Mike Pompeo Turned To Koch For Money For Business, Then Politics

The Washington Post:

When Mike Pompeo needed funding for a Wichita aerospace company, one of the places he and his partners went for help was Koch Industries, a hometown firm that is among the world's largest privately held corporations.

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Comments

[Rangergirl]

09:44 AM on 03/22/2011

This Country is being bought and paid for by special interest big business. Things have gotten even worse since Citizens United. What is this Country coming to?

[kimbanyc]

09:20 AM on 03/22/2011

THE NEW POSTER BOY FOR THE TEAPOTTYREPUBLICAN'TKOCH PARTY

[erix]

09:07 AM on 03/22/2011

Shock horror! A polititian taking big business money in exchange for political favors? And a republican?
Surely you jest.

[AndyI52]

10:46 PM on 03/21/2011

Corporate Special Interest Money trumps the interest of the American people again. Next thing you know they'll start using the Republican Propaganda machine to start demonizing the unions. The only group that dares to stand up to them.

[UpNorthGuyWI]

10:11 PM on 03/21/2011

This seems like pocket change compared to what unions give to many Democrats.
Let's see. The Koch Brothers create jobs and products that consumers need.
Labor unions produce no product (except negativity in the workplace) and no jobs.

[dragonladywaltham]

11:55 PM on 03/21/2011

They kill Americans with waste by products and poor working conditions they want further deregulated.

[cyndeewi]

01:03 AM on 03/22/2011

You need to stop spreading stuff that you cannot back up. You are up in the hills with no pot to wet in nor a window to throw it out of. Here you are defending the rich who will never give you the time of day.

[tjdumas]

06:17 PM on 03/21/2011

bought and paid for by a koch.

[onehenry]

05:58 PM on 03/21/2011

Lets stop calling it a campaign donation and call it like it really is. A BRIBE.

[morbius]

09:03 AM on 03/22/2011

I agree. A little honesty would be refreshing while we are bent over.

[vinnieboiblue]

04:37 PM on 03/21/2011

Corporate donations is basic corporate corruption buying influence to change laws to benefit that company. Koch is one of the most corrupt as is Halliburton/KBR.

[mech126]

04:31 PM on 03/21/2011

Another Ayn Rand t-w-i-t, well that figures....

[morbius]

09:05 AM on 03/22/2011

As was Greenspan!!!

[mech126]

01:03 PM on 03/22/2011

I know, and he finally had to admit that she was wrong, priceless....

[Phxflyer]

04:22 PM on 03/21/2011

Mike Pompeo: bought and paid for . . . that's why other republicans envy him.

[MSaxe]

03:23 PM on 03/21/2011

In the Tea Party GOP, things go better with Koch.

Best politicians money can buy.

[heckmepitus]

03:21 PM on 03/21/2011

Socialists hate the rich.

[MSaxe]

03:27 PM on 03/21/2011

Patriots don't much like the Citizen's United decision either...

[heckmepitus]

04:06 PM on 03/21/2011

No problem, organize and work to amend the US Constitution to reverse this law.

[Phxflyer]

04:23 PM on 03/21/2011

I don't hate the rich, but I do dislike people like Pompeo who have sold their souls, and sold out their constituents, for 30 pieces of silver from the Koch brothers.

[heckmepitus]

05:27 PM on 03/21/2011

Do you think there are policies which only the rich should support and if others support these polices they have sold their souls? Supporting which policies indicates one has sold her soul to the rich?

[plaidsportcoat]

02:59 PM on 03/21/2011

A minor glitch. It won't but two shakes of a lambies tail before they figure out how to hide ALL that stuff so the only way to find out will be wikileaks, but since nobody will be able to afford the internet....

[DLCA]

02:57 PM on 03/21/2011

Pompeo: "a long interest in libertarian and conservative thought" - translate that into " a long interest in $$$ and ki$$ing Koch b$$t to get ahead".

[asiclilpup]

02:36 PM on 03/21/2011

Since this article started with washington post and direct mention of koch..well...SEE YA.

[studioh!]

01:00 AM on 03/22/2011

admirable.fortitude.