Koch told POLITICO “I believe in gay marriage” when asked about the GOP’s stance on gay rights.
Romney opposes gay marriage, as do most Republicans, and when that was pointed out to Koch, he said “Well, I disagree with that.”
Koch said he thinks the U.S. military should withdraw from the Middle East and said the government should consider defense spending cuts, as well as possible tax increases to get its fiscal house in order — a stance anathema to many in the Republican Party.
“I think it’s essential to be able to achieve spending reductions and maybe it’s going to require some tax increases,” he said. “We got to come close to balancing the budget; otherwise, we’re in a terrible deep problem.”
“I’m more interested in economic issues than how much military we need,” he babbled. “But I think we should gradually withdraw from the Middle East, you know, from Afghanistan and Iraq, so I believe in that. But I’m not an expert in that, so my opinion probably doesn’t count for very much.”
Dave, sweetheart, Mitt Romney had a rich daddy and now he’s worth around $250 million. You had a rich daddy and now you’re worth around, what, $8 billion? I guess that if you know how much you’ve got, you haven’t got much, am I right or am I right? The point is, Dave, you can hire experts. In fact, Dave, you have. The Cato Institute, which you recently bought generously support, is full of experts who can tell you that we can cut our defense budget in half, and still be perfectly safe. Because we have no enemy, Dave. We have no enemy! How much of an “expert” do you have to be to know that?
