"Forget all that talk about bipartisan civility. When some 200 conservatives showed up for a weekend conference hosted by the libertarian-leaning industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch in Rancho Mirage, Calif., there was no welcome wagon. Instead, seminar attendees were met by close to 1,000 activists protesting the meeting and waving banners. News reports showed a swastika and cute slogans like: "Quarantine the Kochs" and "Koch kills."
Greenpeace hired a blimp with pictures of the Koch brothers and the words "Dirty Money." The Center for American Progress mobilized. The liberal watchdog group Common Cause held a panel.
If there was soul-searching from the left-leaning activists about tone, it was not immediately apparent."
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