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To: locogringo who wrote (896549)	10/26/2015 8:10:55 PM
From: Mongo2116	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574879

The Republican front-runner is a proven fraud and a pathological liar. Ford Motors: Donald Trump Is A Liar, We Chose To Relocate Back To Ohio In 2011 by Colin Taylor • October 26, 2015 Donald Trump’s grasp on reality is tenuous enough as it is; his petulant refusal to fact-check his statements is finally starting to haunt him. After consistently berating Ford Motors for their decision to build an auto plant in Mexico in his campaign “speeches”, he is now attempting to take credit for their decision to move the plant back to Ohio – except that decision was made four years ago, in 2011. Trump took to Twitter yesterday to boast about the move, which he had apparently only just learned about. trump1 Ford was not amused. “Ford has not spoken with Mr. Trump, nor have we made any changes to our plans. We decided to move the F-650 and F-750 medium-duty trucks to Ohio Assembly in 2011, long before any candidates announced their intention to run for U.S. president” said a spokesman. While Trump has promised to “bring jobs back to America,” he has not practiced what he preaches in his business practices. “For Trump to operate, outsource and invest globally while criticizing companies like Ford for doing the same is the ultimate hypocrisy. To be fair to Ford, Trump should either agree to impose a 35% tax on Trump Collection clothing and agree to stop investing overseas, or he should stop his threats against Ford for operating as a global carmaker” slammed economics professor Mark Perry. Trump wasn’t even referring to the right deal. The return of the truck production he is attempting to take credit for was actually arranged by Ohio Governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich, who “negotiated with Ford for the jobs and secured $15 million in tax breaks for the automaker over 15 years, to entice Ford into keeping the jobs in Avon Lake.” The deal that Trump is actually referring to involves $2.5 billion in new engine and transmission plants in Chihuahua and Guanajuato, creating 3,800 jobs and taking advantage of lax Mexican labor laws and low trade tariffs. Trump’s career in economics and business, the only “qualification” he can offer, was started by a “small loan” given to him by his father – for the meager sum of a million dollars. Since then, he has filed for bankruptcy four times after inheriting hundreds of millions from his father after he passed away. He may have risen to the top of the Republican field on the back of his lies and delusional fabrications, but they will only take him so far- a fact manifesting itself as you read, as he slips in the polls to the soft-voiced but just as dangerously misinformed Ben Carson – who has made a name for himself saying equally atrocious things. It really goes to show just how little substance the Republican Party has to offer, and why they don’t deserve a place in our political discourse. __________________

To: locogringo who wrote (896549)

10/26/2015 10:00:40 PM

From: Mongo2116

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the three stooges called a meeting

Bushes Panic And Call “Emergency Family Meeting” Over Jeb’s Collapsing Campaign
by E. Branch • October 26, 2015

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The status of Jeb Bush’s candidacy will be determined in Houston today at a finance meeting. The session was called by the former presidents in Jeb’s immediate family; former President George H. W. Bush and brother, former President George W. Bush as well as mother, Barbara. The meeting will explore the logistics of Jeb’s campaign including large-scale staff cutbacks and low poll numbers. The email was sent by two of George W. Bush’s former chief’s of staff, Andy Card and Josh Bolten. Curiosly, Jeb Bush himself will not attend the session. His family members will determine if he should run for president, for him.

The Texas event doubles as a fundraiser for Jeb. The email, sent to Bush-Cheney alumni, played up the Bush name as much as it could and praised the last Bush’s “extraordinary record of accomplishment and conservative innovation” going on to say that George W. Bush “looks forward to seeing his old friends at this event and to sharing his enthusiasm for Jeb’s candidacy.” Bolten and Card suggested that there would be “other opportunities around the country,” for those unable to attend. The email closed, “Your help today will help position Jeb for a successful outcome.”

This email and family involvement have proved Jeb is unable to handle a campaign on the strength of his own name, without his clan backing him. When asked by CBS earlier in Oct if this would be the case, in true Bush fashion, he denied it. He did not think, or want to admit he would need his brother’s help. “No, he doesn’t have to rescue me….I’m on the path. I’m totally confident about where we are. This is a long haul.”

This is simply not true. According to a GOP source who has frequent interaction with the Bush campaign, said there is a “donor revolt in progress,” early Bush supporters have lost patience with the lagging candidate.

Jeb Bush is suffering from middle child syndrome. Unable to raise his polling numbers past single digits in Iowa and New Hampshire and suffering from a dearth of campaign funding especially from grassroots organizations, he is throwing a fit in front of the nation – proving he is both indecisive and unable to act as his own agent, without the help of his more famous older brother and father.

Jeb did not see the campaign playing out this way; it’s funny to see him pouting over national television that race has not gone how he foresaw it. It turns out –at least in this stage—the Bush name alone is not enough to get Jeb elected. The Republican primary rat race has split voters. Campaign dollars once allotted for Gov. Scott Walker have gone to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio or stayed neutral, while Carson and Trump have come to lead the overcrowded pack. If things continue this way, he might be the Bush who couldn’t, and back out of the race before it really begins. Maybe America has finally learned its lesson.