David Koch: ‘Hardcore socialist’ Obama is ‘scary to me’

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Eric W. Dolan

Oil baron David Koch has made it clear he is no fan of President Barack Obama, but Wednesday night he provided a fresh reason for his anti-Obama views: the president is frightening.

Obama is "a hardcore socialist," Koch told the New York Magazine at a spring ball, "and he’s marvelous at pretending to be something other than that, but that is what I believe he truly is, a hardcore socialist. He’s scary to me."

Koch and his brother Charles are owners of the energy company Koch Industries. The brothers were principle financiers of Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker and the tea party movement. They are also supporters of free market groups like Americans for Prosperity, the Cato Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the Reason Foundation.

More: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/05/david-koch-hardcore-socialist-obama-is-scary-to-me/

[wtbymark]

1. well David, you would make Thomas Jefferson shit his pants

and then he would have you hung for treason

[cliffordu]

13. Grant would just shoot this prick in the face.

[Modern_Matthew]

2. Hardcore socialist, LOL...no such luck. nt

[Fuzz]

25. You got that right. I have NO idea why the right keeps trotting out that lie.

Oh wait, yes I do. Gotta try and make 'socialist' synonymous with communist and scare the shit out of dumb-asses.

[coccom]

27. Was going to say the same thing

We need more Democratic Socialists in government

[spanone]

3. hardcore fascist capitalists scare the shit out of me

[Rex]

4. What a fucking stupid idiot, no wonder our country is fucked up financially.

If idiots like David Koch are running things...that is scary to me - that a man supposedly can have all those resources and still be a stupid idiot. Pathetic.

[themadstork]

38. Something truly shameful when a person has unlimited riches

and could never find the time to become well-educated. I love ignorant rich fools! They're so cute. Don't rub them the wrong way though.

[LeftofObama]

5. Living in a country ruled by the Kochheads makes me

absolutely tremble! eom

[Ian David]

6. Obama is the WORST Socialist EVER!!1!!

Profits At Largest 500 Corporations Grew By 81 Percent In 2010
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/05/fortune-500-corporations-81/

[Johonny]

14. +1

[krabigirl]

32. +1

[madrchsod]

33. +1

[LongTomH]

7. I knew there was something I liked about Obama!

:toast:

[KansDem]

8. Oh, fuckwit! He's reading his own press releases now!

"A hardcore socialist?" Shut the fuck up, Dave! Guess you weren't paying attention when Obama refused to end Bush's tax cuts on deadbeats like you! Tell me, Kochaine, how much in taxes do you pay?

To you and your ilk, anyone who isn't a fascist-corporatist or member of the plutocracy is a "hardcore socialist."

Asshole!!! You make me want to puke! :puke:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Oh, GOOD.

I hope Obama scares him and his brother to death*.

:eyes:













*Obviously, not literally.

[geardaddy]

10. Go Cheney yourself, Koch.

[Sherman A1]

12. K&R Well Said

[geardaddy]

21. Thanks Sherman A1

:hi:

[cascadiance]

24. And do it hunting trip style, not Pat Leahy style!...

[geardaddy]

52. Oh SNAP!

[liberal_mama]

11. David Koch can go fuck himself

ASSHOLE!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Welcome to DU, liberal_mama!

Enjoy the conversations!

:hi:

[kayakjohnny]

16. Obama should send a helicopter to Koch's house..wanna see scary ?

[DJ13]

17. Suppose the Koch head is right

What does that say about the country that overwhelmingly voted for a socialist in 08?

That ass will die a lonely death clutching his bank statement.

[OHdem10]

18. What bugs me is when people who are considered "smart"

show such ignorance.

[creon]

19. silly

David Koch is being silly.

Koch has a very weak grasp on reality.

[notadmblnd]

20. Hardcore facists is who scares me, David.

What's your point?

[cascadiance]

22. Doesn't surprise me from a hardcore FASCIST like Koch!

I refuse to drink his Kochaine Koolaid!

