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Mira

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Sun Jan 8, 2012, 02:08 PM Jan 2012

Meet Foster Friess, Billionaire who Bought Iowa for Santorum [View all]

Meet Foster Friess, Billionaire who Bought Iowa for Santorum
by Brian Ross

Remember the name of Foster Friess. The Wyoming born-again billionaire mutual fund manager has been lauded by the Koch brothers at their 2011 secret shindig for giving more than $1M to Koch-friendly causes.  Never heard of him?  That's the way he's wanted it.  After Rick Santorum's huge pop in Iowa, though, a flashlight into the cockroach-infested giving of the SuperPACs to Santorum's campaign flushed him out of the shadows.

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http://www.opednews.com/articles/Meet-Foster-Friess-Billio-by-Daily-kos-120108-960.html



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