Valin Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Hot Air: Ed Morrissey June 9, 2015 My goodness, American Bridge is busy these days. The Democratic oppo research firm uncovered the scandalous fact that Marco Rubio had four tickets in seventeen years, and with a rinse cycle in between saw that magically appear in the New York Times last week — to much derision. Now, while most of the media focuses on the hundreds of millions of dollars that went through the Clinton Foundation and into the Clintons’ pockets from people doing business with the State Department during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, the New York Times does a deep dive on Rubio’s finances. The lead practically drips with irony in its modest parallels to the Clintons (via Jeff Dunetz): For years, Senator Marco Rubio struggled under the weight of student debt, mortgages and an extra loan against the value of his home totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. But in 2012, financial salvation seemed to have arrived: A publisher paid him $800,000 to write a book about growing up as the son of Cuban immigrants. In speeches, Mr. Rubio, a Florida Republican, spoke of his prudent plan for using the cash to finally pay off his law school loans, expressing relief that he no longer owed “a lady named Sallie Mae,” as he once called the lender. But at the same time, he splurged on an extravagant purchase: $80,000 for a luxury speedboat, state records show. At the time, Mr. Rubio confided to a friend that it was a potentially inadvisable outlay that he could not resist. The 24-foot boat, he said, fulfilled a dream. (Snip) The Times’ sudden interest in the minutiae of Marco Rubio’s life also is rather curious, especially their intent to paint it in the worst possible light. In this case, tongue-clucking over the purchase speedboat with Rubio’s own cash as a “penchant for luxury” while Hillary Clinton’s private-jet travel gets covered by a “charity” is a rather interesting contrast — and quite revealing about the media outlet attempting to make the Rubios appear nouveau riche. ________________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Oh my. He bought an 80K boat. Maybe comparable to owning a Mercedes car, certainly not a Ferrari. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The New York Times Targets Marco Rubio and Misses… AgainNoah Rothman | @noahcrothman06.09.2015 - 12:16 PM What is the New York Times doing? In the space of a week, the paper has published no fewer than two exposés on the Florida senator running for the presidency that amount to veritable in-kind contributions to his campaign. Though these dubious investigations have prompted reliably credulous pundits to gasp in horror, it’s unclear that they will have any negative effect on Rubio’s presidential prospects. Quite the opposite, in fact; by overshooting Rubio’s bow on two separate occasions, the Times risks making one of the GOP’s brightest prospects a target of sympathy among precisely the voters to whom he needs to appeal in order to win his party’s presidential nomination. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/2015/06/09/new-york-times-marco-rubio-attack/#more-864986 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Rubio's finances look pretty decent compared to Obama's from 2007 The New York Times runs with a somewhat puzzling hit piece on Marco Rubio's financial problems. The thing is, yes, there's a story here, and it deserves to be written, but — where have you guys been for the last eight years? It's instructive to compare the Timesdescriptions of Rubio's finances as of 2015 with what we know about President Obama's finances as of 2007. Houses: NYT on Rubio: "Then, by the end of 2005, the Rubios completed the purchase of a new home, twice the size of their previous one, for $550,000. The house, among the more expensive in West Miami, stood out from the aging homes nearby: It includes an in-ground pool, a handsome brick driveway, meticulously manicured shrubs and oversize windows." Obama: Also in 2005, the new Sen. Obama bought a mansion in Hyde Park for $1.65 million. He might have had to pay significantly more than that, because the seller insisted on selling the house along with an undeveloped adjacent lot, and wasn't willing to sell just one. But Tony Rezko (now a federal prisoner who paid cash bribes to another prominent Illinois politician) agreed at that same time to buy that undeveloped lot from the same seller for more than $600,000. So Obama's purchase at the price he bid was made possible http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rubios-finances-look-pretty-decent-compared-to-obamas-from-2007/article/2565880 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 The Rubio campaign should really send a thank you note to The Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Moved @WestVirginaRebel MARCO RUBIO CAMPAIGN SLAMS NEW YORK TIMES FOR QUESTIONING PERSONAL FINANCES Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-FL) team is reacting to a New York Times story featuring an in-depth investigation of his personal finances. The Times piece was published this morning, just days after the paper ran a widely mocked hit piece highlighting the Rubio family’s traffic tickets. “The attack from The Times is just the latest in their continued hits against Marco and his family,” said Rubio’s communication director Alex Conant. “First The New York Times attacked Marco over traffic tickets, and ow they think he doesn’t have enough money. Of course if he was worth millions, The Times would then attack him for being too rich like they did to Mitt Romney.” The Times pointed to Rubio’s boat purchase and his family lease of a $50,000 Audi, as well as multiple housing purchases, suggesting that the Senator