This is something unexpected, out of left field:
I hear the Rickets family, who own the Chicago Cubs, are secretly
spending $'s against me. They better be careful, they have a lot to
hide!
That's a Donald Trump Twitter rant. Republican candidate Donald Trump. Leading presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Trump is a TV B-celebrity. He is a pompous, egotistical blowhard who is trying to bully his way into the White House. He has no platform except his popularity fueled by his outrageous statements. He has struck the independent, anti-establishment voting bloc. He is a junk yard dog snarling at the gate if he senses anyone is going to invade his territory.
Joe Ricketts created a Political Action Committee to funnel money against President Obama during his re-election. He also owns a digital media company, DNAinfo, which covers politics. The Ricketts family made their fortune by owning a stock brokerage firm. Joe Ricketts represents the conservative Republican base.
In some ways, Trump is running against the GOP conservative base. So Ricketts is a natural enemy. But Trump's rhetoric is worse than his bite because he uses rash generalizations without any factual foundation. How he has lasted so long spewing mindless, disconnected thoughts has the national media baffled and confused.
Besides, U.S. election laws make it very difficult to "hide" political spending. The Supreme Court decision that allows individuals and PACs to spend unlimited amounts of money in an election under the realm of free speech puts billionaires in charge of the political discourse.
NBC News reported that Joe Ricketts, was involved in this
year's race early, giving $5 million to the super PAC backing Wisconsin
Governor Scott Walker, but Walker dropped out in early September after
quickly burning through his stock of cash. Ricketts hasn't publicly backed
another candidate.
So what if Joe Ricketts is backing a different GOP candidate? In the paranormal, paranoid world of Trump, anyone not with him is the enemy that has to be attacked and destroyed.
I'd still like to hear what Trump thinks Ricketts has to "hide." Besides the depth in the Cubs starting rotation.
