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Marco Rubio 'Won' South Carolina Tonight. It Was Actually His Worst Loss Yet.
The Huffington Post's Huffpost Politics ^ | February 20, 2016 | Nick Baumann

Posted on 02/20/2016 9:57:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Trump will win most -- and likely all -- of the state's delegates.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has never won a presidential primary. That didn't change on Saturday, when Rubio lost the South Carolina Republican primary, finishing behind angry rich guy Donald Trump for the third time this primary season.

When Rubio finished third in Iowa, his campaign -- and many members of the media -- acted as if he had won. His fifth-place finish in New Hampshire made that spin even harder to believe. Just a few weeks ago, Rubio's campaign was telling reporters he'd finish second in New Hampshire and first in South Carolina.

Now Rubio has lost again. But his campaign was painting him as the "real" victor even before polls closed...

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: South Carolina; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: cruzbot; demagogicparty; huffingtonpost; huffpo; memebuilding; nickbaumann; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; rubio; scgopprimary; trump
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1 posted on 02/20/2016 9:57:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If he keeps “winning” like that he’ll make Charlie Sheen look sane...........


2 posted on 02/20/2016 10:01:03 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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“If Rubio wants to be the Republican nominee, the senator really needs to figure out what his plan is. Because right now, Trump is winning.”

I can’t disagree with that.


3 posted on 02/20/2016 10:03:22 PM PST by map
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fricking HuffPo! Locks up both of my browsers whenever I click on it. It’s nothing but spam squared.


4 posted on 02/20/2016 10:03:24 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FauxNews will champion The Rube all day tomorrow. Because who is better as a puppet of the Illuminati than a financially destitute sleazebag with a raunchy, homosexual past he desperately wants to hide? Rubio has no path to “defeat”. That is a path to complete ruin. There is nothing else for him. He will do anything to win. And he will be a 100% stooge of the elites if he somehow does.


5 posted on 02/20/2016 10:03:45 PM PST by montag813 (NO MORE BUSHES (or Clintons) EVER...Put it in the Constitution.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When the left wing Huffington post wants to declare him a loser..the question is why? Because they fear him the most


6 posted on 02/20/2016 10:06:11 PM PST by Blackirish
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To: montag813

The fact that he’s not running for reelection to his senate seat tells the story.


7 posted on 02/20/2016 10:06:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: montag813

So your saying Rubio is a gay illuminati? Ok tiger. Time for your meds.


8 posted on 02/20/2016 10:10:08 PM PST by Blackirish
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To: Red Badger

Sangre del Tigre!


9 posted on 02/20/2016 10:10:23 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Blackirish

Not only that: he’s a secret Muslim! ;-)


10 posted on 02/20/2016 10:11:26 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rubio is a bit mad, but I believe his perspective is that with the exit of Jeb, and the nigh-inevitable exit of Kasich, that leaves him as the de facto Establishment Candidate. That, to Rubio, is a win. In a three-man race, involving Trump, Rubio and Cruz, the Establishment will need to pick ‘their man,’ and Rubio believes that’s him (and that it’s still early enough to make a difference). The one miscalculation that Rubio may be making is assuming he’s the only nominee ...truth is that the Establishment probably hates Cruz more than they hate Trump, and they may just chose to make Trump the establishment candidate. Maybe some ‘deal’ with Trump and POTUS and Rubio as Veep. Sounds hard to believe, but this election has so far been filled with things that are hard to believe.


11 posted on 02/20/2016 10:13:08 PM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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Do you have any links about his homosexual past?

Not challenging, just asking.


12 posted on 02/20/2016 10:30:18 PM PST by moonhawk (What would he do differently if he WAS a muslim?)
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To: Blackirish
So your saying Rubio is a gay illuminati?

Careful, some one got the zot for making a similar statement about cruz earlier tonight. With rubio and cruz being tied in the polls and having the exact same platform, your rubio insult could be construed as a cruz insult.
13 posted on 02/20/2016 10:31:57 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: montag813
FauxNews will champion The Rube all day tomorrow. Because who is better as a puppet of the Illuminati than a financially destitute sleazebag with a raunchy, homosexual past he desperately wants to hide? Rubio has no path to “defeat”. That is a path to complete ruin. There is nothing else for him. He will do anything to win. And he will be a 100% stooge of the elites if he somehow does.

Is this why Rubio is referred to the 'full throated conservative'? I have never heard that phrase before Rubio.. I am trying to find out what it means.

14 posted on 02/20/2016 10:33:51 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: montag813

Foam parties in the White House.


15 posted on 02/20/2016 10:45:39 PM PST by Pelham (Marco Rubio (R-Amnesty). Boy Wonder of the GOP elite.)
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To: moonhawk
Marco was a gay burlesque-style "dancer" and was involved in some pretty nasty homo clubs, such as "foam parties"...



16 posted on 02/20/2016 10:47:50 PM PST by montag813 (NO MORE BUSHES (or Clintons) EVER...Put it in the Constitution.)
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To: moonhawk

Google Rubio’s DUI arrest and look for who he was with and where they were arrested. There’s also something to do with foam parties and the nightclubs where they were held. All circumstantial so draw your own conclusions.


17 posted on 02/20/2016 10:49:42 PM PST by Pelham (Marco Rubio (R-Amnesty). Boy Wonder of the GOP elite.)
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Thanks....I think!

Yuk....


18 posted on 02/20/2016 10:54:01 PM PST by moonhawk (What would he do differently if he WAS a muslim?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I heard Marco Rubio likes Avicii.


19 posted on 02/20/2016 11:06:56 PM PST by Read Write Repeat (|<|<|==|>|>| B A T T L E B O R N |<|<|==|>|>|)
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"Because who is better as a puppet of the Illuminati than a financially destitute sleazebag with a raunchy, homosexual past he desperately wants to hide? "

Oh, thought you were talking about soetoro. Rubio fits too.

20 posted on 02/20/2016 11:13:07 PM PST by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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