Yes, now Rand Paul is having a whole new love affair. Let us hope that Mitch McConnell is not jealous. Now, Rand Paul is crawling into bed with none other than Jeb Bush, brother of disgraced former President George W. Bush.
But wait, I thought that Rand Paul "opposed" all the bailouts for the bankers. Mitch McConnell was all for throwing taxpayer dollars at the bankers, $700 billion to be exact. And all for the actions of Jeb Bush's brother who crashed the economy and called for the bailouts in the first place. Since birds of a feather flock together how can we really believe that Rand Paul opposes this activity??
And you see, Jeb Bush is no stranger to bailouts and neither is his family. His brother as we all know caused and spearheaded the bailouts just before the last Presidential elections and as it turns out this family and Jeb Bush are not new to bailouts and robbing the taxpayers with them. Remember the S&L crisis of the 80s? Yes, Jeb Bush was right there then and robbed the taxpayer till quite handsomely:
Jeb’s defaulted loan from Broward Federal Savings and Loan in Sunrise, Florida transpired as follows.16 On February 1, 1985, Broward Federal loaned $4,565,000 to real estate developer J. Edward Houston, secured only by Houston’s personal guarantee. The same day, a company headed by Houston turned around and loaned the same amount to a partnership of Jeb Bush and Miami real estate developer Armondo Codina for them to buy a five-story building in Miami’s financial district.
Curiously, the Bush-Codina partnership was required to repay the loan from Houston "only as, if and to the extent that the cash flow from the building was sufficient to support those payments." In fact, Bush and Codina made no payments at all on the loan prior to the final default settlement. In 1987 Houston defaulted on the $4.5 million Broward Federal loan, and the S&L sued both him and the Bush-Codina partnership. In an unusual settlement with the FDIC, Bush and Codina were obligated to repay just $500,000 of the loan and got to keep the building in the Miami financial district that collateralized the loan.
In 1991, federal regulators sued the officers and directors of Broward, charging that the loan used by Bush and Codina cost the savings and loan at least $4.97 million and was representative of the association’s negligent lending practices.17 The Bush-Codina loan contributed to the collapse of the Florida S&L, which cost taxpayers $285 million.
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So the question arises that if Rand Paul really does not believe in robbing the taxpayers blind like Jeb Bush did why would he ever except help from the man?? The answer is quite simple. Greed, and money. You see as of now Jack Conway's campaign is smoking Paul in cash on hand. What the hell do principles mean to Rand Paul when there is so much money to be had??
So you see, Rand Paul is just like any typical Republican in Kentucky. He may talk a big game but when it comes to defending corporate profits and getting himself elected he cares little about principles and values and will jump into bed with any failed Corporate ideals and any politician, even one who has milked taxpayers of millions and helped cause two financial disasters the taxpayers paid for.
Welcome to the Paul campaign Jeb Bush. You will fit right in.
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