Posted by Tina
Politics makes for strange bedfellows, they say, but I would expect that at least candidates should have some awareness when accepting campaign cash. This would be particularly important if they are wont to arrogantly shoot off their mouths and target folks for total destruction. Harry Reid is just such a fellow, taking to the podium to label the Koch’s “un-American” and saying they are “against everything that’s good for America.”
He has also smugly targeted Republican member of Congress:
Many Republican senators might as well wear Koch insignias to denote their sponsorship.
Unfortunately Harry is just as guilty of accepting Koch cash as those he accuses. In 2003 his campaign accepted a $500 donation from Robert P. Hall III, a Koch Industries lobbyist. And he’s not the only Democrat to have benefitted from the Koch fortune:
Reid’s fellow Democrats collected KochPAC money as recently as 2012.
Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas took $10,000 from KochPAC in 2012. Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana has taken $55,000 in Koch money since the 2000 cycle. Former Senate Democrats Max Baucus, Blanche Lincoln and Ben Nelson took Koch cash in 2010. And Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York got $1,000 in the same year.
Since 2000, KochPAC has given more than $1.4 million to Democratic candidates, leadership PACs and party committees, according to numbers compiled by Congressional Quarterly’s Moneyline.
The DSCC even asked the Kochs to donate in 2011 — inviting them to a private donor retreat on South Carolina’s Kiawah Island in exchange for a five-figure contribution.
Even Hillary Clinton can’t completely escape this hypocrisy. As The Free Beacon notes, “…Hillary Clinton, was caught discussing her upcoming memoir at the David H. Koch Theater in Manhattan.”
Seems the Koch’s have spread the wealth around quite liberally, even to hypocritical Democrats who try to slime them!
Politics does indeed make for strange bedfellows…but can’t they please just get along?
OOPS! Ridiculous Reid is caught with his hand in the till once again. Do you need a towel to wipe that egg off your face, Harry?
Amazing how Taxocorats accuse others of dastardly deeds that they themselves practice on a daily basis . . .
Harry Reid and the Liberals accepting the Koch brothers money.!!!!
Lions and tigers and bears oh my! …. EPIC FAIL!!
I have watched the Koch’s for years they spend millions upon millions and they spend it everywhere. La Malfa took a minimum of $5k in 2012!.
Ya see the millions they spend is a drop in the bucket to the profit they make. It is an investment. They get harmful laws in to better there profits.
But 2003? Really? Come on guys ya think the koch’s are giving Reid current money?
We live in an Oligarchy. All politicians now have to take someone’s money because according Reince Pribus there is not enough money in Politics and that seems to be the sentiment.
Seems to me the Epic Fail is to not have a story that is about the current decade.
I would like to know what is the real problem here. The SCOTUS and their changing of the meaning of the constitution to money is speech and the more you spend the louder you speak, Or looking at politics in 2003 when everything is a far cry now in 2014.
We tell politicians they have to make promises to those with millions to win then complain about it?
I use to hate Reid, but now at least someone is standing up to them.
What is Addelson trying to buy? Get rid of online gambling and a war in Iran for Israel.
We would do better to find candidates who do not owe these men.
Maybe I should rethink where I go. I would rather have intelligent conversations…..
like ones about campaign money after Citizens United and the new McCutchen…..current news
Hey Thomas nice to meet you!
Nice to see a real discussion!
I agree. 2014 is our concern and we do need to look at the money all Politicians take.
It no longer matters whether they have A (D) or (R) after their name. It matters who they owe what for that campaign donation.
Dewey!
wow came back hoping to get a responce and I see my post was deleted! I guess that says it all
No discussion is welcome unless it is a single view,
If you live in Chico, lets figure a way to get together and discuss politics! We need real help to beat these dictators to be.
Hi Dewey I am Cindy a friend of Thom’s
He wants to get a proactive political group together in Chico. I will try to send ya a PM on our favorite Coffee Shop
Well I see this is not a very democratic blog, Dewey we go to the coffee ranch often, hope to bump into you soon
Cindy, you Dewey and Thomas seem so much alike, you write the same, you share the idiotic ideas about politics and liberalism and you even have the same URL, meaning you are all using the same computer. I’m surprised you have bumped into each before? Nice try Cindy, er, Dewey or whatever… ROFLMAO!
Dewey, you invented two other commenters to rag on our blog? Wow, don’t hate – appreciate. Good-bye Dewey.
Got it Cindy!
BTW
I think 1 guy writes under more than 1 name here and
Lions and tigers and bears oh my! …. EPIC FAIL!!
was my fav response …..he stole it! lol
Dewey, you should change your name to Epic Fail. You can pretend to be Cindy and Thomas all you want, but we’re not posting your comments anymore.