Earlier this afternoon, Kos wrote on the front page that Charlie Crist's career as a Republican politician was almost certainly over. This is true, but it would appear that Charlie has decided not to go down without a fight. And this fight is getting...well...a little personal:
During an interview Monday evening on Fox News, Crist attacked Rubio for "trying to pawn himself off as a fiscal conservative."
"And yet just in recent weeks, two weeks ago it has come out in news accounts he had a Republican Party of Florida credit card that he charged $130 haircut, or maybe it was a back wax," he said. "We are not sure what all he got at that place."
Host Greta Van Sustern interrupted. "Wait a second, stop. A back wax? Wait a second."
"I don't know what it was, you know," Crist continued.
Vid H/T Scarce and TPM
Just when I think I've heard all there is to hear where campaign rhetoric is concerned, here comes Charlie with allegations of party-funded "manscaping".
A back wax? Where the hell did Crist even come up with that? I can only assume that Charlie and Rubio have attended some of the same GOP pool parties. Or maybe Crist is just a huge fan of The 40-Year-Old Virgin:
But for the love of God, Charlie: no one needs to have the image of Marco Rubio's back hair implanted in their brains!
Look, y'all - I'm a man, and as such I am unfortunately familiar with unwanted hair. Testosterone is a sonofabitch. And while I've never gone so far as to employ hair-removal methods that might actually violate Geneva Convention statutes outlawing torture, I'm not going to be overly critical of anyone who does. (Unless they're a friend of mine. If I find out any of my male friends have waxed, the ridicule will be crippling.)
But Charlie - this is taking things way too far. You've not wronged Marco Rubio - you've wronged anyone who saw, heard, or read that comment.
Now, does anyone here know how to shop-vac one's own brain?