Conservative icon David Koch leaving business, politics

[brooklynite]

Source: AP

Billionaire conservative icon David Koch is stepping down from the Koch brothers’ network of business and political activities.

The 78-year-old New York resident is suffering from deteriorating health, according to a letter that older brother Charles Koch sent to company officials Tuesday morning.

Charles Koch wrote that he is “deeply saddened” by his brother’s retirement. “David has always been a fighter and is dealing with this challenge in the same way,” he wrote.

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[Luciferous]

1. One down one to go...

[RKP5637]

2. K&R! n/t

[unblock]

3. still, i dread what these guys will leave in their will.

probably creating some right-wing "foundation" to screw us over for eternity....

[BumRushDaShow]

4. They got what they wanted

Gigantic tax cut for themselves and their corporations and the infection they spread throughout the country in every state.

[MontanaMama]

7. And he's finding out now

that money won’t save his sorry life and he can’t take it with him.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. You just made me think of this

[MontanaMama]

14. Yes!

Kinda like that. Good movie.

[bearsfootball516]

5. I feel like although he's leaving politics, his money will still be funneled through somehow

[SunSeeker]

6. Exactly. His money isn't retiring. nt

[machoneman]

8. Hopefully he passes soon. Like tomorrow!

Then he can meet his maker. You know, the guy in red with the pitchfork!

[irisblue]

9. The evil that he leaves behind....

[moreland01]

11. It's like whack-a-mole.

He'll fade away and another loon will pop up.

[CanonRay]

12. "The evil that men do lives after them"

William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar.

[csziggy]

13. Have his children been bent by their father's politics?

The same way most of his generation of Kochs were bent by their John Birch Society father?

I could wish David's children and those of his brother Charles all have either better political views than their parents - or no interest in politics at all.

[Liberty Belle]

15. Children don't always follow in their parents' political footsteps.

Ronald Reagan's son, for instance, became an outstpoken Democrat as well as a ballet dancer.

I don't know if the Koch brothers have children or what they are like, but perhaps there is hope they might choose to use the money to do some good, if not in causes than perhaps in some charitable endeavors.

[Bengus81]

18. Chase Koch........

Chase and Annie Koch, the son and daughter-in-law of Koch Industries chief Charles Koch, are getting into the private school business in Wichita, financing a new pre-K-through-12th-grade school on the campus of Wichita State University. The school, called Wonder, is scheduled to open for preschool and elementary-age children in September. Plans call for middle- and high-school programs to be phased in over time.

Her partner and co-founder for the project is Zach Lahn, a former fundraiser and state director for Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-backed conservative political advocacy group.

Uh huh....get the indoctrination going early...................





http://www.kansas.com/news/business/article198361709.html

[Bengus81]

16. Charles is older,coming up on 83

Could be sailing the World on a 200ft yacht but instead wants to spend his last gasp playing politics,trashing public schools trying to kill off any program that billionaires wouldn't need.

That fuck could drop dead tomorrow.....

:large

[mountain grammy]

20. +1

[Blue_Tires]

17. Doubtful...

Link to tweet

[SoCalNative]

28. Actually I have it on good authority

that the "health isssue" is advanced alzheimers.

[mountain grammy]

19. He can die a rich, happy man that he screwed millions of Americans.

He's a stinking white supremacist.

[bluedigger]

21. I won't miss him for a second.

[hotrod0808]

22. I truly hope

that he suffers painfully, since his politics and endorsements have led to the untold suffering of millions of people. May he be in agonizing pain with very little sleep for the rest of his miserable life.

[not fooled]

23. Insert name

of any sociopathic pillaging, looting vandal throughout history--that's the kook brothers. It's just that the "progress of civilization" now means that the bloodshed is several steps removed so they don't have to see the people their evil agenda kills die before their faces.

[byronius]

24. Not deteriorating fast enough. Two of the Worst Americans in history.

Long may their family name stand for Ammoral Asshole.

Their American death toll is incalculable, but they're certainly going to the Hot Place.

[jmowreader]

25. "Koch Brothers" damage no longer requires the real brothers

They set up their evil to be perpetual.

[gopiscrap]

26. yes, please crawl under a rock, shrivel and never to be seen or heard from again

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. Two of the worst scum ever to disgrace the human race.

Kinda like the brothers in "Trading Places"

They get their kicks watching poor people die.

[Coventina]

29. *begins stretching*

Gotta be limber for my grave dance!!

[lagomorph777]

30. Great news. I hope he suffers a long, disabling, and painful illness that keeps him inactive.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[stuffmatters]

31. Hopefuly this Enemy of the Earth slowly looses the ability to breathe

Karma can be a bitch, David