[The Backlash Cometh]

23. If Koch wants to rule the world, that makes Obama Superman.

I'm just say'n.

[cascadiance]

34. POW!!!

?

[damntexdem]

26. Hardcore fascist Koch is scary to me.

And he has been actively spreading his fascism in this country.

[raging_moderate]

28. Make him spend 10 minutes in a room alone with me....

without Blackwater/Xe around. I'll show him "scary". F$ckwad.

[robinlynne]

29. in my dreams!!!!!!

[City Lights]

30. You're a fool, Koch.

Go back to class and learn the meaning of "socialist."

:dunce:

[krabigirl]

31. If he thinks Obama is a socialist, he needs to read about countries that have socialist parties.

Their platforms are nothing like Obama's. He doesn't even agree with single-payer health care..I don't see how he could be classified as a socialist.

[diane in sf]

35. Hard core fascist, David Koch, is scary to me!

[themadstork]

36. How far right do you have to be to see Obama as a hardcore socialist?

Koch would make Rush blush.

[hobbit709]

37. Hey Kochroach, how did the family fortune get its start?

I believe it had something to do with Stalin.

[Matariki]

39. Send David Koch to the secret reeducation camp

where he can learn to humbly garden for the collective.

[white_wolf]

40. As a socialist myself, I have to say, I wish!

As Marx said "If that is Marxism, I am not a Marxist."

[HughBeaumont]

41. Uh, Davo? Didn't you douches have a 9 BILLION DOLLAR INCREASE in wealth last year?

Give me a hint - who was president?

Yeah, must not be doing all THAT bad under President Barack Sanders (pFFFFFFFFFT). Most socialists I know give the ridiculously wealthy anything their hearts desire. :eyes: :eyes: Stupid shits. I can't even believe that someone with this much money can be so goddamned DUMB.

[Auntie Bush]

43. Maybe it's all that money that scares him because he'll have to pay taxes on it. Yeah!

[and-justice-for-all]

42. Socialism, its right for all the people. nt

[Odin2005]

44. Go straight to HELL, you fascists.

[tabbycat31]

45. My dear David

Why don't you and your brother go find Scott Walker, and all the other GOP governors and go fuck yourselves?

You are responsible for the demise of this country. You want the working peons like me to make your salary even bigger. Not happening buddy!

[moondust]

46. Born rich! And ignorant to boot!

:smoke:

[AsahinaKimi]

47. David Koch is scared?

I certainly hope he lays awake all night having nightmares of losing his entire financial
empire, and that he dreams that IRS agents are constantly looking in his windows. Be afraid, DAVID, be very afraid!

[NC_Nurse]

48. oh please. how about not spewing bullshit for a single moment you spoiled rich

asshole. i doubt these rich pricks believe any of this socialist boogey man stuff they keep pushing. its so completely divorced from reality. they must think there followers and underlings will buy it. shows how much respect they have for them. ugh.
please go buy some other country's govt and turn it into your fascist corporate hell, mr koch.

[Raine]

49. waaa waaa the itty bitty widdle boy is so scared

:scared: shitless :hurts: of the black President :scared: :cry: booo hooo hooo. :cry: :nopity:

[canetoad]

50. All you need is a journalist

Who will pin down his definition of socialist.

[JHB]

51. It's scary to me that a political-activist multi-billionaire...

...thinks Obama is a "hardcore socilaist".

An irrationally broad definition of what constitutes "socilaism" combined with the ability to pay a hellava lot of people to push that view is bad news by any scorecard.

[Fire1]

53. Amen to that!! n/t

[indepat]

54. Seeming-fascist David Koch's use of his money to undermine this country, government, standard

living, and all quality-of-life factors for most people scares me, no, really pisses me off, and one day hopefully he and his ilk will have pissed off enough people to reach a critical-mass flash-point. :patriot: