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Koch: Obama didn’t contribute ‘much at all’ [to operation to kill OBL]
Seattle Pi ^
Posted on 05/05/2011 2:02:56 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Billionaire conservative oilman David Koch is debunking President Barack Obama’s role in the operation that tracked down and killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
“All that Obama did was say ‘yea’ or ‘nay,’ we’re going to take him out or not. I don’t think he contributed much at all,” Koch, a longtime financier of right-wing causes, told New York magazine.
New York caught up with Koch Monday night at the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Spring Ball.
Koch is a major giver to cancer research: He and brother Charles Koch, owners of privately held Koch Industries, are also financiers of groups seeking to limit and roll back regulation of cancer-causing chemical emissions into the environment.
Koch is also, as New York put it, “rabidly-anti-Obama,” and told the magazine:
“He (Obama) just made the decision, it was obvious where the guy is. He (Osama bin Laden) was one of the worst terrorists organizing attacks on the United States. I mean, no president in his right mind would not approve that decision to go eliminate him.
“So he’s getting a lot of recognition and his polls have jumped up, but his decision was the easiest of them all. The real hard work was done by the intelligence and the (Navy) SEALs.”
Obama is “a hardcore socialist,” Koch added, “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.”
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posted on
05/05/2011 2:02:58 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
Obama is “a hardcore socialist,” Koch added, “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.”Dittos on that!
To: Mr. Mojo
All that Obama did was say ‘yea’ or ‘nay,’.....
And it took him 16 hours to do that.
To: Mr. Mojo
Now that Trump has jumped into the ring, why not Koch? He has a ready made slogan: Things Go Better With Koch.
To: Mr. Mojo
It happened in spite of not because of.
Especially in spite of Senator Obama’s opposition to Bush era intelligence efforts.
Everyone know this...
Obama will always be haunted that perhaps the ONLY popular success of his admin came because of BUSH POLICY!
He had to leverage of that or there would be NO dead Binny Boy.
Slam every Obama supportor saying it was all his doing with that one.
They can’t run from it.
To: AngelesCrestHighway
They had to sober him up first.
He had a huge hangover from the White House Press Associates Dinner and Trump Roast.
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posted on
05/05/2011 2:06:49 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Sarah Palin in 2012!)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Now that Trump has jumped into the ring, why not Koch? He has a ready made slogan: Things Go Better With Koch.”+++++
You beat me to it! My thoughts exactly and the money to launch a run.
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posted on
05/05/2011 2:08:12 PM PDT
by
RitaOK
To: Mr. Mojo
And saying “yea” or “nay” is what we expect from the POTUS. Given the tone of his OBL speech, he thinks we are supposed to laud and obsequiously extol him for simply doing what we expect him to do.
To: HiTech RedNeck
He’s got more money than Trump (Forbes richest top 10) and more hated than Trump from the libtards. Sounds good to me LOL.
To: AngelesCrestHighway
“All that Obama did was say ‘yea’ or ‘nay,’.....
And it took him 16 hours to do that.”
Bingo. Just because I could buy a ticket, it doesn’t mean I could design, build or fly a 747.
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posted on
05/05/2011 2:10:54 PM PDT
by
Spok
To: beaversmom
Obama didnt contribute much at all to kill OBL.........Especially since not a shred of evidence has been presented that OBL has even been killed. Hey you know yesterday I saw Elvis and Jesus arm wresting at a Chuckie Cheese. Hey, why should I show you any evidence?
To: Mr. Mojo
According to a leftist rag the president was planning the kill obl mission while he was working on his basketball brackets.
So there!!!!!
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posted on
05/05/2011 2:14:04 PM PDT
by
Carley
(We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail. W, 9/20/01)
To: Mr. Mojo
a longtime financier of right-wing causesI don't think you will ever see a 'news' story that says 'a longtime financier of left-wing causes' by the New Yorker or anyone else!
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posted on
05/05/2011 2:25:02 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: Mr. Mojo
“He (Obama) just made the decision, it was obvious where the guy is. He (Osama bin Laden) was one of the worst terrorists organizing attacks on the United States. I mean, no president in his right mind would not approve that decision to go eliminate him. Doesn't say much for the ol' Hillbilly Who-re Hopper who infested the People's House back in the 90s, does it?
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posted on
05/05/2011 2:30:34 PM PDT
by
ssaftler
(Barack Obama - Setting new highs in low for politicians worldwide)
To: Mr. Mojo
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posted on
05/05/2011 2:32:14 PM PDT
by
bkopto
(Obama is merely a symptom of a more profound, systemic disease in American body politic.)
To: Mr. Mojo
Yep! when Zero gave the OK for a “ground assault on the compound” by our SEALS instead of bombing the compound - Zero thought he was delaying any action - what he did not know was that all the preparations and training had been on going! And when it actually happened he was very surprised. I believe that is why Zero looks peeved in the War Room photo!
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05/05/2011 2:48:23 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Mr. Mojo
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posted on
05/05/2011 2:50:00 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
To: Mr. Mojo
This is BS. All credit all blame goes to the man in the arena, Bush and Obama.
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posted on
05/05/2011 3:02:22 PM PDT
by
ex-snook
("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
To: All
If BinLaden had been killed with a golf club, barry could have taken the credit...
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