Kochs proving toxic to Republicans in key states

[Veilex]

The Super Shifters "believe that the system is rigged against them—and that there are powerful interests, the corporate 'fat cats'—a phrase that came out of a focus group—who exercise undue influence over the political process," Lehane adds.
He goes on to say the attacks against the Kochs work because they are tethering Republicans to a sense of a rigged system, and that that is overriding President Barack Obama's own weak poll numbers.

"One of the most intriguing findings in the polling is that the Koch brothers have emerged as a negative signifier for Republicans aligning with these powerful self-serving corporate fat cats," Lehane writes. "Given these findings, various Democratic candidates and organizations are effectively deploying the Koch Brothers as a symbol of Republicans being the party of the Fat Cats (Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid knew exactly what he was doing when earlier this year he elevated the role of the Koch brothers)."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/15/1329894/-Kochs-proving-toxic-to-Republicans-in-key-nbsp-states?detil=facebook

[longship]

1. The Land campaign is being hammered with Koch ads. (Michigan Republican US Senate candidate)

I see them all the time on the TV machine.

[Fred Sanders]

2. There is the problem. Folks get hammered with ads on the media that gets the ad money which

then will be rather reluctant to discuss anything bad about their ad buyers or their agenda....I do hope folks see through it, but TV is a powerful brain washing tool.

[TrollBuster9090]

3. The bad new is...

it will take their lawyers about ten minutes to figure out a more clever way to launder their money, and hide their influence in election campaigns; and FIVE minutes for the Republicans to implement it once they get into power.

[Veilex]

4. likely true...

But we cannot stop playing whack-a-mole.

When we identify one of these practices, we need to make an example of it... each and every time.
By doing so, corporations will shy away from these practices more and more.

Don't think we will ever eliminate it... but we can reduce it and make it painful.

[gratuitous]

5. "Nobody even knows who the Koch Brothers are!"

I was sternly lectured early in the election cycle that anti-Koch ads were a waste of money. Nobody knew who the Kochs were, how they influenced elections, or why anyone should care.

Lots of issues are uphill battles; things are the way they are because somebody somewhere likes them that way. Moving people off of square one and getting them to think about issues in a different way is always going to take some effort. The good news is that the unhealthy influence of Koch money is so apparent once public attention is drawn to it, that the issue gains traction and acquires its own momentum.

[Dont call me Shirley]

6. Corporate Fat Cats, that would be Mike Papantonio's term

[Veilex]

7. There's quite a few who use that term.

Its a good one.

[Dont call me Shirley]

8. Although cats are cute and cuddly. Corporate bobcats may be more appropriate

[Veilex]

9. Nah...

Bobcats can be awfully adorable too...

[Dont call me Shirley]

10. Here kitty kitty kitty. Too cute to be swindlers.

[Veilex]

11. +1