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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 07:33 AM Original message |
Meet the Billionaire Brothers Funding the Right-Wing War on Obama |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. k&r (no b!) :) |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. Faces of Evil |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Obviously they can afford dental. |
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Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
79. True |
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BluDemocratGirl (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Frick-N-Frack |
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mojowork_n (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. These are the guys |
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AusDem (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #60 |
86. sorry, didn't even read further down when i saw their pics |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #60 |
91. Future Senator Al Franken |
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AusDem (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
85. reminds me of the two brothers from "Trading Places" |
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AzNick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #52 |
87. 97 environmental indictments pre-Bush, 9 after |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. Obama's Progressive Agenda |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. No doubt they consider anyone to the left of the extreme far right "Progressive" |
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Andronex (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
58. right ! "Obama's Progressive Agenda"... |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
63. Obama DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO HAVE A "PROGRESSIVE" AGENDA!!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. Deleted message |
Andronex (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. The teabaggers and people like Beck... |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. They want dollars to count as votes. They promote the propaganda machine. |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. No one can stop them but we can counter them by being better informed and sharing the knowledge |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. start with the people upthread |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Greatest Page for sure |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. I am embarrassed to report the Kochs are from Kansas |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
70. neither am I |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Recced |
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grahampuba (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. two guesses.. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. K&R n/t |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. k&r |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. I say declare them "Domestic Terrorists" and send them to Gitmo. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. +1 |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Are they involved with PETA? |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. I wish there *were* some way to effectively counter their poison! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. Royalty |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. one way to stop them is to take their wealth ...legally..... |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. And who's funding the Left-Wing war against him? |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. spacemen. the kind from mars. they're commies, ya ' know! |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. the same two guys |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Spot on |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I guess this whole thing was phony to begin with |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. The left-wing gets funded by you and me -- mostly in the cost of shoe |
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W T F (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. So, why isn't the left demonizing these guys like the right demonizes George Soros ? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Because not playing "nice" would anger the concern trolls |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
61. George Soros is pretty public. These guys |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
76. Way, way back in Hillary's time, she dared to mention the "vast right wing conspiracy" and then |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. They want to defeat climate change and renewable energy |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. No matter how many FACTS you place in front of the non-billionaire rightwing voters, |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. And DUers are funding the left wing war on Obama :) |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. They've screwed over Indian tribes, too. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. waitaminnit! |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. And who is funding the left-wing war on Obama? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. "left-wing war on Obama" What a CROCK!! There is NO left-wing war on Obama, Phx_Dem. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Read Democratic blogs, read DU, listen to what Dems are saying Bertman. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I've been reading and listening, but nothing I hear or see equates with "war" or even |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Demagogic deflection |
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TwentyFive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. Here is one of many, many favors granted to Koch from George Bush |
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TwentyFive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Now you know why Koch declares war on President Obama. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. not terribly surprising, I suppose. K&R nt |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. Not forgettting the key part AFP played in bringing down Green Jobs Advisor Van Jones |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. Draft them and put them in Iraq. |
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KrazyinKS (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. They used to call it BS & water |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. Who's funding the left wing war on Obama? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. "left wing war on Obama", a.k.a. particpatory democracy |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. They deserve side-by-side guillotines |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
41. their most important tool is a monopoly of 1000 |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's important to remember who the real enemy is |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
43. If they hung out here a little they'd realize Obama is a weak-kneed corporate sellout |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
46. Spoiled parasites who never worked for a thing in their miserable lives. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
47. They're still Birchers as far as I'm concerned. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. What a Futile, Stupid Way to Go Broke |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
50. Couple of kochsuckers, sounds like. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
51. These P'sOS live in my hometown. And, yes, they DO suck. nt |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
73. As a ex-Wichita resident, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
77. Aren't they personally some really nasty people? Remember reading about them |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. exposure is a start |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
55. Let's make these guys better known than George Soros |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. And since organizations such at the Cato Institute are 501(c)(3)... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
59. "Americans for prosperity" translated means only if your willing to say and |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. KICK and REC n/t |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
65. The old phrase "follow the money" always gives you the answer K/R n/t |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
69. Everytime I run into a RW front group, if I dig far enough I run into the name "Koch". |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
71. Names to the unknown power that we knew |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
72. Koch is a cult |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
74. It's all fake opposition . . . r-w elites also created the r-w religious Fundi movement .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
75. This is also why we have to re-regulate capitalism . . . and stop making our corp enemies rich...!! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
78. They're batshit crazy and also went after the Clintons. nt |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-09-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
81. The guillotine has seen classier necks than these hillbilly rednecks. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
82. K & R !!! |
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704wipes (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
83. What do you expect from BUSH in-laws and Bayh contributors? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. I don't think they are Bush In-Laws |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
84. Nice find - Great investigative reporting by alternet. Too darn bad the MSM doesn't do that. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
88. HOW MUCH MONEY IS ENOUGH???? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:35 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Ironic that; I remember thinking the same thing about cheney |
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SalmonChantedEvening (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
90. K&R |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
93. Great article. |
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