".....and in this Corner"

[sirs]

An $80,000 boat is not any dinghy.

WOW......Krauthammer was spot on, when he referenced the level of desperation coming from the left at the prospects of a Rubio nominee. 



Boats in general, are pretty pricey, so the fact he got this tiny little thing for 80k is pretty good.  But if you listened the whining on the left, you'd think he bought a


(that, btw, was SoS Kerry's 7+ Million dollar "dinghy")

[Xavier_Onassis]

If he paid $80,000 for that thing, he is a true sucker.

This is not as bad as his constant violations of traffic laws, though.

[sirs]

4 moving violations in 17+years is not analogous "constant violations".   Even the most hardened of liberal comedians recognize the desperation of that tactic         

Nice to know now how he went from some big thrift uber rich spender to someone who supposedly purchased crap.  Never realized you were so "versed" & experienced in maritime boat values.  Do tell

[Plane]

Reject him for buying a boat....with his own money??  And Hillary is flying in private jets & chauffered limos, but she shouldn't be rejected?? 

See the upside down nonsense you're demonstrating?

How did he buy this boat?

Last time John Kerry bought a yacht he bought and registered it in a state with less taxation for it than his own state.

Which I would have also done, but I haven't ever advocated that taxes be higher.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Tax avoidance is not a crime. Whether it is immoral is a murkier issue.
Rubio is what is called nouveau riche. He gets some money and spends it like a sailor on shore leave.

What is worst about Rubio is that he is for sale to the highest bidder. Whatever Norman Brahman wants him to believe will become part of his creed until and unless he finds someone with even more money. The FL legislature, which Rubio presided over, is a dysfunctional bunch of  despoilers of the environment, hick lawyers, undereducated businessmen and half baked ideologues. Only Arizona and perhaps Alabama can compete with it for sheer incompetence.

[sirs]

What is worst about Rubio is that he is for sale to the highest bidder.

Oh, you have got to be kidding......AND HILLARY GETS A PASS ON THAT??  Lemme guess.....the right type of people bought her. 

[Xavier_Onassis]

How does Hillary doing anything make Rubio not guilty of selling out to thew highest bidder?
Hillary has nothing to do with this discussion.
Nothing
At
All.

[sirs]

How does your opinion that Rubio selling out to the highest bidder as his "worst", absolve your gal Hillary, from the billions poured into her & Bill's foundation, in buying her??
Nothing
At
All

[Xavier_Onassis]

Did I say Hillary was "my gal"? No, I did not. 

I said NOT ONE WORD about Hillary, because this is not about Hillary.

This is about Rubio and only Rubio and no one else but Rubio.

Rubio is not running against Hillary in any Republican primary, either. The time to compare Rubio and Hillary has not yet come. It may never come.

[sirs]

You've defended Hillary since the get go.  Of course she's going to be your gal, when she's officially the nominee.  And YES, when you try to throw out the notion of being bought by the highest bidder, that ABSOLUTELY makes this about Hillary. 

You don't get to make the demands about what a thread can only be about.  From the get go, it was about the potential nominees each party has, and the likelyhood of they becoming the party's nominee.  That includes Hillary & Rubio.  It also includes Walker, Bush, Sanders, & O'Mally.  If people want to inquire about others like Kimba did with Cruz, that's perfectly rational as well.  You can either deal with the credible tangents, or hold your breath until you turn blue, since its obvious you can't defend the indefensible....in this case that the highest bidder to date, with the current crop of those running for President, from any party, is good 'ol Hillary

[Xavier_Onassis]

Hillary is superior to any of the current Republican'ts. I prefer Bernie Sanders, actually.

But again this is not a discussion that has one damned thing to do with Hillary.

There is nothing evil that Hillary could do that would make Rubio one whit more acceptable.

[sirs]

Hillary is superior to any of the current Republican'ts.

BUT..... you just said the worst thing about a candidate is themselves being bought off by the highest bidder.  So....its ok to be bought off, if you have a (D) after your name?  Is that how it works?

There is nothing evil that Hillary could do that would make Rubio one whit more acceptable.

As if there were anything that would be, as per the ravings of a hard core leftist.        She has the right letter, he doesn't.  And its just as much, if not more, about Hillary than any bidding for Rubio

[sirs]

What is worst about *insert candidate here* is that he/she is for sale to the highest bidder.

This is the quote that's going to haunt our resident liberal professor all thru the next Presidential campaign process.  Not just a bad thing....but the WORST....that of a Candidate being for sold to the highest bidder.  Now, xo may want to pick on Rubio and "Rubio only", in order to avoid the 800lb Democrat Candidate in the room, but the effort to keep trying to spraypaint Rubio & "Rubio only", is merely going to keep bringing Hillary's history right back into the spotlight

Now, who amongst the top tier candidates:
- Rubio
- Clinton
- Walker
- Sanders
- Bush

...not just have access, but have factually received BILLIONS in donations to their personal foundation?  Now, all have been in a position to "facilitate favors", but who has held the highest appointed office, that has global connections?  And just for the record, who amonst these 5 have the highest net worth?

[sirs]

I'll get the net worth started with ranking

5) Sanders (about 1/2 million)

4) Rubio (under 1million)

3) Walker (a little over 1million)

2) Jeb Bush (10+million)

1) Anyone want to take a guess?


(had to make a correction, as Sanders came in way below the standard Senator's net worth.  I guess he's doing something wrong)

[Xavier_Onassis]

It would be nice if Americans did not vote based on the size of contributions to the candidate's war chest.

It would also be nice if no candidate ran attack ads, and stuck to showing his or her virtues.

But I do not see this as all that likely.