Stupid Republican idea of the day

[septimus]

Is Sam Stone, the bloated-amygdala hyperlibertarian, considered a Republican? He certainly qualifies as stupid.

@Sam_Stone

Let’s think this through…

:rolleyes:

@Little_Nemo

@Sam_Stone

And let’s not forget labor unions, which as I recall are the largest funders of politicians.

Not even close. This is just a talking-point bouncing around the conservative media. And it’s not true.

They came up with this claim by not counting undisclosed donations, which are the main way that really large amounts of money are donated. The Koch brothers, to give a prominent example, paid $4,900,000 in disclosed donations in the 2012 election and $407,000,000 in undisclosed donations. Ignoring the undisclosed donations greatly distorts the amount of money they gave.

If you add in all the money that was donated, the Koch brothers donated $412,670,666 (I’m assuming the 666 was just their little joke). The top ten union donations combined added up to $153,473,251.

I’m glad Little Nemo debunked Stone’s hogwash.

The divide is no longer between left and right, but between rational reality-based thinking and the GOP. Increasingly, it just seems best to ignore anything said by one of their ilk unless their claim is backed by a cite to a rational thinker or objective news source.