So far as I can figure out, Jim Koch of Sam Adams Beer isn't related to those Koch brothers, but a lot of liberals are boycotting the beer just in case ...
Posted on 11/11/2012 11:48:12 AM PST by drewh
The Koch Brothers think-tank, Americans for Prosperity, handed down a warning to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for not rejecting provisions in the ACA to submit health insurance exchange plans ahead of the health law’s full implementation.
Republicans were already furious with Christie for praising President Obama’s rapid response to the super-storm Sandy that ravaged parts of the East Coast last week, and now the Koch Brothers are pressuring him to reject a New Jersey exchange bill to rebuff the ACA’s requirement before a November 16 cutoff date for states to set up health insurance exchanges.
If states fail to set up the exchanges, the federal government does it for them and the provision gave individual states leeway to set up a healthcare marketplace according to their resident’s needs.
The press release cited “other conservative governors across the country like Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Scott Walker, and others have already taken a principled stand,” and questioned whether Christie “will prevent New Jerseyans from having their health care choices controlled by federal bureaucrats? Or will he continue to go along to get along with Barack Obama?”
The Koch brothers have not always been antagonistic against Christie as long as he followed their edicts, and last year David Koch praised Christie for pushing legislation the Koch’s ordered Republicans to support. Koch praised Christie for eliminating public workers’ right to bargain collectively for health benefits, and for pulling New Jersey out of a Northeastern states regional cap-and-trade market to curb industrial greenhouse gas emissions.
Christie said in October he would wait for the outcome of the election to decide whether or not he would set up health insurance exchanges, but the Koch’s Americans for Prosperity memo warned him there are harsh consequences for any further apostasy.
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“warn him”....do they know to whom they are speaking. He is not going to be intimidated by them. Who do they think they are?
Krispy Kreme may become the next Arlen Specter.
Bingo. But better yet, why not buy up Hispanic media, not to pander but to provide a channel to bring the conservative message to this large group of potential conservative voters. I’m convinced they are within reach, but we’re not reaching out.
Then buy up or start the conservative equivalent to Jon Stewarts Daily Show. We’ve got smart young conservative talent - where are they? The RATS bring out bright (albeit misguided) hip liberals to deliver their message and the best we’ve got on the one network that provides any kind of balance is graying boring repetitive Sean Hannity in prime time, tossing a stupid football and talking into his echo chamber. He’s so bad even most conservatives can’t stand watching him.
So you’re on the right track. Koch bros could multiply their ROI many fold by developing a team and running the scrimmages rather than hoping for a hail mary in the 4th quarter.
I thought Rush ran the Republican party. I must have been mistaken.
So far as I can figure out, Jim Koch of Sam Adams Beer isn't related to those Koch brothers, but a lot of liberals are boycotting the beer just in case ...
I think Jim’s last name is pronounced “Cook.”
The Koch Bros are “Coke.”
He’s a fat-assed, Lou Costello look-a-like f**king RINO!!
Conservatives should ensure that Christie has an unlimited supply of donuts.
Even if he does switch to the donkey party, he still won’t ban Big Gulps! : )
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