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Pretty good article.



If the political left is anything, it is prone to bouts of hypocrisy. The public is catching on to the sad reality that a rational person must take anything liberals say - anything - with a grain of salt.

Take, for instance, the left�s obsessive fascination with the industrialist brothers Koch, who early on became a convenient burr under Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid�s saddle. He hand-picked them, targeted them for a cynical disinformation campaign, a bit of political theater that would do ol� Joe Goebbels proud. If the Kochs did not exist, Reid would have been forced to invent them.

In the finest traditions of McCarthyism and cheesy politics, Reid set out to render the brothers - and their millions - politically radioactive as part of a calculated strategy to keep his job and retain U.S. Senate control. He has called them everything from �shadowy billionaires� who are �un-American� for trying to �buy the country� to being �immoral and dishonest� in trying to �rig� the political system.

Their crime? The conservative businessmen�s libertarian-leaning Americans for Prosperity group pumps uberbucks into tax-exempt organizations backing conservative candidates who support - gasp! - free markets, low taxes and limited government. They are very bad news for Democrats, who believe in none of that and wish the brothers and their cash would go away

Reid, who long ago jettisoned principles for power and owes his career to billionaire currency speculator George Soros, is joined by Democrats who certainly should know better in hammering away at David and Charles Koch as if they were the devil incarnate. The brothers are slandered nationwide and Alaska�s junior senator, Mark Begich, carries the ball here.

But Reid, Begich and Co. have an ugly secret. The campaign against the Kochs is a lie - a very big, very bold, very calculated lie. The Kochs, it turns out, are not the problem when it comes to big money in Alaska elections - not by a long stretch.

Federal Election Commission records analyzed by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics show hypocritical Harry Reid is the problem when it comes to big outside money flooding into campaigns.

He is closely linked to an independent expenditure group, the Senate Majority PAC. It is the top outside spender when it comes to campaigns, the FEC says - and not just in Alaska but across the entire nation. At last report, it had spent $34.5 million. In Alaska, it almost single-handedly is paying for Begich�s independent re-election effort.

The Koch brothers? They are nowhere near the top of the list. You cannot even see them from Sarah Palin�s front porch.

Where does the Senate Majority PAC gets its dough? Liberal billionaires such as Tom Steyer and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for starters. They could not care less about Alaska. Their concern is keeping Democrats in charge. The top of the PAC�s donor list also include several huge unions that depend on Democrats.

While Reid cried crocodile tears about big money in politics and the Supreme Court�s Citizens United decision reaffirming the First Amendment, the Senate Marjority PAC that follows his lead funneled millions to Democrat candidates. Much of it came to Alaska.

Here, Put Alaska First, an independent expenditure group, has received $7.1 million, almost all of it evil �outside� money from the Senate Majority PAC with about $6.7 million of it used against opponent Dan Sullivan. That is nearly as much as the Begich campaign had raised at its last report in July and much more than the $4 million Sullivan had in his campaign coffers then.

Lalita Clozel of OpenSecrets.Org reports it is �fashionable� for regional PACs to use a state name for cover. She tallied all 34 of the super PACs with state or regional references in their names that have spent money on ads this election cycle. Only 17 received at least half of their contributions of more than $200 from within the state, she said.

Put Alaska First PAC was the top spender of the 34 and relied overwhelmingly on out-of-state funds, she said.

So much for the left�s incessant complaining about the Koch brothers and money flooding into elections.

If you can say anything about Begich and Reid, it is that their hypocrisy is breathtaking. Any rational person must, indeed, take anything they say with a grain - make that a truckload - of salt.

Paul Jenkins is editor of the AnchorageDailyPlanet.com, a division of Porcaro Communications.


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hear, hear


tis why I can't stand Dems/Liberals, they're such hypocrites.

see it in the FDNM all the time, the "evil Koch bros."

lmao but Soros is a saint I reckon????


I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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Liberals don't care about the truth, they only care what fits into their current agenda. I'll be glad when this election season is over, the political attack ads are getting tired.


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No...They would come in second behind R. Reagan. The man was a wonderful speaker but did not walk the walk.

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Originally Posted by northwestalaska
No...They would come in second behind R. Reagan. The man was a wonderful speaker but did not walk the walk.



here's your party....hypocrite


.. the direction of our current government and cultural environment:

1. We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics,
but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few
lunatics.

Funny how that works. And here's another one worth considering...

2. Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of
money. But we never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money?
What's interesting is the first group "worked for" their money, but the
second didn't.

Think about it.....and Last but not least:

3. Why are we cutting benefits for our veterans, no pay raises for our
military and cutting our army to a level lower than before WWII, but we are
not stopping the payments or benefits to illegal aliens.



I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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she ain't worth your blood pressure, pard.


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Originally Posted by northwestalaska
No...They would come in second behind R. Reagan. The man was a wonderful speaker but did not walk the walk.


Originally Posted by ironbender
she ain't worth your blood pressure, pard.


I have to toggle whatever nwa say's,, I would imagine a lot of us Alaskan's do as well.


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I have to toggle whatever nwa say's,, I would imagine a lot of us Alaskan's do as well.


Why would anybody want to "toggle" the Cheechako for any reason, let alone Alaskans?

If the above quote was meant to say "I and most Alaskan's have Walt on ignore" you would be correct.


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At election time politicians don't care about the "truth". They care about being elected. Period.

Why? Because ultimately voters don't care about the truth either. They care about easy answers that make them feel good when they fill in the oval.

Are misleading attack adds annoying? Yup. Do people respond negatively to them in test polling overwhelmingly? Yup. Do people claim they won't vote for so-and-so because of all the negative adds? You betcha.

In exit polling what are the first things people repeat for rationale as to why they voted for such-and-such?
The most recent attack add messages!! (shocker)

If folks cared about the truth they would have recognized the evil in both parties long ago and elected Bob Bird for Senate! smile


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