Koch brothers to spend $900 million on 2016 elections

[Miles]

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[Mr. Reactionary]

Wonderful news! God bless the 1st Amendment.

[pbrower2a]

American democracy dies if the Koch family gets its way.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

Well they are hideously old, maybe they will die before then.

[Free Bird]

I don't get why the Kochs are Satan for making contributions, but all the leftist groups get a free pass.

[Indy Texas]

I don't get why the Kochs are Satan for making contributions, but all the leftist groups get a free pass.

Who on the left has given anywhere close to that much money? And who in the Democratic Party exerts as much influence as two people as the Kochs do in the GOP?

The only person people like you can ever come up with is George Soros, who was only semi-relevant in the 2004 election.

[krazen1211]

Great news! This should partially cancel out the billions of dollars of free gifts that some politicians dump on their base.

[MurrayBannerman]

I don't get why the Kochs are Satan for making contributions, but all the leftist groups get a free pass.

Who on the left has given anywhere close to that much money? And who in the Democratic Party exerts as much influence as two people as the Kochs do in the GOP?

The only person people like you can ever come up with is George Soros, who was only semi-relevant in the 2004 election.

Average spending per house member was even last election and Democrats smashed Republicans per Senate race.

Obama also outspent Romney by about 200 million.

But, it's all the Koch brothers.

[Vosem]

Wonderful news! God bless the 1st Amendment.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Would you rather the Koch brothers merely keep the money for themselves?

[Murica!]

Would you rather the Koch brothers merely keep the money for themselves?

I'd rather they die slowly and painfully, hopefully somehow relating to that money.

[Miles]

Great news! This should partially cancel out the billions of dollars of free gifts that some politicians dump on their base.

No kidding!

[Intell]

This is SO GREAT, for American Democracy.

[BaconBacon96]

RIP American democracy, FF.

[Knives]

American Democracy is absolute sh**thouse. What a ing embarrassment.

[Antonio the Sixth]

RIP American democracy, FF.

Considering how this happened, it would be fair to say American democracy committed suicide.

[badgate]

We should all be grateful of them providing the economy with this stimulus. 

[The_Doctor]

Good, they can counter the unions. I approve. Hopefully our ground game is better. I'd throw $1.6 billion at the Clintons but hey. $889 million is great.

[Brittain33]

How much of this will be spent locally, i.e. to influence/silence elected county judges and state legislators who are ruling on issues important to the Kochs?

[pbrower2a]

I don't get why the Kochs are Satan for making contributions, but all the leftist groups get a free pass.

"Leftist" groups don't have that sort of money. 

[pbrower2a]

Would you rather the Koch brothers merely keep the money for themselves?

Yes. I would rather that they built castles for themselves and whole counties as hunting preserves for themselves. By buying the political process the Koch family establishes tyranny far worse than what George III ever imposed upon American colonists.

[The Other Castro]

I'd rather this not be possible, and have the campaign finance system reworked to set lower spending limits, but I by no means consider the Koch brothers as evil simply because they're using a completely legal (at the moment) system to better their own interests. As businessmen, they shouldn't be blamed, the one's that set the rules by which the businessman can operate should be.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Would you rather the Koch brothers merely keep the money for themselves?

Yes. I would rather that they built castles for themselves and whole counties as hunting preserves for themselves. By buying the political process the Koch family establishes tyranny far worse than what George III ever imposed upon American colonists.

I'm still waiting for the Koch brothers to buy my personal vote.

[ElectionsGuy]

Liberals are mad because money in politics. But didn't they just spend more money in the 2014 election cycle and get pummeled?

Also, this elitist notion that the Kochs "buy" elections is getting old, as if people don't decide for themselves, they just vote based on what advertisements say.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Liberals are mad because money in politics. But didn't they just spend more money in the 2014 election cycle and get pummeled?

Also, this elitist notion that the Kochs "buy" elections is getting old, as if people don't decide for themselves, they just vote based on what advertisements say.