Thursday, March 1, 2012

Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh? | MichaelMoore.com

Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh? | MichaelMoore.com

March 1st, 2012 2:17 PM
Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?
By Robert Greenwald

By Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava

Just in time for the release of Brave New Foundation's new film, Koch Brothers Exposed, Rush Limbaugh has thrown in with Charles and David Koch in their letter war with Obama campaign manager Jim Messina. No surprise there; Rush has made his fortune defending the rich and powerful against the 99%. But does Rush actually have a vested interest in the Koch brothers' success? The letter war started when Messina sent a fundraising letter saying the billionaire brothers bankroll "Tea Party extremism" and manipulate oil prices to buttress their energy business. The Kochs responded that Obama was treading on their "right to free speech." (To them, I guess, being criticized by the president is tantamount to being arrested for sedition.) Team Obama shot back again, and here we are.



The video we made with Sen. Bernie Sanders reveals the Kochs' general method, whether Limbaugh is involved or not: fund an army of right-wing organizations so that politicians and pundits know exactly what to say: