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The Marco Rubio post-mortem: How a supposedly ready-made GOP nominee crashed and burned
Salon ^ | 3/10/2016 | GARY LEGUM

Posted on 03/10/2016 6:14:06 AM PST by Beave Meister

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come not to praise Marco Rubio – dear God, never, ever that – but to bury him. And then to salt the earth in the hope that he will never come back.

The Rubio campaign is on its last legs, stumbling dehydrated and desperate through the Florida Everglades like the heroine in the second act of a Carl Hiaasen novel, trying to stay one step ahead of the bloodhounds who want nothing more than to drag the Florida senator into the swamp and tear his throat out, or at least convince him to join with Ted Cruz on some sort of unity ticket to stop Donald Trump, which might be an even worse fate.

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Little Marco's eulogy...
1 posted on 03/10/2016 6:14:06 AM PST by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

Twitchy, jerks a lot, has trouble keeping still..ever watched him being interviewed?


2 posted on 03/10/2016 6:16:04 AM PST by MarMema (2016 - Trump or Goldman Sachs)
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To: Beave Meister
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
I come not to praise Marco Rubio –
dear God, never, ever that – but to bury him.

And then to salt the earth in the hope that he will never come back.


Bttt
3 posted on 03/10/2016 6:18:27 AM PST by novemberslady
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To: Beave Meister
The Marco Rubio post-mortem: How a supposedly ready-made GOP nominee crashed and burned

Don't shed any tears for senor Amnesty, aka Little Marco. I'm sure that his "handlers" - GOPe fat cats - promised him before he went in that he would have a nice cushy DC lobbyist "consulting job" for him should he fail.

4 posted on 03/10/2016 6:20:09 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (My Forefathers Would Be Shooting By Now!)
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To: Beave Meister

While the author is a bit of a self-important twit, I have to admit that the line, “The Rubio campaign is on its last legs, stumbling dehydrated”, did give me a bit of a chuckle.


5 posted on 03/10/2016 6:23:33 AM PST by cincinnati65
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Or a position on Faux News, “We decieve you believe”


6 posted on 03/10/2016 6:23:54 AM PST by stockpirate (We must burn down the republican party, to save it for “We the People” (Palin Trump is the 1st wav)
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To: Beave Meister
He was never going to overcome this...


7 posted on 03/10/2016 6:26:07 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Beave Meister
You can't really know if someone's ready for prime time until you put them under the lights. It became pretty obvious pretty fast that Rubio wassn't ready. That doesn't mean he'll never be, but he's not now.

It's best to wrap it up quickly, so as to minimize any permanent damage.

8 posted on 03/10/2016 6:27:34 AM PST by trad_anglican
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To: Beave Meister

He started fighting like a cuban would fight. He pulled out his switchblade knife and started with the “small hands” and “inherited $100 million” and other lying crap.

DJT borrowed $1 Million from his Dad. By the time Fred died and the estate was settled, Donnie was already between $1 and 2 Billion, and the point was moot. Even then, I’m not sure the inheritance was that much, but if so, it was really immaterial at that scope.

To a schlub like me, it would be, but when you’re worth over a Billion, it’s just another 0 in the bottom line.


9 posted on 03/10/2016 6:34:54 AM PST by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Beave Meister

As a Fla. resident I at one time had very high hopes for this young man, but I’m afraid he has disappointed me to say the least.


10 posted on 03/10/2016 6:35:29 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Beave Meister

It’s called the Chuckie Effect.


11 posted on 03/10/2016 7:10:54 AM PST by doldrumsforgop
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To: V_TWIN
Tacitus has a great line about the Roman emperor Galba, who lasted about 7 months: "in the opinion of everyone, capable of rule, if he had not been emperor."

Rubio would have been capable of winning the nomination, in the opinion of everyone, if he had not run for President.

Last night, being interviewed by Megyn Kelly, he denied plans to drop out, saying that he had not talked "to anyone on planet earth" about doing so. Then he added that he had not talked to anyone on any other planet either.

At least he has a better sense of humor than Obama's, whose idea of humor is mocking other people, from Nancy Reagan to GWB to ordinary citizens who don't share his views.

12 posted on 03/10/2016 7:44:19 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Beave Meister

Shouldn’t it be: Micro Marco?


13 posted on 03/10/2016 8:22:42 AM PST by dearolddad (/i>)
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To: Beave Meister

He augered in long before primary season. As soon as he started sucking face with Schmucky he was done. It just took him awhile to fall down.


14 posted on 03/10/2016 9:12:30 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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