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PatSeg

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20. Well, the GOP doesn't have very many stars to "rise"

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:45 PM

Mar 16

With the dismal cast of wannabes to choose from, Rubio probably looks the least disastrous, but he certainly doesn't come across as presidential - lackeys rarely do.

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Some GOP donors plot shadow 'draft Rubio' 2028 effort as his star rises [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 16 OP

Rubio 2028 - He has big shoes to fill lame54 Mar 16 #1

Hahaha D_Master81 Mar 16 #5

I'd hate to walk a mile in his shoes! displacedvermoter Mar 16 #11

You could without the shoes ever moving lame54 Mar 16 #17

LOL leftstreet Mar 16 #13

Rubio thinks he is going to be the face of overthrowing the Cuban government RockRaven Mar 16 #2

Rubio is a kissass follower, not a leader. He wears too-large shoes to please his master. Norrrm Mar 16 #3

Rise too early; fall too soon. Totally Tunsie Mar 16 #4

That's not the kind of draft I was hoping for. GoCubsGo Mar 16 #6

Would those boots on the ground fit better than his Florsheims?? displacedvermoter Mar 16 #12

Rubio's star is rising? What kind of world do we live in? Jim__ Mar 16 #7

Well, the GOP doesn't have very many stars to "rise" PatSeg Mar 16 #20

His star is rising? That's news to me! Coventina Mar 16 #8

He's a pathetic boot-licker and I doubt he could get the votes Ritabert Mar 16 #9

A dark star in the shadow. UTUSN Mar 16 #10

His star is "rising?" City Lights Mar 16 #14

As fast as his shoe size Blue Owl Mar 16 #22

LOL. nt City Lights Mar 16 #27

He makes a good puppet. Nt BootinUp Mar 16 #15

Well if the shoe doesn't fit... Swede Mar 16 #16

Must be a dwarf star. ananda Mar 16 #18

I think they're both done ecstatic Mar 16 #19

Little Marco and his BIG shoes are a joke. If he can't stand up to a guy giving him clown shoes, how can he be POTUS? Vinca Mar 16 #21

Over his many years in office, I've seen nothing from this guy. spanone Mar 16 #23

He can't even tell Mango Mussolini that the shoes he gave him are the wrong size! Rob H. Mar 16 #24

It's going to be Don Jr. BannonsLiver Mar 16 #25

I think the appetite for Trump humping whores is waning Skittles Mar 16 #26