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Marco Rubio Rails on Debt Crisis Hypocrisy for 14:02 (And John Kerry Doesn’t Like It)

During by far the most dramatic 24 hours of debt limit negotiations that have had a chokehold on American politics and government since January, Sen.Marco Rubio’s remarks followed by debate with Sen. John Kerry on the Senate floor this afternoon perhaps no better captures the frustration of freshman Republicans, hypocrisy of current political rhetoric, and inability of opposing sides to form real solutions.

“If my house was on fire, I can’t compromise about which part of the house I am going to save. You save the whole house, or it will all burn down.”

Sen. Rubio’s complete remarks on the Senate floor Saturday:

“Thank you, Mr. President.

I rise here on the Senate floor today to speak on the tremendous issue that’s captivated, and rightfully so, the attention of our country.

Let me start by saying that I do not enjoy nor relish the partisan role of attack dog. I never found any fun in that. I don’t think it’s constructive.  I don’t intend to become that here in the Senate.

I also have only been here for seven months, which means I haven‘t been here long enough to think any of the stuff that’s going on is normal. And I certainly don’t think any of the stuff that goes on around here too often is normal. So I think the fact that I’ve been here seven months has served me well in that regard.

Let me begin if I can. One of the things that I’ve noticed this week is that Washington is full of people from all over the world and all over the country that have traveled here this week to come and watch their government at work and see the monuments of the city and found themselves in the middle of this debate.

So I think it’s important to remind people what we’re debating because although it is a difficult and important issue, it is not a complicated one to understand. It’s pretty straight forward.

And here’s the way I would describe it the United States of America more or less — these are rough numbers but they’re accurate – spends about $300 billion a month. It has $180 billion a month that comes to the federal government through taxes and other sources of revenue and that means that in order to meet its bills at the end of every month it needs to borrow $120 billion.

Now, for much of the history of this country, there have been increases in the debt limit and the ability to borrow money. But what has happened over the last few years is that it’s no longer a routine vote because the people who give us our credit rating are saying too much of the money that you spend every month is borrowed and we want you to show us how over the next ten years you are going to borrow less as a percentage of what you spend.

And so that’s why, for years, where the debt limit was routine vote, it no longer can be. It’s not something that was made up in some conservative think tank. But the reality that we cannot continue to borrow 40% to 41% of every penny that the government spends has brought us to this point.

So you would think that seeing that, our government and our leaders here in both parties would react to that immediately and work on it.

And I’ve heard lot of talk today about delaying tactics and delaying votes. I would argue to you that this issue has been delayed at least for the last two and a half years.

In the two years before I even came here, this chamber neither proposed nor passed a budget. It is a startling figure that for the last two years this government has operated without a budget. So think about that. Two years have gone by without a budget. The first two years that the President was the president, no budgets.

Some people would say, well, that’s because of partisanship in Washington. Well, that’s not true. In the two years before I got here, both the House and Senate were controlled by members of the Democratic Party, which are the President’s party. In fact, in this chamber for at least one of those two years, 60 votes, 60 out of the 100 members here caucused with the Democrats. And as you recall, on Christmas Eve of the year 2009, they were able to pass a health care bill that was very controversial because they had the 60 votes in the President’s party.

Over two years, no budget. In fact you know how long it has been since this chamber proposed a budget? Forget passed a budget, proposed a budget? 822 days. That’s a long time. A lot of things have happened in the last 822 days, but proposing a budget is not one of them out of this chamber.

So then I got here – and we got here in January, seven months have passed, still no budget. Again, not budget passed, proposed, offered. Here’s our budget. Still no budget. 822 Days and every single day that I’ve been here.

Now, in the last seven days on this debt debate, we have finally seen a proposal from the esteemed senator from Nevada, the majority leader. You would think, has he brought it to the floor to vote? Not until last night. So, again, offered a proposal over the weekend and still for six days we sat around and what did we do around here? Nothing. It was never brought to a vote.

You would think these issues would have been worked on in January, February, March — nothing. This chamber has done nothing. You talk about delay tactics? They’ve been delaying for two and a half years.

Now the President doesn’t have the luxury of some of these things. He has to propose a budget by law, and he did. Let me tell you how ridiculous the budget was. Not a single member of this Senate voted for it, including the Democrats. It is a budget that didn’t lead with the debt limit; in fact, it increased the debt. That’s how absurd the budget was.

