Koch endorses Hillary (almost). WTF!

The intent of Charles Koch in making this semi-endorsement is baffling.

My brain cannot handle the cognitive dissonance embodied in Koch's statement. Charles Koch says he is against our two-tiered system of giving tax breaks to the wealthy. Absurd. He then continues that Hillary Clinton in the White House may be a better proponent of his views on income inequality. Did I read that correctly?

Here is a man who plans to donate $900,000,000 to Republicans, the most shameless pimps for the upper 0.1 %. The Republicans who want to
1. abolish or privatize Social Security
2. end Obamacare
3. promote endless wars
4. restrict the right to vote, especially from people of color
5. defund Planned Parenthood
6. deny that climate change is real and of supreme and urgent challenge to the habitability of our planet
7. upholders of mass incarceration enhanced by STUPID drug laws
8. proponents of vile xenophobia
9. endorsers of Wall Street corruption
10. etc., etc., etc.

And then, Charles Koch states:

Democrat Hillary Clinton may make a better president than any of the Republicans vying for the job and derided the rhetoric of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

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The options for this sentiment are both surreptitious and manifold.
1. Damning by faint praise--unlikely but possible.
2. Causing revulsion by Democratic voters by having such a scoundrel's semi-endorsement
3. A fire-prod to have Republicans step up their game, nominating someone more electable than Fascist Don and Theocrat Ted.
4. Grab headlines for one of the most confusing political statements in recent history
5. Generate good press for him and his brother by intimating that "we are on your side".

Please, 99ers help my throbbing brain wrap itself around this mind-game.

Maybe the earth is flat and the sun revolves around it.

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He is just out of touch. He thinks his endorsement of Hillary will actually help her. Kind of like Hillary thinking H Kissinger endorsing her stint as SoS is a net positive for her. They are both enmeshed so deeply in their own feces that it has started to smell sweet to them.

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If you don't know what you want, you deserve what you get.

Amanda Matthews's picture

the guy who's currently in the White House and who's depending on her to carry out his 'legacy'.

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I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa

Lookout's picture

Hellery can be played by the puppet masters. She'll dance to the pull of strings.
Trump is a puppet master and will not be as easy to control. That's my take anyway.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

WoodsDweller's picture

Trump is a buyer himself. He doesn't have the money of the Kochs, but he has enough that they can't buy him. Cruz will take their money, but he only listens to the voices in his head. Clinton accepts bribes and stays bought.

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elenacarlena's picture

They can't control Trump at all. They may not be able to control Cruz because of his God obsession. They can control Hill. Also, if they manage to get a bought Repub nominated, Hill will be hurt by their endorsement. Nothing says Repub Lite more than Koch favorability. But although the Kochs are Birchers, they may not care that much about the lean of the politics as long as they have control of the politician. She'll find a way to mealy mouth to the same stance they'd get from a Repub true believer.

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Hillary will be attracted to ask for a share like a moth to a light source.

At the risk of forcing many of the Caucus to need brain bleach, Hillary is like a political BDSM submissive who requires bondage and discipline in order to enjoy life. Charles Koch is offering himself to be her master, and we all know he's got what she takes in large quantities.

So Hillary is now part of the political BSDM slave auction whether or not she intended to do so. What the rest of us want is of no consequence to anyone involved in the auction.

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Vowing To Oppose Everything Trump Attempts.

that Hillary is the best Republican running.

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Borkrom's picture

with this comment. Koch knows that Hillary will be on his side because it is all about the money. He can buy and control her instead of Trump.

This clip is what Hillary is about "show me the money" and she will do whatever you want.

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WindDancer13's picture

is just thumbing his nose at us. He can say and do anything he likes with no repercussions. He truly believes there is absolutely nothing we can do about it.

Didn't Dan Aykroyd do a movie in which he was a really rich guy who suddenly somehow became poor? We could only wish!

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If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass

Bisbonian's picture

With Eddie Murphy and Jamie Lee Curtis.

