Marco Rubio's Scandalous Extravagance

Michael Ramirez is probably the best political cartoonist in the field today. After the New York Times disgraced itself this week by trying to turn the accumulation of a number of traffic tickets, a home with an in-ground pool, and the purchase of a modest fishing boat by Florida GOP senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio into a major scandal, Ramirez illustrated the utter mindlessness of the Times' effort with this:

It really is true that a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, the unspoken words of Ramirez's cartoon describe the sheer tendentiousness and untrustworthiness of the New York Times' political reporting.

Here's a picture of Rubio's "luxury boat." For comparison sake, this craft cost $80,000. John Kerry's yacht cost $7 million. I wonder how many stories the Times did on Kerry's extravagance when he ran for president in 2004.

For a picture comparing Rubio's home in Florida with that of, say, Hillary Clinton's humble bungalow on Chappaqua, visit the story linked to above.