Where is the President plan? We haven’t seen it. We haven’t seen it.  Here‘s the President’s plan: a blank sheet of paper. He doesn’t have a plan. He hasn’t offered a plan. Again, if this were a Republican president, I would say the same thing.

I do not understand how an issue of this magnitude, of generational importance, the President of the United States has not offered a plan. If someone has seen the president’s plan, please send it to me because no one else has seen it. It does not exist.

So this has been the plan all along, by the way. The plan all along was not to take a position, to let the days count down until we got to this point with 72 hours to go and then force a vote on something that they wanted. I believe that that has been the plan the entire time. And you can see it carrying itself out.

You want to know why people all across America get grossed out about politics? It’s by watching this kind of stuff happen.

And instead let me tell you what we’ve seen for the last few days. First of all, for today and for much of this time I have heard all these attacks and name-calling. If we had $1 billion for every time I heard the words “tea party extremist,” we could solve this debt problem.

So all this name-calling, so I said let me read some quotes about this debt limit and I found some pretty extremist quotes.

Here’s one.

It says, “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt.” A quote from a tea party extremist, right? No. This is a quote from March 16 of 2006 from Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.

I found another extremist quote. This one says, “Because this massive of accumulation of debt was predicted, because it was foreseeable, because it was unnecessary, because it was the result of willful and reckless disregard for the warnings that were given and for the fundamentals of economic management, I am voting against a debt limit increase.” Well, that must be from a tea party extremist member of the House, right? No. This is March 16, 2006, from Senator Joe Biden of Delaware.

And last but not least, here’s a quote from September 27 of 2007. It says, “I find it distasteful and disturbing to increase the debt limit yet again. Clearly we need to change course and this debt limit bill is just another reminder of that.” And that is from the distinguished Senator from Nevada, the majority leader. On that date in 2007.

And yet now these same quotes in this context, what we’re talking about raising the debt limit more than has ever been raised in one vote, is extremism? This name-calling is absurd and it sets this process back.

The other thing I hear — oh, it is not reasonable. This is a waste of time. This bill can’t pass the Senate when they talk about the House bill. So now it disqualifies the bill the fact that it can’t pass in the Senate.

Well, guess what? The Senate bill can’t pass in the Senate —  the Senate bill can’t pass in the Senate.”

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA): “Will the Senator yield for a question?”

Sen. Rubio: “Yes, I’ll yield.”

Sen. John Kerry: “I thank the Senator for doing that. That’s become somewhat unusual in the Senate today. So I truly appreciate it.

I would ask the Senator, as ironic as it may be that on occasion people in the past have indeed voted against a debt limit — both Republicans and Democrats alike — is it not true that in those situations those votes did not hold the nation hostage, did not come at a moment of enormous economic fragility as we are in today, and did not run the risk of default because it was going to pass overwhelmingly every time?

Is that not true?”

Sen. Rubio: “To the Senator from Massachusetts, I would say two things.

The first is that those votes — put it to you this way. If the Senator from Illinois at the time, Senator Obama, had had his way, we’d be in the same position we are in now. Because he had voted against the debt – and I recognize the President has now said that the debt limit is — he made a mistake and he wouldn’t have said that were he here today.

My point, I would say to the Senator from Massachusetts, is that rhetoric two years ago was not considered extremist language and now that rhetoric, which by the way I have not found. I think it is a myth. There may be a handful of people in the building both in the House and Senate perhaps that believe that the nation doesn’t have to raise the debt limit. But by and large everyone recognizes that something must be done about the debt limit.

What we have also said – I speak for myself. Let me not speak for any other member of this chamber or the next.

What I have also said is that it would be a terrible mistake to lose this opportunity to do something meaningful about the debt. And that the debt limit gives us an opportunity to do something meaningful about the debt, because the crisis that America faces is not one that I have defined.

But one that has been defined by the rating houses and rating agencies who have said if you do not get your spending in order, we don’t care whether you raise your debt limit or not, we will downgrade you.

And what that means for every American is an increase in their interest payments.”

Sen. John Kerry: “Will the Senator further yield for a question?”

Sen. Rubio: “Yes.”

Sen. Kerry: “Mr. President I appreciate what the Senator is saying. I would just say first of all that everybody understands the danger of the rating agencies right now.

The problem is, we got to reach across the aisle and negotiate. We’ve got to come to agreement. Right now there’s not a lot of negotiating going on.

