Charles Koch Tells Big Donors President Obama Is Saddam Hussein

By karoli
CrooksandLiars

About the time I think I've heard the worst of what anyone can say or do, Charles Koch ratchets it up a notch. This recording was made in June at a secret meeting in Vail, Colorado with right-wing donors. Here's the relevant transcript [Full transcript available at The Brad Blog]:

KOCH: But we've been talking about --- we have Saddam Hussein, this is the Mother of All Wars we've got in the next 18 months. For the life or death of this country. So, I'm not going to do this to put any pressure on anyone here, mind you. This is not pressure. But if this makes your heart feel glad and you want to be more forthcoming, then so be it.

He goes on to recognize a list of donors who have given a million dollars or more to right wing causes, which largely squares with the list published by ThinkProgress last year, but includes a few new names like Charles Schwab, Paul Singer (the hedge fund mega-giver), and John Templeton, Jr.

Perhaps one of the other more remarkable laments on the part of the billionaire Koch family was this one, made later on, in response to Fox News' Judge Napolitano's remarks about how the government fears fear, but they should really be fearful. In response, Charles Koch says 99.9 percent of the media is against them (meaning the right wing, I assume), but that Napolitano is one of the "bright stars."

(More here.)