Saturday, April 25, 2015 1:45:47 AM
The Koch brothers are planning their 'biggest, boldest' effort ever for 2016
"There are the usual campaign style pages, describing how they'll organize and campaign for
candidates as a social welfare organization that isn't supposed to exclusively run campaigns of course."
Colin Campbell
Apr. 22, 2015, 2:19 PM 2,075 10
ReutersCharles (left) and David Koch
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REPORT: One of the Koch brothers just revealed which Republican 2016 candidate they support
http://www.businessinsider.com/report-the-koch-brothers-are-backing-scott-walker-2015-4
The political operation spearheaded by billionaire conservative megadonors David and Charles Koch recently presented its 2016 plans in a "secret" memo, Politico reported Wednesday .. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/koch-brothers-2016-election-memo-117238.html .
Americans for Prosperity, the Kochs' primary political arm, reportedly used the memo and other briefing documents to tell donors that the group will launch a campaign described as "beyond the biggest, boldest, broadest effort AFP has ever undertaken. "
"The plan comes with a $125 million 2015 budget for Americans for Prosperity," Politico's Ken Vogel wrote. "It calls for the creation of new chapters in Alabama, Idaho, North Dakota and Utah — continuing a move by the group to invest in deep red states where it can focus on pushing aggressive reforms to scale back union power and government regulation, rather than winning or protecting GOP majorities."
Vogel said the document was marked with words like "confidential," "privileged," and "Please do not disclose, discuss, or disseminate the contents herewith."
The AFP's $125 million plan for 2015 is just a fraction of the $889 million the Koch brothers reportedly plan to spend .. http://www.businessinsider.com/r-koch-brothers-political-network-planning-889-million-of-spending-in-2016-2015-1 .. throughout the election cycle. As a result, the Kochs and their network of conservative, rich donors could play a decisive role in the race to the White House by funding super PACs and running their own voter outreach operations.
Earlier this week, The New York Times reported .. http://www.businessinsider.com/report-the-koch-brothers-are-backing-scott-walker-2015-4 .. that David Koch said he and his brother support Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) for president, but would not be involving their political organization into the GOP primary. Koch subsequently said that report was wrong, however, and the brothers are said to be waiting to decide whether to intervene in the primary. Along with Walker, they are reportedly also considering .. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/koch-brothers-2016-election-memo-117238.html .. backing former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Sens. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida).
According to Politico, however, AFP claims it will not be focused on the presidential race and will also be focused on other contests during this election cycle.
[ INSERT: "There are the usual campaign style pages, describing how they'll organize and campaign for
candidates as a social welfare organization that isn't supposed to exclusively run campaigns of course." ]
"We're focused on advancing a long-term shift at every level of government towards a culture of freedom. And we’re not just fighting for the fun of it – we intend to win," the organization's president, Tim Phillips, is quoted saying.
And AFP's documents reportedly say, "While most organizations focus only on short bursts of activity around elections or legislative sessions, AFP is investing in creating a continuous culture of freedom, year-after-year."
AFP did not immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider on the report.
http://www.businessinsider.com/koch-brothers-planning-biggest-boldest-effort-for-2016-2015-4
"There are the usual campaign style pages, describing how they'll organize and campaign for
candidates as a social welfare organization that isn't supposed to exclusively run campaigns of course."
Doesn't all that beg the question as to how this "social welfare" outfit of the Koch's is able to run
election campaigns? Oh, hmm, ok, guess at least part of it is a perception of the exclusivity question.
See also:
That's how our "leaders" are chosen now...Reports a few months ago said David Koch met with - read: interviewed
- Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney; shortly thereafter Mitt Romney announced he wasn't running for president in 2016.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=113059843
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Not only political candidates and campaigns, but professors and curricula.
Charles Koch Foundation’s unique definition of ‘academic freedom’
By Valerie Strauss November 7, 2014
Charles Koch in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kan., from where Koch Industries manages 60,000 employees in 60 countries. They’re demonized by Democrats, who lack a liberal equal to counter their weight, and not entirely understood by Republicans, who benefit from their seemingly limitless donations. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
[ "demonized"? .. hmm, how about more just seeing two very rich old guys striving to thwart any
possibility that a healthier democracy could bloom in the USA .. by buying elections and presidents ]
After decades of donating millions of dollars to colleges and universities in an effort to promote its own conservative world view, the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation has just published its set of “academic giving principles.” Let’s look at the reality of the foundation’s giving before the fantasy principles. .. more .. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/11/07/charles-koch-foundations-unique-definition-of-academic-freedom/
Was there another time in which rich businessmen picked a president? .. am sure i saw something on Carnegie,
Rockefeller and JO Morgan and a President .. ?? .. ah .. here's one on late 19C businessmen, politics ..
The Men Who Built America Episode IV – Still Phony
http://historyhalf.com/the-men-who-built-america-episode-iv-still-phony/
Al Fuller i don't know, but that was interesting .. aha! .. the first comment is a good one ..
