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 friends house when he learned that the books 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 Americas 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 Id 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 dont know, 60 years since high school, was a pretty impressive thing. And Ive now learned it myself.
Koch is a billionaire industrialist whose family controls Koch Industries, one of the countrys biggest privately owned companies. His more-famous brothers, David and Charles, have given millions of dollars to help fuel the tea party movement.
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jsr
(7,712 posts)another Koch devotee.
Raven
(13,872 posts)Google him and have a few laughs.