Posted on 11/30/2015 7:56:43 AM PST by markomalley
According to a report from Buzzfeed, Jeb Bush supporters and advisors have been "trying to smear" GOP rival Marco Rubio, spreading unsubstantiated rumors that the young Florida Senator had engaged in an extramarital affair.
Buzzfeed's McKay Coppins reports that the Bush campaign first began becoming concerned about Rubio's ascent after he successfully charmed a series of high profile donors. In response, they launched "Homeland Security," a secret effort to discredit Rubio in the eyes of powerful donors and media figures. Rubio's team believed two high profile Bush supporters ran the campaign, including CNN analyst and self-professed Rubio advisor Ana Navarra.
One media figure who the Bush campaign reportedly tried to sell on the infidelity rumors was MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. But he told Coppins he wasn't convinced: "Everybody who runs against him says he has girlfriends, or financial problems. They throw a lot of shit at the wall. It's the same thing from the Jeb Bush camp. They keep telling me, 'Oh, we've got the thing that's going to take him down.'"
The rumors allegedly became so rampant, Rubio's campaign reportedly spent tens of thousands of dollars hiring private detectives and auditors to try to turn up any evidence that the affairs occurred. Coppins reports that the investigators "determined that they lacked concrete evidence, which was enough to give Rubio's advisers peace of mind."
Yeb is showing his Bush family vindictive side.
Frankly, I don’t care.....I love the GOPeesters eating their own tails.
Such a loser.
Pure class. Not.
In last place and deserves it.
perhaps but ALL the networks and NPR are now in complete Trump blackout mode.
The name trump is never mentioned. It is as if he is not running or is the front runner.
They are reporting the bottom feeders like Christie, bush, Kasich, and Rubio as if they EACH have 100% of the vote.
Desperation time. RINOs eating each other up. Kind of entertaining, actually n
Oh yeah. The Bush’s overall are scum.
Really. Two RINOS mauling each other is a good thing to watch. Just back away and let it happen.
What a punk! I can’t stand Rubio, but I’d love to see him knock Little Jebbie on his ass.
Jeb has to show some kind of improvement. What better way to do that than to take his nearest ideological twin. Placates the donors and moves him up. Ultimately, the higher up he can rise before the two primaries (Carson isn’t a factor now, frankly), the better.
Bush has to get to the number three spot at least for the GOP/RNC delegate cheat to work.
I have no doubt that Rubio is a cheat. That’s between him and his wife. It’s his screwing over the country that I don’t like and won’t vote for.
I know a lot of people believe men are horndogs but there are many honorable men (still) in this world who don’t cheat on their wives. I daresay many married people don’t have “affairs” aka commit adultery. Unless there’s concrete proof, I’m siding with Rubio on this one. I still wouldn’t vote for Mr. Gang of Eight, but unsubstantiated rumors of affairs has nothing to do with it.
Jeb! takes cues from the Haley Barbour/Mitch McConnell wing of the GOPe, sounds like.
I would rather the two of them fight in a concrete box using grenades.
Karl Rove said Monday that he had “nothing to do” with a whisper campaign during the 2000 Republican presidential primary claiming Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had an illegitimate black child.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/rove-denies-role-in-mccain-rumor-034075#ixzz3szZ5Sekn
McCain has never forgotten about that incident.
Jeb Bush murdered Terri Schiavo. Nothing else he does ought to surprise anyone.
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