Posted on 05/20/2014 1:35:58 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is defending a screening of a film on the Koch brothers in the Capitol, saying GOP criticism of the event shows how the billionaires’ “tentacles” are all over congressional Republicans.
A screening of “Koch Brothers Exposed: 2014 Edition” is scheduled for Tuesday at the Capitol Visitors Center. Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.), who chairs the House Administration Committee, fired off a letter Monday that argued the event could violate congressional rules.
On Tuesday, Reid said Miller’s concern “shows how [the Koch brothers] tentacles are in every part of the Republican congressional establishment.”
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“There’s nothing that’s ethically wrong with our going to talk about some documentary,” Reid continued. “The man that has produced this documentary has produced seven other documentaries about the Iraq war, Afghanistan war, about the Koch brothers.”
The movie, directed by Robert Greenwald, is an updated version of a 2012 film of the same name.
In her letter, Miller argued that congressional rules governing the Capitol complex say “no audio visual presentations in the CVC may premiere, preview, showcase, or publicize a film.” She said she is concerned that the screening “may cross the line into partisan politics.”
Reid participated in the documentary, and he and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will be part of a question-and-answer session at the Tuesday event.
A spokesman for Pelosi, whom Miller addressed in her letter, said the congressional rules don’t apply to the room where the screening is being held Tuesday.
Koch’s are Jews, right?
No wonder Reid hates them.
I pray each night this POS is gone in November.Maybe sooner but thats a different issue.
Mr. Cleanface’s Dirty Laundry: Harry Reid’s Mob Money
HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (Youtube video 2:44)
Harry Reid, Caught in Land deal in Nevada (FR thread, video linked there)
Just like the Constitution doesn't apply to democRats.
WE ARE DEMOCRATS AND WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT! GO AHEAD, TRY TO GET HOLDER TO DO SOMETHING AGAINST US! I DARE YOU! (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
I guess Bill Gates, a leftist commie billionaire who loves liberalism is not to be included. Since he IS a leftist, he dudden count. ONLY those who are republican can be smeared. Don’t smear leftist billionaires. They give money to the commie causes.
If they are worried about billionaires’ influence over Congress, then they will be on George Soros soon. Yep, any minute now.
Reid is mentally ill.
Soros is a foreigner (born in Hungary, supposedly US citizen), has been convicted for currency manipulation, insider trading, “Broke the Bank of England”, was a Nazi collaborator while also being a Jew, and walks in the Halls of power unscathed.
Where in H is one damn Republican to say anything?
All the Koch brothers get for trying to save this country is official government harassment and calumny. No defenders!
Now is Reid’s government going to go on a witch hunt and cause the filmmaker to be audited ed by the IRS audit or have Holder prosecute him if they find that he used straw donors to make large donations to Democratic politicians?
No. I think not.
Catholic.
What a nasty, pathetic little man.
On Tuesday, Reid said Miller’s concern “shows how [the Koch brothers] tentacles are in every part of the Republican congressional establishment.”
So Reid’s take on a elected offical commenting that a particular film screen at the Capitol may violate rules is not if it violates rules but a concern of the Koch brothers tentacles in the Republican establishment? Isn’t being a senile asshat enough to be kicked out of office?
Robert Greenwald is a producer, director and political activist. He is the founder and president of Brave New Films, and is director and producer on numerous documentaries, including “Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism” (2004), “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” (2005) and “Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers” (2006)
Before he was a reporter and commentator for the Guardian newspaper, Glenn Greenwald was a lawyer — and had a part-time job in the porn business.
If a monomaniacal hysteric like Glenn Greenwald is a “serious journalist,” then the threshold of seriousness is dangerously low, indeed.
Please, if you don’t know the backstory, click both those links and read carefully, because it reveals three important facts:
1.Glenn Greenwald is a raging narcissist;
2.Glenn Greenwald is habitually dishonest; and
3.When caught in one of his stupid lies, Glenn Greenwald’s first instinct is to try to save himself by telling another stupid lie.
Here’s an interesting question for you: Why didn’t Glenn Greenwald graduate law school until he was 28? What year did he complete his bachelor’s degree, and what did he do during the years between finishing his undergrad education and deciding to attend law school?
Before he was a reporter and commentator for The Guardian newspaper, Glenn Greenwald was a lawyer — and had a part-time job in the porn business.
“It was a long time ago,” Greenwald told the Daily News. …
Court papers show that one of the company’s clients was then known as HJ — short for “Hairy Jocks” — and that Greenwald was the one who negotiated their deal.
Owner Peter Haas “had this pornographic company he wasn’t able to maintain,” Greenwald said.
Greenwald and Buchtel agreed to help Haas in return for 50% of the profits. …
[Haas] accused Greenwald of having bullied him into signing the deal, citing several twisted emails that he said were from Greenwald, whose email address was, “DomMascHry31.” In one, Greenwald allegedly called Haas “a little bitch” and “a good little whore.” …
Here’s the thing: We know from the 2006 sockpuppetry escapade that Greenwald is a liar with a habit of masquerading behind online aliases to achieve his dishonest purposes. (“Thomas Ellers” and “Rick Ellensburg” can vouch for this.) And here’s a dirty little secret about why Greenwald is now an expatriate living abroad:
The New York County Clerk’s office shows Greenwald has $126,000 in open judgments and liens against him dating to 2000, including a $21,000 from the state Tax Department and the city Department of Finance. . .
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Records show the IRS has an $85,000 lien against him.
Douchebag, thy name is Greenwald!
This is like the hearing that publicized Sandra Fluke, the lefties couldn’t get an official hearing, so they staged some theater ion the basement of the Capitol and pretended it was an offical hearing.
These people are scum.
FOAD, Harry.
Unrepentant liars who bear false witness should be excommunicated, you fraud.
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