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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBillionaire Koch Comes Out Publicly For Romney With $50,000-A-Head Hamptons Party
http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2012/07/05/koch-brothers-dinner-mitt-romney-fundraiser-hamptons-david-koch/Americas richest brothers Charles and David Koch generally like to wield their influence from behind closed doors. The conservative billionaire industrialists might be the most influential political donors in the country, but they work quietly, under the radar.
If theyve been giving millions towards a Republican victory this election cycle, as has been widely reported, theyve been doing so via nonprofits that dont disclose their benefactors, so theres no paper trail. Younger brother David founded right-leaning tax exempt group Americans for Prosperity, but theres no way of telling whether he or Charles are funding the outfit, which spends millions on anti-Obama ads in swing states.
Slowly, though, the Kochs are coming out of the shadows as the election draws nearer. This Sunday, David Koch and his wife Julia will host GOP contender Mitt Romney at their palatial summer home on sought-after Meadow Lane in Southampton, New York. This is the first time Koch has hosted an official Romney campaign event indeed, the first time either Koch has officially come out in support of the Governors campaign.
In the fall, the two were firmly behind Herman Cain as their candidate of choice. At an Americans for Prosperity Foundation event I attended in Washington, D.C., Cain called himself a Koch brother from another mother to wild applause. Since Cains campaign ended, the Kochs have remained mum on who theyd like to see in the White House.
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Billionaire Koch Comes Out Publicly For Romney With $50,000-A-Head Hamptons Party (Original Post)
flamingdem
Jul 2012
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Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)1. k&r
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)2. 880 Meadow Lane, Southampton, NY
Google map it, the beaches are public.
http://longisland.blockshopper.com/property/47-36-05-023-000-0002-010-002-0000/880_meadow/
flamingdem
(39,319 posts)3. I hope the land sharks get there in time
Koch > Romney > Senate > More Climate Change