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Marco Rubio, Florida GOP Under Federal Investigation, Report Says
CBS ^ | 04/21/10

Posted on 04/21/2010 2:35:23 PM PDT by freespirited

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To: Bryanw92
-"used their GOP credit cards for personal expenses without reporting or paying taxes on additional income"

??????

This is the best they have?

41 posted on 04/21/2010 3:04:18 PM PDT by The Bronze Titan
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To: freespirited

Just how many dozens of the individuals attached to the Obama election campaign’s war room to attack Sarah Palin in Alaska are now working for the Federal Government in Presidential appointed positions?


42 posted on 04/21/2010 3:20:45 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: Vigilanteman
Samual Jackson and Robert Downey Jr? Just another celebrity appearance.
43 posted on 04/21/2010 3:20:51 PM PDT by Waverunner ( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

How is Rubio not conservative? This is being thrown around, but I have seen no evidence.


44 posted on 04/21/2010 3:21:34 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: freespirited

Crist seems to be both a sore loser and a dirty player. Not the type of person I’d like as my Senator.


45 posted on 04/21/2010 3:27:50 PM PDT by popdonnelly (I'm so old, I remember when free enterprise was praised, and communism was shunned.)
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To: the_Watchman
If Rubio co-mingled personal expenses on an RNC card on a a regular basis, then, he isn’t very bright!

Easy to say but in the corporate environment, everybody does it every day. So then you move to the political entity card, you use it the same way.

And like people in the corporate environment, every month, when the check gets written, the personal stuff gets charged to your drawing account or reimbursement advance account or whatever and you pay it. Which is what Rubio did here.

In my case, I get the corporate bill--write a corporate check for the corporate expenses; and a personal check for the personal; and pay in full every month; the personal stuff never even gets to run through the corporate checking account.

And I do it even though I have a handful of credit cards because otherwise you are always thinking about which card to pull out; you pay a bill that is part corporate and part personal--do you use two cards?

Do you use only a personal card and then pay the corporate charge on your personal card with a corporate check?

All this is nonsense--introduced solely by the complex government rules on reimbursement and charge. But unreasonable to beat somebody over the head with the process. It may be unreasonable to beat somebody over the head with the process even though they have made mistakes and paid some personal out of the corporate--but Rubio hasn't even done that here--his splits are clean and will withstand audit.

This story is just abusive use of the IRS for political purposes. Christ is just another Liberal running as a Republican; the Liberal's on the Dem side are trying to take care of him.

46 posted on 04/21/2010 4:52:56 PM PDT by David (...)
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To: freespirited

malicious partisan prosecutorial abuse.


47 posted on 04/21/2010 5:02:05 PM PDT by DGHoodini (Iran Azadi!)
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To: freespirited
Yeah, Geitner and Muller always drop everything for a Republican Gov.
48 posted on 04/21/2010 5:26:54 PM PDT by Chgogal (American Mugabe, get your arse out of my bank, my car, my doctor's office & my elec. utility.)
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To: dirtymac
Bingo. Obama became Senator of Illinois by pulling stuff like this. Hold Crist and Obama to the fire.

Obama, what about your GS contributions? What about your tax evading appointments?

49 posted on 04/21/2010 5:29:25 PM PDT by Chgogal (American Mugabe, get your arse out of my bank, my car, my doctor's office & my elec. utility.)
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To: dljordan
When did Bush use the IRS against his political enemies?
50 posted on 04/21/2010 5:30:20 PM PDT by Chgogal (American Mugabe, get your arse out of my bank, my car, my doctor's office & my elec. utility.)
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To: freespirited

CHRIS WALLACE, HOST
CHARLIE CRIST

WALLACE: ...have been persistent rumors in Florida that you are so far behind, at least currently, in the polls...that you may run instead as an independent. Here is your chance to dispel all the rumors. Are you willing to pledge right here, right now that you will run in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate and not run as an independent?

CRIST: I’m running as a Republican...

WALLACE: So are you ruling out that you will file as an independent by the April 30th deadline?

CRIST: That’s right. That’s right. I’m running as a Republican.

WALLACE: You will run not for a governor — you’ll run for Senate, and you will run as a — in the Republican primary.

CRIST: ...I’m running as a Republican...

WALLACE: Will you support the winner of the GOP primary, whether it’s you or Marco Rubio?

CRIST: Of course I will...

WALLACE: Well, I’m going to get — I’m going to — I’ll give you an opportunity for a final statement. I just want to say, though, you are saying you are going to run in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. You will not run on the no party affiliation line.

CRIST: That’s right. That’s right. That’s what I’m saying.


51 posted on 04/22/2010 7:44:25 AM PDT by Notwithstanding
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To: Notwithstanding

And if Crist does, Rubio will be playing that as his next campaign commercial over and over and over. Surely Charlie must realize this?!


52 posted on 04/22/2010 7:58:07 AM PDT by MIlle
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To: dljordan
“It’s just those nasty Democrats that turn such honorable institutions bad”

To be honest, I had never heard a bad thing (politically) about the FBI until the Clinton years. This does not include the escapades of J. Edgar Hoover which were political but for his personal benefit. The same with the IRS. Clinton used the IRS to go after enemies, an accusation that I had not heard leveled at any prior POTUS. The FBI was the pawn of the Clinton's from day one and has not left the Democratic party pocket since.

53 posted on 04/22/2010 12:52:29 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Calling all Son's of Liberty)
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To: dirtymac

“The same with the IRS. Clinton used the IRS to go after enemies, an accusation that I had not heard leveled at any prior POTUS.”

Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon used the IRS. Lots of stuff on the web about it. J. Edgar was the director under eight presidents and in my opinion was corrupt. Our government is corrupt and has been for many years.


54 posted on 04/23/2010 6:28:17 PM PDT by dljordan (Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his office. ")
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