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Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:28 am
by Shirley
JKLivin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:24 pm
TDub wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:12 pm
eliminate lobbies and you start to curb that problem.
Agreed. Great starting point.
Getting the money out of politics, something republicans won't even talk about, would also be a "great starting point".
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:50 am
by JKLivin
Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:28 am
JKLivin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:24 pm
TDub wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:12 pm
eliminate lobbies and you start to curb that problem.
Agreed. Great starting point.
Getting the money out of politics, something republicans won't even talk about, would also be a "great starting point".
Agreed. I don't consider myself a Republican. I am a conservative. Neither party really gives me much to work with, but, the Republican candidate is usually the least objectionable. I would love to have a candidate I can be enthusiastic about.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:20 am
by Sparko
VGR has a $50M stake in fossil fuels and advocacies for drilling.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:33 am
by jfish26
Sparko wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:20 am
VGR has a $50M stake in fossil fuels and advocacies for drilling.
This is one of the LESS objectionable things about him.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:50 am
by jfish26
Sparko wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:51 pm
How did Vivek acquire his money? Essentially, it involves Vivek acquiring a failed pharmaceutical drug that went through 4 unsuccessful trials that he would market as an Alzheimer's breakthrough. He put his mom, a doctor, on the research team and suddenly, the drug showed remarkable improvement (Ahem). The drug was rebranded, and his company took in millions. Yet before the phase 3 trials began, Vivek and his family emptied their shares.
The saga involves manipulated data, a company based in Bermuda, destroyed lives and alleged insider training knowledge.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8 ... uld-expect
Here it is in reading-intolerant form (for Randy, natch).
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:51 pm
by Sparko
jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:33 am
Sparko wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:20 am
VGR has a $50M stake in fossil fuels and advocacies for drilling.
This is one of the LESS objectionable things about him.
Bought and paid for though. His money is on the dresser
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:54 pm
by jfish26
Sparko wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:51 pm
jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:33 am
Sparko wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:20 am
VGR has a $50M stake in fossil fuels and advocacies for drilling.
This is one of the LESS objectionable things about him.
Bought and paid for though. His money is on the dresser
The thing is that there’s a fig leaf of separation for Vivek; he’s independently wealthy*, so he gets to cover himself in BUSINESS GUY glory.
*
Of course, his independent wealth is derived from what amounts to grift…but the Rs will tell you his wealth means he’s not a grift risk. As if that’s stopping The Defendant.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:56 pm
by Sparko
Fortunes were made on Trump Steaks
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:20 pm
by KUTradition
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:41 pm
by Sparko
Having no principles and no clue is hard to sustain without a rube posse.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:31 am
by jfish26
So, this genius’ plan is to sell out Ukraine and NATO, based on a weakened Putin’s pinky swear not to play in the sandbox with China.
Prince of the Rubes, this guy.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 1:04 pm
by zsn
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vivek-ra ... c4bd6b7500
Like “Obama”, “Ramaswamy” is not that difficult to pronounce, unless you’re lazy, stupid or bigoted. Methinks Vivek is trying a little too hard to get the rubes to overlook his ethnicity.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 1:08 pm
by jfish26
I guess I wouldn’t use the word “overlook”; the vibes I get are sort of opposite that.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:26 pm
by randylahey
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:37 pm
by jfish26
Hey Siri, show me a vapid talking point.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:08 pm
by twocoach
Is he aware that the Supreme Court already struck down affirmative action?
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:36 pm
by zsn
Yippee! More Chinese- and Indian-Americans in institutions of higher learning!! Has anyone seen the Scripps Spelling Bee over the last 20 years?
Maybe it’s விவேக்’s secret plan to turn America into the Spelling Bee
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 6:11 pm
by JKLivin
twocoach wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:08 pm
Is he aware that the Supreme Court already struck down affirmative action?
Apparently you’ve not heard of DEI.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 6:19 pm
by Sparko
He makes a bad argument. If someone can get through particle physics and advanced calculus just by getting a chance to attend school, there is nothing to bitch about. The U. S. is actually plagued by wealthy kids failing their way into success as legacy admits and nepotistic hires.
Re: Vivek ramaswamy
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 6:21 pm
by mjl2
Wait - you're against private organizations deciding to emphasize DEI?
My goodness. Again, you're just so far left in your views on Government and the power it should have.
