Miami Herald: Passengers give Rubio an earful over shutdown on Miami-DC flight

[highplainsdem]

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2013/09/government-shutdown-marco-rubio-gets-slowdown-turbulence-on-flight.html

Sen. Marco Rubio probably wished he was a face in the crowd rather than the face of Florida Republicans in Congress when he boarded his flight Monday morning from Miami to Washington D.C.

Passenger after passenger recognized Rubio and gave him an earful about the looming federal government shutdown being precipitated by Congress, a source on the flight tells us.

Except Rubio sought to downplay the issue and sympathize with constituents.

At one point, a flight attendant asked him if the partial government shutdown would, in fact, begin at midnight.

Rubio responded by calling the likely impasse "not really a shutdown, more of a slowdown -- but not a good way to do business."

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There's also an update with a Rubio spokesman denying this happened, and also saying Rubio was "unavailable" to tell the Herald reporter his side of the story or discuss the shutdown.

[RobertEarl]

1. Gosh, the public is so mean

Why can't they just allow him the freedumb to not work? Why did anyone ever expect that Rubio would do something worthwhile anyway? He's a Bush Klanner and we know what good they are. Leave him alone, he's just a Senator!

[uppityperson]

2. Being a public figure who is an asshole is hard. Tiny tear.

[nilram]

11. A tiny, tiny tear... Whoops, it evaporated.

[whathehell]

3. Heh heh.

A "captive audience". I love it.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. butbutbut we lost 2 presidential elections, Obama passed his law, if it goes into effect people will

like it...

waaaaaah!

[mac56]

5. Don't make him nervous.

He gets thirsty when he's nervous.

[SunSeeker]

9. LOL nt

[csziggy]

18. At laest then he'd have an excuse to lock himself in the joh!

But Rubio's not smart enough to think of that.

[freshwest]

6. Liars lying. Does he hang out with Lyin' Ryan?

[Eleanors38]

7. Hope everyone over-indulged ropa vieja before boarding.

[Link Speed]

8. I cannot see "Passenger after passenger" being allowed into 1st Class

and I cannot picture Rubio in Coach.

[think4yourself]

10. Although

You do have to walk through first class to get to coach. Sometimes you're just stuck there, waiting for others to get seated.
Sounds like a perfect storm for a thirsty Rubio.

[Link Speed]

13. That could be a likely scenario...

but I wouldn't recognize the guy if he knocked on my door.

[Gravitycollapse]

20. I would. He has a very memorable face.

[blkmusclmachine]

12. .

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[kairos12]

14. Didn't know coach peasents could storm the Bastille of First Class

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Rubio: "Not a good way to do business." He got that right and should never forget it. nt

[LibGranny]

16. Rubio is just another chickensh*t rethug - he's just prettier than most!

[steve2470]

17. Our Teabagger Senator who lied about his exact pathway to Florida....UGH

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio#.22Son_of_exiles.22

"Son of exiles"

In October 2011, the St. Petersburg Times and The Washington Post reported that Rubio's previous statements that his parents were forced to leave Cuba in 1959, after Fidel Castro came to power, were incorrect as they had in fact left Cuba in 1956 during the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. According to The Washington Post, Rubio's "embellishments" resonate with many voters in Florida, who would not be as impressed by his family being economic migrants seeking a better life in the U.S. instead of political refugees from a communist regime.[6]

Rubio responded: "The real essence of my family's story is not about the date my parents first entered the United States. Or whether they traveled back and forth between the two nations. Or even the date they left Fidel Castro's Cuba forever and permanently settled here. The essence of my family story is why they came to America in the first place; and why they had to stay."[78]

[IronLionZion]

19. I'm impressed he flew commercially

I would have thought he would fly in private jets. Anyway, good for these people.

I sure hope people do this to lots of teahadists who oppose the ACA and any other social programs that help people.