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OT: The Hottest Babe of The Republican Field

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Too bad so much press has focused on Cain and his accusers. But that's just the cover bums like Gingrich need to fail upwards*. [Gingrich took $1.6 million in lobbying proceeds from an industry who's bailouts have thus far sent $5-$6 trillion U.S. taxpayer money over "the pond" to bailout Europe (with more to come).]

Ron Paul is a much better choice. But he's the last guy the finanacial industry wants elected... hence 8% poll support. Sigh... Here he is laying it out: http://runronpaul.com/interviews/ron-pau…



* Being fair, a Democrat with similar credentials is Larry Summers. He who deregulated safeguards on the financial industry as Clinton's treasury secretary (how'd that mess turn out by '08?) and then managed to become Obama's chief economic advisor (yeah, we're f*cked). What did he do in between? President of Harvard (lol!) From Wikipedia: "Losses on financial derivatives

During Summers's presidency at Harvard, the University entered into a series totalling US$3.52 billion of interest rate swaps, financial derivatives that can be used for either hedging or speculation.[44] Summers approved the decision to enter into the swap contracts as president of the university and as a member of Harvard Corp., "the university's seven-member ruling body" which bears "the school's ultimate fiduciary responsibility."[45] By late 2008, those positions had lost approximately $1 billion in value, a setback which forced Harvard to borrow significant sums in distressed market conditions to meet margin calls on the swaps.[46] In the end Harvard paid $497.6 million in termination fees to investment banks and has agreed to pay another $425 million over 30-40 years.[45] The decision to enter into the swap positions has been attributed to Summers and has been termed a "massive interest-rate gamble" that ended badly.[47]"