rubato wrote:So it was just another shit-bomb echoed by the asshole chorus.
Well, that was obvious enough from the start.
yrs,
rubato
Funnily enough, it was inspired by this shit bomb;
rubato wrote:
dales wrote:
It is interesting to see what stories are attractive to which persons based on what they drag back in here.
yrs,
rubato
thanks!
Appropriate. But Gob usually goes for the really foul stuff. 650lb teenagers being excavated from their homes and moved with a crane, persons being deceived about the gender of sex partners, &c.
this is not really his wheelhouse.
yrs,
rubato
Don't try and play the innocent, Aspergers boy.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
The Republican candidates met once again, and we found several claims worthy of fact-checking. Here are some of the highlights from the debate:
Former CEO Carly Fiorina claimed that 92 percent of the job losses in President Obama’s first term belonged to women, but women — and men — gained jobs by the end of Obama’s first term.
Businessman Donald Trump disputed the idea that he had criticized Sen. Marco Rubio and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for supporting H-1B visas. In fact, Trump’s immigration plan, posted on his website, is critical of both of them.
Trump also claimed his campaign was 100 percent self-funded, but more than half of the money his campaign has raised came from supporters’ contributions.
Fiorina blamed the Affordable Care Act for a large disparity in firm closings versus openings every year. But closings outnumbered firm births by the widest margin in 2009, a year before the law was enacted.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said it was “total propaganda” to say he was involved with a controversial nutritional supplement company, but he appeared in promotional videos for the company, touting its products.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said that Social Security would be insolvent in seven to eight years. But even after the trust funds are exhausted — estimated to be in 14 to 19 years — the program can still pay out 73 percent of benefits for several decades.
Sen. Ted Cruz said women’s wages have declined under Obama, when in fact the latest figures show their wages have increased.
Rubio claimed CNBC’s John Harwood was wrong that a Tax Foundation analysis of his tax plan found those in the top 1 percent of earners would get nearly twice the gain as those in the middle. Harwood was right, and that’s on a percentage basis.
In the undercard debate, former New York Gov. George Pataki claimed the Iranians, Russians and Chinese “hacked” the private server Hillary Clinton used as secretary of state and obtained “state secrets.” There’s no evidence of that.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
I think it's kind of shame what's happened to Jeb...
He's a bright guy, he's a capable guy, a decent and affable guy, and I think he'd make a good and effective President....
But the mood of the electorate in this election cycle (both within the party and in the country generally) is just not a hospitable one for a candidate of his type and profile...
His performance has also led me to seriously question how effective a campaign he would wage against Team Clinton, (that's going to be one nasty, brutal affair; if he can't deal effectively with the smears and bombast of Donald Trump, how the hell will he deal with the mudslinging that will fly non-stop from the Clinton campaign?)
Fielding a candidate who can defeat Hillary is obviously Priority One....
I started out as a Bush supporter, and then basically moved to the position that I could enthusiastically support any of three candidates: Bush, Kasich and Rubio.
I still feel that way, but even though now my strongest personal inclinations lean towards Kasich, I'm beginning to think that Rubio may be the one with the strongest shot; both in terms of getting the nomination and in the general election.
If he does get the nomination, I think he'd be very well served to put Kasich on the ticket.
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Paul Singer, Influential Billionaire, Throws Support to Marco Rubio for President
One of the wealthiest and most influential Republican donors in the country is throwing his support to Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a decision that could swing millions of dollars in contributions behind Mr. Rubio at a critical point in the Republican nominating battle.
The decision by the donor, Paul Singer, a billionaire New York investor, is a signal victory for Mr. Rubio in his battle with his rival Jeb Bush for the affections of major Republican patrons and the party’s business wing.
It comes as a major blow to Mr. Bush, who is seeing his once vigorous campaign imperiled by doubts among supporters, and whose early dominance of the race was driven by his financial muscle. Mr. Bush and several other candidates, including Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, had competed fiercely for Mr. Singer’s blessing.
In a letter that Mr. Singer sent to dozens of other donors on Friday, which was obtained by The New York Times, Mr. Singer described Mr. Rubio — who was elected to the Senate in the Tea Party wave but has been embraced by the party’s Washington elite — as the only candidate who can “navigate this complex primary process, and still be in a position to defeat” Hillary Rodham Clinton in a general election.
