden, the Director and Chair, respectively, of the League of the South’s North Carolina chapter.

George W. Bush is in a statistical dead heat with John Kerry according to the latest Minnesota poll. A poll conducted by St Paul Pioneer Press and Minnesota Public Radio shows Bush with 41% vs Kerry’s 44% with 13% undecided and 2% supporting Ralph Nader. The poll results show that Bush is still competitive in Minnesota and that his support continues to come from his traditional base, men along with suburban, western and south Minnesota voters favor Bush, whereas women and the urban regions of Minnesota (St. Paul and Minneapolis) and the northwestern sectors support Kerry.

Yet, the fact that Bush is only receiving a 44% approval rating on this poll in Minnesota puts the results into question. Back in January, Bush’s approval ratings showed that 57% of those questioned approved of his handling the job as president, so there has been dramatic deterioration on this front.
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This is Part II of The Right Will Fight Dirty

Major league baseball teams use the minor league teams as a place to “farm” new baseball players. These minor league teams plant seeds by hiring hundreds of young “wannabe” players, providing them with a place to make a living while they train and gain experience, and eventually some of the best players rise up to “the majors.” Hence the term “farm teams.”

In The Next Generation, Atrios linked to Right On, a piece by Matthew Yglesias, which links to a piece by Laura Rozen describing how the right-wing American Enterprise Institute enthusiastically recruits young interns. They are discussing how the Right has a “farm team” system in place to provide internships, training, materials, etc. to a next generation of right-wingnuts to be political candidates at all levels, Congressional staffers, pundits, speakers, activists, etc. The Right has farm teams to recruit young people who are interested in politics, train them, give them a place to grow and learn. Moderates and Progressives do not.
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You may have already read about Christian Exodus at Prairie Angel, BlondeSense, or Sound and Fury. It’s an organization that is trying to take political control of a Southern state for the purpose of secession–they hope to create a fundamentalist Christian nation.

The idea sounded a lot like the Northwest Imperative to me, so I thought I’d go to their website and see who was behind it. Curiously, although they mention a Board of Directors, they don’t list them nor do they list any of their backers.

I then did a little more googling and learned that the group’s spokesman, Cory Burnell, promoted a similar plan called the Confederate State of America at the neo-confederate website, the Southern Caucus.

That sparked my suspicions even more, so I wrote them. Here’s their response:

Hello Sir,
Our board of directors consists of four individuals:
A rancher in Washington state,
A CPA in Tyler, TX
A business owner in Tyler, TX
and a minister in Florida.

We’ve purposely kept our board anonymous in this early stage due to the incredible media strain. We’d rather they not contact board members directly (I have received dozens of phone calls this week at my home). Once things settle down, there will be a page on our new website listing the board members. Additionally, our Statement of Faith and our Position Statement (a White Paper of sorts) have been sent to the Board for approval and should be public very shortly. Those documents will help you understand our organization.

Please be patient as things unfold, because the WND article preempted our official launch. So we’ve had to accelerate things very quickly.

God bless,
Cory

–
Cory Burnell, MBA
President
ChristianExodus.org

This group’s commitment to secrecy is interesting. They’re worth watching.