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hue

(4,949 posts)
Sun Feb 19, 2012, 05:13 PM Feb 2012

David Koch intends to cure cancer in his lifetime and remake American politics

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/david-koch-intends-to-cure-cancer-in-his-2185046.html

PALM BEACH — David Koch has become the face of conservative America's obsession with weakening organized labor, and for that, he believes, there have been death threats - 100 credible threats last year alone, he says.

Journalists tend to describe the lanky MIT-trained chemical engineer and his brother Charles with the phrase "secretive oil billionaires."
They describe a clandestinely built political machine that disdains government regulation and taxes, obfuscates the science on global warming, and now pulls the strings of decision-makers at every level, from Florida Tea Party members to Wisconsin state senators - even U.S. Supreme Court justices.

"They make me sound like a bully," David Koch says when asked about journalists, looking a little baffled. "Do I look like a bully?"

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David Koch intends to cure cancer in his lifetime and remake American politics (Original Post) hue Feb 2012 OP
But only he will be able to afford the cure... toddwv Feb 2012 #1
"Me A Bully?" stillwaiting Feb 2012 #2
he can cure at least one form of cancer by..................... stockholmer Feb 2012 #3
David Koch promises to create havoc with his money Herlong Feb 2012 #4
Reminds me of Newest Reality Feb 2012 #5
The Koch brothers ARE a cancer. Lint Head Feb 2012 #6
Re: WI: "We've spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We're going to spend more." hue Feb 2012 #7
Contradictory to the fact that the burning of oil assist cancer. n/t Firebrand Gary Feb 2012 #8

stillwaiting

(3,795 posts)
2. "Me A Bully?"
Sun Feb 19, 2012, 05:20 PM
Feb 2012

** Koch Bros. pledge to spend 60 million dollars during a single election season **

Thanks Citizens United!!

 

Herlong

(649 posts)
4. David Koch promises to create havoc with his money
Sun Feb 19, 2012, 05:22 PM
Feb 2012

that only democracy can cure. There, I fixed it.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
5. Reminds me of
Sun Feb 19, 2012, 05:30 PM
Feb 2012

the wolf in sheep's clothing.

"Do I look like a wolf?"

I could think of much better things he could do with all that money and a modicum of humanity.

May he be struck with unbridled compassion!

hue

(4,949 posts)
7. Re: WI: "We've spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We're going to spend more."
Sun Feb 19, 2012, 06:28 PM
Feb 2012

Asked about his efforts to sway public opinion, Koch acknowledges his group is hard at work in places such as Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker is facing off with public unions and grappling with a likely recall vote.

"We're helping him, as we should. We've gotten pretty good at this over the years," he says. "We've spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We're going to spend more."

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