Water-gate: Rubio ends up the winner
Another loser in all this is Rand Paul. His “tea party response” was very strong and, whether Paul intended it or not, was the perfect sort of event for the MSM to hawk one of its favorite story lines: Republicans in disarray! Civil war on the right! Tea party versus the establishment! And while much of that narrative would have been pretty idiotic, such idiocy rarely stops The New York Times or MSNBC from obsessing over it. I mean it’s not like Rubio is Susan Collins or anything. But, thanks to the obsession with Rubio’s addiction to dihydrogen monoxide, that story line got short shrift in the press.
The irony here is that the big winner is Rubio himself. No doubt, he probably wouldn’t have planned it this way, but I’m pretty certain he and his advisors are perfectly happy with how this turned out. For starters, the base liked the substance. Moreover, the base loves having a reason to mock the media for being absurdly unfair. Rubio’s star was rising awfully fast, and being hailed as the messiah on the cover of Time magazine is not what GOP primary voters necessarily want in a Republican standard-bearer.
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Drinking water vs. Whitewater…?
itsnotaboutme on February 14, 2013 at 9:05 PM
How do yo know?
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:08 PM
* you
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:08 PM
And what a shocker that was, eh?
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:09 PM
This is the zenith of repub accomplishment? Somehow this makes the generic gop robot Rubio/Bush a victor and the Tea Party canidate a total failure? You would have to dig to set that bar any lower.
Panther on February 14, 2013 at 9:11 PM
The jury is out on whether or not an electorate that re-elected Comrade Chairman Odumbo thinks a Republican sipping water while giving a speech is an important data point. Apparently Romney finding a way to take satisfy his children’s desire to take their beloved dog on vacation with them was an important indicator of his basically evil uncaring character.
farsighted on February 14, 2013 at 9:11 PM
Awww poor nista…….
CW on February 14, 2013 at 9:13 PM
The final *clink!*
Bmore on February 14, 2013 at 9:13 PM
Well if it isn’t Chronic Wanker..:)
idesign on February 14, 2013 at 9:16 PM
Awwwww poor widdle GOPe useful idiot…that Romney inauguration was something, eh?
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:16 PM
And it was going to backfire soooooo badly on those evil commies, just like Hilary Rosen was never ever going to work again after being demolished by Ann Romney. Yeah, I remember.
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:18 PM
I am just happy to see a competent, articulate Republican like Rubio get this attention, rather than an incompetent doofus like Sarah Palin.
bluegill on February 14, 2013 at 9:20 PM
GOP Rube.
Panther on February 14, 2013 at 9:22 PM
Competent at what? He couldn’t even deliver FL for Romney.
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:22 PM
Who let the stink fish in?
idesign on February 14, 2013 at 9:22 PM
Really, someone tell me: why should Rubio be president?
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:23 PM
Given that you were one of Romney’s biggest shills, that doesn’t exactly portend well for Rubio…
Stoic Patriot on February 14, 2013 at 9:23 PM
Disgruntled Palin cultists like ddrintn will bash any Republican not named Palin. That much we know.
At least Rubio is capable of putting himself out there, facing his critics head-on, and taking part in challenging TV interview situations.
Rubio is a talented politician who makes people feel hopeful and who has a sunny disposition about him.
bluegill on February 14, 2013 at 9:24 PM
9th degree black belt in pandering?
Panther on February 14, 2013 at 9:24 PM
That’s a lie. As I told some other GOPe dolt earlier, find an instance where I’ve bashed Scott Walker or Jim DeMint or Mike Pence. Answer the question: why should Rubio be president? People ARE going to start asking it, you know.
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:27 PM
Rubio shares many of our values and has the potential to be a strong contender in a general election. People like you worship incompetent buffoons like Sarah Palin who don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting elected. The rest of us look for skilled politicians who share our values and who would be strong candidates. It’s called living in the real world. Maybe you should try it.
bluegill on February 14, 2013 at 9:27 PM
Funny, I heard the very same thing about Obama. In 2008.
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:28 PM
“He gives good speeches and he’s electable!!!!!” LOL
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:30 PM
LOL…you mean that “real world” where your demigod Mitt won in a landslide?
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:31 PM
Really? Did the Romney shill who spent months proclaiming Mitt’s electability really just say that? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Stoic Patriot on February 14, 2013 at 9:32 PM
And look at Obama now. Elected to two terms. If Rubio is our Obama, but I sure am not complaining.
Look, we will see who ends up running. But for people like you to incessantly bash Rubio because you are so disgruntled over Sarah Palin’s political collapse is more than a little silly and petty.