Marc Belanger says:
January 27, 2015 at 11:49 pm
I’m sure you have looked this up online, and, just because it’s in a history book doesn’t mean it wasn’t true or covered up. Here’s a copy of the literature about their bribes in 1999, way before this movie has ever taken place:
1896: Presidential Campaign Criticized as Corrupt, Public Begins Demanding Campaign Finance Reform
Edit event
The presidential election is plagued with scandal and large monetary expenditures. William McKinley (R-OH) is the recipient of some $16 million in spending, a lavish amount for the time. The campaigns of both McKinley and his opponent, William Jennings Bryan (D-NE), are accused of bribery and poor ethical conduct. Mark Hanna, McKinley’s chief fundraiser and the chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), devises a system of quotas for large corporations. Hanna raises between $6-7 million in donations from corporations through this quota system, in return for strong support of a big-business agenda. McKinley promises to oppose the establishment of silver coinage, supports protective tariffs, and other pro-corporate positions. The campaign is so fraught with controversy that the public begins demanding regulation and oversight of campaign funding practices. [Campaign Finance Timeline, 1999]
Entity Tags: Mark Hanna, William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley, Republican National Committee
Timeline Tags: Civil Liberties
Now, please remember, JP Morgan controlled all of the publishers and was personally responsible for financially corrupting science and a whole boat load of other things for many years because he could do whatever he wanted. He controlled the stock market, most of inductry, except oil and steel, as well, he financed the entire electrical grid so by ousting Tesla’s asymmetric motor and transformer by eliminating the publishing of Maxwell’s true equations after his death in 1893, buy paying Lorenz to erase and rewrite the heavyside equations, science fell into a technological slump where electricity became a commodity that had to be paid for because he made overunity look as if it could not be done with any form of electrical generation. Asymmetric equations have finally been released again in 2010 when papers from Maxwell have turned up after the government’s findings of what Morgan has done, as well the 2010 court cases against GE for Morgan’s doings, and finally have been published and once again as well, are being taught in college studies worldwide..
http://historyhalf.com/the-men-who-built-america-episode-iv-still-phony/
1896 - 2016 .. "Demanding Campaign Finance Reform" .. well, we still war, too .. oh,
also, and seriously, why would you have a Walker as a runner .. doesn't make sense ..
"There are the usual campaign style pages, describing how they'll organize and campaign for
candidates as a social welfare organization that isn't supposed to exclusively run campaigns of course."
Colin Campbell
Apr. 22, 2015, 2:19 PM 2,075 10
ReutersCharles (left) and David Koch
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http://www.businessinsider.com/ed-cox-touts-bill-de-blasios-2016-chances-2015-4
Angry congressman warns protester: 'If you touch me again, I'll drop your a--'
http://www.businessinsider.com/angry-congressman-warns-protester-ill-drop-your-a--2015-4
REPORT: One of the Koch brothers just revealed which Republican 2016 candidate they support
http://www.businessinsider.com/report-the-koch-brothers-are-backing-scott-walker-2015-4
The political operation spearheaded by billionaire conservative megadonors David and Charles Koch recently presented its 2016 plans in a "secret" memo, Politico reported Wednesday .. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/koch-brothers-2016-election-memo-117238.html .
Americans for Prosperity, the Kochs' primary political arm, reportedly used the memo and other briefing documents to tell donors that the group will launch a campaign described as "beyond the biggest, boldest, broadest effort AFP has ever undertaken. "
"The plan comes with a $125 million 2015 budget for Americans for Prosperity," Politico's Ken Vogel wrote. "It calls for the creation of new chapters in Alabama, Idaho, North Dakota and Utah — continuing a move by the group to invest in deep red states where it can focus on pushing aggressive reforms to scale back union power and government regulation, rather than winning or protecting GOP majorities."
Vogel said the document was marked with words like "confidential," "privileged," and "Please do not disclose, discuss, or disseminate the contents herewith."
The AFP's $125 million plan for 2015 is just a fraction of the $889 million the Koch brothers reportedly plan to spend .. http://www.businessinsider.com/r-koch-brothers-political-network-planning-889-million-of-spending-in-2016-2015-1 .. throughout the election cycle. As a result, the Kochs and their network of conservative, rich donors could play a decisive role in the race to the White House by funding super PACs and running their own voter outreach operations.
Earlier this week, The New York Times reported .. http://www.businessinsider.com/report-the-koch-brothers-are-backing-scott-walker-2015-4 .. that David Koch said he and his brother support Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) for president, but would not be involving their political organization into the GOP primary. Koch subsequently said that report was wrong, however, and the brothers are said to be waiting to decide whether to intervene in the primary. Along with Walker, they are reportedly also considering .. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/koch-brothers-2016-election-memo-117238.html .. backing former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Sens. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida).
