The New York Times tried to stir up controversy by reporting that presidential hopeful Marco Rubio and his wife have combined for a total of 17 traffic tickets in the past 18 years.
Yeah, really.
Apparently that’s supposed to pass for solid journalism these days, I guess. However, the Washington Postcountered by reporting on how many tickets President Obama received.
What’s interesting is that it’s the same number as the Rubio’s, though 44 collected them within only a three year gap.
From IJReview via Washington Post:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama got more than an education when he attended Harvard Law School in the late 1980s. He also got a healthy stack of parking tickets, most of which he never paid.The Illinois Senator shelled out $375 in January _ two weeks before he officially launched his presidential campaign _ to finally pay for 15 outstanding parking tickets and their associated late fees.Obama received 17 parking tickets in Cambridge between 1988 and 1991, mostly for parking in a bus stop, parking without a resident permit and failing to pay the meter, records from the Cambridge Traffic, Parking and Transportation office show.
Interestingly enough, Jen Psaki, then a spokesperson for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, ignored the issue of Obama’s unpaid tickets when they were reported on.
If we are going to judge politicians by their driving record, it seems only fair that we hold all elected officials to the same standards. However, we’re probably not going to see the Times with a story on Obama’s traffic violations anytime soon.
http://www.youngcons.com/in-response-to-marco-rubios-traffic-tickets-obama-had-just-as-many-but-in-only-three-years/
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