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[–]SoloAxe [スコア非表示]  (122子コメント)

An ex- dolphins cheerleader!! Thank god they pointed that out in the title!

[–]mikeramey1 [スコア非表示]  (26子コメント)

Yeah! It was totally relevant to the story and stuff.

[–]libertyfrog [スコア非表示]  (10子コメント)

It shows that she was likely not qualified to be treasure.

[–]surfnsound [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

How so? I used to work in a microbiology lab with someone who was an Eagles cheerleader on weekend. being a cheerleader isn't ususally the #1 thign in people's lives.

[–]pangalaticgargler [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

And they probably had to work another job because cheerleaders make next to nothing in the NFL.

[–]co_radio [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

How so? My sons teacher was also a Seahawks cheerleader. Is she unqualified?

[–]Kierik [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Its to drum up voters in the Buffalo-Rochester area, you know the Bills-Dolphins rivalry. /s

[–]docbauies [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

ah yes, the crucial western new york vote... i've heard that they have decided the presidency each of the last no presidential elections.

[–]NorthernerWuwu [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I think you underestimate just how much some of us dislike the Dolphins.

Then again, many of us do like cheerleaders...

[–]buttered-rice [スコア非表示]  (66子コメント)

It helps to paint the picture of the kind of person he is. He's the kind of guy whose goal is to marry a pro cheerleader. She was a goal that he accomplished. Just makes him seem more douchey.

It's hard to understand the true nature of politicians when you're not really around them on a personal level but they really are a different breed of people. They never learn lessons and are only upset that they got caught. They are sociopaths. They pay people to help them come off as more human. To tell them what they should do in certain situations. This is why they're always getting caught doing the dumbest shit. They honestly have trouble telling what's good and what's bad and when they are called out they are confused and have to feign apologies and all because they know that's what the public needs and they are willing to do anything to keep their power.

Reminds me of the BP exec saying he wanted to just get over with all of this oil spill business and get on with his life. He probably still doesn't understand how rude of a statement that was but he definitely was forced to deal with the public's reaction and had to feign an apology.

[–]Orwell83 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I found this extremely insightful and all the haters can go fuck themselves. You would probably enjoy "In the Loop" and "Veep". Both are hilarious comedies that focus on the behind the scenes aspects of policy making.

[–]WhatsaHoya [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

You're really overvaluing the profession of NFL cheerleader if you think it's the type of profession ambitious people have as a "marriage goal" for their wife.

NFL cheerleaders don't get paid anything, in fact it's a paltry, poor existence. They usually have to work 1-2 other jobs. They are also constantly rotating - most do the job for 1-2 years either because they couldn't find anything else, or go college nearby, and then move-on. Trust me, I've known a couple of ex-NFL cheerleaders. It's really not very glamorous.

It's not at all akin to marrying a supermodel. More than likely Rubio met this woman who he thought was beautiful (remember she worked for the Dolphins so they both live in the Miami area), asked her out and they fell in love. Down the line maybe he found out she had been a Dolphins cheerleader 7 years prior or something.

The fact that you're taking a small tidbit of information and building a giant, ridiculous story out of it really just shows a preconceived, and quite frankly, delusional bias on your part.

[–]Sloppy1sts [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

it's the type of profession ambitious people have as a "marriage goal" for their wife.

It has nothing to do with her profession and everything to do with the fact that she gets paid to be hot.

[–]buttered-rice [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

What? That was one small part of what I had to say. My main point was about politicians being sociopaths.

[–]DoesntMatterHaveCup [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

No matter how much of a douche he is, you just one upped him by assuming he only married her for her looks.

[–]well_golly [スコア非表示]  (9子コメント)

Well, it just shows you that she works phony jobs for money, and he probably paid her for nothing. I mean seriously: A cheerleader for dolphins!? How does that even work? Does she just just stand near them and yell "Myarph-myarph-myarph-AAA-A-EE-I-III--OOOOOoooo-aa-oooh A-A-AA!" or something?!

tl;dr: Her history of phony jobs proves Rubio's wife is just acting as a money launderer for Rubio's career-long embezzlement scheme.

ninja edit: This just in: I am being told that the Dolphins are a sports team of some kind. Still, I stand by my previous statement.

