koch tank. but not before he made his point. and not before the denver post caught wind of the whole thing and christened the local hairdresser tiananmen sid for his act of free speech defiance. the whole democracy being bought and sold there may be a reference to bill koch and his influence as the guy putting the column of tanks in the local parade as the owner of multiple energy companies and huge swaths of not just paonia but two neighboring counties in colorado as well, may also by a reference to what koch s brothers are doing in national politics. they have reportedly said they will spend $400 million trying to defeat president obama and congressional democrats this year. $400 million, two guys. that s more than the entire john mccain campaign spent in 2008. it s not just them. in addition to them, karl rove has already announced his groups which appear to be mostly funded
local zillionaire bill koch. he decided he wanted to roll the military tanks through downtown as his contribution to the parade this year. it s a free country. what are you going to do, right? what one local resident who was, i guess, not fond of this decision, what he decided to do was this. he staged his own personal tiananmen comes to paonia protest, and he refused to move. the guy with the sign is a local resident named sid, sid lewis, he s a hairdresser, a former town councilman, his sign said on one side, buying the planned or just taking it? and on the other, democracy bought and sold. eventually, mr. lewis was physically escorted out of the way of the tanks by one of the men who was riding on top of the koch tank. but not before he made his point. and not before the denver post caught wind of the whole thing and christened the local hairdresser tiananmen sid for his act of free speech defiance. the whole democracy being bought and sold there may be a reference to bill
that s more than the entire john mccain campaign spent in 2008. it s not just them. in addition to them, karl rove has already announced his groups which appear to be mostly funded by rich conservative individuals, they plan to raise and spend somewhere in the neighborhood of $300 million in this year s elections. this doesn t count the romney campaign itself or the republican party. and that s all on top of the koch brothers money. how are the democrats attempting to match that kind of fire power? to understand that, it may be helpful to keep in mind this image of the hairdresser in sandals against the column of tanks with the guns. this weekend s new york times magazine has a long profile on what might be the democratic party s best hope for competing with this juggernaut of right wing money aimed at defeating president obama. it s the president s own super pac run by his former press secretary bill burton. look how they re getting outgunned so far. the pro obama super p