Marco Rubio, Commoner
Fresh off their shocking revelation that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 100% drives himself around like some peasant, getting speeding tickets in the process, the NYT is back at it again. The latest broadside against Rubio reveals – shockingly – that Rubio has struggled to pay his bills just like some regular old, non-1%er American:
[NYT Quote at the link]
I have read the NYT piece in its entirety and it is completely devoid of any indication that the Rubios have actually defaulted on a loan or failed to fulfill an obligation that they owed. It instead paints a picture that’s pretty common in America of a couple who got in debt over their heads and struggled for years to get caught up and back out.
Now, with respect to these Rubio hit pieces, we all have to pretty much assume at this point that they are being spoonfed this information by Democrat opposition research firms. What I don’t get is how the coordinated Democrat/Press attack machine does not understand that this will backfire on Hillary. While Hillary already struggles in the “understands the problems and concerns of people like me” category of most polls, stories showing that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 100% gets (and pays) traffic tickets, struggles to make his mortgage and student loan payments, and sometimes has to make difficult choices with his money that he would rather not. The irony, of course, is that this same media relentlessly painted Mitt Romney as being rich and out of touch because he was wealthy and an assiduous manager of his money.
The NYT tries to simultaneously make Rubio out to be a recently-minted 1%er by pointing out that he was paid $800,000 to write a book. In doing so, they are trying in some feeble way to both smear Rubio as a commoner and simultaneously imply that now he is unlike you normal people who might vote for him. After all, everyone has disdain for the nouveau riche, right?