Rethinking Koch
April 7, 2014 - by
Maybe the attack-Koch strategy is a good idea after all. I had questions, but I’m coming around.
Every story needs a villain. That lesson is as old as the Bible. (See: the Serpent, Garden of Eden.)
Just as Republicans here want to make William Barber of the NAACP the face of the Democratic Party, the Kazillionaire Kochs are the ideal face of a Republican Party that is firmly committed to looking out for the 1 Percent – or the one-tenth of 1 Percent – at the expense of people who want good schools, good jobs, good health care and safe water to drink and air to breathe.
The Kochs are perfect villains in a political environment where the public suspects there’s a corrupt link between Big Business and GOP Government. And the Kochs are just an extension of the Bain Capital brand that Mitt Romney bequeathed to the GOP.
Even better, there are two of them. Evil Twins!
And it must be working. Charles Koch felt compelled to take to the friendly pages of the Wall Street Journal to protest that “collectivists” are being mean to him.
Let’s pile on!
Rethinking Koch
April 7, 2014/
Maybe the attack-Koch strategy is a good idea after all. I had questions, but I’m coming around.
Every story needs a villain. That lesson is as old as the Bible. (See: the Serpent, Garden of Eden.)
Just as Republicans here want to make William Barber of the NAACP the face of the Democratic Party, the Kazillionaire Kochs are the ideal face of a Republican Party that is firmly committed to looking out for the 1 Percent – or the one-tenth of 1 Percent – at the expense of people who want good schools, good jobs, good health care and safe water to drink and air to breathe.
The Kochs are perfect villains in a political environment where the public suspects there’s a corrupt link between Big Business and GOP Government. And the Kochs are just an extension of the Bain Capital brand that Mitt Romney bequeathed to the GOP.
Even better, there are two of them. Evil Twins!
And it must be working. Charles Koch felt compelled to take to the friendly pages of the Wall Street Journal to protest that “collectivists” are being mean to him.
Let’s pile on!