Senator Patty Murray Democrat soliciting money for DSCC from the Koch Brothers

[zeitgeist]

A thread on this at DU:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1444192

I will have to go give that a look later.  great find.

[Ballygrl]

MouseFitzgerald  (76 posts) Fri Jul-08-11 06:03 PM
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32. The DSCC just got told
   
The DSCC just got put in their place by some of the most horrible human beings on the planet. The democratic party is in so much ****ing trouble.

[Ballygrl]

OMG! what about the tape???????????

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1461701

DSCC Chair Sen. Murray appeal to Koch PAC for contribution was a staff/database error

stevenleser  (1000+ posts)  Mon Jul-11-11 12:19 AM
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DSCC Chair Sen. Murray appeal to Koch PAC for contribution was a staff/database error

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[Ballygrl]

The letter sent to Philip Ellender from the DSCC, classless of course to appeal to their base:

Dear Phil:

Thank you for your genuine, heartfelt concern about our recent solicitation and your request for clarification. Indeed, the form letter and follow-up solicitation you received was a staff error.

However, the bigger and more troubling mistake is the long political history of your employer, the Koch Brothers. As a (former?) Democrat, perhaps your time would be better spent looking into their efforts to privatize Social Security or their opposition to expanding the children's health insurance program. Or maybe, you can post a list of all of the anonymous contributions they have made to right-wing smear campaigns across the country. If you'd like to share voicemails from all the shady groups asking you for millions of dollars, we'd happily listen to those as well.

So, I write to make it clear that your invitation was an error and has been rescinded.

Sincerely,

Guy Cecil

Executive Director

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

P.S.: I was impressed how quickly you responded, given how often you must be on the phone with Governor Walker of Wisconsin.

[Ballygrl]

From the comments section on the DSCC response:

It is interesting to see how much anger is directed towards the Koch brothers from the left. They all like to complain about the fact that the Koch brothers frequently give THEIR OWN money to causes they support and act like it is somehow a crime. However, the leftists never seem to like to talk about the money that the Koch family gives to charity. I'm guessing the only charity that Patty Murray gives to is her own (a.k.a; the Patty Murray Bank Account charity).

Some examples of Koch family charity...

$100 million dollars to MIT for cancer research
$20 million to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
$30 million to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
$25 million to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston
$15 million to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center
$25 million to The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City

Patty Murray's response to the Koch brothers makes her and the DSCC look petty and small.

[delilahmused]

Yes. The 2008 election was especially bittersweet for Sen. Murray. Seeing Plugs Biden elected Vice President left her as the stupidest person in the United States Senate. She remains grateful that the people of Houston continue to re-elect Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, the stupidest person in the entire Western Hemisphere.

What about the idiot that thought that island would fall into the ocean?

Cindie

[GOBUCKS]

What about the idiot that thought that island would fall into the ocean?

I realize there is stiff competition for the title.

The congressman was Hank Johnson, from Georgia's 4th Congressional District,
the same district that previously gave a grateful nation Cynthia McKinney.

The island he was worried about was Guam, and he was afraid it would tilt and possibly capsize
due to the weight of the American military presence.

The fact that he had heard of Guam, and knew it was an island, was enough to spoil his effort
to replace Sheila Jackson Lee as DUmbest person in the Western Hemisphere.

There's no chance that Sheila Jackson Lee is aware of Guam's existence.