According to Politico, however, AFP claims it will not be focused on the presidential race and will also be focused on other contests during this election cycle.
[ INSERT: "There are the usual campaign style pages, describing how they'll organize and campaign for
candidates as a social welfare organization that isn't supposed to exclusively run campaigns of course." ]
"We're focused on advancing a long-term shift at every level of government towards a culture of freedom. And we’re not just fighting for the fun of it – we intend to win," the organization's president, Tim Phillips, is quoted saying.
And AFP's documents reportedly say, "While most organizations focus only on short bursts of activity around elections or legislative sessions, AFP is investing in creating a continuous culture of freedom, year-after-year."
AFP did not immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider on the report.
http://www.businessinsider.com/koch-brothers-planning-biggest-boldest-effort-for-2016-2015-4
"There are the usual campaign style pages, describing how they'll organize and campaign for
candidates as a social welfare organization that isn't supposed to exclusively run campaigns of course."
Doesn't all that beg the question as to how this "social welfare" outfit of the Koch's is able to run
election campaigns? Oh, hmm, ok, guess at least part of it is a perception of the exclusivity question.
See also:
That's how our "leaders" are chosen now...Reports a few months ago said David Koch met with - read: interviewed
- Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney; shortly thereafter Mitt Romney announced he wasn't running for president in 2016.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=113059843
---
Not only political candidates and campaigns, but professors and curricula.
Charles Koch Foundation’s unique definition of ‘academic freedom’
By Valerie Strauss November 7, 2014
Charles Koch in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kan., from where Koch Industries manages 60,000 employees in 60 countries. They’re demonized by Democrats, who lack a liberal equal to counter their weight, and not entirely understood by Republicans, who benefit from their seemingly limitless donations. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
[ "demonized"? .. hmm, how about more just seeing two very rich old guys striving to thwart any
possibility that a healthier democracy could bloom in the USA .. by buying elections and presidents ]
After decades of donating millions of dollars to colleges and universities in an effort to promote its own conservative world view, the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation has just published its set of “academic giving principles.” Let’s look at the reality of the foundation’s giving before the fantasy principles. .. more .. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/11/07/charles-koch-foundations-unique-definition-of-academic-freedom/
Was there another time in which rich businessmen picked a president? .. am sure i saw something on Carnegie,
Rockefeller and JO Morgan and a President .. ?? .. ah .. here's one on late 19C businessmen, politics ..
The Men Who Built America Episode IV – Still Phony
http://historyhalf.com/the-men-who-built-america-episode-iv-still-phony/
Al Fuller i don't know, but that was interesting .. aha! .. the first comment is a good one ..
Marc Belanger says:
January 27, 2015 at 11:49 pm
I’m sure you have looked this up online, and, just because it’s in a history book doesn’t mean it wasn’t true or covered up. Here’s a copy of the literature about their bribes in 1999, way before this movie has ever taken place:
1896: Presidential Campaign Criticized as Corrupt, Public Begins Demanding Campaign Finance Reform
Edit event
The presidential election is plagued with scandal and large monetary expenditures. William McKinley (R-OH) is the recipient of some $16 million in spending, a lavish amount for the time. The campaigns of both McKinley and his opponent, William Jennings Bryan (D-NE), are accused of bribery and poor ethical conduct. Mark Hanna, McKinley’s chief fundraiser and the chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), devises a system of quotas for large corporations. Hanna raises between $6-7 million in donations from corporations through this quota system, in return for strong support of a big-business agenda. McKinley promises to oppose the establishment of silver coinage, supports protective tariffs, and other pro-corporate positions. The campaign is so fraught with controversy that the public begins demanding regulation and oversight of campaign funding practices. [Campaign Finance Timeline, 1999]
Entity Tags: Mark Hanna, William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley, Republican National Committee
Timeline Tags: Civil Liberties
Now, please remember, JP Morgan controlled all of the publishers and was personally responsible for financially corrupting science and a whole boat load of other things for many years because he could do whatever he wanted. He controlled the stock market, most of inductry, except oil and steel, as well, he financed the entire electrical grid so by ousting Tesla’s asymmetric motor and transformer by eliminating the publishing of Maxwell’s true equations after his death in 1893, buy paying Lorenz to erase and rewrite the heavyside equations, science fell into a technological slump where electricity became a commodity that had to be paid for because he made overunity look as if it could not be done with any form of electrical generation. Asymmetric equations have finally been released again in 2010 when papers from Maxwell have turned up after the government’s findings of what Morgan has done, as well the 2010 court cases against GE for Morgan’s doings, and finally have been published and once again as well, are being taught in college studies worldwide..
http://historyhalf.com/the-men-who-built-america-episode-iv-still-phony/
1896 - 2016 .. "Demanding Campaign Finance Reform" .. well, we still war, too .. oh,
also, and seriously, why would you have a Walker as a runner .. doesn't make sense ..
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