Marco Rubio Falls Apart When Asked Why He Has Missed The Most Votes In The Senate - ai dios mio!

[flamingdem]

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http://www.politicususa.com/2015/10/25/marco-rubio-falls-asked-missed-votes-senate.html

When pressed during a CNN interview about why he thinks federal workers should be fired for not doing their jobs while he has missed the most votes in the Senate, Sen. Marco Rubio put his foot in his mouth and said that voting in the Senate is not important for a Senator.

n an interview that aired on CNN’s State of the Union, Jamie Gangel pointed out to Rubio that other Senators running for president (Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders) have only missed ten votes while the Senator from Florida has missed 59.

Rubio answered, “Well, I can tell you that in the history of presidential politics when they’ve been running for politics in the Senate, they’ve missed votes.”

Sen. Rubio tried to explain away his absences by arguing that the Senate votes don’t mean anything, “A lot of these votes don’t mean anything. They’re not going to pass, and even if they did, the President would veto them.”

[murielm99]

1. This needs to stay on the front page

for a long time!

[flamingdem]

3. Kudos to the interviewer

We need more like that. But considering this was being discussed everywhere it's amazing he didn't have a canned answer or at least deliver some bs with composure.

[oasis]

2. Slimy hypocrite.

[flamingdem]

4. The man is for sale

and the Kochs bought, so he's wondering - "What's the problemo?"

[oasis]

6. So he believes he is on the job. Moonlighting for Koch Bros.

Double

[thesquanderer]

5. I wouldn't say he "fell apart" (typical clickbait headline from that politicususa writer)

but I'm glad Rubio is getting grief for this.

Imagine if everyone who thought their job was pointless just stopped showing up, and expected to get paid...

[cui bono]

28. Or admitted the truth, that it is pointless because all they are voting for is extreme right wing

policy that they know will never pass. So basically admitting they are wasting taxpayer money and everybody's time with bullshit.

[bulloney]

37. You mean like Kim Davis?

[reformist2]

7. When other people don't do their jobs, they should be fired.When he doesn't do his, that's OK.

This is the kind of person attracted to political positions. And it is our job to constantly fire such people.

[MADem]

8. What a great sound bite for an oppo commercial. K/R. nt

[SoapBox]

9. Screw this TeaBagger!

I hate this clown.

[flamingdem]

10. I think he's their man

The Koch Bros are funding him, he's the best they've got for a "passionate" performance, he's relatively good looking, and the nut job teabaggers will support him. Yeech!

Should be easy to pick him off though since he has ethical violations in his past, and shady friends.

Who else is there? No one knows Kasich really, Cruz is a nut job, Trump is imploding.

[cui bono]

29. And he's thirsty for the job!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

11. 59 votes

is one heluva lot.

[tishaLA]

12. 1. The phrase is "ay dios mio"

and

2. Why bring that into it anyhow? Rubio is enough of an asshole on his own without the racist dog whistles.

[Le Taz Hot]

13. Huh?

How the HELL is "ay dios mio" a racist dog whistle? Seriously,

[tishaLA]

18. I guess cuz Rubio is Lithuanian or something

[Le Taz Hot]

22. So, Rubio is Hispanic,

the OP used a Spanish phrase. Still not seeing the "dog whistle." IDK, maybe it's because I've lived in California all my life and Spanish is spoken almost as often as is English that I'm not seeing the outrage here.

[tishaLA]

24. Yeah I live in CA too

ETA: You can defend this "Ricky Ricardo" stuff all you want. It's still distasteful and unworthy of DU

[Le Taz Hot]

26. What "Ricky Ricardo" stuff?

Using a Spanish phrase is now distasteful? Sorry, you're not making any sense here. I think you're seeing outrage where none exists.

[tishaLA]

27. Of course

When black and Latino folks point these things out, it's all "outrage" about nada.

[Le Taz Hot]

30. I was just trying to understand here.

Now it's turning into something just, well, weird so, uh, bye.

[tishaLA]

32. "weird" "outrage"

check and check.

[newfie11]

31. Nothing insulting in that phrase nt

[tishaLA]

33. Inherently? No Contextually? Of course there is

Would someone end a post about, say, Martin O'Malley with it? Conceivably, but doubtful

It'd be like saying' "Sanders can't answer a question about his NRA stance, proving what a meshuggah aldercocker he is"

It'd be antisemitic, distasteful, and unworthy of DU

[newfie11]

34. Oh my God is the phrase in English

I don't see it being the horrible phrase that it's being made out to be!

[tishaLA]

35. Of course not

Let me try again: "Sanders can't answer a question about the NRA. Oy Vey iz Mir!" That shit if offensive. So would "Oy Gevalt!" or other unnecessary Yiddishisms Or maybe a photoshop of him drinking Manischewitz (see: photoshop of Rubio with Cuervo, even though it's not even a Cuban product).

The fact that people can pretend this is OK, or attempt to explain it away, says a lot about the ethnic and racial animus that's opened up on here during the primary season. Seriously.

[flamingdem]

43. Bernie is not trading on his Jewishness but Rubio is trading on his identity

Plus more people should learn Spanish. Where I live it's more than 50% Latino so let's not pretend this country isn't gong towards being bi-lingual. TDU is totally uni-lingual. Since I speak Spanish I would like to be able to use it to express myself. I like to use it so people learn some words too.

[pacalo]

14. What a brazen tool who shouldn't be in Washington at all.

[jfern]

15. He missed 30%. Bernie only missed 3%.

[area51]

16. Isn't it obvious why he missed the most votes in the senate?

He was busy at the water fountain.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. From earlier....

[tishaLA]

21. Haha! Rubio drinking Cuervo! Cuz He's Cuban!

...although Cuervo is a product of Mexico.

But, you know, Mexico, Cuba...what's the diff?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. Test it out buy having him chill out with some Trump supporters.

[tishaLA]

25. Or "by" even. But we aren't tRump supporters here

we're supposed to be progressives.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

40. Which is why we tend to race to the defense of someone who might be offended.

[olddots]

17. he looks realy presidenty

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. Raising money is what's important. Right?

[reformist2]

36. Someone should highlight one vote he missed, and which fundraising event he chose to host instead.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

41. Especially a vote on guns.

[UCmeNdc]

38. Rubio is a low life!

He has no foundation and will go where ever the masters tell him.

[babylonsister]

39. ...

[DCBob]

42. Wow.. thats a huge gafferino!

[TexasTowelie]

44. Locking thread.

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