Charles Koch now says that he regrets supporting political partisanship

[lpetrich]

Wichita mogul Koch says his partisanship has caused divides | The Kansas City Star
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Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake - WSJ - "At 85, the libertarian tycoon who spent decades funding conservative causes says he wants a final act building bridges across political divides"

Wichita billionaire and GOP megadonor Charles Koch says his partisanship was a mistake, telling The Wall Street Journal that he believes it caused unneeded division.

Koch’s profile in the newspaper comes just ahead of his new book, “Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World” to be published next week.

With his late brother David, Koch built a conservative empire of think tanks and affiliated political organizations that pumped billions into right-wing candidates and causes, such as the Tea Party. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a former Kansas Congressman and possible contender for the 2024 presidential nomination, has been a recipient of Koch contributions.

Bottom-up solutions? From someone who rules his corporate empire and his advocacy empire in top-down fashion? I seriously suspect that he wouldn't know a bottom-up solution if one bit him in the rear end.

Real Time Billionaires - Charles Koch is currently the 27th richest person in the world. Above him are Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and other such well-known business leaders.

Koch told the Wall Street Journal he hopes to be a unifier in future days.

“I hope we all use this post-election period to find a better way forward,” Koch said to the newspaper in an email. “Because of partisanship, we’ve come to expect too much of politics and too little of ourselves and one another.”

Nevertheless, his PAC donated much more to Republican candidates than to Democratic ones.

Critics were skeptical of Koch’s mea culpa.

Journalist Jane Mayer, who had written extensively about the Kochs, tweeted: “Oops says Billionaire Political Donor Charles Koch in new book. He now regrets corrupting American democracy, along with the planet.”

 

[Shadowy Man]

Ok, dude. No harm no foul.

 

[laughing dog]

Too bad he did not commit ritual suicide over this.

 

[Canard DuJour]

Too bad he did not commit ritual suicide over this.

Could be combined with a "bottom-up solution".

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Ok, I forgive hi- not.

 

[ideologyhunter]

This just in, from my ouija:

'Charles Manson here. Just want to say to all of you still on earth that I overplayed my hand a bit. I probably went overboard with the Helter Skelter stuff, and for that I gotta say, my bad. The dumpster diving was good, btw. Stores really do throw out good lettuce and stuff. But most of the murders...not so good. I see that now. Shout-out to Squeaky.'

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

Too bad he did not commit ritual suicide over this.

Good thing he's not Japanese. If he chickened out disemboweling himself his head gets lopped off.

 

[Swammerdami]

Do not imagine for one moment that this evil nasty man has the slightest sincerity.

With a D in the White House, expect more calls for non-partisanship from R's. What they mean is: The R-controlled Senate will vote for Biden's judges and cabinet members ... as long as he nominates right-of-center racists and "libertarians."

 

[TomC]

The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.(A) 20 At his gate was laid a beggar(B) named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.(C) Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham,(D) have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’(E)

25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things,(F) but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.(G) 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’

27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them,(H) so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses(I) and the Prophets;(J) let them listen to them.’

30 “‘No, father Abraham,’(K) he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

It's pretty obvious what Jesus thought of people like Koch.
Tom