Another scumbag politician.

[kallend 1,623]

8 hours ago, ryoder said:

Politico: Florida Republican who sponsored ‘Don’t Say Gay’ indicted on Covid relief fraud charges

Say it isn't so!

"Republican", "hypocrite" and "fraud" seem to be synonyms these days.

[jakee 1,254]

10 hours ago, ryoder said:

Politico: Florida Republican who sponsored ‘Don’t Say Gay’ indicted on Covid relief fraud charges

Say it isn't so!

$150k? Amateur hour! He should be jailed for lack of ambition if nothing else. If you’re gonna commit Covid fraud then at least make it count.

£30M Baroness Mone PPE scandal deepens.

[kallend 1,623]

1 hour ago, jakee said:

$150k? Amateur hour! He should be jailed for lack of ambition if nothing else. If you’re gonna commit Covid fraud then at least make it count.

£30M Baroness Mone PPE scandal deepens.

Regardless of the specific misconduct, that article is well worth reading for its general  commentary on "strategic ignorance".  Applies very accurately to the people who continue to support Trump, and those who voted for Walker.

[ryoder 1,382]

A MAGAt that doesn't pay his bill? Say it isn't so!

Conservative Lawyer Who Saved Madison Cawthorn from ‘Insurrection’ Challenge of Candidacy Sues Client for Not Paying Legal Bills

[JerryBaumchen 1,048]

1 hour ago, ryoder said:

A MAGAt that doesn't pay his bill? Say it isn't so!

Conservative Lawyer Who Saved Madison Cawthorn from ‘Insurrection’ Challenge of Candidacy Sues Client for Not Paying Legal Bills

Hi Robert,

Ever hear of the game 'Follow the Leader?'

Jerry Baumchen

[ryoder 1,382]

NYT: Who Is Rep.-Elect George Santos? His Résumé May Be Largely Fiction.

Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, the marquee Wall Street firms on Mr. Santos’s campaign biography, told The Times they had no record of his ever working there. Officials at Baruch College, which Mr. Santos has said he graduated from in 2010, could find no record of anyone matching his name and date of birth graduating that year.

There was also little evidence that his animal rescue group, Friends of Pets United, was, as Mr. Santos claimed, a tax-exempt organization: The Internal Revenue Service could locate no record of a registered charity with that name.

...

...reported a $750,000 salary and over $1 million in dividends from his company, the Devolder Organization...he described it as a capital introduction consulting company...But Mr. Santos’s disclosures did not reveal any clients, an omission three election law experts said could be problematic if such clients exist.

...

And while Mr. Santos has described a family fortune in real estate, he has not disclosed, nor could The Times find, records of his properties.

 

Well, he should fit right in to the modern GOP!

[billvon 2,396]

3 hours ago, ryoder said:

Well, he should fit right in to the modern GOP!

There's also his criminal conviction for stealing a checkbook which he sorta forgot to mention.

Heck, if he sexually assaults a few women, and gets sued for fraud, he could be the next GOP presidential candidate.

[JerryBaumchen 1,048]

Just now, billvon said:

There's also his criminal conviction for stealing a checkbook which he sorta forgot to mention.

Heck, if he sexually assaults a few women, and gets sued for fraud, he could be the next GOP presidential candidate.

Hi Bill,

It does look like he is there just yet.  Maybe the V-P nod.

Jerry Baumchen

[kallend 1,623]

4 hours ago, ryoder said:

NYT: Who Is Rep.-Elect George Santos? His Résumé May Be Largely Fiction.

Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, the marquee Wall Street firms on Mr. Santos’s campaign biography, told The Times they had no record of his ever working there. Officials at Baruch College, which Mr. Santos has said he graduated from in 2010, could find no record of anyone matching his name and date of birth graduating that year.

There was also little evidence that his animal rescue group, Friends of Pets United, was, as Mr. Santos claimed, a tax-exempt organization: The Internal Revenue Service could locate no record of a registered charity with that name.

...

...reported a $750,000 salary and over $1 million in dividends from his company, the Devolder Organization...he described it as a capital introduction consulting company...But Mr. Santos’s disclosures did not reveal any clients, an omission three election law experts said could be problematic if such clients exist.

...

And while Mr. Santos has described a family fortune in real estate, he has not disclosed, nor could The Times find, records of his properties.

 

Well, he should fit right in to the modern GOP!

When the leader of the party sets an example of lying, fraud, treason, and other misconduct, what exactly do you expect from his followers?

[Phil1111 910]

You all are being far to hard on Mr. Santos. Hasn't Herschel Walker established the new bar? The “embodiment of the American dream.” is how Mr. Santos described himself. The dream to acquire wealth, success, and prestige

Didn't he start "an animal rescue charity that saved more than 2,500 dogs and cats" OK, OK, that was a lie. But there is no evidence he ever kicked a cat! Now that he is a GOP senator acquiring enormous wealth is a given. Isn't that a start?

