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Team Jeb Reportedly Spread Unsubstantiated Infidelity Rumors About Marco Rubio
Mediaite ^ | 11-30-15 | Alex Griswold

Posted on 11/30/2015 7:56:43 AM PST by markomalley

According to a report from Buzzfeed, Jeb Bush supporters and advisors have been "trying to smear" GOP rival Marco Rubio, spreading unsubstantiated rumors that the young Florida Senator had engaged in an extramarital affair.

Buzzfeed's McKay Coppins reports that the Bush campaign first began becoming concerned about Rubio's ascent after he successfully charmed a series of high profile donors. In response, they launched "Homeland Security," a secret effort to discredit Rubio in the eyes of powerful donors and media figures. Rubio's team believed two high profile Bush supporters ran the campaign, including CNN analyst and self-professed Rubio advisor Ana Navarra.

One media figure who the Bush campaign reportedly tried to sell on the infidelity rumors was MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. But he told Coppins he wasn't convinced: "Everybody who runs against him says he has girlfriends, or financial problems. They throw a lot of shit at the wall. It's the same thing from the Jeb Bush camp. They keep telling me, 'Oh, we've got the thing that's going to take him down.'"

The rumors allegedly became so rampant, Rubio's campaign reportedly spent tens of thousands of dollars hiring private detectives and auditors to try to turn up any evidence that the affairs occurred. Coppins reports that the investigators "determined that they lacked concrete evidence, which was enough to give Rubio's advisers peace of mind."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; elections; loser; rubio
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To: Jane Long

The Jeb ad I saw yesterday was missing its exclamation point. Was there a strategic campaign decision that too much excitement is keeping his polling numbers down? “Jeb Can Fix It” came and went quickly. I didn’t think it’s possible, but this campaign is worse than his Dad’s speed golf/ cigarette boat re-election campaign of ‘92.


41 posted on 11/30/2015 9:22:37 AM PST by ntnychik
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To: markomalley

Next the Bush campaign will whisper around that Rubio’s brothers are admitted homo sapiens.


42 posted on 11/30/2015 9:25:11 AM PST by euram
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To: markomalley

I heard Jeb matriculated in college AND his wife is a known thespian.


43 posted on 11/30/2015 9:29:19 AM PST by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: datricker

Those elites choose how the delegates get selected.

Remember, voters are a product, not a customer. The reason they are so angry with Trump is he walked outside the unwritten law.


44 posted on 11/30/2015 9:31:02 AM PST by redgolum
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To: stylin19a
>> the investigators "determined that they lacked concrete evidence,...

> would have rather heard "there's no there there".

It's awful damn hard to "prove" a negative. Lack of concrete evidence is generally the best you can do, shy of having 24x7 video of the candidate for the past 10 years, including bathroom breaks.

45 posted on 11/30/2015 9:39:37 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: headstamp 2

Jeb is more like Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter.

His family forces him to be evil, but he’s incapable on his own.

Jeb even makes evil look awkward.


46 posted on 11/30/2015 9:47:14 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: Flag_This

He frequently masticates in public!


47 posted on 11/30/2015 9:51:08 AM PST by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: markomalley

What troubles me is Bush Seniors lack of judgement. He actually thought Jeb should run for President before W.

The more I see Jeb the more I wonder how he got elected in Florida, his lack of ability actually makes me feel uncomfortable when I watch him.


48 posted on 11/30/2015 9:53:54 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: headstamp 2

And this will be ‘cause and effect’ just how much? Never planned on voting for Jerky Jeb or The Rube -either one. So the rube sleeps around. This is pertinent to Jebby only if the rube should be found with Jib Jeb’s bride or...even more important -father to JJ children.

GO TRUMP GO CRUZ ~ YOU WIN OR WE LOSE!!


49 posted on 11/30/2015 10:22:28 AM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: markomalley
Yeb? Full retard? Again? never go full retard photo: retard HuHHH.png
50 posted on 11/30/2015 10:57:00 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: dayglored

I understand. The statement reads funny. NO evidence is NO evidence. Lack of concrete evidence is not the same as no evidence.


51 posted on 11/30/2015 11:12:15 AM PST by stylin19a (obama = Fredo Smart)
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To: markomalley
I'm not a Rubio supporter...
...but JEB! has become an absolute dirtbag.
Yo JEB!, go stand on your tippy toes in the corner you dunce ... better yet just STFU and get lost.
52 posted on 11/30/2015 12:24:06 PM PST by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: Freestate316

I heard that too!


53 posted on 11/30/2015 3:17:02 PM PST by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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