If your ideal candidate decides not to run, you don’t stomp your feet and suck your thumb and pout like a baby; you support the best person who is running. I am just going to come out and say it: people like you need to grow the heck up.
bluegill on February 14, 2013 at 9:34 PM
Ya know, I have the feeling that Rubio’s not going to be the nominee after all. Too many people are wise to the game now.
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:34 PM
Oh, she hasn’t “collapsed” at all. Certainly not in the spectacular fashion that Electable Mitt collapsed.
Old and busted: “We don’t want rock-star flash!! We want boring competence!!! People are tired of rock-star politicians!!!”
New hotness: “Give us our own Obama!!!” LOL you people are a riot.
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:37 PM
Left you a valentines message on your favorite thread.
Bmore on February 14, 2013 at 9:39 PM
rubio/bush/romney/dole 2016!
Make it rain “Bland” up in here b-itc-es!
Panther on February 14, 2013 at 9:40 PM
Yeah. I suppose you’ll shut up now. Or head to Breitbart like to promised.
Oh jealousy, you could have given that little brat in “The Bad Seed” lessons. It’s my medal! It’s MY medal!!!
Why should Marco Rubio be President? I’m sure he’ll tell us one day. Sarah never did or will.
Marcus on February 14, 2013 at 9:41 PM
^^And that is what you call living in an alternate reality. News flash: Sarah Palin’s national political career is pretty much over. The woman self-imploded. I like Palin as much as the next person, but she never had any business out there as the face of conservatism or the Republican Party. She still holds some appeal among a small segment of the population, which apparently includes people like you, but the base as a whole, while respectful of her, simply no longer seed her as presidential material. You know it, I know it. It is for the best, and it is time to move on.
bluegill on February 14, 2013 at 9:43 PM
Oh, I read that site quite a bit. It’s not Marco wall-to-wall and GOPe buttboys everywhere you turn, anyway. Good all-around site.
No, that’s YOU after Reagan Rick flamed out. You’re indistinguishable now from a Kos Kid.
Read Palin’s response to Obama’s SOTU and compare it to Rubio’s. LOL Anyway, Rubio’s the “serious contender”, so shouldn’t one of the GOPe droogs here at least tell us why he should be president?
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:44 PM
Yeah, whatever happened to that? You obviously aren’t a man of your word.
bluegill on February 14, 2013 at 9:45 PM
So did Rubio. Man, he shouldn’t have been so awkward in getting that sip.
Yeah, right.
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:46 PM
Get in line. You were told so.
CTSherman on February 14, 2013 at 9:46 PM
Nahhhhh, it’s too much fun poking you GOPe freaks occasionally.
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:46 PM
Take your own advise…LMAO
idesign on February 14, 2013 at 9:47 PM
Happy Valentines gilled one. Lol! ; )
Bmore on February 14, 2013 at 9:48 PM
Why should I read Palin’s response? It didn’t even make it here to the Green Room.
And ReaganRick is stilllllll my guvnorrrrr. I hope he runs for a 4th term. I like it here and him there.
Marcus on February 14, 2013 at 9:48 PM
Oh, they have. Exactly as predicted, they’ve moved on from pimping one hopeless GOPe mannequin to pimping another.
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:48 PM
It’s at Breitbart. Loads of comments, as well. And Right Scoop.
That’s exactly where I told you he’d be come 2013.
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:50 PM
So were you a prisoner in the Green Room?
Sarah Palin’s rebuttal was all over the web…LOL
idesign on February 14, 2013 at 9:55 PM
If AP and Ed and Erika and Salem say it didn’t happen, then it didn’t happen. Capisce?
ddrintn on February 14, 2013 at 9:57 PM
Remember when you told us they were part of the sinister conspiracy to silence St. Palin the Victimized? Of course HotAir bloggers would work to suppress the one true conservative. They are only following their orders from Karl Rove, you explained.
Thank you.
you too!
bluegill on February 14, 2013 at 10:20 PM
I’ll bet Sarah Palin had a wonderful, romantic, fulfilled Valentine’s Day.
The bloated and irritable PDS-ers… not so much!!!
viking01 on February 14, 2013 at 10:23 PM
i’ll drink to that..:)
idesign on February 14, 2013 at 10:28 PM
My pleasure. ; )
Bmore on February 14, 2013 at 10:43 PM
The puppies need to see the vet.
Schadenfreude on February 14, 2013 at 11:21 PM
He’s brown.
xblade on February 15, 2013 at 12:05 AM