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liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:13 AM Oct 2015

Charles Koch is Frustrated with the Presidential race

A Frustrated Koch Brother Decides It's Time to 'Spout Off'

This is from the Wall Street Journal via MSN. (WSJ, requires subscription)

Part way in:
He plans to wait until year-end to determine how much he will spend on 2016 elections, including the White House contest. “How much I give to the political side will depend on to what extent the candidates out there are going to make a difference on the things I care about,” he said.

Mr. Koch and his brother David haven’t endorsed a presidential candidate, and unlike other wealthy donors, Mr. Koch said they aren’t necessarily shopping for a candidate to support. He bristles at news reports that suggested they have a favored contender. Instead, their alliance is focused on groups that advance free-market, small-government ideals, he said. Some are more educational than political.

But many of these organizations have a political aim. Americans for Prosperity, for example, which started with money from the Kochs, has built an army of grass roots volunteers to push issues and candidates at the local, state and federal level. Republican candidates and officeholders regularly turn out to these events because the groups can attract big crowds of voters and activists.

Asked whether he thinks the rise, and media coverage, of Donald Trump in the GOP field has distracted from serious policy discussions, he said, “Well, yeah. I mean, critical for a free society is tolerance,” an apparent reference to Mr. Trump’s comments about immigrants and women that some have called insensitive.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/a-frustrated-koch-brother-decides-its-time-to-spout-off/ar-BBmsW4x?li=AAa0dzB&ocid=iehp


The rest of the story is just Chuck trying to clear the Koch name bullshit.

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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
3. As every right-winger must be by now. Overloaded clown cars have very poor traction.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:22 AM
Oct 2015

What do you do when the prognosis says you can't win a fair election?

kimbutgar

(21,128 posts)
6. He destabilized and destroyed the party with his money he spent getting the Teda party elected
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 11:23 AM
Oct 2015

And I hope it blows up in his face.

sub.theory

(652 posts)
7. Oh, Dr. Frankenstein, what have you done?
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 11:31 AM
Oct 2015

You created the monster and now you've lost control of it. Hope it ends up destroying you.

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