was irresponsible with money. Conant added that Rubio was not focused on “getting rich” but providing for his family, pointing out that he sends his four children to private school and puts money into a college savings account for each one. He also pointed out that Rubio paid off more than $150,000 in student loans and donated nearly $150,000 in charity. The Times writes that Rubio’s personal finances “could undermine Mr. Rubio’s well-crafted political persona” for criticizing “excessive government spending and runaway debt.” Rubio’s team scoffed at the accusation, pointing out that Rubio didn’t even meet the dangerous debt threshold for families set by the federal government. “Marco’s monthly financial obligations do not put his family finances above the 43 percent debt-to-income ratio the federal government suggests is worrisome,” Conant said in his response. ________ Hack attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 BEHOLD! THE MAJESTIC… AH, MAJESTY OF THE RUBIO BOAT!!!!!By: Moe Lane (Diary) | June 9th, 2015 at 06:00 PM TREMBLE AT ITS ONE-PERCENT GLORY!!!!!! View image on Twitter …Seriously, New York Times? Seriously? Does that paper even look at the material that American Bridge sends them, these days? Oh, man. I cannot wait to hear how Politico Buzzfeed probably TMZ, at this point will explain this away for the New York Times. Said explanation will be epic in its dignity… and by ‘epic’ I mean that I expect that TMZ will be told by the NYT that anybody who finds this story stupid is himself a stupid-stupid poopy-head who has blogger-cooties and smells like internet-cheese. Because we’ve long since passed the point where dignity was involved in the NYT’s journalistic process. (Via Hot Air) Moe Lane ( crosspost) http://www.redstate.com/2015/06/09/marco-rubio-boat/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 The New York Times is vetting Marco Rubio. Why are people so surprised? Translation: Even though this is a nothing story...it's really really important because....Marco defeated that nice Charlie Chris & The (hate filled) right wing haters are pointing out its a nothing story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 John Kerry Saves $500,000 By Docking 76-Foot Luxury Yacht Out Of State Posted: 07/23/2010 10:09 am EDT Updated: 07/05/2013 6:05 pm EDT BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is docking his family's new $7 million yacht in neighboring Rhode Island, allowing him to avoid paying roughly $500,000 in taxes to the cash-strapped Bay State. If the "Isabel" were kept at the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee's summer vacation home on Nantucket, or in Boston Harbor near his city residence, he would be liable for $437,500 in one-time sales tax. He would also have to pay $70,000 in annual excise taxes. Rhode Island repealed those taxes in 1993. That has made the state something of a nautical tax haven. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEEQFjAHahUKEwjC0tqT2oPGAhWBS6wKHfmuAMY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2010%2F07%2F23%2Fjohn-kerry-saves-500000-b_n_656985.html&ei=im53VcLlFYGXsQX53YKwDA&usg=AFQjCNF56iNKF3gIrx6IsZBNdWgZ2hIPJw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Sen. John Kerry docks new boat in Rhode Island, saving taxes ... www.masslive.com432 × 205Search by imageJohn Kerry Associated Press"Isabel" is undergoing repairs at the Hinckley shipyard in Portsmouth, R.I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 John Kerry Saves $500,000 By Docking 76-Foot Luxury Yacht Out Of State Posted: 07/23/2010 10:09 am EDT Updated: 07/05/2013 6:05 pm EDT BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is docking his family's new $7 million yacht in neighboring Rhode Island, allowing him to avoid paying roughly $500,000 in taxes to the cash-strapped Bay State. If the "Isabel" were kept at the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee's summer vacation home on Nantucket, or in Boston Harbor near his city residence, he would be liable for $437,500 in one-time sales tax. He would also have to pay $70,000 in annual excise taxes. Rhode Island repealed those taxes in 1993. That has made the state something of a nautical tax haven. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEEQFjAHahUKEwjC0tqT2oPGAhWBS6wKHfmuAMY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2010%2F07%2F23%2Fjohn-kerry-saves-500000-b_n_656985.html&ei=im53VcLlFYGXsQX53YKwDA&usg=AFQjCNF56iNKF3gIrx6IsZBNdWgZ2hIPJw I remember this from 04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Marco Rubio’s Boat vs. John Kerry’s Boat 40 COMMENTS Jon Gabriel, Ed. June 9, 2015 at 5:01 pm ( 14 hours ago ) John Kerry’s Humble Yacht Marco Rubio’s “Luxury Speedboat” https://ricochet.com/marco-rubios-boat-vs-john-kerrys-boat/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 BEHOLD! THE MAJESTIC… AH, MAJESTY OF THE RUBIO BOAT!!!!! By: Moe Lane (Diary) | June 9th, 2015 at 06:00 PM TREMBLE AT ITS ONE-PERCENT GLORY!!!!!! View image on Twitter …Seriously, New York Times? Seriously? Does that paper even look at the material that American Bridge sends them, these days? Oh, man. I cannot wait to hear how Politico Buzzfeed probably TMZ, at this point will explain this away for the New York Times. Said explanation will be epic in its dignity… and by ‘epic’ I mean that I expect that TMZ will be told by the NYT that anybody who finds this story stupid is himself a stupid-stupid poopy-head who has blogger-cooties and smells like internet-cheese. Because we’ve long since passed the point where dignity was involved in the NYT’s journalistic process. (Via Hot Air) Moe Lane ( crosspost) http://www.redstate.com/2015/06/09/marco-rubio-boat/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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