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Rubio’s summer of ’90: An arrest, then newfound purpose
https://www.washingtonpost.com ^ | Jan 21, 2016 | By Manuel Roig-Franzia & Scott Higham

Posted on 02/02/2016 7:44:46 AM PST by FR_addict

MIAMI: Marco Rubio's first year of college at a small school in Missouri ended badly. His grades were awful. A neck injury dashed any hopes of achieving greatness on the football field. He was hurting for money.

He resolved to go back to Florida and get his life on a path to success. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barrios; rubio; rubiobio; scarface
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I'm putting this story on FR, because I don't want to get blindsided by the GOP once again.

There are numerous stories out about Angel Barrios who was arrested with Rubio. Supposedly, they lived together for a while.

The park story by itself is not that big a deal. It's the stories surrounding Angel and whether they are true.

1 posted on 02/02/2016 7:44:46 AM PST by FR_addict
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To: FR_addict

oh, C’MON. Why don’t we just have a salvation session and we all admit the worst thing we did Freshman year of college!


2 posted on 02/02/2016 7:46:56 AM PST by grania
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To: FR_addict

More importantly, where did the missing $15 million drug money go from his brother in law and why did he get him out of jail early.

I wish someone could timeline his debts.


3 posted on 02/02/2016 7:47:24 AM PST by RummyChick
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You do know his family is connected to the drug kingpin that was used to model the Scarface movie?


4 posted on 02/02/2016 7:49:20 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: FR_addict

I don’t see Rubio playing football.


5 posted on 02/02/2016 7:49:39 AM PST by skeeter
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Egads...drinking beer and being in a public park after closing. Good thing he wasn’t ever a Sailor, hahahaha.

This may only help his authenticity issue.


6 posted on 02/02/2016 7:50:55 AM PST by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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More importantly, where did the missing $15 million drug money go from his brother in law and why did he get him out of jail early. I wish someone could timeline his debts.

The public will forgive a boy from a poor family many things. A multi-billionaire tycoon born with a silver spoon, not so much.

7 posted on 02/02/2016 7:51:16 AM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: RummyChick

It read on FR that this ex-con brother-in-law lives with Rubio’s mother and that Rubio refused to answer the questions if he was getting money from him.


8 posted on 02/02/2016 7:57:28 AM PST by Jane Austen (Marco Rubio is the White Obama and beholden to special interests.)
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To: FR_addict

Bump for later.


9 posted on 02/02/2016 7:58:05 AM PST by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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oops I may have remembered this wrong.

It may not be helping him get out of jail. He definitely helped him get a real estate license without disclosing he is a relative.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-marco-rubio-helped-his-ex-con-relative-get-a-real-estate-license/2015/12/30/a1d96816-ae7f-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html


10 posted on 02/02/2016 7:58:56 AM PST by RummyChick
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It’s the stories about Angel that are disturbing. I haven’t read Rubio’s autobiography. Did he live with Angel or not?


11 posted on 02/02/2016 7:59:00 AM PST by FR_addict (Ryan needs to go!)
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I do not see either. He is too frail. Maybe games with neighborhood kids?


12 posted on 02/02/2016 7:59:21 AM PST by Jane Austen (Marco Rubio is the White Obama and beholden to special interests.)
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I think the bigger story is the Washington Compost trying to portray “Juan-Marco Romney Rubio” as a regular guy...someone u could vote for......

The “GOPe Cartel” approves this message....

13 posted on 02/02/2016 8:04:37 AM PST by M-cubed
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My understanding is that park was a known hangout for gays after dark. We had a park like that in my hometown. Everyone knew what you were up to if you were caught there after dark.


14 posted on 02/02/2016 8:06:41 AM PST by .45 Long Colt
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To: M-cubed

Has anyone read Rubio’s autobiography. Is Angel mentioned?


15 posted on 02/02/2016 8:06:46 AM PST by FR_addict (Ryan needs to go!)
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To: .45 Long Colt

I am familiar with this park (I have not been after dark). Never heard of this allegation that it was a gay hangout. Sylvester Stallone and Madonna used to live right near it to give you a sense of the neighborhood that it is located.


16 posted on 02/02/2016 9:00:28 AM PST by GWB00 (Barbara Streisand barely made it out of high school.)
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To: FR_addict

Hit job. Thanks.


17 posted on 02/02/2016 9:02:02 AM PST by andy1954
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To: FR_addict

Again, it doesn’t disturb me. It was his Freshman year of college, for heaven’s sake!


18 posted on 02/02/2016 9:10:18 AM PST by grania
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WHO CARES??? What do these disclosures, about a college freshman still immersed in his family and neighborhood culture, have to do with promoting the cause of Constitutional Conservatives?

What is your agenda, anyway?

19 posted on 02/02/2016 9:15:17 AM PST by grania
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I’m not familiar with it at all but I got that after talking to a gay man who lived there during that era. He’s someone I’ve known most of my life. He and other gays flocked down there in the 80’s. Half of his friends from that time are long dead from AIDS. He is a celibate gay who is open about his struggles and his past.

I don’t want to be unfair to Rubio, but I just don’t trust him. Maybe the park thing is nothing. Then again, I read elsewhere he has admitted going to “foam parties” in Miami.


20 posted on 02/02/2016 9:20:55 AM PST by .45 Long Colt
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