Posted on 06/05/2015 4:42:25 PM PDT by Kaslin
The New York Times has been fairly dogged in its pursuit of details regarding the Clinton Foundation "slush fund" -- with new questions about quid quo pro pocket-lining and influence-mongering arising virtually every single day. In the interests of scandal coverage balance, the Times is out with a red hot scoop about Marco Rubio and his wife. The question is not whether this is a game-changing bombshell. The question is whether this is merely disqualifying, or an impeachable offense:
...Politics is not the only area where Mr. Rubio, a Republican from Florida, has an affinity for the fast track. He and his wife, Jeanette, have also shown a tendency to be in a rush on the road. According to a search of the Miami-Dade and Duval County court dockets, the Rubios have been cited for numerous infractions over the years for incidents that included speeding, driving through red lights and careless driving. A review of records dating back to 1997 shows that the couple had a combined 17 citations: Mr. Rubio with four and his wife with 13. On four separate occasions they agreed to attend remedial driving school after a violation. Mr. Rubio’s troubles behind the wheel predate his days in politics. In 1997, when he was cited for careless driving by a Florida Highway Patrol officer, he was fined and took voluntary driving classes. A dozen years later, in 2009, he was ticketed for speeding on a highway in Duval County and found himself back in driver improvement school. Things got more complicated in 2011 when Mr. Rubio was alerted to the fact that his license was facing suspension after a traffic camera caught him failing to stop at a red light in his beige Buick. His lawyer, Alex Hanna, paid a $16 fee to delay the suspension and eventually it was dismissed.
Records show that each of the citations mentioned by the New York Times were pulled in person by American Bridge operatives on May 26, 2015...Neither of the reporters, Alan Rappeport and Steve Eder, appeared on the docket records for any of the traffic citations for Rubio and his wife. An additional researcher credited in the New York Times, Kitty Bennett, also does not appear on any of the court records...None of the reporters involved responded to Washington Free Beacon requests for comment by press time. In a recent Times story that actually cited Democratic sources by name, Jeremy Peters reported that “A Hillary Clinton Match-Up With Marco Rubio Is a Scary Thought for Democrats.” So scary, indeed, that Democrats appear to be feeding opposition research to the Times.
To recap the scandals so far: Rubio bought a house that lost money. Rubio bought a fridge. Rubio has four traffic citations since 1993.— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 5, 2015
I'll leave you with two additional thoughts:
If Rubio would just go ahead kill someone with his bad driving, maybe they'll call him the "Lion of the Senate" someday.— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 5, 2015
Rubio has been ticketed four times since 1997. Hillary hasn't driven a car since 1996.— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 5, 2015
Democratic Presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's security detail led a handful of journalists on two lengthy high-speed chases to homes of influential Democrats on Monday. Her lone official appearance on her first day in New Hampshire was a carefully stage-managed small-business roundtable in Keene. But a lunchtime visit to a main-street bakery and two more appointments later in the day were off-the-books and under the public's radar. If police radar had been engaged, however, it would have clocked Hillary's signature black conversion van - 'Scooby', for the uninitiated – hitting 92 mph in a driving rainstorm on Interstate 89, where the top speed limit is 65. No one in the motorcade displayed flashing lights or blasted a siren.
AND Obama had how many unpaid parking tickets?
They looked and this was the BEST they could do!
Poor Marco, he thought the Slimes would love him forever when he schemed with Schumer against the citizens with his Gang activities.
I’m for Cruz, but how cares if he got four tickets over 18 years. and his wife’s driving has nothing to do with anything. typical double standard.
good thing they didn’t check into obummer’s gay affairs and the subsequent deaths or his college status.
Personally I can’t wait for Rubio to get shredded by Cruz in the debates. But this NYT article is just ridiculous.
If Rubio were shrewd and wanted to have some fun, he’d point out that the White Liberal elitists at the NYT are propagating the racist stereotype that Latinos are bad drivers. Demand an apology!
The big story here is the Dems feeding this to the Slimes and The Gray Whore not attributing her sources.
(just kidding)
Mark Levin likes Rubio...said it today on his show. Hey Mark...you’re being a big DOPE... Rubio is a backstabber and cannot be trusted.
good point. but it’s not 1980 and there are lots of sources for news. the problem is that big chunk that still gets their news from the networks. but they tend to be older and hopefully conservative.
Rineo, Marco is a poseur, fake, phoney, shill, MOLE..
Really? This is the best scandal they can come up with? WOW! It reminds me of the vetting they did of Barack Obama - oh wait.............
Somebody, pluck those feathers. Heat up the tar! The Rubios got traffic tickets!!!!
As a prominent politician he almost certainly could have gotten at least some of these tickets “fixed” but appears to have not done so.
Hopefully this takes him down. It’s what he deserves for his Gang of idiocy crap. Live by the MSM, die by the MSM.
Sure it’s wrong. Sure it’s asinine. So are lots of things he promoted. Oh well. Karma is a bitch.
ROFLMAO!! OH MY SIDES, that's brilliant!
No question that the NYT knows that and sends out a hit squad armed with nerf guns. Helps inoculate Rubio and helps them appear “balanced” when they start to lie and slime Cruz and others.
Wow if this is all they came up with Rubio should send a thank you note. This helps him big time
Mark Levin is a big dope?
Tell him yourself
Neither can a guy claiming to being ‘this close’ to leaving the GOP and then staying after Jonbon and Mitch destroy America daily.
So they are frauds of a feather.
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