MSNBC Host Confronts Rubio For Hypocrisy Over IRS Claims

[DonViejo]

By Igor Volsky on May 16, 2013 at 10:42 am

On Thursday, NBC’s Chuck Todd challenged Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) claim that the Obama administration has created a “culture of intimidation” in which “everything is about politics and destroying your opponent and dividing the American people for your electoral gain,” pointing out that the Rubio’s own PAC is actively fundraising from the ongoing scandals in Washington.

“Your PAC put out an e-mail raising money on IRS issue and doing a petition,” Todd said. “That’s campaigning. That’s politics too.” Rubio disagreed, saying that his PAC is merely trying to rally the American people against government abuse:

RUBIO: Here’s the point. I’m trying to get a petition of American citizens and Americans who support us in this endeavor to rally people. That’s different to say I’ll put on my website every donor to the Obama campaign and attack that individual, a private citizen by name, and I’m going to try to create this culture where people feel intimidated and oppose me. That’s two different things I’m talking about.

Watch it:

Full article
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/05/16/2021331/msnbc-host-confronts-rubio-for-hypocrisy-over-irs-claims/

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Rubio is so full of shit, I can't imagine why any Floridian wanted to cast their vote for him.

Florida, please wake the fuck up already and get rid of those Republicans!

[russspeakeasy]

2. We keep trying, but we keep failing. We are concentrated on

hating the President and still fuming about Casey Anthony.....We don't have time to focus on any "real" issues.
Please come here and buy my house so I can move to a more liberal state like Kansas.
The repukes are in charge here, and no dem is willing to take them on.
It is a sorry state, (pun intended) .

[Dawson Leery]

4. The Democratic vote was split. Rubio won but 39% of the vote.

[FSogol]

3. Please bookmark and repost when Rubio announces he's running for the WH.

[flamingdem]

5. Go Chuck Todd

.. never thought I'd say that but sometimes he hits the mark

[brooklynite]

6. But I was told that Chuck Todd was a Republican shill...

I know it's true; I read it here.

[Cha]

7. Chuck Todd can be a republicon shill. That doesn't mean he can't do his job

sometimes. Thank goodness it's not all shill all the time.