[–]EthicalReasoning [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

maybe thats her claim to fame, articles usually point out what someones profession is or was

plus, rubio married an ex-dolphins cheerleader, who woulda known

rubio/dolphins cheerleader 2016

[–]surfnsound [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

Just like when Rachel Maddow wouldn't let you forget Herman Cain owned a mafia themed pizza restaurant chain. Entirely not relevant to the discussion at hand, but we can't deny people the opportunity to pass judgment.

[–]funky_duck [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

What else could she have possibly made fun of with Herman Cain? He had a solid understanding of how bills work (9-9-9) and foreign relations (Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan).

Godfather's Pizza was all there was.

[–]surfnsound [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Exactly, yet she couldn't say his name without following it with "The mafia themed pizza restaurant mogul." It was like a pavlovian response.

I may not agree with Maddow on a lot of her politics, but I respected her intelligence and her investigative reporting ability. But I really thought she was better than that and couldn't understand why she kept going there so unnecessarily. It's like she was trying to out-do Olbermann on the snarkometer.

[–]nowhathappenedwas [スコア非表示]  (122子コメント)

a Daily Mail Online investigation into his finances has revealed

I'm so glad the Daily Mail was able to investigate the 2010 Tampa Bay Tribune article that made these same accusations from the same disgruntled ex-supporter who has been campaigning against Rubio for the past 5 years.

I don't like Rubio, and I would love to see his political prospects dimmed because I think he's a far bigger threat to Hillary Clinton in the general election than Walker or Bush would be, but let's not resort to Daily Mail recycled gossip.

[–]Xing_the_Rubicon [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

This is the least of Rubio's illegal behavior.

Wait until the hundreds of thousands of dollars in pre-paid credit cards used for kickbacks becomes widely known.

[–]Robot_eye [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Right? Why hasn't that been a story or was it investigated and not true I wonder?

[–]mkultra50000 [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

same disgruntled ex-supporter who has been campaigning against Rubio for the past 5 years

This seems like irrelevant attempts to cast aspersions in order to create a false narrative.

[–]dachinesedefbeatle [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

This seems like irrelevant attempts to cast aspersions in order to create a false narrative.

Welcome to the next 16 months until the election.

[–]DayOff4Superman [スコア非表示]  (27子コメント)

I think he's a far bigger threat to Hillary Clinton in the general election than Walker or Bush would be

Why exactly? Because he's Latino? I'm Latino and I'd shoot myself before voting for him.

[–]Marvolo_Mescudi [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

I think because he appears more moderate than the other two and is a lot more charismatic. But the Latino thing obviously doesn't hurt.

[–]xiofar [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

He's Cuban-American. That doesn't really help him with most Latin Americans.

[–]Geistbar [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

Why exactly?

He's telegenic, charismatic, and has little enough substantive accomplishments that people can project onto him what they want. The tea party still likes him, even as the establishment and wealthy elites like him too. He's a far more gifted politician than the other republicans in the field -- he knows what to say.

He also lacks the big hurdles that Bush and Walker have. Walker will be almost incapable of coming across as anything other than far-right, which would hurt him in the general election. Bush will forever be harmed by his last name and has shown recently that he's not actually that capable of a politician. Both Walker and Bush have stumbled some slightly, in ways that should have been easy enough to avoid.

So, I agree with their consensus: Rubio is (at least based on presently available information) the most dangerous republican for the general election. With the possible exception of people like Kasich (who probably won't run because he probably can't get through the primary) or Sandoval (who I can't even imagine is even contemplating running because he would never make it through the primary).

[–]TheLadyEve [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Scott Walker is slippery and shady as all get out. I actually think he might be a threat if he got the nomination. But I agree that Rubio is the prime golden child (he's got youth, charm, and he hasn't had enough experience to really, truly cause a scandal yet).

[–]errl_dabbingtons [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

too bad huntsman won't get the nom.

[–]lolmonger [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Huntsman outright spoke about this - - the GOP is doing what The Party in China does when you say the wrong things (like bashing climate deniers), they punish you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HG_rM6Vfis

shorter video, right after he talks about incumbency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpVaoY6QuPE#t=2m15

This is maybe one of the best political interviews you can watch; Huntsman is the hero the GOP deserves.

[–]Caelcryos [スコア非表示]  (11子コメント)

Latino, young, handsome, and male.

[–]DayOff4Superman [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

I'm all those things. Plus I'm not an unlikable douche. Maybe I should run for the nomination.