I would ask the Senator, if he doesn’t agree that there is an enormous difference between — the Senator a moment ago said if he had gotten his way. But the whole point is, everybody knew he wasn’t about to get his way. That was a truly symbolic vote.

Today, however, is it not true we are on the brink of a default and the absence of negotiation or the absence of a settlement presents us with a far more serious consequence to the unwillingness to raise the debt ceiling today?”

Sen. Rubio: “To the Senator from Massachusetts I would say it‘s impossible to negotiate with someone who doesn’t offer a plan. How do you negotiate with someone who will not offer a plan and will not put it on the table?

But the finger pointing of who has a plan and who doesn’t have a plan is relevant, but it’s not the central issue here.

I would also say that in March of this year, March 30 to be exact of this year, I wrote an op-ed piece that ran in The Wall Street Journal and it outlined the things I was looking for to be a part of this debate. And I was told on March of this year that we didn’t have enough time to do all those things. Although later on we found out perhaps we did, this grand bargain and I am prepared, as I stand here today, if there is a meeting going on right after this, I’d love to be a part of it.

I am prepared to discuss the things that I believe we need to do not just to raise the debt limit. Raising the debt limit is the easiest thing. That’s one vote away. The hard thing is to show the world we are serious about putting our spending in order so we can show people we’ll able to pay our bills down the road.

And that is a combination of things that I have outlined very clearly, not just on March of this year in The Wall Street Journal, but in repeated speeches on this floor.

And those are the things, we need to do two things.

Number one is we need to grow our economy because while the debt is the biggest issue in Washington, jobs are the biggest issue facing America. And if we could get more people back to work, we would have more people paying taxes, and if we had more people paying taxes, we’d have more revenue for government.

And so that is the first thing we need to do, is figure out how to create jobs in America and I think there is bipartisan agreement on things we can do to do that.

The President himself mentioned regulatory reform as a necessity in the State of the Union. Let’s do it.

We’ve all talked about tax reform. Flattening and simplifying our tax code. And if there are things in that tax code that do not belong there because they are the product of good lobbying instead of good policy, then let’s go after those things. We’ve talked about that. Let’s talk about that.

I think we all agree that there has to be some changes in discretionary spending, but we also agree that doesn’t solve the problem. That’s a small piece of our overall budget. That we have to save Medicare because it goes bankrupt if we leave it the way it is. That we have to save Medicaid because it goes bankrupt if we leave it the way it is.

And I can tell you that history will back up what I’m about to say and that is that there is no government run by conservatives, Republicans, put whoever you want there, if you give government the opportunity to spend more money than it has, it will do it. It will do it every time.

That‘s why I believe there are at least 20 members of the Senate in the other party who have supported some version of the balanced budget amendment and yet it’s something we cannot even get a vote on much less discuss in the Senate.

So I believe there can be compromise on those outlines but here’s the last thing I would say.

I believe my time is about to expire so let me close with this.

Compromise is fantastic.

I would love nothing more than to leave this building tomorrow night having said the republic still works. I was able to stand shoulder to shoulder with people from states far from mine with views different from mine but who love their country so much that we were able to come together and save it when it faced this catastrophe.

I would love nothing more than compromise. But I would say to you that compromise that’s not a solution is a waste of time.

If my house was on fire, I can‘t compromise about which part of the house I’m going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down.

We either save this country or we do not.

And to save it, we must seek solutions.”

Comments (602)

  • Rick54
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:25pm

    Did not hear a uhh, uhh uhh, spoken from the heart, Very good job.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:24pm

    It was good but, I called his office about a few hours ago to let them know the most significant part he left out. All Republicans and Tea Party representatives are missing one very important argument to the Reagan debt ceiling hikes that the Dems are trying to choke us with. Check it out here:
    http://yossigestetner.com/2011/07/27/on-debt-ceiling-obama-is-being-spoiled-compared-to-reagan/

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:26pm

      Schooled Kerry with facts and courtesy! This is the next George Washington!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:33pm

      @JHEYDENG
      Rubio had and has my vote… I just wish the Tea Party would counter the “Reagan raised the debt limit 18 times” with the real facts.

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    • hersey10
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:03pm

      The Monk above can beat it . Rubio is a superstar . That was incredible .

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    • SFsuper49er
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:06pm

      This guy is fantastic. Right now he’s my hero! He could be the next George Washington we need. Senators… Take a lesson from this guy…Marco Rubeo Now thats leadership!

