The Koch Brothers Go After Zach Galifianakis and ‘The Campaign’

[RockaFowler]

http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/08/07/651671/koch-brothers-the-campaign/

In The Campaign, out this weekend, Will Ferrell plays an incumbent Congressman who’s running what’s supposed to be an uncontested race, when a pair of wealth brothers by the name of Motch put up a genial dummy, played by Zach Galifianakis, to run against him. Unsurprisingly, Galifianakis confirmed that the brothers, played in the movie by Dan Aykroyd and John Lithgow, are meant to be a stand-in for the real-life industrialists and right-wing political funders Charles and David Koch, and mentioned in a recent interview that he found the pair “creepy.”


Now I have to see this movie. Love Zach & Will. What a great team they are!!

[JoePhilly]

1. A rarely seen photo of the Koch brothers ....

Apparently they bet a dollar on whether they could get a Mormon and Massachusetts Moderate elected President.

[Initech]

2. Oh I did it... I punched a baby...

[qb]

3. RWers never learn. Never!

Attacking a comedian who is making fun of you only makes you look like more of a buffoon!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

4. From the article:

Phillip Ellender, Koch Industries’ president for government affairs, issued a statement on the brothers’ behalf, saying:

<emphasis mine>

Yeah, a special department in dealing with the government. Fascism? You be the judge.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

5. Ha, this one might actually get me to a theater...

rather than waiting for Netflix.

[unc70]

6. Zach's uncle Nick was my Congressman

Worked as a volunteer in his campaign. Nick Galifinakis represented Durham and Chapel Hill in those days. Also knew his brothers Pete and Harry (Zack's dad).

[coalition_unwilling]

7. I actually knew Zach back in the 90s and performed with him a few times on the open

mike circuit here in LA. (He was -- and presumably still is -- a brilliant stand-up comedian doing so-called 'alternative stand-up comedy' and I was an aspiring singer-songwriter.)

He's a great guy in person, very unassuming and not full of himself (and very supportive of his fellow musicians on the open mike circuit). I saw him last about 10 years ago at a small coffee house in Santa Monica where he was on his way to audition for SNL. Gave him a copy of my CD to pass along to the SNL producers which he very graciously agreed to do.