Let’s be fair, here. The Washington Post’s Reid Wilson isn’t saying in his piece that there aren’t any big league Democrat donors (ahem, George Soros). His point is that there’s no equivalent of the Koch brothers on the left.
Plenty of Dem billionaires write big checks. Problem is no one is coordinating their efforts effectively — http://t.co/sSbwqlPG4x
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) February 7, 2014
Wilson writes that “the coordination between big donors that the Koch network so ably facilitates just doesn’t exist on the Democratic side.” Why not? For one, Republican donors tend to favor policies with a direct effect on companies’ bottom lines, while “Democratic donors revolve more around social issues,” and are often single-issue givers focusing on abortion, same-sex marriage and climate change. Got it?
Where @PostReid ignorantly claims R donors are motivated by profit, while D donors are motivated by principles: http://t.co/n4kBc44PQc
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) February 7, 2014
Worth reading @PostReid's piece on "Why no Kochs of the left," but I couldn't disagree more with it. http://t.co/JAzAZPDeJj
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) February 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/431908727663624193
He's not. This is intentional hackery. RT @EWErickson Surely Reid Wilson is not this clueless. http://t.co/eom6lD92PJ …
— RBe (@RBPundit) February 7, 2014
What do you mean? Is it possible Wilson overlooked something? Something really, really obvious, perhaps?
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/431910005806497792
@RBPundit @EWErickson I could swear I saw a graphic recently showing how Koch groups were outspent ~10:1 by Prog groups. Can't find it.
— (((WitCoHE))) (@E__Strobel) February 7, 2014
@EricStrobel @RBPundit @EWErickson Here it is. pic.twitter.com/5cQG3i2nM5
— LouLou ? (@Flaaaaalala) February 7, 2014
Hmm. Those unions certainly don’t seem to lack any sort of network to rake in the cash.
That WaPo piece is staggeringly stupid. I’m actually blow away.
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) February 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/431910775205011456
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/431911104328237057
@JohnEkdahl KOCH$! http://t.co/BGCw3QHIeu pic.twitter.com/EZdA0z6p4o
— Jason Hart (@jasonahart) February 7, 2014
@verumserum The level of willful blindness required to even consider running that piece…
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) February 7, 2014
Democrats are only motivated by their pure desire to help the common man. Those Koch brothers are only in it for the money.
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) February 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/431912186618056704
The fact that such ridiculous and baseless assertions pass as reporting at WaPo these days says a lot about the state of the publication.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) February 7, 2014
If @PostReid had done even basic investigation into how coordinated Soros-supported groups are, he would realize his thesis is nonsense.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) February 7, 2014
Once more, just for good measure:
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/431912016572600320