[–]Caelcryos [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Are you rich too? Or at least from a rich family? Because that's pretty important.

[–]Beast66 [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

But Hillary is just as bad anyways. She took thousands in shady foreign donations and pretty much used her political power for personal gain. She believes in censorship of the Internet among other things and also blames video games for school shootings.

[–]bergie321 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The CHARITY that she and Bill lend their name to took donations.

FTFY

[–]Kakarot_faps [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

But she won't remove obamacare and our Iran and Cuba deals

[–]zefy_zef [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Neither will Bernie..

[–]Kakarot_faps [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I know I was just pointing out that hillary is not "just as bad" as rubio

[–]Mship2 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What censorship of rhe internet does she believe in?

[–]Jack21222 [スコア非表示]  (20子コメント)

You say that as if Clinton has already been nominated. This is not a coronation.

[–]Cormophyte [スコア非表示]  (19子コメント)

It doesn't have to be a coronation to be incredibly likely. The only reason she wasn't nominated last time around was because she got Obama'd and also really fucked up her campaign against him by making herself look like a pissy jerk.

Stop being hyperbolic.

[–]Jack21222 [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

incredibly likely.

The primaries are 9 months away, and she only has one challenger so far. She's only ahead at the moment because of name recognition, not because people actually like her.

[–]prommie_k [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

She's polling well because she's recognized and liked. The fact that you may not like her, or that /r/politics doesn't like her shouldn't be generalized to the whole country.

[–]definitelyjoking [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

She's going to have issues in the caucuses again. She beat Obama in a lot of standard primaries, but enthusiastic support is key in caucuses.

[–]Cormophyte [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Her numbers have been consistently decent since the mid '00s. That's not just going to magically change because some extra heads enter the field. It'll take a pretty strong candidate to cost her another nomination.

Nobody other than Obama even came close last time, and you could have run the second coming of Jesus Christ against him in '08 and still have been nervous about your chances. Different year, different election, but she's the one to beat by a long mile and has been for almost a decade.

Hopefully someone decent does.

[–]JAG23 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

It would be wise for the left to stay away from this type of reporting if Hillary is going to get the nomination...the last thing you want is to get into a mud slinging match with Hilary as your frontrunner, she'll get crushed in that game.

[–]KGB_ate_my_bread [スコア非表示]  (12子コメント)

I'd rather see Gary Johnson v Bernie Sanders in the general election

or them running together. Would be bliss

[–]Kakarot_faps [スコア非表示]  (10子コメント)

They literally have the opposite economic policy it wouldn't work. One is campaigning to raise taxes, universal healthcare, and min wage, the other is fighting for lower taxes, no min wage, and cuts to healthcare spending

[–]CountessMiralax [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Don't blame the people who post links to the Daily Fail. Blame the people who've made it the #1 news source on the web. And blame the DM for stealing all of their content from elsewhere.

[–]Lazy_Scheherazade [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Blame the people who've made it the #1 news source on the web.

So, OP?

[–]codepunk [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Hey it does not break the sub "NEW NEWS" rule as long as it is reprinted OLD news.

[–]BabycakesJunior [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I don't like Rubio, and I would love to see his political prospects dimmed because I think he's a far bigger threat to Hillary Clinton in the general election than Walker or Bush would be, but let's not resort to Daily Mail recycled gossip.

Um... are you saying you want Clinton to be president?

[–]gnovos [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Disgruntled doesn't mean liar. And this is a kind of randomly weird thing to lie about, like, who would instantly think of "flooring" as the thing to accuse someone of wrongfully buying? I suspect it's 100% true, though I further suspect that this is so incredibly common amongst all Republican Party credit card holders that not a single eye in the treasury will bat at the accusation.

[–]obsurf [スコア非表示]  (37子コメント)

Really? You guys pushed a Daily mail article to the front page?

[–]vecnyj [スコア非表示]  (26子コメント)

ForwardProgressives.com is even worse, and has been the top post many times because they use titles like "The Republican Party Has Literally Become the Party of Stupid".

It's textbook blogspam.

[–]Bobbled_It [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

this is reddit now. The titles are almost complete lies. People read this fun "title" and then don't read the actual article, and then they start posting all their rage based on one or two sentences

[–]VROF [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Not 100% true. Sometimes we check the top comments for clarification.

