U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio urges Florida Ethics Commission to toss complaint against him

[mia]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/us-sen-marco-rubio-urges-florida-ethics-commission-to-toss-complaint/1218064

In a move sure to increase speculation he is angling to be the Republican vice presidential running mate, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is demanding the Florida Ethics Commission close out a complaint that he misused Republican and campaign money "to subsidize his lifestyle."

"This complaint was filed for political reasons, and those who support the direction this president is taking our country will undoubtedly attempt to exploit it for political reasons," Rubio wrote Friday in a letter, which was accompanied by an affidavit. "I'm not going to let them do that."

The March 2010 ethics complaint came during Rubio's Senate campaign against then-Gov. Charlie Crist and was filed by Michael D. Ryan of Fort Lauderdale, who said he based it on articles in the Tampa Bay Times (then St. Petersburg Times) and Miami Herald. The newspapers reported that Rubio, former speaker of the Florida House, routinely charged personal expenses to his party-issued credit card from 2006 to 2008.

Rubio said he repaid personal expenses. Others raised questions, such as the nearly $4,000 he billed the Republican Party of Florida for a rental car in Miami and repairs to his family minivan, which he said was damaged by a valet at a political event....


Love the way the word "toss" is used here. Getting away with ethics violations is a badge of honor for Republicans and we should all just shrug things like this off as frat boy behavior.

[peekaloo]

1. According to scuttlebutt in Florida those AmEx charges contain charges that link him to

a healthcare lobbyist named Amber Stoner. (interesting to google their names together).

He had a fondness for diverting taxpayer money during his tenure in the State Legislature.....and he's Jebthro's favorite student.

Marco Polio has other skeletons, too, like a drug dealing brother living at his momma's house.

[malaise]

2. I say toss him n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Oh my God.

About now is the time to go into the history of the people who make up the Florida Commission of Ethics. You'll understand why Rubio will not only get what he wishes, but you'll see how Charlie Crist's exiled supporters will be accepted back into the fold.

I suggest you look hard, because, if you blink, you'll miss it. And then we'll have Democrats supporting a Charlie Crist who has a foot solidly in both camps. This is how the politicos in Florida love to play it. Labels mean nothing.