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maddezmom

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Wed Aug 22, 2012, 09:17 AM Aug 2012

Mitt Romney reveals a literary connection with a Koch brother

Source: WaPo

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Then Romney told his audiences about being at a friend’s house when he learned that the book’s title actually comes from a poem, “Men to Match My Mountains,” by 19th-century poet Sam Walter Foss, a New Hampshire native. Romney offered it as a story of American ingenuity — a source of hope that America’s economy, buoyed by entrepreneurs, would come roaring back.

For all the times Romney recited from memory four lines of the poem, however, Romney did not say who had told him about the Foss poem in the first place. He sometimes called his source “a fellow” or “the homeowner.”

But Romney let the secret out — publicly, at least — Tuesday night at a dinner fundraiser here.

“I was actually at the home of Bill Koch, who you may also have heard of, and I mentioned a book I’d read, called ‘Men to Match My Mountains,’” Romney said. “And he said, ‘You know, the title of that book comes from a poem.’ And then he proceeded to recite it, which I thought after, I don’t know, 60 years since high school, was a pretty impressive thing. And I’ve now learned it myself.”

Koch is a billionaire industrialist whose family controls Koch Industries, one of the country’s biggest privately owned companies. His more-famous brothers, David and Charles, have given millions of dollars to help fuel the tea party movement.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-reveals-a-literary-connection-with-a-koch-brother/2012/08/22/292a2090-ebff-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_story.html

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Mitt Romney reveals a literary connection with a Koch brother (Original Post) maddezmom Aug 2012 OP
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Bill Koch has a long and colorful history... Raven Aug 2012 #2
just read about his Wild West Town he built maddezmom Aug 2012 #3
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