DUmmies quizzically lose their poop over Rubio helping his brother

[BannedFromDU]

Star Member Purveyor (26,043 posts)

How Rubio Helped His Ex-Con Brother-In-Law Acquire A Real Estate License
Source: Washington Post

By Scott Higham and Manuel Roig-Franzia December 30 at 3:54 PM

When Marco Rubio was majority whip of the Florida House of Representatives, he used his official position to urge state regulators to grant a real estate license to his brother-in-law, a convicted cocaine trafficker who had been released from prison 20 months earlier, according to records obtained by The Washington Post.

In July 2002, Rubio sent a letter on his official statehouse stationery to the Florida Division of Real Estate, recommending Orlando Cicilia “for licensure without reservation.” The letter, obtained by The Washington Post under the Florida Public Records Act, offers a glimpse of Rubio using his growing political power to assist his troubled brother-in-law and provides new insight into how the young lawmaker intertwined his personal and political lives.

Rubio did not disclose in the letter that Cicilia was married to his sister, Barbara, or that the former cocaine dealer was living at the time in the same West Miami home as Rubio’s parents. He wrote that he had known Cicilia “for over 25 years,” without elaborating.

Rubio has avoided discussing Cicilia’s case in detail and has declined to answer questions about his relationship with his brother-in-law. Earlier this month, prior to The Post publishing an article about Cicilia’s case, Rubio declined to answer a written question about whether he had helped win the approval of his brother-in-law’s real estate license.

Not really understanding your point, DUmmies. Let me go through some DU orthodoxy, point by point:

1. All drugs should be legal, so
2. No drug felons belong in prison, especially
3. Nonviolent offenders. Also,
4. Ex-cons are discriminated against unfairly in the workforce, particularly
5. Minorities.

Isn't that what we are told by you stupid ****ers every single other day of the year?

Even so:

Unknown Beatle (2,212 posts)
11. That's just a glimpse into what

a Rubio presidency would be like. Full of nepotism and cronyism.

Irony alert.

dem in texas (1,323 posts)
12. Major Cocaine Dealer

Brother-in-law was not small potatoes, but worked for one of the biggest cocaine dealers in the Miami area back when Miami was the cocaine capital of the US. So surprised that this hasn't come up earlier.

So?

Dawson Leery (13,255 posts)
14. How many children got drugs from Rubio's brother in law?

Not nearly enough, according to DU Orthodoxy. In any case, probably fewer than have had abortions under liberals.


You Dems sure you want to play the criminal relatives card? I'll see your Rubio and raise you a ****ing full house of Kennedys, to start with.

[thundley4]

This is small potatoes compared to the shit Hillary pulled off as Sec. of State to help her donors and even a relative or two.

Rubio didn't even mention his relationship to the person. For all the licensing board knew, it might have been a constituent that asked Rubio to help them.

[obumazombie]

The Marc Rich pardon by owebuma's Attorney General.

[Patriot Guard Rider]

This is small potatoes compared to the shit Hillary pulled off as Sec. of State to help her donors and even a relative or two.

Rubio didn't even mention his relationship to the person. For all the licensing board knew, it might have been a constituent that asked Rubio to help them.

All that shit Hitlary pulled off has been thoroughly debunked at the DUmp. Axe them.

[Carl]

The deliberate obtuseness of the DUmp mongrels never ceases to amaze. 

[Delmar]

Response to Purveyor (Original post)Wed Dec 30, 2015, 05:18 PM
Star Member 47of74 (11,036 posts)
3. And if a Democrat had done this you know Rubio and the rest of the GOP dumbf--k bus...

...would be standing by with the boards and nails to crucify said Democrat.

Ashley Biden didn't do anything as awful as helping a relative get a real estate license but she did get caught on video tape snorting cocaine up her nose, though I don't remember her crucifixion.

Slow Joe's other good-for-nothing kid Hunter got the boot from the Navy for testing positive for cocaine after one month in the service, but I don't remember him getting crucified either.  But then again, he didn't do anything as evil as trying to help a relative turn his life around.

And then there's Barry:

   
 
"I had learned not to care," he wrote. "I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though. ..."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2629428

[SVPete]

So ... FL license boards don't do criminal background checks?

So ... FL license board license applications don't ask for 5-10 years of applicants' residency history?

So ... FL license board license applications don't ask applicants if they've ever been arrested or convicted of a crime?

Admittedly, I don't know the answers to those questions, but I have a hard time believing the license board did not know - through voluntary direct disclosure and/or through the application vetting process - that Orlando Cicilia had been convicted of and done time for a drug offense (arrested in 1987, released in 2000).

Through his sister and his parents, he had known how Cecilia had conducted himself for over a year and a half after being released.

And, in 20-20 hindsight, how did it turn out? Judging from this NY Post article, it looks like Cecilia is, to this day, a productive citizen. IOW, Rubio's judgement/recommendation has been proved correct for 13 years and counting. Somehow, I don't think the WashPost's gotcha article made this point.

[obumazombie]

^Good call SVP.

[Boudicca]

So it's a crime to help your down on his luck, hopefully reformed brother in law, but Obola can't spare a dime for his half brother in Nairobi.  Who'd YOU rather be related to?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2186782/Obamas-slumdog-brother-Meet-hopeless-drunk-Nairobi-shanty-town-U-S-Presidents-BROTHER.html

    Whilst the President inhabits the luxurious surroundings of the Oval Office and flies aboard Air Force One, his half-brother George Obama lives in a notorious African slum
    George Obama has battled addictions to drink and drugs for most of his life at the same time as his relative has enjoyed a meteoric rise to power
    The 30-year-old, who was once hooked on cocaine, says that his surname is frequently a burden to him

NOW, if Barack Hussein Obama is in fact NOT the son of Barack Sr., this neglect of a non-relative would make perfect sense, would it not?

http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/filmmaker-see-photos-of-obamas-real-siblings/

[98ZJUSMC]

All that shit Hitlary pulled off has been thoroughly debunked at the DUmp. Axe them.

Glad that's settled. 

[SVPete]

^Good call SVP.

Admittedly, I don't know the answer to this question, but I wonder how many other times Sen. Rubio has assisted people - relative or friends, i.e. people [h]he knows[/b]. I realize it could be re-spun as cronyism, but non-family instances would defuse the claim of nepotism (although recommending a relative for a license unrelated to Rubio's position isn't true nepotism).