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Bluzmann57

(12,336 posts) Wed Dec 11, 2013, 01:51 PM Dec 2013

Who is Bruce Rauner and why is he on my tv so often?

I live in Eastern Iowa, Quad Cities and so we get political ads from two states (yippee. or not). Anyway, I've noticed a LOT of ads by some right winger named Bruce Rauner. Memo to Rauner- it's only December, stop polluting the airwaves already.

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Who is Bruce Rauner and why is he on my tv so often? (Original Post) Bluzmann57 Dec 2013 OP

me too - I understand he is one rich mother-effer rurallib Dec 2013 #1

Too funny marsis Dec 2013 #2

Bruce Rauner is a plutorcatic parasite with a shitty past and ugly vision for Illinois' future. Snarkoleptic Dec 2013 #3

Thanks for posting all these great links. Did you hear Madigan made fun of his cheap watch? Peregrine Took Dec 2013 #5

I hadn't heard that until now and it's hilarious. Snarkoleptic Dec 2013 #6

He likes to promote charter schools but used clout to get his daughter in to a top 'public' HS lunasun Jan 2014 #7

Some right-wing Ritchie-Rich that thinks he knows how to run a state just because he's "successful" truebrit71 Dec 2013 #4

rurallib

(63,204 posts)

1. me too - I understand he is one rich mother-effer

Reply to Bluzmann57 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 01:59 PM

Dec 2013

who thinks he can buy a governorship and then make peons worship Ayn Rand and Jesus.
Governorships cost about a quarter billion these days.

marsis

(301 posts)

2. Too funny

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 02:13 PM

Dec 2013

Ayn Rand and Jesus, mutually exclusive.

Snarkoleptic

(6,027 posts)

3. Bruce Rauner is a plutorcatic parasite with a shitty past and ugly vision for Illinois' future.

Reply to Bluzmann57 (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 11:58 PM

Dec 2013

You can read the inside scoop on this mini-Romney here-
http://norauner.com/

and more here.....

User-
Member of the ultra-douchie Commercial Club of Chicago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Rauner

Rules are for the little people-

In March 2013, the Daily Herald reported that Rauner had, for a number of years, improperly claimed three homestead exemptions on his Cook County property taxes. In April 2013, Crain's Chicago Business reported that Rauner, who had changed his voter registration address from Wilmette to Chicago in 2008, allegedly used his influence to obtain admission to Walter Payton College Prep for a daughter who did not meet the entrance requirements of the school and was initially denied admission.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Rauner

Private Equity Parasite ala Rmoney-

Healthcare benefits provider Universal American Corp sued private equity firm GTCR LLC on Tuesday to undo a $222.3 million acquisition it said was induced by fraud, a day after GTCR filed its own lawsuit to block Universal's claims.

The dispute goes to the heart of the business of the private equity industry, where firms buy companies and hope to sell them later at a profit. Finding interested buyers and avoiding the taint of fraud are crucial to a firm's ability to earn big profits for itself and its investors.

--snip--

Universal said "the ugly truth" emerged soon thereafter, with APS being declared in default by its biggest customer and losing some or all of its business with other large customers.

"Defendants engaged in a deliberate campaign to conceal the truth about APS," Universal said. "The avalanche of bad news ... the complete evaporation of APS's income within months, and the sheer number of misrepresentations and omissions in the merger agreement ... are all telltale signs of fraud."

Suffice to say he's just another corporate parasite seeking to add a jewel to his resume'.

Peregrine Took

(7,504 posts)

5. Thanks for posting all these great links. Did you hear Madigan made fun of his cheap watch?

Reply to Snarkoleptic (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 14, 2013, 03:02 PM

Dec 2013

Trying to appeal to ""Joe 6 pack" in a loathesome, condescending way he wears a cheapo watch in one of his EVERYMAN commercials.

Madigan referred to his $18.00 watch. LOL

Snarkoleptic

(6,027 posts)

6. I hadn't heard that until now and it's hilarious.

Reply to Peregrine Took (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 14, 2013, 06:04 PM

Dec 2013

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I hope, despite the recent early ad blitz, few will believe that a guy who made $53.4 million last year and has nine homes is wearing a cheap plastic watch.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

7. He likes to promote charter schools but used clout to get his daughter in to a top 'public' HS

Reply to Peregrine Took (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 6, 2014, 09:44 PM

Jan 2014

anti government schools but wants his daughter to go there even though she doesn't belong

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/24679675-418/bruce-rauner-ad-promotes-charters-but-cps-clout-call-dogs-him.html
lots of GOP competition and poor running mate choice
Sen. Bill Brady’s selection of Maria Rodriguez brings a proven conservative with suburban ties, and some Executive experience as a Mayor, to balance Brady’s legislative background as a State Senator.

Sen. Kirk Dillard’s pick of State Rep. Jil Tracy provides geographic balance as she hails from downstate Quincy, and she is a well-regarded legislator with support of many conservative and moderate Republicans. As well, Tracy has a business background in a large family business that employs many Illinoisans.

Treasurer Dan Rutherford chose Steve Kim who has the experience of having run statewide before and he and Rutherford have a great deal of synergy together as long time allies. Rutherford trusts him to be in charge of implementing his statewide jobs creation program.

Bruce Rauner, after being turned down by several more accomplished suburban women, settled on little known first-term Wheaton Councilwoman Evelyn Pacino Sanguinetti. After a brief campaign rollout augmented by a couple of slick videos (one English. one Spanish) this web site broke the hugely damaging story about Sanguinetti’s multi-count lawsuit against her own community and other governmental bodies over her slip and fall on a walk to the train station. Once that information became public it was too late for Rauner to dump her from the ticket and admit he made the wrong choice. But she has become so toxic that he has had to find a seat on the backbench for her to avoid more public scrutiny of his poor judgment.

Here is the story about “Slip and Sue:” http://norauner.com/2013/10/22/sanguinetti-slip-and-sue-story-going-viral/
http://norauner.com/

Looks like he has money to keep up those TV ads
Blue state will most likely stay that way...

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)

4. Some right-wing Ritchie-Rich that thinks he knows how to run a state just because he's "successful"