Carl Hiaasen is the relentless self-proclaimed "Kick Ass" Miami Herald columnist who has been plaguing Big Sugar and corrupt South Florida politics for decades. Imagine what that newsroom must be like with the likes of him and Dave Barry!
Here is how he describes what he does in the lead in to his book of collected columns (linked above):
You just cover a lot of territory and you do it aggressively and you do it fairly and you don't play favorites and you don't take any prisoners. It's the old school of slash-and-burn metropolitan column writing. You just kick ass. That's what you do. And that's what they pay you to do."Hiaasen does just that with homeboy Rubio in Carl Hiaasen: Would you trust Rubio with nation’s finances?
Marco Rubio has a good backstory, and he enjoys telling it.Treat yourself and give him a read!Hardworking immigrant parents, humble beginnings in South Florida — and now he’s a U.S. senator running for president at age 44.
It’s a stirring, up-by-the-bootstraps tale, if you leave out the credit-card mix-ups, unpaid mortgage and $80,000 fishing boat.
On the campaign trail, Rubio promises in scolding tones to rein in government spending, yet in his personal life he has displayed absolutely no talent for managing money.
The idea of him sitting in the Oval Office with billions at stake is a little scary. To believe that prudence and competence will suddenly bloom when he gets a crack at the federal budget is optimistic in the extreme.