per Zero Hedge:
"And here comes the Hostess twist: because Tim Collins of Ripplewood [Ripplewood holdings, injecting $130 million in order to obtain equity control of Hostess as it was emerging last time], was a prominent Democrat, a position which allowed him to get involved in the first bankruptcy process in the first place, due to his proximity with the Teamsters' long-term heartthrob Dick Gephardt (whose consulting group just happens to also be an equity owner of Hostess).
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Perfect Riflema, another failed Democrat investment.