koch bros reach out to hispanics

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KOCHS_EN_ESPANOL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-08-11-03-48-25


In this July 3, 2014 photo, a man holds a voucher for groceries at a food bank at the Abundant Life Church in San Antonio. The food bank is cosponsored by the Libre Initiative, partly funded by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch, which is looking to make inroads with the rising voting block of Hispanics. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Looking to make inroads with the rising number of Hispanic voters, conservative activists are offering English classes, health checkups and courses to help Spanish-speakers earn high school diplomas. Picking up part of the tab: Charles and David Koch.

The billionaire industrialists are working to patch a gaping hole in the GOP coalition that could spell a generation of irrelevance if Republicans cannot build some credibility with Hispanic voters, who typically shun the GOP. The fast-growing group could have tremendous sway in American politics for years to come. Party elders have acknowledged their struggles to win over Hispanic voters, who as recently as 2004 were roughly split in party preference.

Enter the Libre Initiative, an organization that has collected millions from the Kochs' political network. Libre, which is pronounced LEE'-bray and means "free," pushes a message of limited government and economic freedom between lessons on how to build family-run businesses and prayer breakfasts with Hispanic pastors.

Its organizers pitch conservative ideals while offering tutorials on U.S. immigration law, support for overhauling the broken immigration system that stops short of campaigning for the Senate's bipartisan bill and collecting donations for the unaccompanied children crossing the United States-Mexico border illegally.

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1. Souperism...

"Souperism was a phenomenon of the Irish Potato Famine. Protestant Bible societies set up schools in which starving children were fed, on the condition of receiving Protestant based religious instruction at the same time. "

[Thinkingabout]

2. Are the Koch brothers trying to getvkicked out of the GOP?

Seems they are becoming liberal. No, just trying to pull votes. It is nice to see a lead here on helping the poor and hungry. Maybe the Pope is beginning to get to some if the hard core.

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3. Nothing new here - Democratic city machines did this routinely 100 years ago

nt

[safeinOhio]

4. Free stuff?

How ironic can they get?

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5. Why aren't the Koch brothers in prison? nt