Another take on David Koch
 

Libertarian & philanthropist. It's Charles that's been politically active.

[URL]https://reason.com/podcast/the-libertarian-life-and-legacy-of-david-koch/?fbclid=IwAR23wN_u6-jRRM3QenQdAjIuCdCv0cfrCOJ0l7M9cCR2g45he7VplwVj3Dg[/URL]

[QUOTE=kriesel;524449]Libertarian & philanthropist. It's Charles that's been politically active.

[URL]https://reason.com/podcast/the-libertarian-life-and-legacy-of-david-koch/?fbclid=IwAR23wN_u6-jRRM3QenQdAjIuCdCv0cfrCOJ0l7M9cCR2g45he7VplwVj3Dg[/URL][/QUOTE]

David wasn't politically active at all.

[QUOTE] In 1980, Koch was the vice presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, whose platform that year endorsed the then-radical notions of legalizing drugs, ending penalties for victimless crimes, and full acceptance of gays and lesbians. The platform also called for the abolition of the CIA and FBI in the wake of the Church Commission findings of widespread abuse. In 1987, he told Reason, "Pursuing a very aggressive foreign policy…is an extremely expensive endeavor for the U.S. government. The cost of maintaining a huge military force abroad is gigantic. It's so big it puts a severe strain on the U.S. economy, creating economic hardships here at home." Not surprisingly, he was a critic of the Iraq War and other 21st-century interventions.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=kriesel;524449]Libertarian & philanthropist. It's Charles that's been politically active.[/QUOTE]

Charles may have been the more outspoken of the pair, but the Fox news obit describes David as a "prolific GOP donor". Follow the money, not the speeches, or relative lack thereof.

[QUOTE=masser;524451]David wasn't politically active at all.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, running as a Libertarian often produces results similar to not participating at all. We need at least two more major parties (or none at all). Note that that candidacy was nearly 40 years ago, half a lifetime in his case.

[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFOv---mtI4"]Pal Benko[/URL] - a gentleman (watch to the end to see why).

[url=https://www.apnews.com/536d2a9e179a44b88c7720afa3d786bd]Al Haynes[/url]

[url=https://www.apnews.com/bb3854ebfa1842a0bd91380e1632218a]Jim Leavelle[/url]

He was the man in a white suit and a white Stetson in [url=https://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/1384_jackson_300-jpg.jpeg?w=809]this photograph[/url] taken November 24, 1963.

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[url]https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/49537761[/url]

For fans of 1970s US TV (I'm more a 60s-TV-guy, was never into the [i]Mary Tyler Moore Show[/i] or its spinoffs myself):

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