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Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:46 AM Aug 2012

Romney's 'Iowa Farmer’ Also Millionaire Real Estate Mogul W/Spaceship House And Personal Car Wash [View all]

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from Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/10/667431/romney-visits-iowa-farmer-who-is-also-a-millionaire-real-estate-mogul-with-a-personal-car-wash/?mobile=nc




____ In an attempt to show his concern for farmers hit by the devastating drought that has swept 78 percent of the country, Romney had a photo-op with Iowa “farmer” Lemar Koethe. However, Koethe isn’t exactly the rugged down-home farmer struggling to keep his operation going that you might expect.

Or should I say operations — 54 of them. Yes, according to the Des Moines Register, Koethe owns 54 soy and corn farms. And that’s just one of his jobs.

In previous reports on his activity over the years from the Des Moines Register, Koethe is also a described as a millionaire, a real estate mogul, and a former concert promoter who booked acts like Slipknot at his 24,000 square foot event center . . . according to figures from the EWG Farm Subsidies database, Koethe has received $130,575 in conservation payments from the federal government . . .

Making this farmer’s life that much different from the average person, Koethe lives in the spaceship house pictured below. It might not have a car elevator like Romney’s planned home, but it’s got its own car wash bay and recreation center:



Here’s how the home was described by the Environmental Design Group:

Arguably one of the most distinctive homes in Iowa-if not the nation-this personal residence takes unique architecture to a new level. It contains an underground garage equipped for multiple vehicles, as well as a car wash bay. The lower level also contains a large recreation center with an art display area. Grade-level entry provides access to the elevator and a spiral staircase rising 35 feet to the main living area. The main level provides an amazing panoramic view of the area.


. . . really, Romney? Out of the hundreds of thousands of farmers being impacted by the drought — many of them family farmers struggling to keep their heads above water — you had to meet the millionaire real estate mogul who lives in a spaceship house with an underground car wash and recreation center?


read more: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/10/667431/romney-visits-iowa-farmer-who-is-also-a-millionaire-real-estate-mogul-with-a-personal-car-wash/?mobile=nc



more cornfield pics: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021094288

