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1776Forever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 12:58 AM
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You won't believe what the Koch's use to turn middle-class against middle-class - Take a look!
I was disappointed when I read that Drew Carey, yes that Drew Carey, is a "fan" of the Koch's Reason Foundation. He is a "trustee":

http://reason.org/trustees_and_officers /

......

He also has done a couple of YouTube Videos for them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvvuHREm5jg

This YouTube Video done for Reason.TV attacks all the middle-class CA Government workers they say have Escalades and speed boats! Watch it for yourself!

:crazy:
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 12:59 AM
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1. I'm not surprised, he has been rw for years
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:07 AM
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4. You know what my first clue was that he was a right winger?
He's UNfunny.;-)
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:11 AM
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5. RLOL
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a kennedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 10:21 AM
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17. I loved the show "Who's Line Is It Anyway" when it was from
England. When fat/now/skinny boy got ahold of it, it was just painful to watch.....you are correct sir, he IS NOT FUNNY. UGH.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:02 AM
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2. He's always been a right winger n/t
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1776Forever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:03 AM
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3. OK - But I never thought he would stoop to do a video like this. n/t
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:13 AM
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6. bet he's a SAG member
wonder if he was paid scale to do those ads? I'm guessin' he got a fat check to support his koch habit.
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1776Forever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:30 AM
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10. My husband and I just had that discussion. I told him I will never look at him again in the same
Edited on Sun Feb-27-11 01:31 AM by 1776Forever
light. He is from Cleveland and I always thought he was a "good" guy who understood the little guy! I guess you can't tell a book by it's cover! When those people come up on the Price is Right I wonder what he is really thinking? Ugh!
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 10:30 AM
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18. He's being paid huge money not to let on what he's really thinking
when those people are called to the stage. In order to have the chance to win some ugly ass living room furniture or whatever, they have to arrive in the early AM, stand in line for hours, and undergo prescreening while still outdoors. Once inside they are prepped to act like they're being a done huge favor and should kiss the ground Carey walks on if they are lucky enough to be one of the chosen few. The whole process is demeaning and if someone does win something, it's considered income and taxed by the IRS. Carey is no doubt thinking these people are a bunch of suckers.
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:14 AM
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7. He is a Rightie.
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divine_truine Donating Member (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:15 AM
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8. Isn't he part owner of the Seattle Sounders FC? eew!
I hope i'm wrong! I really hope that after posting this comment that after googling carey's info that i was wrong to think he is a koch-whore...
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divine_truine Donating Member (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:23 AM
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9. confirmed! this koch-whore is part-owner of my beloved sounders.
"...I think i just threw up in my mouth!" Koch-whores turn my stomach! POWER TO ALL UNIONS & WORKERS in America! To oblivion with all these greedy billionaires. Our societies should not have billionaires anyway!
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1776Forever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:34 AM
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11. He sure has the money! Drew Carey makes about $34,000 an episode per this link:
Edited on Sun Feb-27-11 01:37 AM by 1776Forever
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 01:54 AM
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12. I just make a simple choice to change the channel
I never watch the Price Is Too High anyway, and I will just add anything else he is in to the list.

...and it is true....he isn't funny.
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Courtesy Flush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 09:22 AM
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13. We all know middle class people with expensive stuff.
If the middle class completely collapsed, that does not mean that there won't be a few people with money to spend. To take a few examples of people who over spend, and claim that this indicates that everyone else is thriving... I have no words for it.

The middle class still exists. No one is claiming it doesn't. But the gap is growing. We don't know what the personal finances of those guys (in the video) are. I have a friend who runs to his bank every time he wants to spend more than a few hundred dollars. He tacks the debt onto his mortgage. You can't get him to understand how self destructive that is.
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KathieG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 10:08 AM
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15. Yeah, and it's usually financed, unlike the rich who can pay for everything outright.
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1776Forever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 11:00 AM
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19. I was just thinking about this and I bet that video was done back when a lot of people were
Edited on Sun Feb-27-11 11:01 AM by 1776Forever
refinancing their homes. I don't blame someone for wanted a nice car, isn't that what we have the US for? This is supposed to be the "land of opportunity". It was Wall Street that brought this country down and Mr. Carey has to be blind not to see it or just plan ruthless.
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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 09:57 AM
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14. who??
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 10:17 AM
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16. Drew Carey is a hypocrite. The entertainment
Edited on Sun Feb-27-11 10:20 AM by LibDemAlways
industry is heavily unionized, and he himself no doubt takes advantage of every benefit his union offers.

If any CA government worker is driving around in an Escalade or on a lake in a speed boat, it might be because he won it on The Price is Right. No way does the average state employee have the money to live the kind of life Carey lives.
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1776Forever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 11:02 AM
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20. You said it! Come on down! n/t
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