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And yet the account is pretty damn accurate. Go figure.
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What about their account was funny?
Red State does not have a reputation for accurate accounts, no matter how much CNN tries to legitimize Erick "Erick" Erickson.
The Kochs own the tea party.Control freaks looking to buy control of conservative politics. Of course they could be easily stymied if tea party supporters would just refuse to allow them, not going to happen.
And Soros owns the OWS....
.....looks like the Kochs' got the better deal, huh?
"decides to act like a Liberal"?And yet the account is pretty damn accurate. Go figure.
"decides to act like a Liberal"?And yet the account is pretty damn accurate. Go figure.
This is what you wingnuts refer to as "unbiased, fact-based fair and balanced reporting"?
He then goes on - in the first paragraph - to get it wrong:
Ed Crane, the President of Cato, has no viable legal argument and it seemed to me he was just taking advantage of the current left-wing hate against the Kochs to try to garner some sympathy for an organization nobody has really cared about in more than a decade..
Ed Crane has not claimed a legal argument. The widow of Niskansen has the legal argument.
Like I said: not known for their accuracy.
"decides to act like a Liberal"?And yet the account is pretty damn accurate. Go figure.
This is what you wingnuts refer to as "unbiased, fact-based fair and balanced reporting"?
He then goes on - in the first paragraph - to get it wrong:
Ed Crane, the President of Cato, has no viable legal argument and it seemed to me he was just taking advantage of the current left-wing hate against the Kochs to try to garner some sympathy for an organization nobody has really cared about in more than a decade..
Ed Crane has not claimed a legal argument. The widow of Niskansen has the legal argument.
Like I said: not known for their accuracy.
That RedState is a partisan website was never in question. The point of the article is to say that Ed Crane is trying to paint the Kochs as villains for doing to him what he has done to others, namely Murray Rothbard, and working within the framework that he had a hand in setting up. That's an accurate account of what's happening.
"decides to act like a Liberal"?And yet the account is pretty damn accurate. Go figure.
This is what you wingnuts refer to as "unbiased, fact-based fair and balanced reporting"?
He then goes on - in the first paragraph - to get it wrong:
Ed Crane, the President of Cato, has no viable legal argument and it seemed to me he was just taking advantage of the current left-wing hate against the Kochs to try to garner some sympathy for an organization nobody has really cared about in more than a decade..
Ed Crane has not claimed a legal argument. The widow of Niskansen has the legal argument.
Like I said: not known for their accuracy.
And Soros owns the OWS....
.....looks like the Kochs' got the better deal, huh?
"decides to act like a Liberal"?
This is what you wingnuts refer to as "unbiased, fact-based fair and balanced reporting"?
He then goes on - in the first paragraph - to get it wrong:
Ed Crane, the President of Cato, has no viable legal argument and it seemed to me he was just taking advantage of the current left-wing hate against the Kochs to try to garner some sympathy for an organization nobody has really cared about in more than a decade..
Ed Crane has not claimed a legal argument. The widow of Niskansen has the legal argument.
Like I said: not known for their accuracy.
That RedState is a partisan website was never in question. The point of the article is to say that Ed Crane is trying to paint the Kochs as villains for doing to him what he has done to others, namely Murray Rothbard, and working within the framework that he had a hand in setting up. That's an accurate account of what's happening.
And I don't think that is accurate at all. What I see the story being about is the Koch Bros. wanting to remake Libertarianism in their image. Just like they have done with the conservative movement.
Individual mandate: conservative idea
Cap and Trade: conservative idea
Now, after Koch involvement in waking up the low information voters with bumper sticker slogans, these are now supposedly 'Socialism'.
And the saps buy it.
You all should actually read the entire article.
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Libertarianism will be just fine regardless of what happens with the Cato Institute.
Cato is only the most respected "libertarian" think tank among non-libertarians.
The Kochs fund like, 8% of Cato's funding. 4% in the past decade. Yes, CATO is REALLY Koch-controlled. *eye roll*Cato is bought and paid for by the Kochs, pretty always has been, especially since the purge of Rothbard. It has sought to paint an acceptable-to-the-inside-the-beltway-crowd face on Libertarianism and has done a disservice to that spectrum of political thought.
This is confusing because the Koch's basically subscribe to their brand of libertopia....~S~
This is confusing because the Koch's basically subscribe to their brand of libertopia....~S~
They subscribe to the RHETORIC of libertarianism, perhaps.
But in practice what they subscribe to is cronnyism or as our right wing fanatics like to call it socialism for the elite
They subscribe to the RHETORIC of libertarianism, perhaps.
But in practice what they subscribe to is cronnyism or as our right wing fanatics like to call it socialism for the elite
I think you misunderstood Kevin's post. He's saying that NON-libertarians see Cato as the most respected libertarian think tank. REAL libertarians recognize that it's just another establishment tool to manipulate the libertarian cause.Cato is only the most respected "libertarian" think tank among non-libertarians.
I agree with Kevin's assessment.
While I often disagree with CATO's POV, I trust the organization not to LIE outright.
Naturally the KOCH bros could use that credibility to advance LIES if they take it over.