In the interest of full disclosure, let me say that I have not committed to any candidate in 2016. In other words, I want to watch them over the next few months and select the one that is most electable and better suited to navigate through some very choppy waters ahead.
Senator Rubio is in my short list, along with Governor Walker of Wisconsin, Governor Bush of Florida, Governor Perry of Texas and Governor Kasich of Ohio. As you can see, I like governors. Senator Rubio is on my list because he has two important qualities: A Reagan-esque ability to communicate conservative principles and a sound foreign policy.
Nevertheless, the latest demonstration that the left is panicking over Senator Rubio's electability was on today's The New York Times:
"Mr. Rubio has acknowledged missteps: using personal credit cards to pay for his campaigns (a bad idea, he said); appointing his wife, Jeanette, as a treasurer of a political action committee (ill advised, he said); and using the party money for the reunion trip (an accident, he said). Mr. Rubio, in his 2012 memoir, “An American Son,” confessed a “lack of bookkeeping skills” and an “imperfect accounting system.”In private conversations, Mr. Rubio has told friends that he learned how to manage money through trial and error. His poor, immigrant parents — his father a bartender, his mother a hotel maid — had little money to manage, he told them.In a statement to The New York Times, Mr. Rubio said, “Like most Americans, I know what it’s like for money to be a limited resource and to have to manage it accordingly.”He added: “Our primary financial motivation over the last 15 years has not been to become wealthy. It has been to provide for our children a happy upbringing and the chance at a great future.”"
OK so Marco Rubio had to raise a family and pay his bills? Sounds pretty normal to me, at least those of us who did not inherit wealth.
The New York Times' sudden obsession with the Rubio's finances is silly, specially when we get daily reports about the Clintons and their money.
Last, but not least, the financial expert quoted in The NY Times story made a financial contribution to the Obama campaign. The NY Times did not mention that in the article. I guess that they couldn't find a financial expert without ties to Obama or any other candidate.
Like most of us, the Rubios could have made better financial decisions or choices over the years. I will certainly plead guilty to making financial mistakes over my lifetime.
My suggestion to The New York Times is that they should take their curiosity over money over to The Clinton Foundation. In other words, a former US president, married to a current Secretary of State, accepted a lot of money over there.
Maybe the NY Times should knock on The Clinton Foundation's doors and do a little digging! They will find a lot more consequential information at that place.
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