Edited sentence: " He says the following quotations that have appeared from prominent left-wing activists or personalities.According to Matthew Continetti of the Weekly Standard, the political left has turned the Koch brothers into "scapegoats.And dad’s money to pursue that agenda, it turns out, goes a long, long way,” said Rachel Maddow.Another left-wing radio host, Mike Papantonio, called them “inheritance babies who don’t want to pay taxes.Now, they are the table.“They have an interest that is hard core ideological, hard core conservative.” For Paul Krugman, “What the Koch brothers have bought with their huge political outlays is, above all, freedom to pollute.” Frank Rich called them “fat cats.” Howard Dean was blunt: “We don’t want the right wing buying elections.” The Kochs, wrote a group of liberal bloggers, are “the billionaires behind the hate.” “The billionaire Koch brothers spent millions to have a seat at the Republican table in Washington,” said Ed Shultz, also of MSNBC, “and let’s be upfront about this now, folks