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Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:40 AM Apr 2016

Charles Koch Likes Clinton. Hello?

>>>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch, a key source of financing for conservative Republican causes along with his brother, said Democrat Hillary Clinton might make a better president than the candidates in the Republican field.

Koch, in an interview to air on Sunday on ABC's "This Week" program, said that in some respects Bill Clinton had been a better president than George W. Bush, who Koch said had increased government spending. Then when asked if Hillary Clinton would be a better president than the Republicans currently running, he said, "It's possible, it's possible."

ABC said Koch, who along brother David leads an influential political organization called Freedom Partners, has b>>>>




https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-financier-koch-says-clinton-might-better-president-023327897.html

ETA: "We would have to believe her actions would be quite different than her rhetoric. Let me put it that way."

LOL. Sounds like they've been introduced.

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Cirque du So-What

(25,941 posts)
3. Granted, I haven't consumed my 2nd cup of coffee yet...
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:54 AM
Apr 2016

but I'm struggling to find a scintilla of sense in the string of words you threw at your monitor. A little help?

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
4. It's pretty self evident. Koch has budgeted $889 million to beat Democrats in this election cycle.
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 10:07 AM
Apr 2016

A guy who's willing to spend close to a billion dollars to defeat Democrats up and down the ticket would have no problem recognizing the divisions between Hillary and Sanders supporters and leveraging Sanders' supporters emotions with such a comment. We can't stop their money right now but we have no excuse for being played as their useful idiots. Understand now ?

Ron Green

(9,822 posts)
5. They've budgeted that money, not to defeat Democrats, but to
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 10:10 AM
Apr 2016

make sure "Democrats" who get elected are like the Clintons.
Understand now?

Red Knight

(704 posts)
12. Yeah I know you don't.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:38 AM
Apr 2016

But should we talk about how he runs money through the non-profit foundations and compare that to how Clinton uses her foundation?

For starters.

lostnfound

(16,184 posts)
6. I'm thinking that the other post could be a sign
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 02:46 PM
Apr 2016

That there really shouldn't be such a thing as a minimum wage. Because, you know, I don't think that anyone should. Paid very much for that one.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
9. Hillary's rhetoric has zero correlation to her actions
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:14 AM
Apr 2016

That's why Koch likes her. It's why Kissinger, Cheney, Lloyd Blankfein, Jamie Dimon and Donald Trump like her. It's why I will never case a vote for her regardless of her future shape shifting, what's in the Democratic platform, or how strongly Bernie endorses her. None of it means a thing. She has a 25 year track record. There is no doubt as to what she is at this point.

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