“Would a Progressive Burlington, Vermont, mayor partner with the Koch brothers? Obviously not.” That’s what local left-wing agitator Jonathan Leavitt wrote in a 2011 blog post to illustrate the irony of Progressive Mayor Bob Kiss partnering with defense contractor Lockheed Martin on climate change initiatives.
How silly to think, Leavitt was suggesting, that the People’s Republic of Burlington would ever do business with the billionaire Koch (pronounced “Coke”) brothers, notorious among leftists for their bankrolling of numerous right-wing groups and causes.
Guess what?
Kiss’ equally Proggy predecessor, Peter Clavelle, did do a deal with the Koch brothers (pictured) — and quite a momentous one, at that.
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George Soros.
Can’t wait to read Mr. Leavitt’s public mea culpa. As I recall, isn’t he an Occupy bloviator?