[–]valek879 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Can confirm I am checking comments because arrive won't load right now.

[–]obsurf [スコア非表示]  (19子コメント)

Yup. Most of the upvoting/content debate around here has become perfunctory at this point. No effort to read the content or think beyond catchy buzz titles.

[–]vecnyj [スコア非表示]  (18子コメント)

It definitely sucks for political discussion. Any remotely conservative comment will likely be downvoted.

[–]prommie_k [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Any remotely moderate comment will likely be downvoted as well. They cry about the tea party and then bulldoze the moderates in their own party.

[–]obsurf [スコア非表示]  (14子コメント)

At this point it doesn't even have to be conservative. If you aren't a bleeding heart progressive you are "ignorant."

Edit: You can downvote me all you want but it's true. I'm a liberal but not a super left progressive when it comes to economic policy (although still left of center). I've posed several questions in recent weeks regarding Sanders that weren't even remotely inflammatory and they were met with downvotes and no actual response.

[–]vecnyj [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

True. And don't you dare mention that Sanders is polling under 10%.

[–]Gamecocks91 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Or that bookies in the UK have higher odds for Jon Huntsman, Rahm Emmanuel, and Ted Cruz. He has 1/100 chance according to Ladbrokes. Check it out for yourself

[–]vecnyj [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Blocked at work, but I believe you. Sanders has no chance at all.

[–]Gamecocks91 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Donald Trump and George Clooney actually have the same odds as well

[–]WigginIII [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Republican presidential hopeful disses rival candidate, and you wont believe what he said!

Top 10 Presidential candidates of 2016, number 3 is SO TRUE!

Hillary Clinton on her campaign in Ohio, what she did for this boy and his little puppy will melt your heart!

[–]batsu [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

But but there was a cheerleader in it...

[–]Hawful [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

FYI guys, you just upvoted a tabloid to the front page.

Good work?

[–]Chyld [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

The Daily Mail isn't a source of news, knock that shit off.

[–]stop2wonder [スコア非表示]  (11子コメント)

I don't like the guy but this is between him, the GOP, and their donors. As long as tax payers didn't pay for any of it, I don't have a problem with it.

[–]Santiago__Dunbar [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Agreed. Completely anecdotal to the big picture. This sub needs to cool it. Fuck.

[–]cake4chu [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Quick lets all go to Miami, for a couple of weeks, and give him a piece of our minds!

[–]dbcfd [スコア非表示]  (7子コメント)

It speaks to character of a politician, one who is seeking a presidential nomination? If he's willing to do this to his own party for personal gain, what is he willing to do as president.

Most politicians may be shady, but stuff like this makes it easier to know how shady.

[–]stop2wonder [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

I didn't see anywhere in the article where it said he did any of this without the party's knowledge or consent.

It's also interesting that they didn't attempt to reach any current republican leader for comment.

[–]acog [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I don't disagree that it's shady, but it's SO FREAKIN' common that I guess I'm jaded. I've known several small business owners (and by small business I mean grossing under $10M a year, so these guys were still rich compared to regular folks) and they all did shit like this. It's the reason they happily pay big bucks to their tax accountants -- so they can do stuff that is clearly not the intent of the law, but it conforms to the letter of the law.

[–]SailorBexar [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

lol should we discuss how shady Hillary Clinton is?

[–]dbcfd [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That's why there are a number of articles that appear in regards to her actions as well. These actions aren't "between him, the GOP, and their donors", they're actions that voters need to be informed in the decision making process.

Just because politician A is shady doesn't mean information about politician B should be suppressed.

[–]simjanes2k [スコア非表示]  (18子コメント)

Fuck this subreddit, seriously.

[–]itstheonlywayz [スコア非表示]  (13子コメント)

I don't get how people come here and are not concerned about the groupthink that is going on. I would rather have my views challenged than circle jerk with other people who have the exact same views as me.

[–]Wampawacka [スコア非表示]  (9子コメント)

Reddit has been migrating to a younger and more polarized user base for years. I haven't seen a complex and nuanced discussion in quite some time on this sub.

[–]seriously-akward10 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I made an attempt at it a longggggggggg time ago. It didn't work out so well. Change my view is maybe the closest we can get to it. but... oh well.

[–]BordahPatrol [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

You seem very counter-hivemind, and everyone on this sub has a big ol' hard on for Sanders. I'm among them, but I'd like to hear your opinions on the man.

