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Bill De Blasio ad: Koch brothers want to buy vote
politico.com ^ | October 24, 2013 | LUCY MCCALMONT

Posted on 10/24/2013 8:02:10 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

Democratic mayoral candidate for New York City Bill de Blasio’s campaign released an ad Thursday slamming billionaire Republican donors the Koch brothers.

“Don’t let the Koch Brothers buy the election,” the ad says, which also labels the David and Charles Koch as a pair “who spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to defeat President Obama.”

“They’re back. And now they’ve set their sights on New York City,” the ad continues.

The ad follows a court decision Thursday that will now allow a conservative political action committee, that supports Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota, to accept unlimited contributions.

In a statement De Blasio campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith said, “The stakes are too high to let the same Republican extremists who shut down the government hijack the mayoral election.”

The ad further says that the Koch brothers gave “hundreds of thousands of dollars to Super PACs trying to elect extreme right-wing ideologues here in New York City” and says the court decision will allow millions of more dollars to be injected into campaigns to “elect their tea party friends.”

The election for New York City mayor will be held Nov. 5.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: billdeblasio; communistcandidate; joelhota; kochbrothers; newyork; newyorkcity; teaparty
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1 posted on 10/24/2013 8:02:11 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

As if the Koch Brothers give a crap about who governs NYC.


2 posted on 10/24/2013 8:07:09 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Setting up the straw man for good measure. But it certainly does make look de Blasio Wilhelm look like the moonbat he really is.
3 posted on 10/24/2013 8:16:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Tailgunner Joe

You just can’t make this stuff up. This comes out just when it is announced that GEORGE SOROS has already given money to Hillary? Wow.


4 posted on 10/24/2013 8:25:27 PM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (Be the Enemy Within the Enemy Within...)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

“Koch bros want to buy vote”

I sure hope so!...........


5 posted on 10/24/2013 8:32:24 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Some on our "Roads & Bridges" head to the beach. Others head to their offices, farms, libraries....)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

The Koch brothers are Libertarians, not Republicans. And De Blasio a a !@%$@!# communist.


6 posted on 10/24/2013 8:32:58 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: Tailgunner Joe
“Don’t let the Koch Brothers buy the election,”

How can they? George Soros already owns it...


7 posted on 10/24/2013 8:34:40 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Do not take my word for it, these are my opinions...Do your own Homework)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

But Billy Boy is just fine with Bloomy, the N Y midget, trying to buy the Virginia governorship for his firearm stealing buddy - right?


8 posted on 10/24/2013 8:37:33 PM PDT by dontBSme
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To: okie01
As if the Koch Brothers give a crap about who governs NYC.

David Koch lives in NYC, is its wealthiest resident, and is a top benefactor of everything from Lincoln Center to New York-Presbyterian Hospital to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I bet he cares who the mayor is.

9 posted on 10/24/2013 9:28:32 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker
David Koch lives in NYC, is its wealthiest resident...

I didn't know that. I thought the brothers still resided in Wichita.

My mistake.

10 posted on 10/24/2013 10:04:46 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Tailgunner Joe.
"They’re back. And now they've set their sights on New York City," the ad continues. The ad follows a court decision Thursday that will now allow a conservative political action committee, that supports Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota, to accept unlimited contributions.
Wow, obviously another piece of completely nonpartisan jurisdiction.


11 posted on 10/25/2013 7:16:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: Alter Kaker; SunkenCiv

Is Bill De Blasio an anti-Semite? It’s a good thing Ed Koch isn’t around to see this, or he might become a target, too.


12 posted on 10/26/2013 3:34:15 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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Is Bill De Blasio an anti-Semite?

Why do you say that? The Koch brothers aren't Jewish.

13 posted on 10/26/2013 8:21:40 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

“Hizzoner,” Ed Koch was a Jew of Polish descent.


14 posted on 10/26/2013 9:00:41 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Berosus
“Hizzoner,” Ed Koch was a Jew of Polish descent.

Correct. But Charles and David Koch, who DeBlasio is attacking, aren't Jews.

15 posted on 10/26/2013 9:05:17 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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