Fantasy Politics
Bashing liberals is a time-honored sport on the far right. Bashing the Clintons can therefore legitimately be compared to fantasy baseball. In each of these, one can construct one’s own reality, related to facts no more than one wishes.
A major-league example of Clinton bashing is the book Clinton Cash, by Peter Schweizer, founder of the Government Accountability Institute. Mr. Schweizer is a conservative with a history of getting it wrong. According to Media Matters, his most recent work continues that tradition.
Right-wing snark of recent years, like the purple-heart Band-Aids that mocked John Kerry’s Presidential candidacy in 2004, has often been funded by uber-wealthy conservatives. In the case of Clinton Cash, the folks behind the screen are, apparently, the Koch Brothers.
These siblings are no slouches when it comes to keeping conservative causes afloat; their efforts have included bankrolling the campaign to prevent the recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Operating as they do so far under the radar, the Koch Brothers’ efforts to distort the information that underlies our electoral process might seem almost impossible to overcome. But they’re mot.
Not even the Koch Brothers have enough money to outstrip the votes of millions of motivated Americans.
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