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okaawhatever

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14. the Koch Brothers are tea party not Republican establishment. That is exactly why they funded the

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 14, 2014, 02:38 PM

Jan 2014

tea party to begin with. When either David or Charles ran on the VP ticket in the 80's he did so as a Libertarian, not Republican. The tea party is a parasite on the traditional Republican party. Their difference was evident when Boehner couldn't control any of them.

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