Miami Herald: Koch brothers trying to buy FL Supreme Court

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Sunday September 30, 2012 · 8:03 AM PDT

2012/09/30 · 08:03

We know that the Kochs are trying to buy the presidential election, but did you know they are also trying to buy the Florida Supreme Court and pack it with Rick Scott appointees? Cheers to Carl Hiassen of the Miami Herald for calling them out:

The new stealth campaign against three Florida Supreme Court justices is being backed by those meddling right-wing billionaires from Wichita, Charles and David Koch. They couldn’t care less about Florida, but they love to throw their money around. Last week they uncorked the first of a series of commercials from their political action committee, Americans for Prosperity. The targets are Justices R. Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince....
The mission of the Kochs, hiding as always behind their super PAC, is to get the three justices dumped at the polls so that Gov. Rick Scott can appoint replacements.

This is worth repeating: If the Kochs have their way, Rick Scott — yes, that Rick Scott — gets to pack the Supreme Court with his own hand-picked crew.

Yikes is right.

More below.

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Sunday September 23, 2012 · 6:29 PM PDT

2012/09/23 · 18:29

On the local CBS channel here in Florida, between the end of the football game and the start of 60 Minutes, they ran a new Romney ad featuring Marco Rubio. It is devoted entirely to Medicare. Rubio says that his 81 year old mom "depends on Medicare" but he admits that, under the Romney-Ryan plan,

younger Americans [must] accept that our Medicare will be different than our parents'.

This from the same guy who has said that Medicare and Social Security
actually weakened us as a people because they made it so it "was no longer necessary to worry about saving for security because that was the government’s job."

The spot is called Least We Can Do.

Does that seem like an effective ad to you?

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Wednesday September 19, 2012 · 12:32 PM PDT

2012/09/19 · 12:32

Hard to imagine Romney doing anything like this:

Obama leaves wedding gifts and note for Iowa couple
Neither the bride nor the groom is a registered Democrat, but they were thrilled.

Classiest president ever.

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Wednesday August 19, 2009 · 6:15 PM PDT

2009/08/19 · 18:15

I was in my doctor's waiting room this afternoon and the game show Family Feud was on the TV. The families were asked to guess how a group of 100 people answered, "Name a famous person named Joe." The number 1 answer was Joe Louis, and Joe DiMaggio was no. 2. Who else made the list?

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118 votes Show Results

Who would you pick if asked to name a famous Joe?

118 votes Vote Now!

Who would you pick if asked to name a famous Joe?

Joe Biden

24 votes

Joe the Plumber

8 votes

Joe Louis

6 votes

Joe Namath

16 votes

Joe Pesci

8 votes

Joe Montana

20 votes

GI Joe

19 votes

someone else

17 votes

Obama change the direction of the Supreme Court? Unlikely.

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Tuesday November 11, 2008 · 5:27 PM PST

2008/11/11 · 17:27

For all the talk about the danger of "one-party rule" in light of the Democratic 2008 sweep, it's easy to forget that the Supreme Court remains firmly in GOP hands and is likely to remain so throughout President Obama's tenure in the White House, even if he is re-elected in 2012. The best Obama may be able to do is keep the Court from moving even further to the right.

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257 votes Show Results

How will Obama impact the Supreme Court?

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How will Obama impact the Supreme Court?

He will replace some of the liberal minority but the five conservatives will outlast him

112 votes

One of the five conservatives will leave and Obama will change the Court's direction

112 votes

Like Jimmy Carter, he will not get to make any appointments

4 votes

Don't know

29 votes

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 7:33 PM PST

2008/11/03 · 19:33

In the middle of the show of skits from the 2008 election campaign, she comes on and says NBC will be shut down after she is elected as VP if SNL keeps making fun of her. Did not see any advance notice she would be on. I'll update with video as soon as available.

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Was this funny?

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Was this funny?

