Posted on 06/11/2015 6:31:53 PM PDT by Kaslin
The first salvo was the parking tickets:
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.
As Guy wrote, “IMPEACH.” But, seriously, are you kidding me?
Yesterday, Katie wrote about the second salvo launched by the Times against Rubio, which delved into the finances of the Florida senator since he was somewhat irresponsible with his money, though the publication seemed hung up on the fact that he bought a “luxury speedboat,” which turned out to be a fishing boat. First, how one manages their personal finances isn’t indicative of how they’ll run the country fiscally since the American people know it’s an entirely different situation; Bloomberg’s Megan McArdle aptly noted this point on a panel discussion on with MSNBC’s left-leaning host Alex Wagner. Second, does anyone at the New York Times go fishing?The BlazeTV’s Amy Holmes said the news giant was discrediting themselves with this story by taking this bizarre angle on Rubio’s boat.
MSNBC Panelist: Clinton Shouldn't Throw Stones When it Comes to Finances
No fisherman in America would call that a luxury speedboat; that’s what you get to load your family up and go out fishing if you live in a place, like I don’t know–Miami,” said Joe Scarborough
Morning Joe mocks New York Times for Rubio fishing boat story
Willie Geist also acknowledged that maybe the Times staff isn’t into deep-sea fishing, but added that $80,000 isn’t chump change. At the same time, he added that when you use the phrase “luxury speedboat,” readers come off with the impression that Rubio has a 240-foot yacht, which is a gross inaccuracy. Geist added that personal finances are fair game, but this story was a bit of a “reach.”
Oh, and the financial adviser, Harold Evensey, who said Rubio’s debt was “staggering, and that “this was someone that was living financially dangerously,” is an Obama donor.
Now, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has found himself somewhat in the crosshairs for a 1995 quote, where he said that unwed mothers should be publicly shamed. Apparently, it was Florida law (it was called the “Scarlet Letter” law) when Bush was Governor. Before we harp on this as some sort of horrific reboot of the war on women, have we forgotten that a young Hillary Clinton defended a rapist who brutalized a 12-year-old girl? No one is disputing that Alfred Taylor, the accused, deserved a constitutionally required defense, and as Guy wrote in his post at the time, lawyers look for ways to reduce the legal repercussions to their clients no matter how awful they are–or if they think they’re guilty of the crimes lobbed against them. Apparently, Clinton thought Taylor was guilty–and it’s a whole other situation when audio recordings obtained by the Washington Free Beacon caught Clinton laughing about the proceedings.
Clinton can also be heard laughing at several points when discussing the crime lab’s accidental destruction of DNA evidence that tied Taylor to the crime.
No wonder why the victim said that Clinton put her “through hell.”
Court documents reveal that Clinton took steps to challenge the victim’s credibility and emotional stability by requesting a psychological evaluation.* To that end, she cited unsourced representations that the then 12-year-old girl had a history of making baseless allegations of assault (representations that the victim vehemently denies to this day). Clinton also quoted the opinion of an expert who argued that adolescent girls from broken homes are prone to “exaggerate” and “romanticize” sexual behavior.” In doing so, Hillary appeared to be maneuvering to tee up an attack-the-victim legal strategy, while potentially calling into question the veracity of an entire class of victims of sexual assault. Critics may wonder how these actions coincide with or impact Clinton’s carefully-cultivated image as a champion of women and girls. The audio recordings also capture Hillary chuckling about her efforts to exploit the local authorities’ mistake, which ultimately allowed her client to get off with an extremely reduced sentence on lesser charges. Her laughter over decidedly unfunny developments is strange and off-putting. A legal expert quoted by the Washington Free Beacon, which published the original story, also questioned the ethics of Clinton revealing the results of her client’s polygraph test. She told a reporter that the accused man passed the test, which “forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs,” a clear indication of Hillary’s opinion of her client’s guilt.
Funny thing is that Jeb Bush’s team have been the ones feeding the anti-Rubio stories to the NY Times.
Did a foreign country buy the boat for him in exchange for not sanctioning them for violating the sanctions on Iran? Maybe they paid his wife for a speech to the tune of 750 grand!
why do you call them “parking tickets”? It weakens your piece, which I agree with fully.
why do you call them “parking tickets”? It weakens your piece, which I agree with fully.
piling on.
The stupid party will shoot themselves in the foot by trumpeting amnesty, H1B visas, and backing off of challenges to Obamacare, same sex marriage, and global climate scams.
It was an offshoot of Media Matters, David Brock’s group.
LOL
Any minute now, Hillary will be yelling at the NY Times to, “Please, stop it, you’re making Rubio sound like he’s a lot more human than me! Go find some real dirt on him; like, does he have a money laundering operation via a ‘charitable’ foundation?”
Wasn't it Hillary that came up with the lie that BOTH Monica AND her mother were a little nuts? Thank God for the blue dress -otherwise the Clinton liars would have gotten away with it - well, with the help of the fools in the MSM... New York Times...
This is Hillary's brand of 'feminism' - rape the innocent and defenseless and cry for the Anita Hill's with their law degrees. Bitch... really - who would do this to a twelve year old child?
I'd invite the NYT staffers out for a quick jaunt in a l'il 3-4' every 4sec sea and then check back to see if their beat, burnt and soaked azzes still felt like they'd been out on a "luxury speed boat". Hehehe. d;^)
What ultra-maroons.
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