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wow...wow, damn...wow...this guy is so 1%, he can't even fake be next to normal people uponit7771 Aug 2012 #1
I'm not one to judge from appearances, but one can tell by looking that that man is not a Brickbat Aug 2012 #2
That is not Koethe DoBotherMe Aug 2012 #33
changed that bigtree Aug 2012 #34
Toldja I'm not one for judging from appearances! Brickbat Aug 2012 #54
Wow ... does the guy own a NASCAR car too? JoePhilly Aug 2012 #3
No Elevator?!?! maddezmom Aug 2012 #4
Yes, there's an elevator on the "Grade Leve".... uponit7771 Aug 2012 #5
Yes, it has an elevator.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #8
Only for humans (aka corporations), not for cars. Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #9
My homesteading grandpa (in heaven) is shaking his head and saying naughty Gaelic words. JohnnyLib2 Aug 2012 #6
What a hoot! Can't they get some "regular guy" for these promos? Laurian Aug 2012 #7
To Mitt, this is a "regular guy". Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #11
He met some regular people earlier on in the campaign, and told them TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #14
"Almost like Mitt is afraid to meet regular people for any purpose?" Almost like? Almost like? LongTomH Aug 2012 #61
Everything MittWitt does is fake Rambis Aug 2012 #10
Stubby and Tubby Berlum Aug 2012 #12
Cool looking house until you consider the view. Scuba Aug 2012 #13
Maybe he was showing RMoney SirRevolutionary Aug 2012 #15
"What, you're not supposed to eat this?" klook Aug 2012 #16
Mitt or Cornholio? smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #67
What do you mean by do a Michele Bachmann with this? 47of74 Aug 2012 #70
"So this is what's been up my ass in my magic underwear?" BlueToTheBone Aug 2012 #17
"and where did those missing kernels go?" sad sally Aug 2012 #63
oh my BlueToTheBone Aug 2012 #64
Heh. Koethe is a "farmer" like Ted Turner is a "rancher." yellowcanine Aug 2012 #18
"Aw shucks, it is jest a little old farm house...." yellowcanine Aug 2012 #19
That's not a spaceship house. slackmaster Aug 2012 #20
Is that the house that was used in "Body Double"? opiate69 Aug 2012 #26
Could be. WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2012 #28
Nope. Sleeper. slackmaster Aug 2012 #44
Ahh.. right you are... this is the Body Double house opiate69 Aug 2012 #50
I grew up in La Jolla, CA near the beaches north of La Jolla Shores slackmaster Aug 2012 #56
man, the view from that house must be incredible.... opiate69 Aug 2012 #57
The house has nearly 180 degrees of unobstructed ocean view slackmaster Aug 2012 #58
I bet he walked around the whole time with that one piece of corn in his hand snooper2 Aug 2012 #21
And his pudgy hands have no callouses, his face isn't leathery brown, and Skidmore Aug 2012 #22
But, is he a NASCAR owner? Sheepshank Aug 2012 #23
If that guy's a farmer I'm an astronaut. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2012 #24
This is one of those "family farmers" whose heirs stand to lose millions because of the "death tax" klook Aug 2012 #75
They look like they're lost in one of those corn mazes. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2012 #25
This is the repug campaign uniform. louis-t Aug 2012 #49
Sure doesn't look like my grandfather's farm -- or my cousins' either. JDPriestly Aug 2012 #27
That figures. LOL! - more pics here... Kadie Aug 2012 #29
this is the funniest OP I think since Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #36
Romney appears to be doing some complex mathematical calculations Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #30
Related to corn subsidies -- financial math he can handle... JHB Aug 2012 #43
What Flip-Flopper is thinking bongbong Aug 2012 #60
let's see.. one corn cob equals how much? times .. hmm Voice for Peace Aug 2012 #62
The Rmoney Farm Plan: A spaceship on every farm AND Coyotl Aug 2012 #31
so this is Mittens' "Joe the Plumber?" WestWisconsinDem Aug 2012 #32
Must be the most incompetent campaign team in history. JBoy Aug 2012 #35
"I understand farmers. I know a lot of farmers with multi-million dollar houses." HopeHoops Aug 2012 #37
I'm willing to bet they're lamenting the loss of slave labor as much as any drought. TahitiNut Aug 2012 #38
Neither is dressed for the photo op. JohnnyRingo Aug 2012 #39
Remember, Nixxxon trying to "look casual" on the beach? So phony. So Republican. Berlum Aug 2012 #48
hahahahahahaha! I'd forgotten that one. JohnnyRingo Aug 2012 #55
Mitt: "If this drought gets any worse, my friend, you may need to sell some stock" DefenseLawyer Aug 2012 #40
All the better to see his acres and acres and acres of corn and soy lunatica Aug 2012 #41
This is fucking HILARIOUS - this is the farm they pick for the photo-op? hatrack Aug 2012 #42
Please God make it stop!!!!!!! TalkingTina Aug 2012 #80
Does Rmoney know ANY ordinary people? CanonRay Aug 2012 #45
"Does Rmoney know ANY ordinary people?" Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #47
Are you fucking kidding me? 47of74 Aug 2012 #71
"it’s got its own car wash bay and recreation center:" Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #46
If Repubs that concerned about drought, why did they skip town without passing farm bill? JPZenger Aug 2012 #51
Make him take his shirt off so we can see if he has a farmer tan! hedgehog Aug 2012 #52
nice house! Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #53
Quote From Flip-Flopper bongbong Aug 2012 #59
Wait. Why is the end of that corn brown? Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #65
On Al Sharpton's show they were talking about the 'farmer' but I caught only the tail end Tx4obama Aug 2012 #66
real farmers who are really suffering are NOT that hard to find in Iowa renate Aug 2012 #68
nope, not hard to find at all bigtree Aug 2012 #72
You know what this reminds me of? smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #69
scary and then some - somepin' ain't right with that Romney tomm2thumbs Aug 2012 #77
Malachi! smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #83
Kick! Let us not let this story die. Tx4obama Aug 2012 #73
kick to the top for the night peeps DonRedwood Aug 2012 #74
Romney almost seems to be saying 'what exactly am I holding?' tomm2thumbs Aug 2012 #76
House is tornado bait. nt SDjack Aug 2012 #78
I know where you can put that corn cob mittens.... obxhead Aug 2012 #79
I don't know, just had a flashback Iwillnevergiveup Aug 2012 #81
Mitt just does not know how to relate to the common people. It's the gift that keeps on giving. Initech Aug 2012 #82
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