Back when [mc_name name=’Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’R000595′ ] first became a genuine threat to Charlie Crist (who has been thoroughly exposed as the most unscrupulous man in America), Crist had his people start a whisper campaign regarding marital infidelity and [mc_name name=’Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’R000595′ ]. Neither Crist nor his surrogates ever actually went on air and directly accused Rubio of it, they merely whispered the accusation in influential ears and let the rumors spread where they will. Never was an actual woman named, or was the accusation made head on, which made it impossible for Rubio to rebut.

Now Rubio presents a threat to a number of different people. Some don’t like him because they are just fans of Trump or Cruz or whoever. Some don’t like him because of the Gang of 8. That’s all fine and good, people can attack him for any reason they want to. But apparently desperation is setting in because here comes the whisper campaign again. Here’s just one example:

[mc_name name=’Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’R000595′ ] is the Republican Bill Clinton and not just because he’s slick and dishonest.

— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) December 10, 2015

Let me tell you how [mc_name name=’Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’R000595′ ] is different from Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton was accused, by a number of specific women – women whose names we all know by now (Kathleen Willy, Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, the list goes on) – of not only being the object of Bill Clinton’s extramarital attention, but also of being the object of unwanted and sometimes violent sexual advances. We knew the names of these women from the get go. We got to hear their story straight from the horse’s mouth. We were able to make judgments based on the available evidence, whether what they were saying was true or not.

Fine. If people have such information about [mc_name name=’Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’R000595′ ], now is the time. Now, before he is nominated, not after. If you have actual information that [mc_name name=’Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’R000595′ ] has a skeleton in his closet, and you’re an opponent of Rubio (as the people spreading this rumor are), then what possible good would come from waiting until after the nomination process to come out with it?

Let’s have an airing of the rumors. Let’s hear names, if any exist. Let’s hear the basis for the rumormongers’ knowledge. Were they there? Were they the alleged object of Rubio’s affection? Did they witness it? Did they hear about it from a friend of a friend? Let’s hash all these things out under the light of day.

The people who are engaged in this should have the balls to make this a story that [mc_name name=’Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’R000595′ ] can confront, instead of trying to sink him with a story they can’t even allege directly.