Nathan Tabor

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Nathan Tabor
Born	August 29, 1973 (1973-08-29) (age 34) Owens Cross Roads, Alabama
Occupation	Founder, CEO of TCV Media
Spouse	Jordan Tabor
Website TheConservativeVoice.com

John Nathan Tabor (born August 29, 1973) is the founder, owner and CEO of TCV Media, a web-based consulting firm in the United States and TheConservativeVoice.com, an internet hub for right-wing commentary. He is also known as a recent political candidate and a nonfiction author.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Author 2 Political consulting 3 Auto dealership 4 Philanthropy 5 Footnotes 6 External links 6.1 Criticism

[edit] Career

In May 1999, one year after finishing his graduate work, Tabor joined Revival Soy as joint owner and Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In 2003, Revival Soy was recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine^[1] as the fourth fastest-growing company in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina with $11 million in sales and 80 employees.^[2]

2004 also marked Tabor's first foray into politics: his campaign for North Carolina's fifth district seat in Congress. Early on in the campaign, Tabor secured the support of notable members of the conservative political establishment such as Dick Armey, Steve Moore, Ed Meese, and Art Laffer. in addition to courting key figures of the Religious Right such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. After participating in the most expensive primary race in the country,^[3] and raising $750,000 in campaign contributions, he was defeated by Virginia Foxx. Foxx went on to win the general election and now serves as the 5th district's representative in the United States Congress.

In 2006, Tabor launched his campaign for North Carolina's state Senate.^[4] The Republican primary in the 31st district developed into a three-way race between Tabor, Pete Brunstetter and Gloria Whisenhunt, then chair of the Forsyth County Commissioners. Brunstetter, who won the primary and the general election (there was no Democratic opponent), outspent both of his opponents by over $100,000, and according to some, did so largely with the help of corporations.^[5] Tabor came in second, ahead of Whisenhunt.^[6] In January 2006 Tabor sold his interest in Revival Soy to his brother Aaron. In August 2006 Tabor opened a buy-here, pay here used car dealership, Country Auto Sales^[7], in Winston-Salem, N.C. Tabor described the business as a niche player that offers cars to people on a budget.^[8]

[edit] Author

On October 31, 2006 Thomas Nelson released Tabor's first book, The Beast on the East River (ISBN 1595550534), in which he argues that the United Nations is in the process of undermining the sovereignty of the United States. Unlike many writers and pundits across the political spectrum, Tabor is not interested in UN reform or restructuring. He contends^[9] that there are three fatal flaws that make the UN unfit for salvaging; it is ineffective, it is corrupt, and it is opposed to the principles of sovereignty and democracy.

At its inception, the victories Allied powers set up the United Nations as an institution which would safeguard the sovereignty of its member nations, as two world wars had begun with the violation of a state's sovereignty. With the end of the Cold War, its mission morphed into global peacekeeping and conflict resolution. However, Tabor contends, their record on humanitarian crises is dismal; UN peacekeepers failed to halt the genocide in Rwanda or pacify Somalia, and in the case of Sudan, actually contributed to the terror. According to Tabor, the United Nations is not fulfilling its primary duty, and is useless in any practical sense.

Furthermore, says Tabor, the degree of corruption that exists in the United Nations is indicative of a systemic failure: the bureaucracy is more interested in lining its pockets (such as in the Oil-for-Food scandal) than in alleviating world hunger or curtailing ethnic strife. Without any clear system of accountability to its member states, the UN is effectively a ship that steers itself. The themes of unaccountability and UN pursuit of an illegitimate agenda are also emphasized in Tabor's third contention.

The third point Tabor makes is that the UN is not merely corrupt and ineffective; it is actively seeking to undermine the sovereignty of its member states by instituting a global education regime, by laying out global environmental standards, and instituting an internet tax that would apply to all of its members (still in the works). This is the United Nation's driving motivation, Tabor argues. This echoes the sentiment attributed to Lord Acton, "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." The United Nations is already unaccountable and wields a considerable amount of influence. It is ineffective at global "mercy missions" because it prefers to augment its own reputation and influence. Therefore, it stands to reason that the problems endemic to the United Nations will increase as its power grows.

Tabor continues to write, publishing a weekly column which is carried on his website, as well as Human Events and Townhall.^[10] Currently, TheConservativeVoice.com is one of the largest right-wing blogs in existence.^[11] The blog Intellectual Conservative has ranked TheConservativeVoice.com as the 17th most-visited conservative site on the internet.^[12]

[edit] Political consulting

Currently, Nathan Tabor consults with North Carolina Senator Fred Smith, who is running for governor in 2008. In the past, Nathan has worked as the director of internet outreach for Congressman Duncan Hunter's presidential campaign.^{[13] [14]}

Additionally, Tabor has worked for Jim Oberweis in his campaign for governor of Illinois in 2006, and Jeff Crank, who ran for Congress in Colorado.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Auto dealership

In addition to his political consulting, Tabor also opened up a "buy here, pay here" used car lot in 2006. Located on Peters Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem, Country Auto Sales made $2.5 million by August 2007.^[15] Since the opening date of Country Auto, Tabor has opened a second lot on Peters Creek Parkway with plans to open further lots as growth dictates.

[edit] Philanthropy

Tabor and his wife, Jordan were among several Triad businessmen and women who attended the Festival of Trees^[16], a benefit hosted by the Brenner Children's Hospital of Winston-Salem. The Tabors paid to decorate a tree, in addition to sponsoring Santa's Room.

Tabor also worked to furnish the event with live Christmas music by the group Southern Soul, which Nathan currently helps to promote.^[17]

During his time at Revival Soy, Nathan Tabor led the company to donate towards^[18] and promote^[19] North Carolina's AMBER Alert system. Revival Soy's donation made the implementation of North Carolina's AMBER Alert possible,^[20] which uses highway signs to inform citizens of missing and abducted children.

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• TCV Media
• TheConservativeVoice.com
• CSPAN Interview with Nathan Tabor
• Henry Mark Holzer reviews The Beast on the East River
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Interviews Tabor on book
• Nathan Tabor in a roundtable discussion with bloggers and the Washington Times
• CFIF interview with Tabor on book
• Tabor on the 2008 field
• Interview with Nathan Tabor on the Conservative Crusader
• The Washington Times on Tabor's Christmas light display
• The Winston-Salem Journal on Tabor's Christmas light display

[edit] Criticism

• People for the American Way on Nathan Tabor
• Austin Cline on Tabor and religious conservatism