5 Right-Wing Scumbags Bankrolling Dangerous (and Plain Weird) Conservative Causes

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AlterNet / By Brad Reed

5 Right-Wing Scumbags Bankrolling Dangerous (and Plain Weird) Conservative Causes
Much ink has been spilled about the Koch brothers. But there are plenty of other wealthy right-wingers promoting dangerous policies.

November 29, 2010 |


A non-insane observer of American politics might wonder why our elite policy makers are considering curbing our budget deficit by cutting Social Security and Medicare payments all while further lowering tax rates for high-income earners.

The answer is that most of our political class and establishment media have bought into the meme that rich people are so super-special that if we hurt their feelings by making them pay the same amount in taxes that they paid in the 1990s, they will get so depressed they will lose the will to work and no one in the country will ever have jobs again.

While this idea may seem insane to all sane people, it’s actually one of many ideas promoted over the past several decades by wealthy right-wingers who have plunged significant sums of money into conservative think tanks, political candidates and advertising campaigns. You see, for some reason rich Americans aren’t content to have five yachts and a butler named Willivers -- rather, they seem obsessed with having the entire country leave red, white and blue smooch marks all over their rear ends.

And just who are these multimillionaire propagandists, you ask? Well, I’m sure you know all about the Koch brothers and Rupert Murdoch, since they’ve all been relatively high-profile lately. But there are plenty more right-wing sugar daddies out there. So without further ado, let’s get started!

Right-Wing Sugar Daddy #1: Sheldon Adelson

Like most neoconservatives, Adelson’s goal in life is to make sure the United States and Israel remain in a state of perpetual warfare against Arab countries until most of the world is destroyed. Adelson, who made his fortune as a Las Vegas casino mogul, made headlines in 2007 when he funded Freedom’s Watch, a neoconservative advocacy group that supported wars wherever and whenever it could find them.

The group’s first campaign was a $15 million ad blitz urging Americans to support the Iraq troop surge. One of the group’s most notorious ads featured an Iraq war vet who lost both his legs during the war imploring Congress to keep funding the war indefinitely because “if we pull out now everything I’ve given and sacrificed will mean nothing.” The ad also shamelessly conflated the Iraq war with the September 11 terrorist attacks by showing pictures of the World Trade Center burning as the vet firmly reminded Americans that “they attacked us.” ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/149011/5_right-wing_scumbags_bankrolling_dangerous_%28and_plain_weird%29_conservative_causes/

[nxylas]

1. Another story for Fox News to post as real

http://www.theonion.com/articles/20000-sacrificed-in-annual-blood-offering-to-corpo,18542/

[Donnachaidh]

2. FWIW, I think Tom Price is playing bag man for the pukes between these a-holes

He's already been *outed* by the press as having been a regular visitor to the Koch Brothers. I looked up his *record*, and he's done very little in terms of work for his constituency - but he sure does a LOT of traveling to repuke *gatherings*, etc. I know that most people in his area aren't aware of what he's doing (more specifically, what he's NOT doing for THEM) -- I wish this guy could be busted big time.

He's Boehner's attack chihuahua.

[Demeter]

3. K&R

It's not a conspiracy theory or paranoia when they really are out to get you.