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Rubio defends repeated Obama criticism in debate, vows to 'keep saying it' (Says he won)
http://www.foxnews.com ^ | February 7, 2016 | Fox News

Posted on 02/07/2016 6:20:25 PM PST by NKP_Vet

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Sunday touted his debate performance, amid criticism about "scripted" responses and him needing to repeat his opposition to President Obama to defend a sustained attack by GOP presidential rival Chris Christie.

Christie, the governor of New Jersey, argued during the Saturday night debate that Rubio would be like Obama if elected -- a freshman senator leading the country with essentially no experience running a government.

Rubio said several times during the attack that Obama indeed "knows exactly what he's doing," which is trying to make the country "like the rest of the world."

On Sunday, Rubio defended his response.

"I would pay them to keep running that clip because that's what I believe passionately," he said on ABC's "This Week." "It's one of the reasons why I'm not running for re-election to the Senate and I'm running for president."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; christie; nh; rubio; trump
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To: NKP_Vet

Republicans are smarter than Democrats... Had someone like Christie been on the stage on 08, Obama would never have been president, but democrats were too stupid to set the trap as Christie did to Rubio.


21 posted on 02/07/2016 6:43:11 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Neu Pragmatist

Maybe Rubio needed to repeat his point that Mr. Obama knows exactly what he’s doing so that it would finally sink in...some continue to say Mr. Obama is incompetent and give him the ‘benefit of the doubt’. Mr. Obama told us, a long time ago, he planned to change America and that’s what he’s doing.


22 posted on 02/07/2016 6:44:14 PM PST by 4integrity
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To: tumblindice

LOL.


23 posted on 02/07/2016 6:45:49 PM PST by PJBankard (It is the spirit of the men who leads that gains the victory. - Gen. George Patton)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Rubio has for all intents and purposes quit his job because he has lost interest but he’s still taking the paycheck. Now he wants us to make him the leader of the free world because he’s real good at memorizing stuff.


24 posted on 02/07/2016 6:50:54 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: 4integrity
It's not what he's saying about Obama that's the problem. The issue to me is he repeats it almost verbatim like a talking doll when you pull the string. Most importantly though he is still lying about his role in the Gang of Eight. His lies are told in the same memorized robotic way. I will never vote for him.
25 posted on 02/07/2016 6:51:45 PM PST by SoCar
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To: 4integrity

There’s more to it than that ...I don’t think Rubio is that stupid ...everyone knows the current state of affairs , but Rubio keeps repeating the same things over and over , for a reason


26 posted on 02/07/2016 7:13:38 PM PST by Neu Pragmatist (Trump is the only one who will secure our borders . Vote Trump)
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To: MarMema

He woke up to what Trump has been doing, and doing successfully. Pointing at the asshole in the White House and his destructive pro islamic policies.

Its that muslim marxist coalition that gave us nObama.

He however is wrong in the rest of the world. The rest of the world is not purely marxists and muslims... but is getting everso close that the idiots are picking between the two....lol


27 posted on 02/07/2016 7:18:48 PM PST by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: livius

Rubio was absolutely right. Is there anybody here who can honestly contradict him?

I thought not
.....................

He was correct. You are right.
He was correct. You are right.
He was correct. You are right.
He was correct. You are right.
He was correct. You are right.


28 posted on 02/07/2016 7:22:03 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: NKP_Vet

I’m for Cruz but I think Rubio did well. Should have slammed the abomination of drafting women.


29 posted on 02/07/2016 7:26:21 PM PST by Theophilus (The GOPe are dealers. The Marxist Democrats are duelists.)
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To: bramps

His `brain farts’ are a lot better this evening after several electroshock treatments in the robot lab.


30 posted on 02/07/2016 7:36:04 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: NKP_Vet

It will be interesting to see how Rush props up his boy Monday. He pimped Rubio all last week.


31 posted on 02/07/2016 7:51:46 PM PST by Joe Bfstplk
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To: toddausauras

The logistics of moving large numbers of people back to Mexico is not that hard. Dry up employment and welfare and they will deport themselves.

Or they will go back for the good jobs Ford and GM are providing. I can hear Perot’s “giant sucking sound” as I type.


32 posted on 02/07/2016 7:57:56 PM PST by Joe Bfstplk
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To: Darksheare

Gang of 8 bump for later...


33 posted on 02/07/2016 8:00:52 PM PST by indthkr
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To: Joe Bfstplk

“Rush props up his boy Monday.”

I didn’t listen to Rush much last week but I wonder if Rush thinks that if Trump and Cruz tank, we need to get behind Marco.

Otherwise we will feel the Bern or be ruled by Hellery.


34 posted on 02/07/2016 8:31:26 PM PST by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: Joe Bfstplk

Rush will prop up Rubio. He’ll probably refer back to 2008 when he himself said of Obama, “I hope he fails”. Rush has always said that Obama’s tactics were deliberate, not simply “uninformed”. He may not touch on the fact that Rubio is one big set of memorized talking points. That was the point that Christie successfully drove home.


35 posted on 02/07/2016 9:09:26 PM PST by TerrisFriend
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To: NKP_Vet

Funny thing is, Christie does the same thing.

How many times has he given the little speech about senators vs governors? He starts with “You see, you see....” When he gets attacked on an issue, he goes straight to his 911 schtick.


36 posted on 02/08/2016 12:25:03 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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To: NKP_Vet

Rubio’s repetition did not bother me. It was calculated. Like at least 90% of the audience, I mostly tuned him out. He has to repeat the key ideas or people do not hear them.


37 posted on 02/08/2016 12:34:36 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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To: Williams

True,but he has to realize who he is talking to,not everyone listens to Rush.
After the first time he should have said this is what Obama meant when he said ,we have to spread the wealth around,and he was going to fundamentally transform the United States of AmericaHow do you like your salaries going down,your premiums skyrocketing,illegals taking your jobs,Muslims moving in all across the fruited plain.
Of course that would have to have Been someone who is prepared to take on the jackals in the Democrat party like Hillary,and Rubio is a wimp and a lightweight,unprepared and a fraud.


38 posted on 02/08/2016 5:19:58 AM PST by ballplayer (hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
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To: tennmountainman

The Bubble Boy is finished.


And by the looks of it taking Tim Scott down with him.


39 posted on 02/08/2016 5:23:30 AM PST by lodi90 (TRUMP Force 1 lifting off)
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