“Daddy, what did you do during the Twitter Wars?”
I offer up the following example of countering the usual “The evil Koch brothers outspend everyone!” liberal talking point, and how quickly Democrats turn tale and run when faced with actual facts. All tweets verbatim. (Including a few of my own typos. Mea culpa. I plead Twitter.)
Why Harry Reid is attacking Koch: Big money dem donors will spend more in NC, CO and IA than all RNC spend combined: http://t.co/1uYMsytjE2
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) September 29, 2014
@BattleSwarmBlog You're an idiot – dems can't begin to to match the dirty KOCH and ADELSON
— michelle elson (@2miche) September 29, 2014
Except that there are 58 bigger donors than #Koch, mostly #Democratic Party donors: https://t.co/S9GzfT1boQ @2miche
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) September 30, 2014
@BattleSwarmBlog but they don't give as much, chico
— michelle elson (@2miche) September 30, 2014
Did you not read they link? Donoros to #Democrats gave much more than Koch: https://t.co/S9GzfT1boQ @2miche
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) September 30, 2014
Want to go over them line by line? ActBlue alone gave out six times in much in donations as Koch. https://t.co/S9GzfT1boQ @2miche #tcot
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) September 30, 2014
Not to mention all the other 58 donors who donated more than Koch, most to Democrats https://t.co/S9GzfT1boQ @2miche #tcot
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) September 30, 2014
@BattleSwarmBlog @2miche She was told there would be no math
— Data Dave (@DaveHimrich) September 30, 2014
presumably it will take some time for @2miche to grapple with the fact she's objectively wrong. https://t.co/S9GzfT1boQ @DaveHimrich
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) September 30, 2014
@BattleSwarmBlog @DaveHimrich I block teabillies – ciao baby
— michelle elson (@2miche) September 30, 2014
So in other words, you barg into my timeline, make a demonstrable false statement, then get pissy when you get pwned. @2miche @DaveHimrich
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) September 30, 2014
The easy way to prevent this is to refrain from making statements that are objectively false. @2miche @DaveHimrich
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) September 30, 2014
The other easy way to prevent this is to not throw a little fit over being called out on your objctive falsehood. @2miche @DaveHimrich
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) September 30, 2014
You can stamp your little heels all you want, but when you said no Democrats gave as much as #Koch, you spoke lies. @2miche @DaveHimrich
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) September 30, 2014
And then I posted this:
Not in this thread, but worth noting for the future, is how liberals like to bring up Koch “dark money” donations, but then conveniently omit mention of left-leaning dark money operations like Patriot Majority USA. Indeed, as of November last year, liberal money made up 70% of dark money spending.
