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Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:06 PM Oct 2012

Koch Bros: latest RW employer that pushes employees to vote for Romney

.....if their employees don't vote for the prescribed list of politicians.

While there are a million things wrong with that stand (and NO..it's not like what Unions have done!), the one thing that struck me is the irony of what is happening in the political arena...the individual vote seems to NOT be entirely directed by Citizens United and the money that is pouring into the elections. I honestly think the Koch Brothers thought they could 'invest' in their potential multi billion dollar future earnings, by buying off the nation and it's voters. I imagine it's driving the Kochs insane that this election isn't being bought off as easliy as they thought.

http://news.yahoo.com/koch-brothers-sent-employees-list-people-vote-030246557.html

To put it simply, the handout literally gave employees a list of whom to vote for in the upcoming election. "At the request of many employees, we have also provided a list of candidates in your state that have been supported by Koch companies or by KOCHPAC, our employee political action committee," reads the particular flier. Mitt Romney is at the top of the list. A copy of an anti-Obama editorial written by Charles Koch and pro-Romney editorial written by David Koch is also included. If Obama is reelected, one of the letters in the packet reads, "then many of our more than 50,000 U.S. employees and contractors may suffer the consequences, including higher gasoline prices, runaway inflation, and other ills."



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Koch Bros: latest RW employer that pushes employees to vote for Romney (Original Post) Sheepshank Oct 2012 OP
A list of people for the Democrats to focus Drale Oct 2012 #1

Drale

(7,932 posts)
1. A list of people for the Democrats to focus
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:10 PM
Oct 2012

on opposing now and in the future. If they are on the Koch's list, they are on the Koch's payroll.

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