# Stupid Republican idea of the day

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**Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19546 "2015-02-26T16:14:04Z")

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

> [@Take money out of politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-money-out-of-politics/713419/60):
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> Let’s think this through…

:rolleyes:

> [@Take money out of politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-money-out-of-politics/713419/63):
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> > [@Take money out of politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-money-out-of-politics/713419/60):
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> > And let’s not forget labor unions, which as I recall are the largest funders of politicians.
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> Not even close. This is just a talking-point bouncing around the conservative media. And it’s not true.
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> 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.
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> 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.

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