Not at all, in fact rather disturbing

312 votes

A little bit

28 votes

Can't stop laughing

10 votes

A game changer, Obama is finished

42 votes

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 5:36 AM PST

2008/11/02 · 05:36

As there still seem to be people looking for these clips, I am republishing yesterday's diary, as updated with videos and press reviews. It seems that at least some people think McCain helped himself. I thought he was funny and showed a sense of humor, but I don't think he won too many votes.

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What did you think about last night's SNL?

409 votes Vote Now!

What did you think about last night's SNL?

McCain looked unpresidential and like he has given up

140 votes

He was funny and this will win him a lot of votes

26 votes

It will win him a few votes but not much

107 votes

The Olbermann skit was funnier

116 votes

The giraffe skit was funnier

20 votes

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 8:54 PM PDT

2008/11/01 · 20:54

John McCain appeared live on SNL tonight. I'll update with video as soon as available. McCain was really counting on this appearance to win over a bunch of undecided voters. He did a good job and showed a sense of humor, but I don't think he won too many votes. Instead, Tina Fey as Sarah Palin stole the show. He may come back later and appear on Weekend Update, let's wait and see. (Yup, he's on WE, see the update) SPOILER below.

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 7:19 AM PDT

2008/10/31 · 07:19

Into the home stretch now, today marks the bittersweet return of Al & Tipper Gore to Palm Beach County:

At a noon rally expected to draw several thousand people to the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach and later in Coconut Creek, Gore and his wife, Tipper, will prod Obama supporters to participate in early voting. "They're trying to play to their base with a reminder that inaction, failure to vote, could lead to another disappointment like 2000," said Kevin Wagner, a political scientist at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Still, Wagner said, "there is a distinct possibility" that the effort could backfire. Bringing Gore here "could remind people that their vote didn't count and that the voting exercise didn't generate what they would perceive as a democratic outcome." In addition, Wagner noted, Gore's presence could "strike reminders" for Republicans and turn them out to vote as well.

Well, maybe, but I am glad they are here and can't wait to hear them

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 8:21 AM PDT

2008/10/29 · 08:21

Maybe it's the chilly weather, or maybe Gov. Crist's order extending the voting hours, or maybe most people who wanted to vote early have already done so, but the waiting lines for early voting in Florida are dramatically shorter this morning.
UPDATE Lines getting longer in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County.
UPDATE 2 Wow, lines back up to 4 hours in Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade. Guess it was just a slow start due to the morning cold weather. With the extended hours, the final turnout should be tremendous.

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 1:47 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 13:47

With new poll information indicating that McCain has tied or regained the lead, it's important for every Democrat to get out and vote. But for many people, this has not been easy, due to long lines resulting in waits of one to three hours. Local columnist Mike Mayo chides people (like me) who are unwilling to wait so long:

It kind of infuriates me when I hear people grousing about "being disenfranchised" because they turned around when they saw a long wait. Uh, sorry, being disenfranchised is when you’re unfairly denied the chance to vote, not because you’re inconvenienced and can’t vote in the same amount of time you could blow through a fast-food drive-in lane. Let’s be real folks. Elections are important stuff, the lifeblood of democracy. There are countries where people stand in line all day -- 8 or 10 hours -- to vote. One hour isn’t an unwieldy sacrifice.

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 7:59 AM PDT

2008/10/21 · 07:59

Yesterday I wrote about my unsuccessful attempt to vote in Florida. I work and really can't spend hours in line, even though I really want to vote for Obama. One congressman is threatening to file suit over the 3-4 hour long lines that many people are experiencing.

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200 votes Show Results

How long would you wait in line to vote in this election?

200 votes Vote Now!

How long would you wait in line to vote in this election?

15 minutes

5 votes

30 minutes

2 votes

1 hour

10 votes

1 1/2 hours

1 vote

2 hours

5 votes

3 hours

4 votes

4 hours

3 votes

5 hours

1 vote

all day

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