February 26, 2013

Question? Does anyone know what happened to MSNBC's Steve Schmidt?

Steve Schmidt was the GOP head guy for the McCain/Palin ticket in 2008. He was featured prominently in the HBO movie "Game Change."

He was on MSNBC quite frequently as an analyst, including playing an important role in their election night coverage.



But I haven't seen him on air in months. Is he still with the network? Did he take leave?

February 14, 2013

Marco Rubio, Who Bragged About Living In "Working Class" West Miami, Is Selling His $675,000 House

Source: Miami New Times

Marco Rubio -- the Tea Party's wunderkind, GOP's great not-too-white hope, and water's most awkward chugger -- had his moment in the national spotlight last night, delivering a rebuttal to President Obama's State of the Union speech in both English and Spanish. The reviews are in, ranging from the Daily Beast's "winsome" to Maureen Dowd's "parched, sweaty and shaky."

But let's talk for a moment about his humbleboast, "I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in." Yes, that would be West Miami, where Rubio has been trying to sell that house for an un-working-class-like $675,000 so he can up and move his family to GODLESS ELITE DC.

Here's what he said about his hood:

Mr. President, I still live in the same working class neighborhood I grew up in. My neighbors aren't millionaires. They're retirees who depend on Social Security and Medicare. They're workers who have to get up early tomorrow morning and go to work to pay the bills. They're immigrants, who came here because they were stuck in poverty in countries where the government dominated the economy.


West Miami is, in fact, a fairly blue collar town, just west of tonier Coral Gables. But it's pretty brazen to put your residence there in a nationally televised speech when 1) you are actively trying to leave that working-class neighborhood and 2) you stand to make more than a half-million bucks by doing so.


Read more: http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/02/marco_rubio_who_bragged_about.php

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Here is more information about the "interesting" financing Rubio received to move into his 700,000 dollar working class neighborhood.

Excerpt:

"Rubio's questionable financial judgment re-emerged just two months after his September 2005 ceremony with Jeb Bush. Back then, he owned one home, a small ranch-style place in West Miami on SW 14th Street that he'd purchased in 2003 for $175,000.

In December 2005, he bought a new, larger house a few blocks away on SW 13th Street for $550,000; he took out a $495,000 mortgage.

The fishy part: A month after Rubio purchased the home, U.S. Century Bank reappraised the house at $735,000 and then offered him a new $135,000 home equity loan that the speaker gladly accepted. U.S. Century's board of directors included Sergio Pino -- a megadeveloper who allied with Rubio on a key vote against slot machines -- as well as GOP lobbyist Rodney Barreto and consultant Jose Cancela. Essentially, a bank controlled by supporters printed Rubio $135K out of thin air.

"It's very unusual to get a new equity line so quickly," says Michael Cannon, managing director of Integra Realty Resources in Miami. "The average person would never get a deal like that. He got it, clearly, because of his connections."

Even worse, Rubio never disclosed the line of credit. Confronted about the error, he laughed and told a Herald reporter he couldn't understand why it was a story."


There's more at the link.

February 13, 2013

I thought Rubio was having a Panic attack?

Its not easy reading a teleprompter..... is it?


Wow! That was one awkward drink of water.



He needs a lot of work if he wants to be President.


Fail!

February 9, 2013

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February 9, 2013

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