When asked yesterday why his family spends millions on elections, Charles Koch said,

[Playinghardball]

"I expect something in return."

I hope he gets NOTHING IN RETURN...

[randys1]

1. Well, they already invented the teaparty, and in KY they will try and kill 400,000

poor people.

[Shandris]

2. All businessmen expect something in return.

Rule number two is the overlooked one, though. "All businessmen play both sides." This second rule is why we're screwed.

[think]

4. +1

[liberal_at_heart]

10. yes. It is indeed the second rule that screws us all.

[KamaAina]

3. The way he's holding his hands reminds me of Mr. Burns.

[Rex]

5. It is amazing how these failures in life have existed by leeching from the populace.

It is so successful, they even thought they could leech from the WH directly!

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. Points for honesty I suppose.

[mountain grammy]

7. and Republican voters say

let us help you with that.

[hifiguy]

19. Far too many Democrats also yip and bark

for the doggie treats and whatever else accidentally falls from the gilded tables of the plutocrats. FAR too many, though I am thinking of one in particular.

[gratuitous]

8. After all

Mr. Koch doesn't have enough yet, and the playing field isn't tilted heavily enough in his favor. Greed's gotta do what greed's gotta do.

[Joe Chi Minh]

9. He should have added : 'Is it because you don't have enough money?'

[Octafish]

11. Well, hope is all we seem to get in politics today.

Unless one can come up with the money needed to expect something tangible, like tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation for the monopolists, wars without end for Wall Street... what Koch gets.

[thesquanderer]

12. Because he doesn't already have enough. (n/t)

[hifiguy]

18. According to the oligarchs, the only people in the country

who have too little is the billionaire class.

And if they get their way, this is the choice we will be given in a year's time:

[gregcrawford]

13. Well then...

... Justice Kennedy's assertion, "...Additionally, the majority did not believe that reliable evidence substantiated the risk of corruption or the appearance of corruption..." just got blown straight to hell. Here's your "Quid Pro Quo," you stupid old bastard.

[annabanana]

16. No Kidding!

I wonder what he'd say today...

[retrowire]

14. vomit fuckong vomit omg vomitttyt n/t

[monmouth4]

15. He looks like an arrogant POS...n/t

[hifiguy]

17. Proof of the pudding

This was actually written by Giovanni Gentile, the philosopher of Italian Fascism. Mussolini later appropriated and claimed the quote.