Charles Koch: 'It's Possible' Hillary Could Be Better Than GOP in White House

[Karmadillo]

Hillary is uniting America.

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

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."

Democrats have long vilified brothers Charles and David Koch and their multi-million dollar political network, but both maintain they haven't yet spent a dollar for or against any candidates in the 2016 presidential primary.

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[radical noodle]

1. Maybe the first time ever

that I've agreed with Charles Koch

[think]

11. Rupert Murdoch donated to Hillary at one of her fundraisers in London

Top Neocon Robert Kagan prefers Hillary over Trump or Cruz. Hillary is receiving praise and donations from many very strong GOPers. Imagine that...

[riderinthestorm]

2. Hello? Hillary supporters? Koch endorsing your gal...

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[SFnomad]

15. He's "endorsing" her by default, being that the Republican candidates are so bad

If Sanders was going to win the Democratic nomination, he would have replaced Secretary Clinton with BS.

When the Republicans field candidates that are so bad that the Koch Brothers don't like them ... you know you've got some pretty crappy candidates.

[Dustlawyer]

3. He knows they all own her! He knows she will pay off for them like a slot machine.

If a Koch brother agreed with something I said I would be embarrassed and have to re-evaluate my position. There would have to be a downside that I overlooked!

[Kip Humphrey]

4. Welcome to the Dark Side... or... Proof positive that the 1% ALWAYS stick together.

[juxtaposed]

5. hrc gets key endorsement from Charles Kock!!! Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

[athena]

6. He's just starting to realize that Republicans aren't good for business.

It's an argument Democrats have been making for a long time.

[TalkingDog]

7. Nobody is surprised.

A Republican endorsing one of their own? Meh.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Reading on Charles right now

this statement surprises me in the least.

It should shock some folks, but i am sure the Clintons and the political elites are not surprised either.

[IDemo]

9. Give me some of that Grand Canyon uranium mining. n/t

[Barack_America]

10. Guess he got to see the transcripts.

[totodeinhere]

12. This comes as no surprise. Of course the Koch's are amenable to Hillary.

And that's one more reason why I am not.

[TheBlackAdder]

13. Yes, Let's follow the money... Actual inbred oil (Koch/BP) relationships, like Hillary's Podesta.

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Check out the link...

Fracking, KXL, If election, would she do a Chris Christie and let ExxonMobile out of a Climate Change/Pollution settlement?



Hillary Clinton rakes in money from fossil fuel interests

Here’s just a partial list of the fossil fuel–friendly bundlers who raised money for Clinton from April through June:

http://grist.org/climate-energy/hillary-clinton-rakes-in-money-from-fossil-fuel-interests/

Heather Podesta and Tony Podesta have raised $31,150 and $74,575, respectively. The power ex-couple are big-shot Democratic lobbyists. Tony’s brother John is Clinton’s campaign chair and former White House chief of staff to Bill Clinton. Even though John Podesta is considered a climate hawk, Tony and his ex-wife Heather represent fossil fuel companies. Heather’s recent past clients include Marathon Oil and Bill Koch’s Oxbow Carbon, a coal giant, and from 2004 to 2006 she lobbied for Koch Industries. Tony lobbied for BP in the wake of its disastrous Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, and through last year he represented Golden Pass, a company co-owned by ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum that wants to export liquefied natural gas. To be fair, they also work on behalf of renewable fuel companies — Tony represents SolarReserve, a solar power company, and Heather lobbies for the ethanol industry. You might call the Podestas the very embodiment of the Obama/Clinton “all of the above” energy policy.

But the contrast between her and her opponents is clear, and it’s indicative of real policy differences. O’Malley has laid out a set of strong, detailed proposals to combat climate change. These include not just measures Obama has begun taking, like regulating carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act, but ones he hasn’t, like adopting zero-tolerance regulation for methane leaks from oil and gas wells and denying new offshore oil leasing permits. Clinton has not endorsed any stances beyond Obama’s except for charging more for coal leases.

“Hillary Clinton’s position is stuck in the past,” says Jamie Henn, a spokesperson for 350 Action. “We have the tools to transition away from fossil fuels. What about all the jobs lost because of climate impacts? We need a president who is willing to make tough decisions about how to transition our economy in the face of climate risk.”

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[AzDar]

14. Koch, Cheney, Kissinger... the Unholy Trinity approve... that says it ALL.