Posted on 10/12/2015 2:34:43 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
After shunning the GOP for decades, Charles and David Koch tried to take it over. And then the Donald came to town…
The Republican Party’s ongoing civil war involves lots of fireworks and sub-plots, but the overarching fight is between two visions and three billionaires.
Charles and David Koch are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to take over the GOP and push America towards libertarianism. Donald Trump joined the Republican Party to run for President and push the country in the opposite direction, toward populist nationalism.
Tragically, the Koch brothers’ mistakes are steadily handing victory to the Donald.
Many voters might be surprised to learn that the men are so different. After all, they bear some similarities. They inherited wealth, extended their dads’ businesses, and became three of the richest people in the world. They treat each other politely; David and Donald, for instance, have socialized together in Florida. And of course, all three are trying to shape the Republican Party’s future.
On substance, however, the men could hardly be more different. On most economic issues, Donald Trump resembles the Italian media billionaire Silvio Berlusconi. Berlusconi filled his political career with offensive jokes about women, immigrants, Muslims, as well as false assertions about foreign affairs and hostility to the media. In his nine years running Italy, The Economist reported that he showed a “total disregard for the economic condition of his country” with results that “will haunt Italy for years to come.”
The parallels to Trump are eerie. Trump’s campaign trades regularly in false and misleading claims, including lies about immigrants, lies about vaccines, a defense of entitlement spending, and a demand for trade protectionism. Taken together, this racist, nativist, anti-science package would bring America closer to fascism than any time in its history....
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
False and misleading claims... Nope, no bias there...
Vaccines??
Thus is crazy talk. Pure
Bilge. Effluent. For those of you in Rio Linda, raw sewage.
A heads up tweet
Donald J. Trump realDonaldTrump 7 minutes ago
Will be on foxandfriends at 6:57 A.M. Will talk about President Obama on 60Minutes and other bad subjects. Not much positive U.S. news!
Trump’s going to lead us to Fascism!!
They’re just immigrants. Mexico lets south americans pour into their borders and stay...oh wait, they dont.
All the doctors, engineers and architects are leaving Mexico. Nope again. A lot of MS13 though.
When in history has a Country thrived or survived having open porous borders.
can’t think of one example.
This “analysis” is filled with one false assertion after another. Pure garbage.
Cbs news is interviewing the koch brothers and they are doing it in a positive light. Conspiracy against trump? Coincidence? I think not.
>>harles and David Koch are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to take over the GOP and push America towards libertarianism.
Now the Progs can’t even be honest with each other. According to the MoveOn dot org emails I get, the Kochs want to institute a fascist oligarchy.
Now they’re libertarians?
They are not trying to take it over. They have a lot of money and spend it on political issues. They get one vote each just like the rest of us.
So now the Cook Brothers are THE GOOD GUYS because they’re against Trump. I never thought I’d see that day - but then Trump has to be stopped AT ALL COSTS, at least as far as the media is concerned.
By the way, nice try of them with saying the Cook Brothers created the Tea Party - that is PATHETIC - the Cook Brothers are EXACTLY why the Tea Party exists - to FIGHT THEM.
Pseudo logic
mostly a dual hit piece
an attempt to kill two birds with one small stone
Actually, yes, they are libertarians.
>>Actually, yes, they are libertarians
My point was that the hundreds of hysterical MoveOn emails have always painted them as fascists and oligarchs since libertarians don’t scare Progressives enough. That’s why I said that they can’t even be honest with each other.
Of course.
The article is total CRAP.
If their Koch brothers back Rubio, its because Tatoo is a Cheap Labor Express Hispanic Gringo
Yes, but articles like these, and the fragmented media environment in which these have a captive audience, I am afraid, is the reason why there will never again be a wide swath of “Reagan Democrats” willing to vote Republican.
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