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GoLeft TV

(3,910 posts)
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 11:46 AM Jul 2015

Will Koch Money Let Scott Walker Survive Primaries?

Republican governor Scott Walker has decided to cram himself into the over-crowded GOP clown car. Right now, Walker is one of the least popular governors in America. He was under investigation by the FBI. And he’s crippled the education system in his state. But still, he thinks the Koch brothers will have enough power to put him in the White House.

Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio and Ruth Conniff from The Progressive discuss what a Walker presidency could mean.

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Will Koch Money Let Scott Walker Survive Primaries? (Original Post) GoLeft TV Jul 2015 OP
Koch money is actually a threat to Christian Right HFRN Jul 2015 #1
Yes, if he makes the cut for the debates. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #2
This Will Be the Ultimate Acid Test of the Power of Koch Money! panfluteman Jul 2015 #3
 

HFRN

(1,469 posts)
1. Koch money is actually a threat to Christian Right
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 11:52 AM
Jul 2015

not that I believe that the Koch's are hostile to the Christian right (other than being libertarian non-interventionist vs AIPAC), but more just indifferent to the CR.

The greatest threat to a power broker, is not someone who is a detractor, but rather someone who is more powerful who doesn't see you as being that important

The Republican road map to the WH since the late 1970s, had been a start with a hard Christian suckup at the beginning, with a move tow the socially moderate and very corporate

Koch's may be inadvertently creating a new map, that skips the first step, which could devastate the Christian right

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
2. Yes, if he makes the cut for the debates.
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 12:00 PM
Jul 2015

If he doesn't, then the Kochs will possibly cut their losses and switch to another candidate, or divert the funds to congressional and state races.

panfluteman

(2,065 posts)
3. This Will Be the Ultimate Acid Test of the Power of Koch Money!
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 01:51 PM
Jul 2015

If Koch money can deceive and manipulate enough people to vote for this sociopathic political criminal that is Scoot Walker, then there is virtually nobody who they cannot get into the White House. By all objective measures, when it comes to governing fairly and wisely, Scott Walker has been an abysmal failure, a one man wrecking crew for the late great state of Wisconsin.

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