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Why Rubio Struck Out
American Thinker ^ | March 18, 2016 | Steve Feinstein

Posted on 03/18/2016 9:51:59 AM PDT by Kaslin

Marco Rubio’s 2016 Presidential campaign is over. Under-performing from the start, never able to get real traction and command serious attention from either the media or Republican Party insiders, Rubio vacated his Florida Senate seat to embark on a fool’s errand, chasing a ghost he never had any chance of capturing.

Going in, it looked better: If there was ever a prototypically-perfect Republican candidate for a normal election cycle, Rubio was certainly it:

Check, check, check. Every box, like no other Republican candidate, ever. Bring ‘em on. Finally -- this is the Republican candidate with the political skills and personal qualities that can go toe-to-toe with Hillary and the liberal media and beat them outright. This is not the milquetoast Bob Dole or the old, unattractive only-sort-of-conservative John McCain or the strangely placid and complacent Mitt Romney.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; conda; ganofeight; rubio
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To: Kaslin
its all BS....the elites control the election and they are getting who THEY want...in the meantime, decent good men like Rubio have been cast aside..then it'll be Cruz..

it'll be Hitlery elected....Trump is just doing her dirty work...

nice going freepers....so many of you fell right into their little trap....

41 posted on 03/18/2016 10:42:47 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Kaslin

Three words:

RINO

and

Effing RINO


42 posted on 03/18/2016 10:51:05 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: libstripper

You hit the nail on the head! I have been saying this exact same thing. Schumer played it well — got the young, “up-and-coming,” fresh-faced Republican “Golden Boy” to be the face of the very thing that Schumer knew would put the stake right through his political heart. Rubio was a piker and was so eager to make a name for himself, he let himself get seduced by Schumer.


43 posted on 03/18/2016 10:59:12 AM PDT by wayne_shrugged
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To: Kaslin

Said he was against amnesty. Got elected as a Tea Party man then joined Schumer and the gang of 8.
Pushed their amnesty B.S. and so much for young marco.
Buh Bye marco.


44 posted on 03/18/2016 11:01:17 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Arrest Hillary and charge the bitch.)
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To: Kaslin

Why Rubio Struck Out


Because he is a smarmy used car salesman-like traitor.


45 posted on 03/18/2016 11:08:39 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: heights

50% of Americans don’t pay federal taxes thanks to the Bush tax cuts. Taxes on families are low due to expanded child tax credits. I personally feel taxes, regardless how low, need to be paid by everyone. That income tax line on a pay statement is the most effective way to make people into fiscal conservatives. The Bush tax cuts did the opposite.


46 posted on 03/18/2016 11:32:45 AM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: USNBandit

Yep - if you don’t pay taxes you don’t vote that year. If you take ANY govt. money, including farm subsidies, you don’t get to vote for 20 years. If you work for a corporation that gets some kind of subsidy - you don’t get to vote.

That alone would solve most of the problems in the US.


47 posted on 03/18/2016 11:41:11 AM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (Three Percenter - Cruz/West)
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To: TheTimeOfMan

How many people could actually vote then?
It would be interesting to know.

Obviously old people like myself would be off the rolls.


48 posted on 03/18/2016 11:43:16 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Ancesthntr

Lol. Forgot the y.


49 posted on 03/18/2016 11:44:06 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Kaslin
Re: “Rubio vacated his Florida Senate seat to embark on a fool’s errand, chasing a ghost he never had any chance of capturing.”

He also vacated because he knew he could not be re-elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida.

In the Florida Republican Presidential primary, Rubio only got 27% of the vote - from his own Party in his home state!

Rubio got crushed because he betrayed Republicans on the critical issue of immigration.

Everything else in the posted article is political nonsense.

50 posted on 03/18/2016 11:46:00 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: for-q-clinton
That was the main reason: the gang of 8.

I have to disagree with the list of his positives. He spoke like a robot, he had accomplished nothing, he was not a nbc, and appeared more like a college punk than leader of the free world. During one debate he acted like a juvenile and suddenly was kept attacking Trump with silly slurs and not specifics. I never understood and still do not why anybody would think he could handle the job of president.

51 posted on 03/18/2016 11:48:04 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: apocalypto

My take on Rubio.

I think he was very polished, looks good, speaks well. I’m amazed at how well he speaks—it does sound rehearsed but then when you realize some of the questions that came up the answer couldn’t be rehearsed.

While it wasn’t presidential I thought it was funny as hell when he attacked Trump. It was giving Trump a taste of his own medicine. The Trump supporters didn’t like it but then no one likes when Trump attacks like a kid in school against the other people. So I was cool with it as I didn’t want Rubio to win anyway.


52 posted on 03/18/2016 11:56:02 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: wayne_shrugged
Re: “Schumer played it well — got the young, “up-and-coming,” fresh-faced Republican “Golden Boy” to be the face of the very thing that Schumer knew would put the stake right through his political heart.”

I disagree.

The first thing Rubio did after winning his Senate seat in 2010 was to hire a pro-Amnesty chief of staff - months before Schumer had any influence at all on Rubio.

And why did anti-Amnesty Republican Senators like Jeff Sessions have no influence on Rubio at all?

Rubio was always for Amnesty and always for massive LEGAL immigration.

Bottom Line - he lied to get elected. And it worked. But just once.

53 posted on 03/18/2016 11:57:26 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: for-q-clinton

Like Cruz, Ruby is just a youngster.

He’ll come back a better candidate.

Folks forgot it took Reagan 3 tries.


54 posted on 03/18/2016 11:57:51 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Kaslin

Rubio struck out because he went into his weird robotic repeating skit- and everyone saw it and thought “Good golly- Is that how he’s going to act when he faces pressure while president?”-

plain and simple- That skit of his really really hurt him- irreparably- Had he not done that- (and perhaps had he not attacked Donald the way he did- sounding like a school yard insult fest- ) he likely would have done much better- but people were always waiting for him to fold again- dreading it- almost feeling sorry for him

All the other issues, like his policies, skipping key votes etc- could have been overcome- but not this- He left a very bad impression of himself when he did the robot thing- People felt they couldn’t depend on him when the going got tough


55 posted on 03/18/2016 11:59:15 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: nascarnation

True. But then Trump is going to win the big ticket item on his first try ever in politics.


56 posted on 03/18/2016 12:05:09 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: TheTimeOfMan

Maybe we could institute a literacy test, too. /s


57 posted on 03/18/2016 12:09:21 PM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Velvet_Jones

The biotches set him up...


58 posted on 03/18/2016 1:25:43 PM PDT by uncitizen (Never back down! Never surrender!)
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To: VTenigma

You’re definitely talking about Trump and that is factual. Whether you want to admit it or not.


59 posted on 03/18/2016 1:26:10 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed theThe l ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: Kaslin

I’m not sure I’m ready to label Trump a traitor just yet, but Rubio is positively a backstabbing traitor.


60 posted on 03/18/2016 6:07:47 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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