[–]eifer [スコア非表示]  (34子コメント)

How is this at all relevant? He said the flooring was an accident. The rest is party money, not govt or taxpayer money.

[–]nmap33 [スコア非表示]  (19子コメント)

I like them to pretend to be ethical.

[–]codepunk [スコア非表示]  (18子コメント)

Exactly why I am voting for Hilary, nobody more ethical than the Clintons.

[–]AndrePrior [スコア非表示]  (15子コメント)

Agreed. When you compare Democrats to Republicans, Dems come out ahead.

Even the Clintons.

[–]joe_navark [スコア非表示]  (12子コメント)

So using a job-related credit card and then repaying it is somehow more suspect than Bill getting a hundred million bucks from foreign governments and corporate interests while his wife was Secretary of State? Interesting.

[–]ELaphamPeabody [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Tell us now how Jimmy Carter is scamming people with that evil Habitat for Humanity and his programs to nearly eradicate certain diseases. Hes practically a Koch brother, amirite?

[–]LukeChrisco [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

How dare he raise money to dig wells and feed starving Africans! What a corrupt asshole!

[–]ELaphamPeabody [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

When compared to the current GOP, yes they are certainly more ethical.

[–]Caperrs [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

this is a joke, right? .... rightttttt?

[–]x52495 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yeah, the only people that should really be upset are those that contribute to the republican party but can barely afford to do so.

"If an elderly woman gives $10, $20, $25 to the Republican Party, she expects it to be used to help promote Republican policies and Republican candidates, not spent on an expensive bottle of wine"

[–]powerlloyd [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

It's relevant in the same way that when a kid gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar and says, "it was an accident", that kid probably isn't ready to be president.

[–]DeathDevilize [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Youre naive if you believe admitting your mistakes as a politician is a good move.

[–]PAdogooder [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Jeb would certainly be doing better right now on this "going to war in Iraq" cycle if he had just admitted his mistake instead of spinning his words 4 different ways first.

I think admitting mistakes is more powerful than the politicos know.

[–]Marvolo_Mescudi [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

They don't admit mistakes because if they do, the other side will have a field day with them. "SURE THEY APOLOGIZED, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MY GOVERNMENT, ID RATHER NOT HAVE LEADERS MAKE MISTAKES IN THE FIRST PLACE. OUR X PARTY WONT MAKE MISTAKES, AND Y PARTY HAS JUST ADMITTED TO MAKING MISTAKES. DO YOU (the public) WANT A MISTAKE MAKER OR A NON-MISTAKE MAKER LEADING YOU???"

[–]PAdogooder [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Which is a better outcome than making the story last, and doesn't change any minds.

[–]Marvolo_Mescudi [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Right, I'm not necessarily saying it's the correct line of thinking, it's just the line of thinking that a lot of them adhere to. A lot of politicians studied law, after all.

[–]erinem2003 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Multiple "accidents".

Here's another accident:

Rubio's credit card payments also revealed some instances of double-dipping. He was forced to repay the Republican Party of Florida nearly $3,000 when it was revealed that he had billed both the party and state taxpayers for eight airline tickets between his home in Miami and Tallahassee, the state capital. 'Billing the party was a mistake which needs to be fixed,' Rubio said at the time.<

And another

But from time to time a few personal expenses were charged to the card as well. For example, I pulled the wrong card from my wallet to pay for pavers. My travel agent mistakenly used the card to pay for a family reunion in Georgia — a single expenditure that represented 65 percent of personal charges on the card."

And yet another

Rubio failed to disclose $34,000 in expenses — including $7,000 he paid himself — for one of the committees as required by state law<

Whuddya know? Another one!

His former chief-of-staff Richard Corcoran put thousands of dollars on his card to pay for a Rubio family trip at the plush Melhana Plantation in Georgia, now called Coalson Plantation. However Rubio said that was an error as Corcoran had given the resort his card to pay for a dinner for senior staffers to celebrate his Senate victory. That dinner was canceled and the card, Rubio claims, was inadvertently used to pay for the reunion. Rubio claimed at the time that his travel agent had mistakenly used the party card to reserve 20 rooms.

It's only a mistake when he gets caught. And this is just one article. I wonder how much he's actually blown on himself and his family. I guess Braman isn't coughing up enough money for him.

