Posted on 09/02/2015 9:30:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Marco Rubio, almost down to zero in the polls, is trying to find ways to remain relevant in this presidential race. He is criticizing Donald Trump's motto, "Make America Great Again," saying it disparages America and says that we are not great.
In a campaign stop here in Northern Nevada on Tuesday, Mr. Rubio insisted that Mr. Trump’s claim implied that America wasn’t great, when he said nothing could be further from the truth.
“I would remind everyone America is great,” Mr. Rubio continued. “There’s no nation on earth I would trade places with. There’s no other country I would rather be. The issue is not that we’re not great. The issue is whether we will remain great. The issue is, we can be even greater than we are now. We can be even more prosperous, more powerful.”
Who cares about mottos? I do. Words have meaning.
In this case, Rubio is shooting totally off the mark. When we talk about "America," we may be talking about the American people. But in the context of a political campaign, when we talk about "America," we are often talking about the American government. That, very clearly, is what Donald Trump was talking about. No one can believe that Trump is saying the American people are not great. By pretending that this was Trump's meaning, Rubio looks disingenuous. (He also looks a little desperate.)
Trump is correct when he implies that the American government, right now, is certainly not great. A great government does not:
1) Force teenage girls to undress in front of poorly disguised boys;
2) Subsidize the killing of babies and the harvesting of their body parts;
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1) Force teenage girls to undress in front of poorly disguised boys;
2) Subsidize the killing of babies and the harvesting of their body parts;
3) Protect a rogue country with a death cult ideology that is developing nuclear weapons;
4) Nationalize our health care system;
5) Water down citizenship by legalizing millions of illegal immigrants;
6) Take powers onto itself not permitted in the Constitution;
7) Refuse to secure our borders.
And so on and so on. If Rubio wants to criticize Trump, there are certainly grounds to do it – Trump has spent nearly his entire adult life as a liberal Democrat. But picking this as an attack line is almost as bad as trying to look tough on border security by building a fence with Canada.
Only liberals.
Not just liberals, but the RINOs as well.
Did it imply that when Ronald Reagan used it in 1980?
Under 0bama and the Democrats? Yes!
8. Encourage racial hatred.
Making America great again dovetails with the poll that says 71% of the people are not happy with where the country is. Obviously, they want to turn back to better days. Hardly arguable.
Does Trump’s Slogan ‘Make America Great Again’ imply that Americans stink?
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Only those who voted for and support Odumbo. Next question.
No. It implies that America was once great, is not now great...thanks to the morons running this country...but CAN be made great once again with the appropriate leadership!
Many of us shake our heads and say "what has happened to our country".
"Why am I a criminal for not baking a cake for two fags?" .....All of a sudden, we're all criminals unless we push morality aside.
No. It implies we’re not great right now
Dumb.
Rubio doesn’t impress me.
The headline if purposely misinterpretation of what Trump said. (Similar to claiming the Trump is anti-immigration because he is against wetbacks)
What Trump has correctly said it that he will restore America to its greatness. After 28 years of decline under Democrat and GOPe rule, it is time to put America back on top.
It refers to the traitorous stench deposited in the Oval Office for the last 7 years.
It implies we are tired of being told "You didn't build that" by some a$$hat.
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Yeah, we have a country so sick and demented that it’s now legally and morally equated two homo perverts as the same as a husband-and-wife.
That was the final proof for me. America has rotted to the core. The government, the culture, the people.
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