Plutocrat Pow Wow Exposed

It's not a well-kept secret that billionaire plutocrats spend prodigiously for right-wing causes that benefit them financially (e.g., low tax rates for them, union busting, gutting environmental regulations, etc.).  The infamous Koch brothers, whose father was a founder of the sinister John Birch Society, have poured countless millions into Rethuglican and "libertarian" races to purchase the politicians who will follow their orders =cough=Gov. Scott Walker=cough=.

Now a plutocrat donor list has surfaced that identifies some of these right wing billionaires, who attended a secretive meeting recently in Palm Springs and who are pledging themselves to bend the U.S. political system, and the economy, to their liking.  Among them is one of our "favorites", John "Shitter" Schnatter, the founder and CEO of cardboard pizza company Papa John's.  Shitter was also a major financial backer of fellow plutocrat Willard "Mittens" Romney (although Shitter wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth).

During the football season, it was hard to miss Shitter's pizza commercials featuring Super Bowl choker Peyton Manning, where Shitter played the adoring, jock-sniffing fan.  Is it just a coincidence that the day after Manning's Broncos lost the Super Bowl in a blowout that Manning disappeared from Shitter's Papa John's ads?   If Shitter hates to be seen with losers, then why is he rubbing shoulders with the Koch brothers?

Papa John's: A Case Study in Why Politics and Pizza Don't Mix

Ha-ha:

"The opinion of Papa John's among recent casual diners dropped precipitously after CEO John Schnatter's public comments about Obamacare, according to a new study from YouGov BrandIndex, which researches brand perception for marketing directors, brand managers and PR reps. The site conducts thousands of interviews a day, providing real-time info that shows trends and responses to different marketing techniques or in this case, public gaffes.

"The national pizza chain's YouGov BrandIndex Buzz score -- which the site uses as an indication of brand favorability -- dropped to four at the end of November, down from 32 on election day."

Not that it had much of a reputation to begin with.

BONUS: Maybe this purveyor of over-priced, ass-fattening fare is the next one to drive his company's favorability numbers down?
Like these mooks.

(PHOTO: John "Shat" Schnatter - or is it a Papa John's pepperoni pizza?)