Exposing Institutional Left's Astroturf Attack On Charles Koch

While falsely portraying it as a David versus Goliath event, the Institutional Left has been caught in an orchestrated effort to attack Charles Koch, while creating a public relations event around California’s ballot initiaitve, Prop 23. Koch openly supports the cause of Liberty and we know how much today’s left hates that. Not only that, sources have now confirmed that, while portraying itself as covering this story, a writer at the Huffington Post has actually conspired in the making of it. There is no room for credible journalism for such a practice.

Look for more on that at Big Journalism.

Charles Koch Challenged to Debate Prop. 23 by California Student Leader Joel Francis

Joel Francis, a Marine Corps veteran and senior at Cal State Los Angeles, has issued a debate challenge to Koch Industries’ billionaire CEO Charles Koch on his support for the disastrous Prop 23 attack on California’s climate and clean-energy progress.

This didn’t just happen because Francis is, allegedly, merely a student leader with a veteran’s cred. Francis and his effort are part of an effort by the so called California Student Sustainability Coalition. If you scroll to the bottom of their site and read the fine print, you’ll find this: “The California Student Sustainability Coalition is a project the Earth Island Institute.

To understand the actual viewpoint the Earth Island Institute represents, take a look at this press release from them after 9/11. These are the same people propping up Joel Francis today and paying the freight to push the effort. The record below demonstrates that.

U.S. Responds to Terrorist Attacks with Self-Righteous Arrogance

We need to correct the rightist spin of the Bush administration and media. This was not an “act of war.” This was an act of anger, desperation and indignation.

This was not an “attack on Freedom.” It was a politically targeted attack on the core structures of the U.S. military and the U.S.-dominated global financial structure.

This was not an “attack on all American people.” This was not the sort of flat-out terrorism that targets random innocents at a disco or a beach. The majority of the victims were, unfortunately, working for the Pentagon and various elements of multinational financial empires.

Below is just one press release from PR firm, Tiger Comm, being used to push the story out to the media and here is Serena Conner, of Tiger Comm.

Along with Democrats, Tiger Comm’s client list reads like a who’s who of those looking to cash in on environmental regulations, just like efforts such as Prop 23. It isn’t a bottom up grassroots effort at all. It’s a bought and paid for PR campaign by the usual Leftist suspects – one the disgraced Van Jones is also pushing repreatedly via his Twitter feed: see here, here and here.

This is the organized, institutional Left and all of the usual suspects. This is who they are. This below is what they do to attack a proprnent of Liberty like Charles Koch. Don’t be fooled into thinking it’s some grassroots student-led effort. It’s funded, organized and far more detrimental to American liberty than any one voice presumably calling for debate. These people do not want a debate. They want to win, even if it takes astroturfing to do it.

Dear (name redacted),

Next week, college senior, Marine veteran and Internet sensation Joel Francis will be in Wichita to deliver, in person, his debate challenge to Charles Koch of Koch Industries.

You may have seen this story trending on Twitter, Huffington Post (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-demelle/charles-koch-challenged-t_b_771867.html) or the NYTimes Green blog (http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/on-our-radar-a-debate-challenge-for-charles-koch/).

Yesterday, Joel, a Cal State L.A. debate team alumnus challenged Koch via video to debate Koch’s support of California’s Prop. 23 – if you haven’t seen the video of Joel’s challenge, you can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzi3FmLL7zk

In the HIGHLY likely event that Charles Koch ignores Joel’s challenge, Joel will be travelling to Wichita to deliver his challenge letter in person. See below for details.

I thought this might be a good story for your station. If you are interested in hearing from him directly, I can help coordinate an interview or meeting with Joel.

If you have any questions or need more information, please don’t hesitate to call me, my contact information is below.

Cheers,

Serena

Serena Connor