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Marco Rubio places his bets in Las Vegas
cnn ^ | Updated 8:32 AM ET, Sat October 10, 2015 | Maeve Reston

Posted on 10/10/2015 2:04:17 PM PDT by Red Steel

Far from the tourists on the Las Vegas strip, Marco Rubio breezed into the Havana Grill for Friday night happy hour with the certain lightness of a candidate on the upswing.

There was a crush at the door and people standing on chairs in the dining room to try to get a glimpse of him — and though it's pretty hard to knock the Florida senator off his stump speech script, the crowd managed to do that.

"They're handing out mojitos in the middle of my speech, I love it," Rubio said in slight amazement as he toggled between the fading American Dream and the need for entitlement reform. "I promise that has never happened before."

The crowd wanted him to drink one ...

It is not clear yet whether Rubio is the GOP candidate with momentum, as his campaign claims. His rise in the polls has been incremental, and he is certainly not drawing the kind of massive, electric crowd that Trump did earlier this week during a rally on the Las Vegas Strip. Still, among Republicans here in Nevada, he's certainly got buzz. ...

The voters turning up at Rubio events are the ones who are tired of Trump -- and use words like "embarrassing," "unserious" or "clown" when asked about his potential presidency.

"I think (Rubio) represents me best. I'm Hispanic, born to immigrant parents," said Jonathan Venegas of Las Vegas, describing his affinity for Rubio as he waited for the candidate at Havana Grill. He scoffed at Trump's plans to build a wall: "Come on, that's impossible to do. That's billions of dollars that can go anywhere else other than building a wall."

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dondi2016; rube
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On October 8th, 2015,

Trump in Vegas.

Rubio in Vegas.


1 posted on 10/10/2015 2:04:17 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Rubio’s audience on loan from ¿Jeb?


2 posted on 10/10/2015 2:06:29 PM PDT by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S. Feel the Trump-mentum!(insert ireallysupportCruzdisclaimerhere/))
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To: Red Steel

Where is amnesty pimp Rubio’s crowd?


3 posted on 10/10/2015 2:06:45 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Red Steel

Go away Rubio


4 posted on 10/10/2015 2:07:39 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: Red Steel

Minimum requirement for the next President is upholding the rule of law.

That leaves out amnesty pimps.


5 posted on 10/10/2015 2:19:11 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Red Steel

“Marco Rubio breezed into the Havana Grill for Friday night happy hour with the certain lightness”

He’s `light in the loafers’? First I’ve heard of that.
Doesn’t surprise me. He looks like a cabana boy.


6 posted on 10/10/2015 2:29:34 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Red Steel
Rubio is a proven liar

October 24, 2010 while campaigning for the Senate:
“Earned path to citizenship is basically code for amnesty. It’s what they call it. And the reality of it is this. This has to do with the bottom line that America cannot be the only country in the world that does not enforce its immigration laws. It is unfair to the people that have legally entered this country to create an alternative pathway for individuals who entered illegally and knowingly did so. And all I’m saying is that if you do that...you will never have a legal immigration system that works. No one is going to follow the law if there is an easier way to do it.”

June 27, 2013 as an elected Senator:
"Those who once had no hope will give their kids the chance at a life they always wanted for themselves. Here in America, generations of unfulfilled dreams will finally come to pass. And that is why I support this reform (Amnesty)--not just because I believe in immigrants but because I believe in America even more."

7 posted on 10/10/2015 2:33:45 PM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: Red Steel

That is hilarious.


8 posted on 10/10/2015 3:24:41 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: Red Steel
The Real Reason for the Vegas was Rubio was getting SOLD to Sheldon Adelson , the King of the Cheap Foreign Labor -Amnesty Express .

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/marco-rubio-takes-lead-in-sheldon-adelson-primary-117268

Adelson forced Paul La RAZ Ryan on the 2012 Ticket.

Now he plans to force this Traitor on us !

9 posted on 10/10/2015 3:41:24 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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To: Red Steel

2 pictures worth a thousand reporters


10 posted on 10/10/2015 3:43:49 PM PDT by samtheman (2014: Voters elect Repubs to congress... 2015: Repubs defund NOTHING... 2016: Trump/(Cruz or Palin))
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To: Red Steel

Trump has tens of thousand....

Amnesty pimp Rubio has tens.


11 posted on 10/10/2015 4:10:19 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Register liberals, not guns!)
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To: Red Steel

Will never vote for this amnesty pimp even if he is the nominee


12 posted on 10/10/2015 4:21:10 PM PDT by MARKUSPRIME
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To: Red Steel

13 posted on 10/10/2015 4:25:24 PM PDT by kiryandil (Maya: "Liberalism Is What Smart Looks Like to Stupid People")
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To: kiryandil; onyx; RedMDer; trisham
Appearing tonight here in Vegas, Marco Rubio, sing and dancing his way into your heart with "Down South of the Border"....


14 posted on 10/10/2015 4:31:23 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

LOLOLOL!


15 posted on 10/10/2015 4:34:09 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Covenantor

LOL!


16 posted on 10/10/2015 4:37:39 PM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep FReedom ALIVE!)
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To: RedMDer; kiryandil; onyx; trisham; MNJohnnie

But ¡Jeb has the bomb!

He does the Mexican Hat Dance around the sombrero and at the end, lifts it off of Columba!

Crowd roars, “ Gooooooooooooalllllllll!”


17 posted on 10/10/2015 4:43:32 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Califreak
Rubio’s audience on loan from ¿Jeb?

And paid for with mojitos, apparently.

18 posted on 10/10/2015 4:48:41 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (A businessman gets things done with own money. A politician takes money and gets nothing done.)
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To: Covenantor

LOLOLOL.


19 posted on 10/10/2015 5:07:02 PM PDT by onyx ( PLEASE HELP COMPLETE THIS FReepathon THIS MONTH!)
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To: Covenantor

Both Bush and Rubio are willing to hand over our country to illegal aliens.

I won’t vote for either.

GOP be forewarned.


20 posted on 10/10/2015 5:09:15 PM PDT by onyx ( PLEASE HELP COMPLETE THIS FReepathon THIS MONTH!)
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