Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday had little sympathy for former House Speaker Marco Rubio, who has been put on the defensive after records showing how he used a Republican Party of Florida credit card were leaked to The Miami Herald. Rubio has criticized the leak as an "act of desperation" but has acknowledged that he did make payments of $16,000 for personal expenses that were placed on the card.
Crist said that it was good that the records came to light, saying "knowledge is good."
"I don't know where it came from,'' said Crist. "It doesn't really matter to me. What matters to me is that the people have a right to know how people spend their money, how they comport themselves, how they conduct themselves before they put themselves for public office.
"That's happened to the speaker,'' said Crist. "He apparently doesn't like it. That's too bad. Welcome to the NFL."
Crist - who does not have a party credit card - also questioned some of the expenses.
"I don't think it was very smart. Sounded like an awfully expensive haircut to me. I mean I spend 11 bucks to get a haircut."
Crist repeated that he supports releasing all credit cards. Crist was also asked whether or not his travel aides or other top aides used a credit card to cover his expenses and the governor said no.
"I don't have a credit card. Nobody I know of that helped me had a credit card. I have my own credit card and I pay it off every month."
Wow, what a slimeball Crist is. Isn't it completely transparent that he's behind singling out Rubio? I thought Rubio made a valid point that his expenses over two years are less than what Charlie's boys at RPOF rang up in a month. Pretty shocking. Considering the now disgraced RPOF leaders were all anointed by Charlie, is this really the controversy he wants to create? Isn't he responsible for messes that are 1000 times larger than this within the RPOF?
Posted by: Jimmy | February 25, 2010 at 03:03 PM
Rubio is a just another fake conservative.. he can thrown out all the red meat on command but this peek behind the curtains shows what Rubio is really made of.
Makes me sick. Get out of the Republican party, you wolf.
Posted by: Ser Bak | February 25, 2010 at 05:22 PM
Aug. 25 Charlie will be on the sidelines. Go team!
Posted by: Derek | February 25, 2010 at 08:33 PM
Rubio is a embarrassment to the party and should drop out of the race now.
Crist will win this race, just wait and see.
Posted by: Fred Flinstone | February 26, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Rubio got popped and it looks awful. Crist has every right to rub his face in it. Now we'll see if Rubio is a big boy--or as he appears to the casual observer--a fuzzy cheeked kid just barely out of short pants.
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