[–]Spyder_J [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I always think that too when this sort of thing comes up. What do I care what he spends Republican money on? This is like when Sarah Palin came under fire for having a super-expensive wardrobe on the party's dime. First of all, they were running her for a big office, so I would expect them to spend a fair amount on her presentation. Secondly, even if it IS wasteful, it's their stupid money to waste. As long as it's not taxpayer money, what business is it of mine?

[–]Studmuffin1989 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Yeah. I keep hearing that. And I don't understand your point. He charged all sorts of personal things to that card. 5700$ in gas and meals for his wife? What the hell! And then there is that Norman B. billionaire who has bankrolled his whole campaign? That's disgusting, now who is to say he won't bend over backwards to do whatever his sugar-daddy wants him to do. Rubio's wife got a paid job by the same billionaire to do some BS job for his philanthropy business.

I mean it all just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. You know that taste you get when you hear about how much money has corrupted our politics. And then, imagine what the hell this guy would charge to the American public under 'gas and meals' if he became president.

I'm sorry, but if you don't find this story even somewhat revolting like I do then your eyes are too closed. I mean he even admitted the flooring was an 'accident'. The only 'accident' he committed was to not ask his billionaire sugar daddy to pay for his new floor.

[–]dcmcilrath [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Typical Daily Mail:

"Let's talk about his wife for 0.2 seconds so we have an excuse to put an attractive woman in a cheerleader outfit in the thumbnail for this article so people will click on it. I mean let's face it, no one gives a shit about Marco Rubio."

[–]didowippi [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

ahhh the Daily mail / complete crap ... I think he will pull through this and will be a front runner in the end. Every election this happens early on and everyone will forget it in a few weeks. These days elections are just high priced marketing campaigns and who ever the sheeple will follow that has the best shiny object wins.....

[–]max1001 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Oh, I accidentally used the wrong CC, I will pay it all back.

[–]somebodyjones2 [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Here come the smears! I can hear them coming!!!

Hillary ate an infant!

Marco Rubio clubbed a baby seal with an old man's prosthetic leg!

Bernie Sanders used that new self-healing concrete to choke a nun!

Jeb Bush has a name for his extra chromosome!

[–]Josh3781 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Marco Rubio clubbed a baby seal with an old man's prosthetic leg!

lol I thought all the smears started already anyway? At least their social media arms have been in full swing.

[–]DigitalMocking [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

Other than the flooring, none of this seems outlandish or even potentially scandalous.

I don't like the guy at all, but come on, this is just awful reporting.

[–]rutabaga_slayer [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

The 1500 on Disney world? But yea not much to see here

[–]DigitalMocking [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Could easily have been a team building exercise or bonus for hard workers? I mean, $1500 bucks is nothing in terms of campaign spending really.

[–]Mitch_from_Boston [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

$4,000 for a floor? What, was he living on a budget? That's a steal.

[–]jmeftw [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This is a real question...why should I care how Republican candidates spend Republican money? Go ahead, waste it on personal expenditures, spend all that campaign money for all I care.

I am sure there is a reason I should care, but from my skim of the headline and article this is old news and not Florida's money sooooo...

[–]V4refugee [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Wow $4000? That he may or may not have paid back. The guy looks like a total douche but this article is garbage journalism. I guess this is what politics is all about.

[–]Nicod27 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

His wife beautiful, just, well done. All I can say to him on that is "well done"

[–]pakron [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I think Rubio is the scum of the Earth, but even I have accidentally charged stuff to my work card before. You get the bill at work at the end of the month, see the items, and mark them as personal. They deduct it from your pay. No big deal. Just saying it's possible.

[–]sbfgts [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Rubio must be this week's dangerous front runner

[–]letdogsvote [スコア非表示]  (17子コメント)

Marco won't realize it for another few months, but he's over with Christie and Randy in the "done" pile.

[–]SquishSquash81 [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

I think Jeb, Walker, Rubio and maybe Rand have the only real shot right now. For the first time in a long time I'm not sure who'd going to win the Repub nomination. I keep thinking it's going to be Jeb just sort of by default (and he has the most money) but I really don't know.

Walker seems too toxic due to recent record. Rand too radical or too flipfloppy (if he continues to try to distance himself from his own radical views). Rubio might actually be a better candidate, but does he have the money?