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:08pm

      17 is an accurate figure. SO he got less each 5.3 months that he asked for it but he still got exactly WHAT he was asking for.

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    • one years food ration like glenn says
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:08pm

      The twelve year Republican Congress (which started in 1995 and concluded by 2007) raised the Debt Ceiling by $4 trillion. During the following four years that the Democrats had the Congress, the Ceiling was raised by a total of $5.3 trillion. Here it gets juicy: The Debt Ceiling under President Reagan was raised eighteen times to a total of $1.85 trillion (See Table 7.3). This is less than the $3 trillion-plus already raised under President Obama! Raising the Ceiling 18 times during the eight Reagan years meant a Ceiling battle every 5.3 months (on average), with an average rise of only $102 billion per increase. So… does Obama really want to get the Reagan Treatment? Well… Em, ah, er.
      (Even after adjusting for inflation, Reagan got way less per increase than what Obama got — $1 trillion per pop for Obama, on average! In terms of the amount of times Reagan needed to ask for an increase, well… a year still has only twelve months in it just as it did twenty-thirty years ago. Reagan was forced to stand before Congress every 5.3 months asking for money, but Obama is not happy with the Republican House offer of a seven-eight month extension) An honest debate about the Ceiling is NOT how many times it was raised by this Congress or under that President. Instead, let’s see by how much it was raised; by how much more will we raise it, and how fast will we burn through the new debt.

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    • the hawk
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:14pm

      you cant have a plan without a clue ! He does’nt hava a clue ! TEA PARTY EXTEAMIST 4EVER ! ! ! !

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    • buckster6.0
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:29pm

      Ya damn right

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:32pm

      Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:16am

      @HERSEY10
      What are you talking about? Rubio was fantastic! Rubio is fantastic! But did you check out the link I sent? If Rubio had used this information he could have buried Kerry and the rest of the progressive dems forever. Suggesting that I “beat it” when I was praising Marco and offering more information to help him is just silly. Go to the link HERSEY10 and tell me if I’m wrong. If you can prove I’m wrong I will bow down to you. Until then… read the link.Rubio could have put Kerry in the gutter for weeks instead of minutes. Marco needs our help. Don’t put me down for trying. Thanks.

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    • drattastic
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:23am

      Whats up MONK ,tell it like it is.

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    • sbish
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:25am

      I think I just got a tingle up my leg.

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    • SavingtheRepublic.com
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:39am

      ^____^____^
      “Here‘s the President’s plan: a blank sheet of paper….. The plan all along was not to take a position, to let the days count down until we got to this point with 72 hours to go and then force a vote on something that they wanted. I believe that that has been the plan the entire time. And you can see it carrying itself out.”

      This sums it up as to the socialists party and Emperor Obamas intentions. Kerrys questions were empty and just gestures of good faith to further blame the republicants who BTW are being set up once again!
      Stop playing their game and start playing your game http://SavingtheRepublic.com

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:41am

      @DRATTASTIC and SBISH
      This is what’s up. The progresives are saying that Reagan raised the debt limit 18 times during his Presidency. So, they figure Obama should also be able to raise it any time he wants to. The fact is that Reagan raised it a total of $1.85T during that time and the Progressives have (since Jan 2009) already raised it $5.3T and Obama and the progressives want to raise it another $2.4T! Two point four trillion dollars. Got it. Check it out for yourselves. Don’t believe me. Here’s one of the links again:
      http://yossigestetner.com/2011/07/27/on-debt-ceiling-obama-is-being-spoiled-compared-to-reagan/

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 1:12am

      @one years food ration like glenn says
      You got that from one of my posts,.. “Verbatim”. Glad to see it repeated. Keep up the good work.Spread the word.

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    • Alky
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 1:19am

      Monk… Reagan was also dealing with both houses being Dems, trying not to spend was like swatting flies in an outdoor crapper! He did a heck of a job with the daily nonsense from the left.

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    • davecoolworld
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 1:48am

      You just heard from a future POTUS….if we can only survive until then.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 1:55am

      @Alky
      You got that right. I was in Washinton DC when Carter got elected and I had to watch all that crap. After Carter left I worked for some anti-Reagan… Carter progressives and I really saw what hell was like. I am seeing that again with Obama. I could really tell you some whoppers about Carter from that time. Too bad I don’t have any Billy Beer left. Could be worth… pennies on the dollar? Just like ObamaCare?

