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Koch whores now may form a majority of the board at the principled libertarian Cato Institute:

The Cato Institute will be governed by members rather than shareholders. The members will be the directors of the Institute and will elect their own successors. Initially, the Board will include 12 long-term Cato directors, including David Koch. They will be joined by three other Koch designees and Allison, who has the option to nominate one or two additional directors. Charles Koch, Crane, and Washburn will not be on the Board.

Allison is the guy the Kochs put in to run the place when they booted the old head.

Koch + 3 Kochs + Allison + 2 Allisons = 7 Koch whores. Out of 12 16 to 18.

(h/t reader M)

Update. Commenter Southern Beale says that 3 Kochs + Allison + 2 Allisons is in addition to the twelve long term members. So there will be between 16 and 18 members, of whom between 5 and 7 are obvious Koch whores.

I suspect that they end up with a majority when you add it all up. There’s probably a few loyalists out of the 12.

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  3. 3.

    Steve in DC

    lololololol

    Libertarians, forever supporting money talking and then acting all upset when money trumps them.

  4. 4.

    Soonergrunt

    I’m sure Glenn Greenwald will be along shortly to tell you just how wrong and immoral it is to question his occasional meal ticket, the Cato Institute.

  11. 11.

    Dee Loralei

    My news is at number 13 in Annie Laurie’s thread, so go there to read. But I need ideas for signs, poster board sized, to make for a Michelle Obama rally on Thursday. Y’all need to help me out, LOL. Please be witty for me.

  12. 12.

    Spaghetti Lee

    7, 12, 100, who cares. Didn’t trust ’em before, and I sure ain’t gonna start.

  13. 13.

    trollhattan

    Am having an FYWP moment and don’t know what my transgression is. Bad wurdz r bad. And secret. Wah.

  15. 15.

    tofubo

    that would be

    (1) Koch + 3 Kochs + (1) Allison + 2 Allisons = 7 Koch whores

    you need to account for the (implied) singletons …

    *******************

    i do spreadsheets and such, some time around 2005 i came up w/the acronym “qdrpap” (think ebitda), can. not. now., remember what it means

    (i know what the result of the calculation means, just not the words that the letters speldt)

    if you could only journel it in to a reverse backronym de-generator type thingy …

  16. 16.

    Mark S.

    Jesus, how many fucking directors do you need for an idiot think tank? I don’t think GM has that many guys on their board of directors.

  20. 20.

    Left Coast Tom

    @Spaghetti Lee: Yeah, that’s my view as well. We’re talking about a “Foundation” whose original name was “Charles Koch” and whose mission has never since changed. Are we discussing how many Koch-suckers can dance on the head of a pin?

  21. 21.

    catclub

    Why am I getting a login box for sitemeter.com?
    Does anyone know the name and password I should use?

  24. 24.

    scav

    Maybe it’s not a think tank board, so much as a band of disciples and they have to have more than JaySus on principle ’cause they’re cooler. Soon they’ll burst out of their little gathering and announce the good news v2.0.

  25. 25.

    trollhattan

    @Mark S.:

    Okay, thanks. Probably don’t even care to know what word bit it comprises.

    Does it matter what happens to Kato? Other than attacking inspector Clouseau to our amusement, what have they accomplished? Libertarians are just anarchists with a steady paycheck–if the Kochs summon them to take the final step to the dark side will anybody notice? What does Ron Paul think?

  26. 26.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @trollhattan:

    What does Ron Paul think?

    I suppose it’s possible I could care less about something than to know what Ron Paul thinks, but I’m having problems imagining what that might be.

  27. 27.

    Commenting at Balloon Juice since 1937

    Fonzi will keep cashing his check because Rachel Maddow is a partisan.

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