Crist’s bagmen are the ones to worry.

Ugghh…I wish we could have found a cleaner way to rid the GOP of these establishment leeches.

to try to slow down the next Senator from Florida Marco Rubio! I have no doubt the stories will be salacious and damaging right up until election day and Crist will run as an Independent because he is a SLEAZE!

don’t walk where it is slippery”. Why this is slippery is there appears to be no accountability for charges on the cards. Most business organizations take a dim view to personal expenses charged on company credit cards. Abuse usually results in termination. I like and support Marco Rubio. I wish this story were not true no matter if he repaid personal expenses or not. Let all learn a lesson from this.

. . . from himself . . . wouldn’t you?

But unless Rubio made those reimbursements promptly, he may get caught up in it. The law governs how political funds can be spent, and how they must be accounted for, and anyone who is spending those funds better be able to give a good accounting.

He left the “Corrupt” Republican party to mount a “Noble” independent bid.

Hell, at this rate, I wouldn’t be surprised if he flipped parties and took George LeMieux with him, giving Obama back his 60-seat majority on the promise that he could force Meek out of the race for him.

I wrote about this when it came to my attention earlier this month. Charlie Crist has no shame.

Mr. Rubio, by using the card for personal reasons and paid the money back immediately, created the “appearance of impropriety.”

I don’t think he should have used the card for personal purchases, but he DID pay the Party coffers back which is probably NOT the case with Christ or any of his cronies.

Mr. Rubio is going to be beaten severly over the head with the “appearance” and not the true facts of the case.

Wer I mr. Rubio, I would put that darn card in the shredder for the duration.

Charlie is somewhat desperate. He is going to get down and dirty before this is all over.

Wait–this will get worse. If he runs as an independent which he said on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace he would never do–it will hurt Rubio and Florida will wind up with Christ.

It is time for Christ to shut up and if he has merits to tell us about them or fade quietly into the night..

Rubio may still pull this off. If Christ talks to much, he will hang himself.

He thought that he could damage Rubio’s campaign with the claim that Marco improperly using a party credit card. But when he opened that door, he also spread light on the dark corners of his own behavior and that of his direct subordinates. Now the national Dems have ammo that they will no doubt use in an attempt to wound the entire Florida GOP apparatus. They see this as their best chance of improving the electoral odds.
I am convinced that Marco Rubio is the ultimate target of this investigation. The Dems fear him. They want to take him out now, before he becomes a popular and forceful national figure.

for their backing of Crist. Will they ever learn?

.. that when and if the truth comes out about what started this investigation, it’s going to lead right to Crist. Whistleblower, Hero, American. (snark)

He supports Obama’s agenda, and the Chosen’s administration takes out his rival for him. Or tries to, that is. I dont think they’ll find anything worthy of anything but Olbermann and Maddow ranting about for 3 days, and people who watch MSNBC are not going to vote for Rubio anyway.

Honestly, I dont think this is going to wind up being any more than a short speed bump for Rubio.. as long as he didnt charge prostitutes or crack on his GOP card, that is.

Amazingly, the Koskids arent drooling all over themselves on this one yet, and its already 9:45 EST..

.. that when and if the truth comes out about what started this investigation, it’s going to lead right to Crist. Whistleblower, Hero, American. (snark)

He supports Obama’s agenda, and the Chosen’s administration takes out his rival for him. Or tries to, that is. I dont think they’ll find anything worthy of anything but Olbermann and Maddow ranting about for 3 days, and people who watch MSNBC are not going to vote for Rubio anyway.

Honestly, I dont think this is going to wind up being any more than a short speed bump for Rubio.. as long as he didnt charge prostitutes or crack on his GOP card, that is.

Amazingly, the Koskids arent drooling all over themselves on this one yet, and its already 9:45 EST..

(n/t)

RUBIO – Acted unwisely but appears to be otherwise principled.

CHRIST – Desperate, without shame and (other than his re-election) lacks informing convictions and principles.

DEMS – Interested in taking out Rubio early and for good; will do almost anything to succeed.

This is setting up to be a high-stakes, action-packed movie.

This is a link to a WaPo story today regarding spending at the DNC & the RNC. Ouch! If the RNC spends 68 cents to raise each dollar I want to be a staffer with them. Living the good life.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/20/AR2010042005183.html?wpisrc=nl_headline

about this issue at all. What is important to me is that I know that Rubio shares my values as a true conservatives and I have a pretty much know how he will vote regarding those core issues. So unless they find that Rubio is a rapist or child molester he has my support.

I suspect that this is getting a push in DC and hesitate to give Christ the full credit here. Strange though that Holder supported the pardon of Frank Rich and dropped the case that had already been won with an admission of guilt by the Black Panthers in the voter intimidation case.

Get a reasonable password system. this is rediculous! have to look it up all the time. Sometimes I wonder if it is worth it.

This is right in line with the desperate Crist smears that have characterized his campaign against Rubio. Even if he didn’t directly push for this investigation, he’s played the role of useful idiot for the Dems. And Good Time Charlie should stop a minute and think – because, while (so far) Rubio and his backers have stayed on the high road, they’ have to be sick of the endless character assasination. Ultimately, they’ll hit back with stories like this one:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-dawn/201003/is-governor-charlie-crist-gay-should-we-care

Its been done before – the NYC1977 Mayoral campaign, where ‘Vote for Cuomo, not the homo” signs appeared after Koch smeared Cuomo as an anti-Semite. (apologies for the slur, but that is, historically, what the signs said.)

I am sorry, but I would go nuts if a Dem did this and I am equally upset that Rubio appears to at best acted unethically (if not criminally) here. I have gotten so sick of this “our guys can be sleezeballs so long as they vote (sometimes) the way I want” mentality that has seemed to pervade our party. While I couldn’t vote for Christ (because I don’t agree with his positions), I could neither vote for Rubio for crap like this (it seriously calls into question his ethics). Thankfully, I live in Ohio so I have a much easier choice to make.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/us-attorney-irs-and-fbi-investigating-florida-gop-credit-card-use/1088979

“Rubio billed the party for more than $100,000 during the two years he served as House speaker, according to credit card statements obtained by the St. Petersburg Times and Miami Herald. The 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 also charged the party for dozens of meals during the annual lawmaking session in Tallahassee, even though he received taxpayer subsidies for his meals. “

The movements are pretty obvious. Crist tries to ambuh Rubio with the credit card accusation It doesnt have that much of an effect. Crist gets the poll that he will lose to Rubio if he runs as a Repubican but if he runs as an Independent then he is ahead of Rubio by three points, .Crist in his position as Governor gets wind of the investigation of everybody in the RNC and asks his guy who is a former Florida governor to leave the RNC and manage his Independent run for Senator or visa versa. The guy steps down but doesnt give a reson for it.Shortly you will hear Crist annouce that he got wind of the investigation etc and decided to dis-associate himself with the RNC because it no longer represented his principles.