Posted on 02/15/2014 10:38:20 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Sometimes, if you listen to some Democrats, they're running against the "Evil" Koch brothers rather than a specific Republican candidate.
The brothers that liberals like to hate are often trotted out as prime examples of why campaign finance reform is necessary. They are often portrayed as one of the biggest contributors to political candidates, their evil money financing evil Republicans.
The group OpenSecrets.com has compiled a list of top donors to candidates and, to the left's surprise, the Koch brothers are far down the list.
Charles and David Koch are the two most evil people in American politics, right? We know that because Jane Mayer proved it with her landmark "Covert Operations" tour de liberal force in 2010.
Well, it turns out that Mayer's aim was off just a little, by like 58 slots on the all-time biggest donors in American politics list, as compiled by OpenSecrets.org.
OpenSecrets.org tallied the top donors in federal elections between 1989 and 2014. Koch Industries -- privately owned by the Evil Koch Bros -- is on the list, to be sure, but doesn't appear until the 59th slot, with $18 million in donations, 90 percent of which went to Republicans.
Unions, unions, unions
So who occupies the 58 spots ahead of the Evil Koch Bros? Six of the top 10 are ... wait for it ... unions. They gave more than $278 million, with most of it going to Democrats.
These are familiar names: AFSCME ($60.6 million), NEA ($53.5 million), IBEW ($44.4 million), UAW ($41.6 million), Carpenters & Joiners ($39.2 million) and SEIU ($38.3 million).
In other words, the six biggest union donors in American politics gave 15 times more to mostly Democrats than the Evil Koch Bros.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Whenever some lib drone brings them up, I just ask what do they think of Soros.
All of them run off, or try to act like they don’t know who he is.
The funny thing is on most issues they agree with the Koch brothers. They are rabidly pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, and pro-taxes.
Where's that old sh*t Larry King... maybe he should read this... AND every staff member at the New York Times...
LOL Rick Moran's on to something here...
I was surprised that George Soros didn’t rate a mention in the article. I wonder where he falls on the list.
You will get the same response mentioning the Tides Foundation, MoveOn, Emily's list, Annenburg Foundation and all the rest. The point of mentioning Koch Brothers comes from Saul Alinsky who taught radicals to create an enemy to rally people against.
Rabidly? Really?
“...Koch brothers ... rabidly pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, and pro-taxes...”
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Do you have a source for that?
(disclaimer: I work for a company that is owned by Charles Koch)
“Whenever some lib drone brings them up, I just ask what do they think of Soros.”
In Minnestoopid I have heard libs praise Soros and his corrupting activities.
I believe they are pro-amnesty also.
They said it themselves. Also see #12.
The source is David Koch.
And the Koch’s earned their money. Union donations are kickbacks from taxpayer funded “stimulus.”
Do you have a source for that?
(disclaimer: I work for a company that is owned by Charles Koch)
Okay, so you admit they are for those things, but just not rabidly so. I won’t argue you the degree, but do these guys seem like shrinking violets?
A better list would be:
Who do people spend time thinking about?
For me, “the Koch brothers” are at the very bottom of the list.
I’ve only known about “the Koch brothers” when liberals talk about them. Given this, and their positions on the topics you mention, I think the Koch brothers are closet liberals whose purpose is to create an enemy for the liberals to get mad about. Somebody to counter the image of George Soros.
“...The Koch brothers are pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, and pro-taxes...”
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Pleas find me a source.
I want to see it.
Good point dog...
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