Mark Begich Goes After Koch Brothers In First Campaign TV Ad

[Cigar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m5JFAMJ-9Uk

Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) is out with the first TV ad of his reelection campaign, taking aim at the conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch, who have come under increasing criticism from national Democrats in recent days for their influence in the political process.


Begich's new ad (http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/mark-begich-alaska-koch-brothers-104473.html?hp=l4) comes after American for Prosperity, the conservative group backed by the Koch brothers, ran two negative ads against the senator.


The first AFP spot (http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/in-an-attack-ad-an-alaskan-voter-is-really-an-actress-from-maryland/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0) featured a woman looking into the camera and saying, "Senator Begich didn't listen. How can I ever trust him again? It just isn’t fair. Alaska deserves better."


The woman, however, turned out to be an actress from Maryland, rather than an actual Alaska voter.


The second AFP ad went after Begich for being "on record supporting a carbon tax ... that will cost the average family over $2,000 annually," a claim that FactCheck.org called "not true (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/28/mark-begich-carbon-tax_n_4875738.html)."


"First it was a D.C. actress pretending to be an Alaskan,” says a narrator in the new Begich ad (http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/mark-begich-alaska-koch-brothers-104473.html). "Now ads attacking Mark Begich on a carbon tax have been called false and not true."


Democrats have been hammering the Koch brothers, whose network raised at least $407 million (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-backed-political-network-built-to-shield-donors-raised-400-million-in-2012-elections/2014/01/05/9e7cfd9a-719b-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html) in the 2012 campaign. In context, that's nearly as much spent by Mitt Romney's presidential campaign (http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2014/01/06/3121881/400-million-kochs/) during that election cycle.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/10/mark-begich-ad_n_4934192.html

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Something You Should Know About FactCheck.org… (http://politicalvine.com/politicalrumors/political-boxers/something-you-should-know-about-factcheckorg/)by Bill Simon
Here’s a funny fact about FactCheck.org: Barack Obama was Chairman of The Board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge from 1995 until 2000. The Challenge had to do with reforming Chicago public schools.
But, it was funded by the same source that funds FactCheck.org: The Annenberg Foundation. If you go to FactCheck.org and look at the logo, you will see “ANNENBERG POLITICAL FACTCHECK.”
You can read all of the documentation about this connection between Obama and the Annenberg organizations on Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Annenberg_Challenge
So…knowing this now…can you REALLY rely on FactCheck.org to tell you the “true” and “accurate” facts about anything regarding Obama and Joe Biden?

If you still do…I have a Chicago baseball team I’d like to sell you…just send me your credit card information and I’ll give you a certificate of ownership. I’ll also throw-in the Brooklyn Bridge in for free.

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http://theswash.com/commentary/who-fact-checks-factcheck-org


On several occasions, I have double checked FactCheck.org after their “facts” have been blindly used by liberals in debates I’ve been a part of. Many of them that I have double checked have been skewed, misrepresented or completely false. Keith Olbermann, probably the biggest douchebag on the planet, has often times referenced information from FactCheck.org and has been found to be wrong. Of course, he’ll deny that and say it’s anti-liberal smear and attack squads that are singling him out and discrediting “facts” because if you don’t agree with his widely distorted and fucked up views, than you are an idiot and a horrible person. Well, not only is Olbermann sucking the FactCheck cock, but so is MSNBC as a whole, well except for Rachel Maddow: she doesn’t like cock (she is a lesbian if you didn’t know, which you probably didn’t because her show gets such shitty ratings).So what’s the real story behind FactCheck and it’s liberal bias? Who owns it? Well, the answer to that question is the now liberal group, the Annenberg Foundation. The Annenberg Foundation was founded by Walter H. Annenberg, who was at one point a loyal Reagan conservative and diehard Republican. However, Old Walter’s family have changed their tune. Now, the family has close ties to Barack Obama, Bill Ayers and the liberal front in general.
For those who don’t know who Bill Ayers is, do a google search. However, in a nutshell, he led a group of extreme leftists called the Weather Underground (or Weathermen) during the Vietnam War era. His group took credit for bombing the Pentagon, the Capital Building, and the New York City Metro Police Department, as well as over thirty other bombings. Basically, he’s a leftist nutcase psycho fucksack and he’s not in prison.
So how is Obama tied to Ayers and tied to the Annenbergs and thus FactCheck.org?
To start, Ayers was the key founder of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which was a Chicago public school reform project from 1995 to 2001. Upon its start in 1995, Obama was appointed Board Chairman and President of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Geesh, that alone connects all three. Well, it branches out even more from there.
Ayers co-chaired the organization’s Collaborative, which set the education policies of the Challenge. Oddly enough, Obama was the one who was authorized to delegate to the Collaborative in regards to its programs and projects. In addition to that, Obama often times had to seek advice and assistance from the Ayer’s led Collaborative in regards to the programmatic aspects of grant proposals. Ayers even sat on the same board as Obama as an “ex officio member”. They both also sat together on the board of the CAC’s Governance Committee. Obama and Ayers were two parts of a group of four who were instructed to draft the bylaws that would govern the CAC. Keep in mind that the “A” in CAC is for Annenberg, the owners of FactCheck.org. The funding for Ayer’s projects and those of his cronies was approved by Board Chair, Barack Obama. Together, Ayers and Obama guided money to ACORN. Everyone in America should be familiar with the ACORN bullshit, well unless you’re on Olbermann’s cock or you’re off titty-fucking Chris Matthews.
When analyzing the source of FactCheck.org, one has to also take into account that the Annenberg owned site is ran through the Annenberg School for Communication which is a part of the University of Pennsylvania. UPenn, which I am calling it for abbreviation sake, is a liberally biased institution that has had its fair share of controversies in the past. In recent years, they have had several free speech issues, even though they were awarded the highest possible free speech rating by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

