More on NY Times v Rubio

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

The New York Times paints Rubio as a rich pluticrat I don't think it did that becaus ehe bought a "luxury speedboat". What he bought was a 24 foot Edgewater center console. But to the NYT, that makes Rubio out of touchdid the article actually state that?. Interestingly, the NYT has no quarrel with John Kerry's $7,000,000 yacht, that doesn't indicate that Kerry can't be in touch with the little guy. You do know he is considered one of the richest man in government due to his wifes $

https://ricochet.com/marco-rubios-bo...n-kerrys-boat/

Not often that political debate has a nautical theme, so i couldn't resist...

I like that Rubio is apparently a fisherman.

I don't think the article stated he was a fisherman.

The article focused on his financial misteps - like charging personal items to his Republican party credit card, liquidating a retirement card and paying a penalty and having a very low savings rate.

Here is what the article actually said about the "luxury speedboat" since it was such a tiny part of the article.

"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."

[Jim in CT]

Paul, why do you suppose the article referred to a 24 foor center console as a "luxury speedboat"? "Luxury"??? The article pointed out Rubio's financial struggles, then said after he got a book deal, he bought a "luxury speedboat".

When Kerry ran for President, do you suppose the NYT ran a piece about Kerry's yacht? The pictuees speak for themselves. Kerry lives like a czar, which is fine, he's not hurting anybody, but we shouldn't criticize someone foe making a much more modest purchase, right?

4 speeding tickets in 20 years, AND he owns a 24 foot center console? Let's send Rubio back to Cuba!

His financial mis-steps are, of course, fair game. It would be nice of the paper with all the Pulitzers you pointed out, was somewhat equally critical of liberals and their mis-steps. Or maybe they are, but Hilary doesn't have any mis-steps in her background, nor does her spouse? Is that it?