George W. Bush On Rubio: He’s “Articulate”

[DonViejo]

Former President George W. Bush had some pretty non-descript praise for Sen. Marco Rubio Thursday:

"Rubio's articulate. I met him once, maybe twice. My brother likes him, so I like him," Bush said, according to the Huffington Post, at his third annual Warrior 100K, a three-day mountain bike ride that he hosts every year.

The former president also commented on the current immigration reform battles, and cautioned his fellow Republicans to not try and fix the system simply to win votes.

"I think the atmosphere, unlike when I tried it, is better, maybe for the wrong reason," Bush said. "The right reason is it's important to reform a broken system. I'm not sure a right reason is that in so doing we win votes. I mean when you do the right thing, I think you win votes, as opposed to doing something that's the right thing to win votes. Maybe there's no difference there. It seems like there is to me though."

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[PDJane]

1. to Bush, anyone who can string a sentence together is articulate.

[coldmountain]

2. Really setting a low bar, even could be construed with bigotry of low expectations, sort of racist

[question everything]

4. Bingo! (nt)

[demwing]

3. The Great Articulationer has articuled!

So let it be written, so let it be dumb.

[onehandle]

5. 'He's not as brown as some.' nt

[Blue Owl]

6. He also has an unquenchable thirst for water

n/t

[treestar]

10. Still laughing over the SNL sketch on that

He would have been so much better off had he just looked down at the glass and picked up the water and brought it to the podium. He sliding over sideways is too hilarious!

[politicaljunkie41910]

7. Unfortunately, the former President who is a Yale and Harvard graduate, is unable to articulate

why he likes Rubio, other than "his brother likes him" and that "he met him once, maybe twice".

[Mr Samuel Hain]

8. Bush was Misquoted

What he actually said was that Rubio is an artichoke.

[DonViejo]

9. LOL!!!!!!!!

Thanks!