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After Failing in Costly Anti-Trump Effort, Ameritrade Founder Joe Ricketts to Back Nominee
Wall Street Journal ^ | 92/0/16 | By BRODY MULLINS and REBECCA BALLHAUS

Posted on 09/20/2016 1:57:58 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

Few Republicans have done as much to fight the presidential campaign of Donald Trump than Joe Ricketts and his family.

But in a stunning turnaround, Mr. Ricketts has now decided to endorse Mr. Trump, and plans to donate at least $1 million to help him win the presidency in November.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ameritrade; endorsement; ricketts; trump
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To: Trod Upon

Possibly. But with our wimpy populace of which half loves O and would love to see him stay, and a significant portion of the other half being wimps, independents, or RINO’s, the percentage of those who would refuse O’s dictatorship may just be too small.

Look how many have loved his dictatorship so far..........


41 posted on 09/20/2016 3:29:17 PM PDT by Arlis
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To: Fungi

I won’t.
You have to kill cockroaches and their offspring.


42 posted on 09/20/2016 3:31:06 PM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: Navin Johnson

You know what i count them as? A bunch of rich establisment dicks who spent obscene amounts on a guy who dared tell the truth about our southern border, among many things. Dont defend these crony capitalist bastards.


43 posted on 09/20/2016 3:43:42 PM PDT by steel_resolve (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: NohSpinZone

Good that he came to his senses. I hope he will donate to the Trump campaign too, by way of atonement.


44 posted on 09/20/2016 3:47:52 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Arlis

“If you don’t think the above is true, you don’t know Obama......”

No, actually you don’t know what you’re talking about. This subject has been covered numerous times. Go look it up.


45 posted on 09/20/2016 4:04:58 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: sergeantdave

Huh?

What is the proof that what I said is NOT possible?

You think none of the above is possible? And why?


46 posted on 09/20/2016 4:16:48 PM PDT by Arlis
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To: Arlis

Like I said, Arlis, go look it up.


47 posted on 09/20/2016 4:23:14 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: sergeantdave

Sorry - guess I’m dense. Look what up?


48 posted on 09/20/2016 4:24:44 PM PDT by Arlis
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To: Arlis
Nope. Any number of things could happen that would allow O to delay the election: Hillary’s health goes really bad, or, she dies; some event where he’d declare martial law and delay/indefinitely postpone the election, etc.

Balderdash.

How whimsical. How quaint.

You don't seem to understand how the Establishment operates. 0bama is merely an enthusiastic servant. As an individual, he's completely disposable. He'll leave the stage precisely on schedule, when his 15 minutes are up, ostensibly to be replaced by the next useful tool of the elites, Hillary Clinton.

The last thing that the Establishment wants to do is create risky, unpredictable turmoil with a widely armed citizenry that happens to be in a distinctly Revolutionary mood.

You kids are so silly sometimes. Delaying the Presidential election simply will not happen.

Please put down the crack pipe that you have tucked into your tinfoil hat. Jeez...

Vote Trump!

49 posted on 09/20/2016 4:34:55 PM PDT by sargon (Anyone AWOL in the battle against Hillary is not a patriot. It's that simple.)
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To: Arlis

Your asinine claim that President Buckwheat will suspend the election and declare martial law. The matter has been covered in detail. Go look it up!!!!!!!


50 posted on 09/20/2016 4:37:37 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: Dog
Believe people....BELIEVE!!

Two billionaires are planning to open their pocketbooks for Republican nominee Donald Trump in the final six weeks of the election, as the businessman continues to lag behind Democrat Hillary Clinton in fundraising.

Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, are planning to spend $45 million to boost Republicans in the next two months, including at least $5 million to help Mr. Trump, according to a person familiar with the plans.

And Joe Ricketts, the founder of TD Ameritrade who donated millions of dollars to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s presidential campaign before pouring $6 million together with his wife into an anti-Trump super PAC, in a stunning reversal now plans to give at least $1 million to a group backing Mr. Trump.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/billionaires-sheldon-adelson-joe-ricketts-plan-donations-to-donald-trumps-campaign-1474340684

51 posted on 09/20/2016 4:56:07 PM PDT by true believer forever ("We conservatives have to come together and pull out a win for Romney" Mark Levin 4/20/2012)
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To: NohSpinZone

He can read the polls, now sucking up to the next president.


52 posted on 09/20/2016 6:41:14 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: NohSpinZone

He can read the polls, now sucking up to the next president.


53 posted on 09/20/2016 6:41:16 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Arlis

True, but I look at how much difficulty we’ve had defeating cave-dwelling savages who live on the other side of the globe rather than amongst us. I really don’t think it would take a very large percentage of the US population to get the job done. With any luck we won’t have to find out.


54 posted on 09/20/2016 7:19:40 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Government employees and welfare recipients are both net tax consumers. Often for life.)
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