The Koch Brother's Epic Hashtag Fail

Posted by William Melton 5pc on September 06, 2012

The Koch-funded conservative mouthpiece Americans for Prosperity decided that they were going to get themselves a hashtag and join this Twitter thing they've been hearing about ever since Obama used it to trounce conservatives in 2008.

As reported on the Palm Beach Post, the group spent over six-figures on sponsored tweets featuring the hashtag #16trillionfail. Why? Well, in AFP's fantasy world, the Twitterverse would have exploded with anti-Obama rhetoric with regards to the national debt. Unfortunately for AFP, the rest of Twitter lives in reality.

So instead of blasting the President, #16trillionfail has become an instant hit among liberals who have turned it into a rallying cry against the conservative agenda.

Here are some of the more choice tweets:

Kristina Fleischer@milque

$360,000+ paid by @MittRomney to Twitter for 3 days of 3 failed promoted trends? That's what I call sensible spending!#16TrillionFail

5 Sep 12

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Kris Banks@KrisBanks

#16TrillionFail must be a reference to the number of GOP-sponsored Twitter hashtags that backfired

5 Sep 12

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Peter Lombard@tutticontenti

#16TrillionFail is how much delusional billionaires will spend to defeat #Obama and what the result will be for them

5 Sep 12

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JOE THE TRAINER CPT@joethetrainer

#16TrillionFail would've never happened if it wasn't for the Bush tax cuts for the 1% and the war in Iraq. #GOPepicfail more like.

5 Sep 12

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Mashable US & World@mashusworld

The #16TrillionFail trending topic, purchased by Americans for Prosperity, kind of biting them in the behind. #dnc2012

5 Sep 12

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Want to see more? Just head over to Twitter and do a search for #16trillionfail.