[–]bonestamp [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

As much as he's probably the only Republican I'd vote for at the moment, Rand is too extreme for the majority. I'd like to think he has a shot, but it's only wishful thinking.

[–]SquishSquash81 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

He's in a damn tough spot. The primary system has basically screwed someone like Rand. His choices are, run to the right on all issues and try to not look desperate, or stay the course and try to convince conservatives that he is the only one with a chance to beat a the dem nominee. Conservative voters are not usually swayed by the latter argument (see Jon Huntsman being BLOWN out of the water in 2012) so he will try the former, at which point he becomes Bush/Walker with less money and no support from hawks.

[–]bonestamp [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Ya, no doubt... I think he's doing all he can do.

[–]itstheonlywayz [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Can we throw Bernard in there too since he's polling below most of them?

[–]mrsmeeseeks [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Marco and his billionaire sugar daddy / former Philadelphia Eagles owner, Norman Braman who is bankrolling Rubio's campaign won't realize it for another few months

let's not mince words here, its not just the politicians who are oblivious

[–]dsmith422 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Just because a candidate has no hope of winning does not mean that their running serves no purpose. Aside from the 70% of the field that is just grifting the Republican base, some candidates just run to shift the political dialogue. Certain candidates probably know that they have no hope, but by running they can keep the frontrunners focused on their pet issues. Last cycle Gingrich originally just ran to raise his speaking fees/funnel money into his pack, but Adelson was supporting him so that Gingrich, "the Palestinians are an invented people," could make sure that all the other candidates would bash the two state solution.

[–]obrazovanshchina [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Well stated. I adore Bernie Sanders, know he can't win a presidential election and yet hope he's present, on stage, through every debate right up until (and not beyond), the nomination process asking the hard questions not one single politician, Republican or Democrat, will ask or answer during the actual presidential contest.

[–]RPDBF [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

but Bernie has chance, the guys you listed are done though were so close to the first primary.

[–]Downbound92 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I can't wait until he gets knocked out in March and realizes he can't run for his Senate seat, so he's fucked. Politically exiled at 44.

[–]kuanica [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

So what? That's PAC money, and a credit line to boot? I don't see a problem

[–]xoites [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I am guessing he won't be the next Prez.

[–]Dec_12 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This is disappointing, but it's chump change compared to the Clinton's taking over $190,000 dollars worth of goods when they left the White House.

[–]JediMasterEvan5 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Whenever I see Marco Rubio I read it over as Mark Ruffalo and I was all "Hulk, NNNNOOOOOOO!!!"

[–]TalkingBackAgain [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Marrying a Dolphins cheerleader was his best decision ever! Dolphins cheerleaders are hot!

[–]Halophilic [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What would be the point of being a government official without the perks?

[–]mermella [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

How can we trust him to be president if we can't even trust him to pull the right credit card out of his wallet?

[–]MrAwesomeBrett [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

I think the major thing we are learning from this is that apparently Marco Rubio has game.... Since pointing out that he's nailing a ex-cheerleader was in the title of the article, I'm guessing that's what they want us to take away from this. Good News reporting!

[–]honestjohnnis [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

By game I think you mean money and influence.

[–]Frumpy_Pickles [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Ah yes, it's that time of the year again.

[–]MrXhin [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

$134 for that haircut?

[–]unclefire [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Edwards did that sort of thing to. I suppose when you have money and go to a salon and get all the trimmings (pun intended) haircuts can be pricey. I'd be willing to be he colored his hair too. :-)

[–]webauteur [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Republicans don't mind footing the bill for politicians.

[–]kittenlover27 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I wouldn't expect any less from any politician, Republican or Democrat

[–]tdt0005 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Um..what does his wife being an ex cheerleader have to do with anything?

[–]Gambit215 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

$100 haircuts? Almost Half a million in debt?

Clearly you cannot run the country if the concept of a BUDGET is as foreign as your parents...

[–]SkrongLikeViking [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

How do you spend 134$ on a haircut? The dude is balding. Should be a 5 dollar discount on a 15 dollar haircut. I can style my hair like that by simply not grooming myself for 6 months and shaving parts of my head.

[–]PepeAndMrDuck [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It's comforting to look at this and know that narcissistic politicians like this actually have no really empathy for others and therefore can never truly have a fulfilling, positive emotional relationship with another human, and that their marriage will hopefully fail someday soon. Either that or I'm just jealous of his "success".