Posted on 02/07/2016 5:17:39 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Marco Rubio knew exactly what he was doing on Saturday night.
Marco Rubio knew exactly what he was doing on Saturday night.
Marco Rubio knew exactly what he was doing on Saturday night.
The problem was he flubbed it.
Rubio awkwardly pivoted four times to a well-rehearsed line that President Barack Obama "knows exactly what he's doing" as he tried to drill home the idea that he's the inevitable general election candidate - an unforced error that his rivals pounced on and that quickly went viral.
"There it is. There it is. The memorized 25-second speech. There it is, everybody," Chris Christie charged.
It was a defining moment as Rubio's opponents successfully turned two of his greatest strengths -- his eloquence and message discipline -- against him in the final debate before the New Hampshire primary, casting the Florida senator as a lightweight leader who has been lifted by little more than lofty and canned rhetoric.
Christie led the charge on stage, and rival campaigns joined in, gleefully tweeted out a new "Marco Rubio Glitch" Twitter account that captured the robotic repeats and gained more than 1,000 followers quickly after the debate wrapped up.
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He serously either needs gatorade or an oxygen tank, methinks after last nights knockdown, both.
Rubio got Rouseyed.
Ping
I hope so. Rubio’s only asset is that he is a smooth talker.
Yeah, better than my answering machine.
I watched the part of the debate where Rubio messed up and Christie pounded him.
What irritated me so much was the ‘smile’ he had on his face each time he got caught.
It seemed like the smile a Cabana boy has on his face after a 300 pound CEO smacks him on the bottom and says “we’re going to have fun tonight”.
Maybe it was only a hairball...
Christ had a good night, up until the pre-born genocide stance. Can’t do it.
Lol...that’s funny!
Back in the 1980s, there was a Video Game called Dragon Quest. It was kind of cool because you played the game on the normal big pixel eight color screen, but depending on what happened in the game, you would get ten second video clips that flash up, usually of your grusome death.
The first time you saw this game, you loved it, because it got beyond the limitations of the flat screen game, and held the promise of a virtual reality live-action game. But after you saw it a couple of times, you grew to dislike it, because it only had about twenty video clips, and while the video clips were cool, they were all clips of things you really didn’t like, namely, your own death.
I feel the same way about Marco Rubio. When you first see him, you are kind of excited, because he gives these vaguely appropriate sounding answers all wrapped in smooth caramel goodness. But after a pretty short amount of time, you realize that there are only about twenty different clips, and you have seen them all before. Then you start to look at the individual clips, and you realize that you don’t really like them so much after all.
Back in the 1980s, there was a Video Game called Dragon Quest. It was kind of cool because you played the game on the normal big pixel eight color screen, but depending on what happened in the game, you would get ten second video clips that flash up, usually of your grusome death.
The first time you saw this game, you loved it, because it got beyond the limitations of the flat screen game, and held the promise of a virtual reality live-action game. But after you saw it a couple of times, you grew to dislike it, because it only had about twenty video clips, and while the video clips were cool, they were all clips of things you really didn’t like, namely, your own death.
I feel the same way about Marco Rubio. When you first see him, you are kind of excited, because he gives these vaguely appropriate sounding answers all wrapped in smooth caramel goodness. But after a pretty short amount of time, you realize that there are only about twenty different clips, and you have seen them all before. Then you start to look at the individual clips, and you realize that you don’t really like them so much after all.
Back in the 1980s, there was a Video Game called Dragon Quest. It was kind of cool because you played the game on the normal big pixel eight color screen, but depending on what happened in the game, you would get ten second video clips that flash up, usually of your grusome death.
The first time you saw this game, you loved it, because it got beyond the limitations of the flat screen game, and held the promise of a virtual reality live-action game. But after you saw it a couple of times, you grew to dislike it, because it only had about twenty video clips, and while the video clips were cool, they were all clips of things you really didn’t like, namely, your own death.
I feel the same way about Marco Rubio. When you first see him, you are kind of excited, because he gives these vaguely appropriate sounding answers all wrapped in smooth caramel goodness. But after a pretty short amount of time, you realize that there are only about twenty different clips, and you have seen them all before. Then you start to look at the individual clips, and you realize that you don’t really like them so much after all.
You have to keep in mind that “Christ” had a virgin birth.
In tennis they call this an “unforced error”.
We need a President who can actually think on his feet and formulate answers to questions in the moment.
Christie did America a favor last night. The vetting process continues...
Marco’s Rick Perry moment. I don’t think he’ll recover even in future elections. He’ll always be remembered for his flub.
...but Rubio has a GREAT life story.
...but Rubio has a GREAT life story.
...but Rubio has a GREAT life story.
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