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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumInside scoop: Rmoney got told by a major funder he had to pick Ryan or Christie
or no $100 million. Adelson, presumably.
This ought to scare the bejeezus out of you. I mean, we pretty much take it for granted that Congress is coin-operated, but the White House, too?
My source is a former repuke campaign operative who is now, strangely enough, working with me and my (mainly progressive) colleagues. In fact, the reason he's working with us is that the Huntsman campaign imploded, leaving him with nowhere else to go, 'cause he's sane.
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Inside scoop: Rmoney got told by a major funder he had to pick Ryan or Christie (Original Post)
KamaAina
Aug 2012
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Blue Owl
(59,107 posts)1. Williard hears and obeys
YE$, MA$TER...
Dkc05
(375 posts)2. SHELDON ADELSON-----
Big Zionist money. You can bet it was him.
Blue Idaho
(5,500 posts)3. Nothing new, Willard has always followed orders.
He is an empty suit.
Blue Meany
(1,947 posts)4. There was another report that the Koch brothers offered $100 million
for him to pick Ryan.
philly_bob
(2,433 posts)5. Believable, plausible -- but needs confirmation or second-source. (nt)