Human wall stops journalist from interviewing David Koch

[babsbunny]

Human wall stops journalist from interviewing David Koch

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/31/human-wall-stops-journalist-from-interviewing-david-koch/

By Arturo Garcia
Friday, August 31, 2012 15:47 EDT

Democracy Now reporter Amy Goodman found herself up against a human wall when she tried to ask millionaire Republican booster David Koch one question: Does concentration of wealth undermine democracy?

In an encounter she aired Friday morning, Goodman recounted her experience trying to speak to Koch Thursday evening, who she said is spending around $400 million dollars through Republican-boosting groups in this year’s presidential campaign. Koch, a member of the New York state delegation to the Republican National Convention, had been honored earlier that day by a non-profit he backs, Americans for Prosperity.

As Goodman attempts to ask Koch the question, a man stands up to block her and another tells her, “We’re not doing interviews.” Koch can be heard telling her, “I couldn’t quite hear you. Sorry, I’m deaf in one ear.”

[rfranklin]

1. Honored by the"non-profit ' which he funds...they didn't have to go far to find an honoree...

Sort of like those claques at La Scala

A claque is an organized body of professional applauders in French theatres and opera houses. Members of a claque are called claqueurs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claque

[formercia]

2. Koch has to protect his wealth

he and his brother made, stealing Oil from Native American lands.

[razsmith01]

3. great for all

i love it

[freshwest]

4. There is more than the 1% opposing democracy. There is the 30% or more that work for them.

Those are the ones we must figure out how to work with. Because they will be the ones in our faces, in good ways and bad ways.