2016 Postmortem

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts) Sat Jul 16, 2016, 03:23 PM Jul 2016

Mike Pence is owned and bankrolled by the Koch Brothers

There goes Don the Con's independence. I wonder if Donald Trump realizes that if he dies the Koch Brothers get their own candidate in the office of the presidency. Donald Trump should not feel too good right now!!!!

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Mike Pence is owned and bankrolled by the Koch Brothers (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jul 2016 OP

We shouldn't feel too good either, at that prospect. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2016 #1

Vote for Hillary! UCmeNdc Jul 2016 #3

Here is what the Koch Brothers want. Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #2

They're ANTI-STATISTS who want far more. Hortensis Jul 2016 #5

Just a continuation of Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #7

Yes. Dad was a Bircher fascist and great Hortensis Jul 2016 #8

If you haven't read the book Dark Money you need to it is terrifying. redstatebluegirl Jul 2016 #4

Extremely well researched and documented. Hortensis Jul 2016 #6

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,640 posts)

1. We shouldn't feel too good either, at that prospect.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 03:27 PM

Jul 2016

Pence in the White House?

They must be stopped.

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)

3. Vote for Hillary!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 03:33 PM

Jul 2016

A Trump win can lead to so many disasters!

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

2. Here is what the Koch Brothers want.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 03:31 PM

Jul 2016

Privatized VA,they have a Company already set up to take it over. Elimination of the EPA,these Guys have some of the worst Chemical Plants in the world for pollution.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

5. They're ANTI-STATISTS who want far more.

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:25 PM

Jul 2016

Just for ONE example, Charles Koch intends to do away with virtually all federal government laws and programs, including mandatory education, public schools, and education taxes.

Charles Koch: "The only legitimate functions of government are protection of person and property."

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

7. Just a continuation of

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:43 PM

Jul 2016

their fathers game plan laid out in 1937.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

8. Yes. Dad was a Bircher fascist and great

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 17, 2016, 12:04 AM

Jul 2016

admirer of Nazi Germany's efficient national organization. The brothers are supposed to be libertarians, but they're authoritarians like Dad and quick to use government any time it can be useful in protecting their profits.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)

4. If you haven't read the book Dark Money you need to it is terrifying.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 03:47 PM

Jul 2016

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

6. Extremely well researched and documented.

Reply to redstatebluegirl (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:26 PM

Jul 2016

And, yes, terrifying, except we're going to take them down.

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