[zelmo1234]

I was not aware that the Koch brothers were running for office? They are going to need an extra chair if they win!

[hanger4]

The only reason the Koch brothers have come under increasing criticism from national Dems is they have little else to run on. The DNC must manufacture a crisis to avert the voters eyes from the failure which is all things Obama.

[Alyosha]

The only reason the Koch brothers have come under increasing criticism from national Dems is they have little else to run on. The DNC must manufacture a crisis to avert the voters eyes from the failure which is all things Obama.

Ironically, these rich Democrats are trying to create a class war and focus the attention elsewhere so that their billionaire contributors go unnoticed.

Mention Koch they are more than happy to decry the evils of capitalism. Mention Soros and they mention Koch.

They're just so dishonest and full of double standards that there isn't else much to say about them.

[Cigar]

The only reason the Koch brothers have come under increasing criticism from national Dems is they have little else to run on. The DNC must manufacture a crisis to avert the voters eyes from the failure which is all things Obama.

Wow ... now that's Funny ... a Righty saying the other party has nothing to Run on. :facepalm:


In other News ... House Republicans have launched their 51st attempt to kill the ACA, and President Obama has already promised that he will veto the legislation if it ever gets to his desk. http://www.politicususa.com/2014/03/04/obama-vows-drop-veto-hammer-republicans-51st-attempt-kill-obamacare.html

[Alyosha]

Wow ... now that's Funny ... a Righty saying the other party has nothing to Run on. :facepalm:


In other News ... House Republicans have launched their 51st attempt to kill the ACA, and President Obama has already promised that he will veto the legislation if it ever gets to his desk. http://www.politicususa.com/2014/03/04/obama-vows-drop-veto-hammer-republicans-51st-attempt-kill-obamacare.html


Neither of them have anything for me. Both parties are corrupt to the bone and pay lip service to ideologies they have no intention of living up to.

[Cigar]

Neither of them have anything for me. Both parties are corrupt to the bone and pay lip service to ideologies they have no intention of living up to.

The one thing that sticks with me ... The Current Administration had a Good Idea to Stimulate America. Skilled American Workers, both Democratic, Republican or neither are out of work due to the downturn in Construction.

Real simple ... put American Skilled Labor to work fixing and well known documented Problem ... The United States Infrastructure. What exactly is more important and who, other than Americans and The American Government is going to fix it?

Anyone in their right mind can say The US Infrastructure isn't in desperate need of repair.

The Republican Party Underhandedly Stopped it, NOT The Democrats.

[Alyosha]

The one thing that sticks with me ... The Current Administration had a Good Idea to Stimulate America. Skilled American Workers, both Democratic, Republican or neither are out of work due to the downturn in Construction.

Real simple ... put American Skilled Labor to work fixing and well known documented Problem ... The United States Infrastructure. What exactly is more important and who, other than Americans and The American Government is going to fix it?

Anyone in their right mind can say The US Infrastructure isn't in desperate need of repair.

The Republican Party Underhandedly Stopped it, NOT The Democrats.


It wasn't that good of a plan, Cigar. Temporary work assignments generate some income for a short while and then it drops off and people are the same or worse than before.

Private industry is where they needed to put those jobs. States can handle their own infrastructure.

One thing Obama did push for and I agree was the right thing was HAMP. It kept people in their homes, saved a lot of families, and helped to show America that even though banks got bailouts that they at least had SOMETHING coming their way.

[Cigar]

It wasn't that good of a plan, @Cigar (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=294). Temporary work assignments generate some income for a short while and then it drops off and people are the same or worse than before.

Private industry is where they needed to put those jobs. States can handle their own infrastructure.

