Would somebody lay out, in a few succinct paragraphs, who they are and who or what they are "running" in the Republican Party?
On the one hand, I hear the Koches are allied with the Tea Party (who are generally not Romney-ites). Then I hear the are hugely backing Romney (who is generally not a Teeper.)
Then I hear they are far-right Conservatives. And/or Libertarians. But they are pro-gay marriage, and I don't see how that's either Conservative or Libertarian.
It's not Conservative, because the deconstruction of marriage is directly antagonistic to the conservation of families, nations and civilizations, or even the rule of legitimate law based on Natural Law. (Which is supposed to be the foundation our American political philosophy, via the Dec. of Independence.)
And it's not Libertarian, because the LGBT agitators are a tiny minority elite organized to demand government perks & affirmative action, and to coerce public respect for their sexual proclivities, when in fact they are entitled neither to coerced perks nor coerced respect.
So ---who are these Koch brothers and what are they really trying to achieve?
My rough impression is that they are in some ways analogous to Soros: hyper-rich political/social manipulators, paying out big money through a variety of front groups.
The very kind of people I have NEVER had any sympathetic twitches for: the Secular White LeftRight. The kind of powerfreaks who would crush me with a casual boot-heel in a New York minute.
Am I right? Or will somebody 'splain it all to me?
With liberals, all it boils down to is the brothers in question being major GOP donors. The libs then invent the rest.
The Koch brothers are libertarians...so while they have fine positions on economics, they’re not on the same page as most social conservatives.
We have to keep our perspective here....the Koch brothers are wrong, but they’re not pushing that crap.
I don’t agree with everything every politician says. Koch isn’t a politician, he is a businessman pushing for more free markets. And on that we can agree.