I mean it's not just that he doesn't do his job, has missed so many votes. That's bad enough. But he's on the record as saying he just doesn't like the job very much.
Rubio dismissed that Florida paper that asked him to do his job or resign as being just another part of his fictional liberal media. He and his fellow Republican candidates whined about this canard to good effect the other night. Don't like the question? Just blame the liberal media.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/10/major-florida-newspaper-marco-rubio.html
But as Jeb Bush pointed out the other night, this is the same paper that endorsed him for Senator back in 2010.
If he doesn't like the job why doesn't he resign? As Senator Harry Reid says, he's ripped off the state of Florida with his shoddy attendance and service.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/10/harry-reid-calls-on-marco-rubio-to.html
Rubio used this same liberal media nondefense when asked about his personal finances. Despite the fact that he wants to impose on the nation fiscal austerity he goes the opposite way in his own private life. That's different. We should have to live a meager existence collectively as a country but he personally shouldn't deprive himself of anything.
"This was as predictable a question as Rubio could expect. His personal finances have been raised as an issue for years. In his own memoir, Rubio wrote about the troubles he had mixing personal and business purchases on a Republican Party credit card, and lamented his “lack of bookkeeping skills.”
"But Rubio decided that the question was hostile and that he could therefore evade it. “You just listed a litany of discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents,” he said, as if that proved the accusations were false, “and I’m not gonna waste sixty seconds detailing them all.”
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/yes-marco-rubios-finances-are-a-big-deal
Yes, the Democrats, his opponents and he himself in his own book.
Rubio dismissed that Florida paper that asked him to do his job or resign as being just another part of his fictional liberal media. He and his fellow Republican candidates whined about this canard to good effect the other night. Don't like the question? Just blame the liberal media.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/10/major-florida-newspaper-marco-rubio.html
But as Jeb Bush pointed out the other night, this is the same paper that endorsed him for Senator back in 2010.
If he doesn't like the job why doesn't he resign? As Senator Harry Reid says, he's ripped off the state of Florida with his shoddy attendance and service.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/10/harry-reid-calls-on-marco-rubio-to.html
Rubio used this same liberal media nondefense when asked about his personal finances. Despite the fact that he wants to impose on the nation fiscal austerity he goes the opposite way in his own private life. That's different. We should have to live a meager existence collectively as a country but he personally shouldn't deprive himself of anything.
"This was as predictable a question as Rubio could expect. His personal finances have been raised as an issue for years. In his own memoir, Rubio wrote about the troubles he had mixing personal and business purchases on a Republican Party credit card, and lamented his “lack of bookkeeping skills.”
"But Rubio decided that the question was hostile and that he could therefore evade it. “You just listed a litany of discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents,” he said, as if that proved the accusations were false, “and I’m not gonna waste sixty seconds detailing them all.”
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/yes-marco-rubios-finances-are-a-big-deal
Yes, the Democrats, his opponents and he himself in his own book.
Rubio hasn't just robbed Florida of the Senate service he was elected for, he's also misused state funds for his own personal expenses.
"Rubio, clearly feeling how the room had turned against the moderators, came back a little later in the debate and delivered one of the big applause lines of the night: “I know the Democrats have the ultimate super PAC. It’s called the mainstream media.”
Not a bad line. But Rubio must know that the issue of his finances isn’t going away. The Miami Herald has reported that Rubio “amended his financial disclosure forms … after The Miami Herald asked why they lacked a $135,000 home equity loan he obtained from a bank controlled by his political supporters.” The Tampa Bay Times has reported that Rubio “double-billed the Republican Party of Florida and state taxpayers for eight flights while he was House Speaker.” (He said that was a mistake, and that he would repay the party.) The Times also reported that “Rubio billed the party for more than $100,000 during the two years he served as the state’s House speaker,” and that “charges included repairs to the family minivan, grocery bills, plane tickets for his wife, and purchases from retailers ranging from a wine store near his home to Apple’s online store.” (Rubio said that the expenses were all related to party business.)"
Not a bad line. But Rubio must know that the issue of his finances isn’t going away. The Miami Herald has reported that Rubio “amended his financial disclosure forms … after The Miami Herald asked why they lacked a $135,000 home equity loan he obtained from a bank controlled by his political supporters.” The Tampa Bay Times has reported that Rubio “double-billed the Republican Party of Florida and state taxpayers for eight flights while he was House Speaker.” (He said that was a mistake, and that he would repay the party.) The Times also reported that “Rubio billed the party for more than $100,000 during the two years he served as the state’s House speaker,” and that “charges included repairs to the family minivan, grocery bills, plane tickets for his wife, and purchases from retailers ranging from a wine store near his home to Apple’s online store.” (Rubio said that the expenses were all related to party business.)"
To say he 'mixed campaign and personal funds' is another way of saying he stole campaign funds for his own personal use.
Constituents donated money that he then used to by groceries and plane tickets for his wife.
There are a lot of levels that make this issue of his personal finances relevant. It shows the contradiction of public austerity and him being a personal spendthrift, Of public trust in misuse of funds.
Then we have the issue that he seems to get bored easy. If he hates his job in the Senate might this not happen if he's President as well?
Mike, you might like this regarding where the public gets their news as a function of their politics:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wired.com/2015/10/donald-trump-supporters-are-more-susceptible-to-clickbait/
Here's a variation on my Google truth glass fantasy: Make the candidates wear an super-polygraph (super in the sense that it actually works) on stage. Tell the truth, and you've got nothing to worry about. :^D
Yeah, it's too bad the CNBC moderators weren't prepared for flat out lying denials. The could have pushed it right back in the candidates faces with a Google ready reference immediately when they carried on with their lying. Sure the audience would have hated it: they hate all threats to the world of delusions they inhabit... it's like telling toddlers there's no Santa Claus. But at least the candidates would have had some negative consequences for the pure BS they spewed.
Also to a Republican a "gotcha" question is one they don't want to answer. Ben Carson wants to make sure the deck is scrubbed clean of those next time around and he also wants to bring the rest on board.
DeleteBut beating up on the media is strongest card the candidates have to play... if they get their fantasy moderators (Mark Levin, Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter), that takes that away from them... plus viewership might just go down. Who wants to see them regurgitate the usual pablum they spew on a daily basis?