It's 'Possible' Hillary Clinton Could Be Better President than GOP Pick, Charles Koch Says

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

It's 'Possible' Hillary Clinton Could Be Better President than GOP Pick, Charles Koch Says

By JONATHAN KARL ALEXANDER MALLIN
Apr 23, 2016, 6:04 PM ET

It's a nightmare scenario for Republicans, but conservative billionaire Charles Koch says "it's possible" Hillary Clinton could make a better president than the remaining candidates in the GOP primary.

Koch, one of the most influential and controversial forces in Republican politics, said in an exclusive interview with ABC News to air Sunday on "This Week" that he believed Bill Clinton was a better president "in some ways" than George W. Bush.

"In other ways, I mean (Clinton) wasn't an exemplar. But as far as the growth of government, the increase in spending," Koch said. "It was 2.5 times [more] under Bush than it was under Clinton."

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In his interview, Koch said that is a result of his disgust with the rhetoric in the Republican primary, and he even suggested Clinton could be a better choice for the country than the remaining crop of GOP candidates.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/hillary-clinton-president-gop-pick-charles-koch/story?id=38622141

[oldandhappy]

1. amazing

[Hortensis]

37. Unbelievable. Charles Koch is an implacable enemy

of progressive government. People have commented on his driving will, which has been focused and at work for decades on taking over our nation and dismantling all or almost all federal government programs. But he's been outed, to the new alarm of millions, and now is working very hard to portray himself as really just a nice, very misunderstood wolf.

[Jester Messiah]

2. She's good for their business. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Great endorsement!!

[Old Crow]

8. +1. It takes a lot to make a crow throw up...

... but I wouldn't stand too close in front of me at the moment.

[Go Vols]

4. not a surprise

[NorthCarolina]

5. Because it makes no difference at that point and he knows it. nt

[HERVEPA]

9. Unless you're a woman needing an abortion with a Republican appointed Supreme Court judge.

[w4rma]

31. Neither Clinton or Trump really care about that issue, except as a wedge. (nt)

[dsc]

36. even if you believe Trump doesn't care about abortion

and in NC many voters said that about McCrory, the people to whom Trump would owe his Presidency most surely do, just like those to whom McCrory owes his governorship care. McCrory signed a bill that greatly restricted abortion after directly promising he wouldn't do so in the campaign. If you think Trump won't name a Scalia clone to SCOTUS you are frankly very naive.

[AZ Progressive]

6. That little says a lot

Hillary will be very good for Republican / conservative causes...

[HooptieWagon]

7. That's an expected endorsement.

Koch Bros funded the DLC. Hillary is as tight with them as with Henry Kissinger and Robt Kagan. It's amazing people are still fooled by that (D) after her name....the Koch Bros aren't.

[RKP5637]

18. So sad so many think D means D, like the party used to be. n/t

[davidn3600]

10. So the Koch brothers endorse Hillary?

[HooptieWagon]

12. Surprised?

You shouldn't be...they funded the DLC. Hillary is tied to them like she is Kissinger and Kagan. She'll do much better pushing Republican principles than W did.

[HereSince1628]

14. Technically I think -A- Koch Brother just endorsed HRC over what comes out of the GOP convention.

[Ferd Berfel]

25. That seems to ge the direction

SHe's more in bed with Wall Street than Trump is anyway. They already own her, Trump is questionable for them.

[HereSince1628]

32. The Kochs and HRC both love fracking and pragmatism

at least the sort of pragmatism that makes cheap available toilet paper produce BIG corporate profits.

[SHRED]

11. Facepalm

[amborin]

13. He recognizes one of their own

[HereSince1628]

15. It's not the shared interest in Fracking.

It's their shared pragmatism about toilet paper

[Skwmom]

16. Didn't Thom Hartmann say the Koch brothers funded the DLC which gave us Clinton?

[RKP5637]

20. I don't know if he said it, but yes, the Koch Brothers often fund democrats. When it comes to

$$$$$'s often R = D.

[HooptieWagon]

21. Absolutely correct.

[jpmonk91]

17. More proof

That she is basically a conservative.

[jack_krass]

19. Hillary is a Republican who is liberal on (some) social issues. nt.

[RKP5637]

22. Yep! Exactly!!! n/t

[Rebkeh]

23. This is not surprising to me

It's also why she's a terrible choice for the planet

[Lucinda]

24. It's a tossup who the Koch bros seem to hate more...Hillary or Trump.

Ironic that the GOP would have chosen such a horrible nominee that the hated Hillary, would be a lesser evil for them.
The schadenfreude is quite delicious.

[bbgrunt]

26. I guess they think she'll do a lot more for their agenda than someone like Trump.......

and they're right.......after all, Koch money helped fund the DLC.

[Triana]

27. Do we need any more evidence that HRC is essentially a 1960s Republican? n/t

[Teamster Jeff]

28. Trump's success is showing big money that it is losing control of the GOP.

No doubt they will now look more to Hillary/Establishment Dems to pass their Neo liberal policies overseas and continue the Reagan economy here at home.

[Thinkingabout]

29. This time Charles Koch is correct.

[Else You Are Mad]

30. Wait...

Wasn't Hillary's camp calling Sanders the Koch choice?!

[ridgenvalley]

33. HRC gets a Koch endorsement?

That's one she'd probably rather not have.

[snowy owl]

34. Haha.He knows the Clintons - their push to smaller government for the people - more for corporations

What more do you need to know.

[bvar22]

35. Well Of Course.

The Koch Brothers helped get her hubby elected in 1992,
and Bill didn't disappoint them.

Koch Industries gave funding to the DLC and served on its Executive Council
http://americablog.com/2010/08/koch-industries-gave-funding-to-the-dlc-and-served-on-its-executive-council.html

Little wonder they would like Hillary too, and expect as much as they got from Bill.

[A Little Weird]

39. Not surprising

She hangs out with the same people they do.