Koch Brothers' Americans For Prosperity Goes All Out in Wisconsin Recall--And Denies It!

[drm604]

http://www.alternet.org/story/155624/koch_brothers'_americans_for_prosperity_goes_all_out_in_wisconsin_recall--and_denies_it

DC-based special interest group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is busing-in out-of-state Tea Partiers and spending millions on advertisements, rallies, and phone banks in the weeks before recall elections for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, and four state senate seats. But the group founded and funded by New York-based oil billionaire David Koch insists its activities have nothing to do with the Wisconsin campaigns or elections.

"We're not dealing with any candidates, political parties or ongoing races," said Scott Hilgemann, the director of AFP's Wisconsin operations, about AFP's four-day, ten-city bus tour taking place the week before Wisconsin's June 5 election.

"We're just educating folks on the importance of the reforms," he said.

The "reforms" Hilgemann is referencing include Governor Walker's contentious attack on public sector collective bargaining and his austerity budget, which AFP touts as having saved taxpayers money -- but which Walker's critics say have crippled public schools and led to Wisconsin being dead last among all 50 states for job growth.

They must think people are stupid.

[murielm99]

1. People ARE stupid.

They believe everything they see on Fox and listen to Rush.

That's why counter phone banking and GOTV are important.

[HereSince1628]

2. If stupid = slow on the uptake, then, yes people are stupid

mostly because people don't want to believe that such bad things are really happening.

Recognition of such denial is the first step in healing the nation.

[Scuba]

3. They know they're being lied to, but they don't mind.

The lies are more comfortable than the truth.

[Bill USA]

4. here's a link to the RecallScottWalker site

http://www.recallscottwalker.com/


...recommended.