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    CJ dot coBrendan O'Connor
    3/20/16 7:19pm

    When will Gawker address the financial fact that it owes Hulk Hogan $115,000,000?

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      BenshappymomCJ dot co
      3/20/16 7:35pm

      Unless Florida has a very different legal system than I am used to, they don’t owe him yet. There are multiple checks on crazy-ass jury verdicts, starting with a trial judge saying it’s crazy, and proceeding up through appellate courts. We haven’t even heard from the trial judge yet.

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      9-LinesCJ dot co
      3/20/16 7:37pm

      Here’s the official Gawker response...

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    GregoireBrendan O'Connor
    3/20/16 7:19pm

    nearly half of the money Marco Rubio’s super PAC raised since he announced his candidacy came in February—the month before he quit.

    This is very AMI (Alanis Morissette Ironic), meaning not actually ironic, just unfortunate but with the feel of something poetic.

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      #NotAllYzermanGregoire
      3/20/16 7:22pm

      It’s like Rubio’s sweattttttt

      On your wedding dayyyyy

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      GregSamsaGregoire
      3/20/16 7:26pm

      Perhaps it’s my Alanis bias—I genuinely like her and think she’s reasonably intelligent and talented—but I like to think the song itself is the irony. What could be more ironic than to write a song citing various ironic things, and yet not actually name one thing that is truly ironic?

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    frankwalsinghalmBrendan O'Connor
    3/20/16 7:38pm

    I am still amazed that anyone thought he had a chance. Just his looks — he’s the scotch-and-steak guy who fires your dad before going out to play nine holes.

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      secretagentmanfrankwalsinghalm
      3/20/16 8:21pm

      Nailed it.

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      TRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)frankwalsinghalm
      3/20/16 9:15pm

      Mitt Romney looks like the CEO of some hard-to-explain company that practically prints money: Unctuously confident and self-satisfied. Jeb! looks like a guy who patiently ground his way to senior regional VP: Prudent, well-connected, but without the charisma for real leadership.

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    9-LinesBrendan O'Connor
    3/20/16 7:33pm

    Maybe he can lend Gawker some money....

    #elephantintheroom

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      qzyuiohqakj9-Lines
      3/20/16 8:20pm

      Gawker was posting highlights of its trial every day last week. I get the impression that they were laughing at the whole thing in the office.

      And just like that, all of them realized that they probably weren’t going to have jobs anymore.

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      Executor Elassus9-Lines
      3/21/16 2:32am

      Maybe the editors of a gossip site with Serious Journamalism aspirations can learn the difference between a loan (noun) and lending (verb) it, as you have.

      That’s one of those things like “I could care less” that really irritates me.

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    ShinobiJediBrendan O'Connor
    3/20/16 7:43pm

    I should just Google it, but being a bit of a masochist, I’ll just go ahead and ask it here: What happens to the left over donation $$ once a campaign ends?

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      JustJakeyShinobiJedi
      3/20/16 7:51pm

      Surplus money can’t be used for personal expenses, according to FactCheck.org. The money can be used, within limits, to make donations to other political campaigns. Apparently, that prohibition to use campaign cash for personal use only went into effect in 1989.

      EDIT: Another article stated that the first prohibition against using campaign funds for personal use was in 1979, but that didn’t include US Senators or Representatives. The 1989 addendum to that 1979 law made it unlawful for members of Congress to convert campaign money to personal use.

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      ShinobiJediJustJakey
      3/20/16 8:25pm

      You are fucking Jedi for providing a legit answer.

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    Vulcan Has No MoonBrendan O'Connor
    3/20/16 7:26pm

    The Bush family is worth billions. A few hundred thousand dollars to buy the presidency is good ROI. Just as Bush Junior.

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      e.nonVulcan Has No Moon
      3/20/16 9:02pm

      you forgot about having a brother as governor in a key state where you can arrange the theft of the outcome.

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    LVNBrendan O'Connor
    3/20/16 7:21pm

    BUT...What about Gawker’s own “

    Sad Financial Facts About Failed Legal Defense?

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      DesignMonkeyBrendan O'Connor
      3/20/16 8:42pm

      This isn’t sad. This is honorable. Jeb Bush is covering his campaign debts.

      The alternative is shameful and all too common. Look up what happened to Romney’s staff the day after the election. He cancelled their credit cards and left staffers stranded across the country.

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        mostyoulostonacointossBrendan O'Connor
        3/20/16 7:54pm

        Steve Wynn? I thought he’d have better knowledge on betting.

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          justifiablemostyoulostonacointoss
          3/20/16 8:04pm

          Totally. Even a blind man could have seen Jeb! was a loser.

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        CorbettoBrendan O'Connor
        3/20/16 8:29pm

        Poor Jeb$

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