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In reply to the discussion: Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! Hell just froze over on MSNBC. [View all]DallasNE
(7,404 posts)69. As I Read That I Thought WOW
The Koch brothers just threw the Tea Party under the bus. Will Boehner now throw the Hastert Rule under the bus as well?
But this may not stick because so many of these Tea Baggers ran on the single issue of shutting down the government. It is fun though to watch them eating their own.
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I think they're trying to cover their asses because they are the ones who financed
notadmblnd
Oct 2013
#93
One of the Koch brothers just heard the door bell ring. "Who's there?", he asked.
Ikonoklast
Oct 2013
#35
All of those lawmakers have enough money to insulate themselves from the chaos.
alfredo
Oct 2013
#89
I had a friend who was part of an evangelist family. During the winter he stayed drunk.
alfredo
Oct 2013
#91
The Koch Bothers are distancing themselves from the morons to get new morons to run against them
Snake Plissken
Oct 2013
#19
Welcome to DU, PeoViejo! Yep. I think it may be time to start talking about nationalizing
calimary
Oct 2013
#46
And as far as pissing money down a rat hole, I bet they're hugely and painfully aware of how much
calimary
Oct 2013
#47
Koch brothers. When you find a fucking rattlesnake freezing in the snow, either let it die, or
bluestate10
Oct 2013
#43
YES. Out there in the open. Up front. With all the lights turned on and focused on them.
calimary
Oct 2013
#48
Seed the Tea Party winds, reap the elected Teabillie/Teapublican whirlwinds. Dumb shits.
marble falls
Oct 2013
#56
Folk at the Old Boys' Club must be givin the Kochs the hairy-eyeball: "If y'all trash the economy
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#59
Why don't I ever see reference to their father who was a co-founder of the John Birch Society?
Kablooie
Oct 2013
#61
the reality is this: the koch brothers did a cost/benefit analysis of the situation...
Javaman
Oct 2013
#86