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It is also interesting because Charles Koch is listed as a donor to Obama... scratching my head there.

• yarou 10y ago
  A puppeteer can also be a ventriloquist.
  • thatseffedup 10y ago
    Dumb ass. The president is not a mouth piece for Charles Koch.
• RankingMember 10y ago
  Some recent interviews I heard made the Kochs seem less exclusively-Republican than I had previously thought. They're reportedly staying largely out of the 2016 election now that Donald Trump is the nominee. They're now an NPR sponsor too, which definitely caught me off-guard. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/05/the_koch_brothers_were_supposed_to_buy_the_2016_election_what_happened.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/201...
  • bmelton 10y ago
    As someone who's been familiar with them since before their association with the Republican party, their platform goals are what they typically donate towards. Marijuana legalization / decriminalization, marriage equality, cancer research, arts, the Smithsonian, PBS' Nova, open borders, school choice, and free market principles. Yes, they donate to Republicans, and no, I don't know why. Also worth noting, they used to donate to Democrats more than they do now, and most of the 'big names' in the Democratic world (Hillary, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, et al) are recipients of Koch donations. It's definitely possible that they're also spending for nefarious purposes, but I suspect that it depends more on predisposed ideology, or ideology on the role of PACs in society as to whether or not you view them that way.
• draw_down 10y ago
  Makes sense to me.