Despite ‘unfortunate’ focus on Crist-Obama hug, Rubio will mark the occasion with rally
by Michael C. Bender | February 5th, 2010“Unfortunately, that gets a lot of attention.”
That quote from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio wasn’t about this embrace or this sign of affection, he was talking about this one.
Rubio said on CNN on Thursday that “the hug” between Gov. Charlie Crist and President Obama gets too much attention. Crist’s support of the stimulus plan was what was really important, he said.
It was the Rubio campaign, however, that called a picture of Obama and Crist the “MOST POWERFUL ONLINE FUNDRAISING SITE IN FLORIDA HISTORY” in November.
The site is no longer active, but the picture is on a fund-raising page on Rubio’s campaign Web site. A money bomb for Rubio features Crist and Obama embracing.
Today, Rubio is announcing that he’ll return to the site of the Fort Myers rally on Wednesday – the one-year anniversary of the Obama-Crist get-together.
The event, coordinated by FreedomWorks PAC, will feature former House Republican Leader Dick Armey.
From Rubio’s press release today:
“Every day, I am encouraged by the growing support I see for limited government principles throughout Florida and our nation,” said Rubio. “February 10 marks the first anniversary of Governor Crist’s embrace of a failed stimulus policy that has neither stimulated our economy, nor prevented the dramatic job losses that have taken a toll on over 1 million Floridians and families.”
Tags: Barack Obama, Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, stimulus
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