The Koch brothers have surprised many of us with a newfound penchant for the public spotlight, yet one can't help but wonder whether it's all just public relations effort to soften the perception of their political machinations. Perhaps in an ongoing effort to appear less...evil?...the Koch brothers have just given us two statements of staggering hypocrisy.

In the wake of Mitt Romney's griping that 47% of the country is mooching off rich folks like him, Charles and David Koch are now suggesting that they, too, are victims.

The billionaire Koch brothers and their aptly-named political strategist Rich Fink spoke publicly about the family's agenda in the The Wichita Eagle this weekend. They insist that they're the ones under attack in America. Sure, the Kochs have $62 billion and seven homes. And yes, their combined wealth has just about doubled under Obama. And there are now reports of intimidation at Koch Industries for employees who dare speak out against the brothers' politics.

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.