One thing Obama did push for and I agree was the right thing was HAMP. It kept people in their homes, saved a lot of families, and helped to show America that even though banks got bailouts that they at least had SOMETHING coming their way.

Total and Complete Bull Shit ... what exactly do you know about Federal and State Infrastructure Projects?

If you actually think Private Industry is going to wake=up someday and say, you know what, I'm going to Fix that National Power Grid Problem, bring those Bridges up to load specification, or finally Widen and repair those congested pot-hole littered roads that have absolutely nothing to do with the winter we just had ... and do it before the next winter. :rollseyes: ... then you're dreaming.

I have neighbors who work for Commonwealth Edison and Northern Illinois Gas and they all say we're just 50% disaster away from total devastation and complete Midwest blackout. If you didn't know, most of The US Commerce, Air Traffic and Telcom Stitches goes through the Midwest.

Trust me, if the Midwestern Infrastructure goes down we're all Royally Fucked.

[Alyosha]

Total and Complete Bull Shit ... what exactly do you know about Federal and State Infrastructure Projects?

Enough to write contracts for them. They are not long-term jobs, Cigar.




If you actually think Private Industry is going to wake=up someday and say, you know what, I'm going to Fix that National Power Grid Problem, bring those Bridges up to load specification, or finally Widen and repair those congested pot-hole littered roads that have absolutely nothing to do with the winter we just had ... and do it before the next winter. :rollseyes: ... then you're dreaming.


I wouldn't at this point, either, if I have to continue to pay huge taxes AND foot the bill for other things. It's not like you can keep our current rates and then tell people to spend their own money, too.



I have neighbors who work for Commonwealth Edison and Northern Illinois Gas and they all say we're just 50% disaster away from total devastation and complete Midwest blackout. If you didn't know, most of The US Commerce, Air Traffic and Telcom Stitches goes through the Midwest.


Do you want to talk about why some of them are struggling? I'd be more than happy to in another thread. In fact, I would love to.



Trust me, if the Midwestern Infrastructure goes down we're all Royally Fucked.

Except for people who sneak off the grid without the government granting approval to live self-sufficiently.

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http://reason.com/blog/2013/04/09/the-infrastructure-crisis-that-isnt


Listen to President Obama, and you'd think the United States has a serious infrastructure funding problem. In his State of the Union address this year, for example, Obama proposed (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/12/transcript-obama-state-union-speech/) a jobs program that would put people to work building and rebuilding national infrastructure in need of "urgent" repair, like "the nearly 70,000 structurally deficient bridges across the country."But as Bloomberg's Evan Soltasargues (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-08/the-myth-of-the-falling-bridge.html) today, the idea that the U.S. is in desperate need of higher spending is something of a myth:

Believe it or not, infrastructure has improved significantly over the last two decades. In its report (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/2010cpr/execsum.htm#c3h) for 2010, the Federal Highway Administration said that 57 percent of all vehicle-miles were traveled on federal highways with ratings of "good" or higher -- according to a measure of road quality pleasingly known as the International Roughness Index. That was up from 48 percent in 2000. The percentage of roads in bad condition has also declined: In 1989 6.6 percent (http://reason.org/files/us_highway_performance_20_year_trends_full_study.p df) of rural and urban interstates were rated "poor"; now only 1.9 percent of rural interstates and 5.4 percent of urban ones earn that grade.
Despite warnings (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/02/obama-had-jon-stewart-70000-structurally-deficient-bridges/62131/) from President Barack Obama, America's bridges have never been safer. The highway administration rated 21.9 percent (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/2010cpr/execsum.htm#c3h) of its bridges "deficient" in 2009, as compared to 37.8 percent (http://reason.org/files/us_highway_performance_20_year_trends_full_study.p df) in 1989. And contrary to Obama's implication, the word "deficient" does not mean unsafe (http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2013/02/15/infrastructure-rhetoric-is-a-bridge-to-nowhere/), at least as the highway administration uses it. A bridge is "deficient" when it would benefit from expansion and renovation in line with usage.
Soltas also notes that U.S. infrastructure spending as a percentage of the economy has held fairly steady over the years, and that America's infrastructure budget puts it basically in line with global peers like Germany, Canada, and Australia.
Much of the concern over the sturdiness of U.S. infrastructure is driven by the regularly released American Society of Civil Engineers report card, which invariably gives the nation's infrastructure a poor grade. But what most reports fail to note is that the ASCE isn't exactly a disinterested party; on the question of whether or not we should spend more money on civil engineering, it is not entirely shocking to discover that a group of civil engineers thinks we ought to spend a whole lot more.
The other point to make here is that a clear-eyed look at the nation's infrastructure spending undermines the case for spending lots more money building roads and such as a way to create jobs. It would be one thing if those projects were desperately necessary, but in many cases they're not.