I'm not sure why liberals are dancing. Sounds like he was more inline with the liberal agenda to me. The only difference is he wasn't onboard with global warming and was critical of obama, but otherwise sounds like any other liberal. If someone wants to educate me on why he's a bad guy, let me know. I don't watch the news or political shows, etc. In fact, I don't even have a TV... So I may miss many things.
Political views
Koch considered himself a
social liberal,
[20] who supported women's
right to choose,
[21] gay rights,
same-sex marriage and
stem-cell research.
[2][22] He opposed the
war on drugs.
[23] Koch supported policies that promote
individual liberty and
free market principles, and supported reducing government spending.
[24] Koch supported a
non-interventionist foreign policy; "Pursuing a very aggressive foreign policy," he said, "is an extremely expensive endeavor for the U.S. government. The cost of maintaining a huge military force abroad is gigantic. It's so big it puts a severe strain on the U.S. economy, creating economic hardships here at home."
[25] Koch opposed the
Iraq War, saying that the war has "cost a lot of money and it's taken so many American lives", and "I question whether that was the right thing to do. In hindsight that looks like it was not a good policy".
[18] In an impromptu interview with the blog ThinkProgress, he was quoted as saying he would like the new Republican Congress to "cut the hell out of spending, balance the budget, reduce regulations, and support business."
[26] He was against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
[27] He was skeptical about anthropogenic
global warming. He has said a warmer planet would be good because "Earth will be able to support enormously more people because a far greater land area will be available to produce food".
[27]
Koch had many thoughts on several of President Obama's policies. An article from the
Weekly Standard, detailing the "left's obsession" with the Koch brothers, quotes Koch stating that Obama is "the most radical president we've ever had as a nation ... and has done more damage to the free enterprise system and long-term prosperity than any president we've ever had."
[28] Koch said that Obama's father's economic
socialism, practiced in
Kenya, explains why Obama has "sort of antibusiness and anti-free enterprise" influences.
[18] Koch said that Obama is "scary", a "hardcore socialist" who is "marvelous at pretending to be something other than that."
[29] Koch contributed to both Republicans and Democrats in 2012, with the majority of his contributions going to Republican candidates.
[30]
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