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Pharaoh

(8,209 posts) Tue Dec 29, 2015, 11:24 PM Dec 2015

How the Koch Brothers Helped Dismantle the Democratic Party [View all]

Published on Dec 29, 2015

Thom Hartmann talks with Sam Smith, Journalist/Editor-Progressive Review & Author of several books, Website: http://prorev.com, about Koch Industries helping fund the Democratic Leadership Council, an organization set on pushing the Democratic Party more to the right.

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How the Koch Brothers Helped Dismantle the Democratic Party [View all] Pharaoh Dec 2015 OP

K&R Paka Dec 2015 #1

And do NOT forget that the Clintons played a big role too. kath Dec 2015 #2

Arkansas was full of Democrats in the early years so they needed a third way. DhhD Dec 2015 #13

k & r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Dec 2015 #3

kick midnight Dec 2015 #4

It couldn't have been rigged unless there were willing participents. nt Javaman Dec 2015 #5

Willing Or Brainwashed Yallow Dec 2015 #6

Third Way New Democrats like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. See my reply # 10 down thread. DhhD Dec 2015 #12

K&R nenagh Dec 2015 #7

K&R nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #8

The Kochs' hold on the Democratic Party is new to me pacalo Dec 2015 #9

Koch Brothers and the DLC. DhhD Dec 2015 #11

Important History of who and how theDLC was used to dismantle the Democratic Party by DUer, ChiciB1. DhhD Dec 2015 #10