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In reply to the discussion: Al Jazeera's investigative report on the Koch brothers. Real. Good. Stuff. [View all]oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)8. actually i noticed something in the last couple of days..
this whole thing about "voter fraud" that the ALEC folks are pushing.. perhaps its because i'm in New Mexico, and one of the 8
US attorneys fired by the Bush administration for not persuing voter fraud, David Iglesias is from here... for those who dont remember the 06 campaign.. Iglesias was a wistleblower of sorts, and implicated Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M. with phone messages trying to force the issue... Karl Rove was cited as the architect behind this activity..
if we follow the money, it's pretty obvious that what we see happening now in politics, has been on the drawing board for a long time, and as we might have suspected, the trail leads right back to the Bush administration.. the Koch influence ultimatly goes back to the John Birch Society of the 50's and 60's.. it seems to me, that we on the left, often get caught flat footed with these events for a couple of reasons.. first of all, we are not conspiracy oriented as are the right wingers.. in fact the whole right wing belief system is based on interlocking conspiracy theories.. and as importantly we no longer have the 4th estate of an independent press to expose the knowledge to daylight..
as far as the how can they question.. thats really pretty easy, a thouseand radio station, and fokkks news stirring the hate with misinformation.. you get abortion doctors killed, unions busted, anything you want.. the folks who listen to propoganda, are told how smart they are, with a healthy dose of God and faux patriotism
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Al Jazeera's investigative report on the Koch brothers. Real. Good. Stuff. [View all]
Maraya1969
Dec 2011
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If you compared them with Al Capone, they would probably laugh. Capone was a piker.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2011
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