Edited December 19, 2022 by Phil1111

[wmw999 2,121]

1 hour ago, billvon said:

There's also his criminal conviction for stealing a checkbook which he sorta forgot to mention.

Heck, if he sexually assaults a few women, and gets sued for fraud, he could be the next GOP presidential candidate.

Well, that was in Brazil, so it doesn't matter for US elective purposes.

Wendy P.

[ryoder 1,382]

US Rep. Ferguson voted in Georgia county where he no longer lives, records show

U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson, a Republican from west Georgia who has raised concerns in the past about election fraud, voted three times this year in Troup County. But Ferguson no longer lives at the address where he’s registered to vote after he sold his house in April and moved in with his wife two counties away.

It’s illegal in Georgia for voters to cast a ballot in a county where they don’t have a residence.

[headoverheels 291]

I wonder whether he will receive the same sentence as this Georgia fraudulent voter:

https://www.sos.ga.gov/news/secretary-raffensperger-applauds-voter-fraud-conviction

 

[JerryBaumchen 1,048]

Hi folks,

Poor Kari:  dismissing the highest-profile case challenging the midterm election results

Judge dismisses remainder of Kari Lake’s election lawsuit following two-day trial | The Hill

At Nuremburg, they said they were just following orders.  I wonder what her reasoning is:  The winning, the winning, . . . 

Jerry Baumchen

[kallend 1,623]

On 12/19/2022 at 3:17 PM, Phil1111 said:

You all are being far to hard on Mr. Santos. Hasn't Herschel Walker established the new bar? The “embodiment of the American dream.” is how Mr. Santos described himself. The dream to acquire wealth, success, and prestige

Didn't he start "an animal rescue charity that saved more than 2,500 dogs and cats" OK, OK, that was a lie. But there is no evidence he ever kicked a cat! Now that he is a GOP senator acquiring enormous wealth is a given. Isn't that a start?

 

In an interview yesterday Santos (R, NY) admitted lying.

He also told us that he is not a crook.

That's a relief.

[lippy 771]

48 minutes ago, kallend said:

In an interview yesterday Santos (R, NY) admitted lying.

He also told us that he is not a crook.

That's a relief.

Reading this line from Santos's interview almost had me falling out of my chair:

Quote

“I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos told Post. “I am Catholic. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was `Jew-ish.'”

 

[Phil1111 910]

2 hours ago, kallend said:

In an interview yesterday Santos (R, NY) admitted lying.

He also told us that he is not a crook.

That's a relief.

Skipped out on rent many times and judgements for bad debts Through his entire life he exaggerated his jobs, education and wealth Made wild statements about all kinds of real estate he claims he owned. But did not  Just like another republican from NY.

So naturally republicans voted for him

[wmw999 2,121]

23 minutes ago, Phil1111 said:

Skipped out on rent many times and judgements for bad debts Through his entire life he exaggerated his jobs, education and wealth Made wild statements about all kinds of real estate he claims he owned. But did not  Just like another republican from NY.

So naturally republicans voted for him

A shiny outside can conceal something entirely different within

Wendy P.

[ryoder 1,382]

Steve Schmidt (of the LIncoln Project), posted that it was political malpractice that the Democrats didn't discover and expose Santos during opposition research.

[kallend 1,623]

51 minutes ago, ryoder said:

Steve Schmidt (of the LIncoln Project), posted that it was political malpractice that the Democrats didn't discover and expose Santos during opposition research.

Meh.  Millions of Americans have shown that they'll happily vote for morons, liars, frauds, sexual predators and con-men so long as they have (R) after their names.

[kallend 1,623]

Apparently Jew-ish isn't the same as Jewish.  Who knew?

https://www.axios.com/2022/12/27/republican-jewish-coalition-disavows-george-santos

[ryoder 1,382]

2 minutes ago, kallend said:

Apparently Jew-ish isn't the same as Jewish.  Who knew?

https://www.axios.com/2022/12/27/republican-jewish-coalition-disavows-george-santos

That sounds like something from a Mel Brooks script.

[Phil1111 910]

40 minutes ago, kallend said:

Apparently Jew-ish isn't the same as Jewish.  Who knew?

https://www.axios.com/2022/12/27/republican-jewish-coalition-disavows-george-santos

Interactive Santos click on the icons and republican talking points for running successfully for congress open up.

[wolfriverjoe 1,340]

5 hours ago, ryoder said:

That sounds like something from a Mel Brooks script.

Kinda, but I think Mel would look at that and go:

"Nah. That's too stupid. Nobody would be dumb enough to try that".

[ryoder 1,382]

This seems like a valid question:

Daily Kos: Is George Santos A Citizen?