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"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X

WindDancer13's picture

I only vaguely remembered it. It occurred to me because I have been daydreaming about the fact that most wealthy people's money is actually illusory. They don't have vaults with dollar bills in them. They have some kind of bank account which could just go poof using the same kind of technology that is used for voting machines.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass

Koch should have to experience Mel Brooks' Life Stinks, only the way life really is instead of the cleaned up version Brooks used.

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Vowing To Oppose Everything Trump Attempts.

snoopydawg's picture

Most of the people who wrote PNAC have already either endorsed her or she has them as advising her.
Look at the people she has as her economic advisers. The same people who were in both Clinton's and Obama's administrations.

This is a long video about who the real Hillary is and what her presidency will mean to us and the world.
Please watch it.

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Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.

Alligator Ed's picture

It is long but worth watching.

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We shall know her. She is the Kim Kardashian of politics, willing to be compliant to the powerful in trade for the means of having a lifestyle few of us ever get to glimpse, much less experience.

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Vowing To Oppose Everything Trump Attempts.

Alison Wunderland's picture

parvenu

A parvenu is an upstart, somebody who's suddenly rich but doesn't fit into his new social status. If you're a parvenu, people might also describe you as "nouveau-riche" or an "arriviste." Maybe it's not quite so insulting in French.

Trump is actually only a so-called billionaire. He still "gets his hands dirty." How autre.

Koch Brothers Net Worth: 5 Facts You Should Know

The Koch brothers’ net worth is $49.6 billion each, or $99.2 billion combined.

Did you know that the billionaire brothers, David and Charles, who are among the most powerful people in American politics, made their fortune in the wake of a fraternal feud with their other two brothers? That’s right: there are actually four Koch brothers, though only two are rich.

1. The Koch Brothers’ Net Worth is $99.2 Billion

Koch Brothers Net Worth
Year Net Worth
2016 $99.0 billion
2015 $82.0 billion
2014 $72.0 billion
2012 $68.0 billion
2011 $50.0 billion

Source: Forbes

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mileser's picture

Well, I would still call the other two super rich:

Frederick is worth about $4 billion
Bill is worth about $2 billion

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-9.75, -8.21

by Jane Mayer, "Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right" that goes into their family feud too. And while I say fascinating, as it was, it also will make you sick to read. They do want to control it all. While their agenda is far more Libertarian in nature, at least as they tell it, they're all down with the Corporate Welfare. And they are one of THE dirtiest in the fossil fuel industry and they want to keep it that way and make it legal to rid themselves of those pesky fines, miniscule as they are to their bottom line.

They'll be fine with Billary, and think of the traction they'll get obstructing her too. Their bought and paid for Tea Bag loons will keep up the shit show for most of her Administration I imagine, and she'll cave to them while blathering on about being "forced" to. Either way, a win-win for the likes of them.

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Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur

ChemBob's picture

reinforces all my concerns about her. I have friends telling me we have to vote for her if she is the nominee, but what's the point? I'm not at all certain that she wouldn't sell out Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. to a greater extent than Trump.

It really pisses me off that we have the best candidate in my lifetime running and the powers-that-be are not going to let him become President. We really need U.N. monitored elections.

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Lookout's picture

Great link. Seems like it takes overseas press to get an honest story.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Sort of like a thumbs up from Hitler. The Hillbots will go wild.

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hester's picture

$he is the be$t republican running. Koch'$ care about only one thing. Moolah. $hillary is their gal.

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Don't believe everything you think.

Raggedy Ann's picture

this morning, while I was waiting for the BNR to get posted, in a diary about Koch supporting HRC. My comment was "Well, now he’s for HRC, so there’s that. He can put his resources into her trying to win. That should be a big help to her." It's so much fun to give them exploding head material.

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LinQness's picture

I believe him when he says he dislikes our two tier tax system. I've been hearing for years that they want a Flat Tax rather than a progressive one.

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