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    • OneShotPagan
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 2:17am

      Hi friend – you have no clue as to the Reagan/Democrat tax changes … 1987 changed the S&L Industry, the Real Estate Development Industry, manufacturing and the stock market (which is the way America invests) (that’s a joke in case you missed it … We all knew that this sell out to tax and spend Democrats would back-fire but nobody would listen … we thought it would fall in 1994 … and it would have if all of the Clinton indexes were not changed for reporting … do not look at government reporting on inflation, look at your current expenditures … it’s getting close. If you want to check this look at the 1986 dow vs vs the 2000 dow … of course you don’t want to.

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    • Favored93
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 2:35am

      DAM’N I LOVE THAT GUY!
      Took J.Kerry to SCHOOL!
      If we ONLY cut what the O’show increased our budget by we would be half way there!
      Yes the republicans spent WAY TOO MUCH and why we fired them 2-3 years ago however what our benevolent dictator has done is unconscionable!
      The worst part is I think this was intentional.
      NO LAST MINUTE DEALS!!!!!!
      Let this go to wed. or later. The world will not end. Fix the problem. Cut even OUR sacred cow’s. Do what is necessary to secure our future!
      STOP FORCED CHARITY! THAT IS NOT THE JOB OF GOVT.!
      How long has the Church taken care of the poor and widowed? I can give to any charity or Church I choose because I KNOW they KNOW the people INTIMATELY that NEED the help!
      Does our GOVT. know if that welfare mom or BUM can work but won’t? Do they know if they are helping or hurting by GIVING money? GOVT. is to dam’n far away to KNOW anything about the situations they are tossing our money at to be effective.
      CUT NOW NOT LATER! NO DEBT INCREASE!
      This is OUR Vimar moment! If we miss it here I fear we will loose every thing including our freedoms.
      Liberty what does that really mean? A right to a job?No but a right to comeat for one. What does freedom mean? 50% or more in taxes? Is justice and equality the same? If I work hard and become wealthy is it right to take what I have and give it to a stranger on your word they need it more then I do?
      WAKE UP OR WE ALL LOOSE THIS THING FOR GOOD!!!!!!!!!
      Our children are looking to us

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    • Miami
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 3:56am

      I’m proud to say I worked to get him there, Marco does himself and all that support him burst with pride…!

      GOD Bless him and GOD Save America

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 4:29am

      A star…no a SUPERSTAR is born.
      He will be a fine man to restore the republic after she falls..

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    • JEB STUART
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 4:41am

      Hawk must be one of the bamsters pupits. He knows an aweful lot for being dumb.

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    • gotta light
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 5:27am

      WELL THANK YOU SEN. RUBIO! PERFECTLY SAID.
      You have my vote when & if you ever decide to run for President.

      John Kerry & Joe Biden are a very big part of the problem in DC. They are incompetent, liars, and cheats. NoMomma Obama is all those thins plus a over educated Marxist fool. They’ve been called on the carpet for having a plan that was not to have a plan just like their budget for the last 822 days has been NOT to have a budget. You can’t spend wrecklessly and irresponsibility if everyone is aware of what and how your doing.

      WAKE UP AMERICA THE FAT LADY IS ABOUT TO SING!

      Hey bud gotta light?

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 6:23am

      I think I just heard “MR. RUBIO GOES TO WASHINGTON”!!!!!!!!!! WOW…..WOW……..WOW

      Go Get ‘em Marco……….

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    • hopetochange
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 6:35am

      Loved Marco’s clear and concise explanation of the debt debate and the lack of leadership of our “Dear Leader Odumba” and his evil minion majority leader Reid as well as the shredding of a pompous and hypocritcal Senator Kerry. My only wish was that Rubio would have slammed Kerry and put him back in the cesspool he popped out of by saying, “I cannot respect anyone, especially a former Senator like President Obama, when they choose to flip flop on issues of importance, such as raising our Nation’s debt limit, and being AGAINST it, before being FOR it!”

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    • hud
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:21am

      Rubio has a good head on his shoulders, hope he keeps it there so he can become president.

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    • weneedrubio
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:24am

      That was the complete destruction of one senator by another. Sadly it is not difficult to eat John Kerry’s lunch in a debate. Rubio is so much better that the only thing the dems can do is destroy him with name calling which will be the worst you’ve ever seen. It will start immediately because he has been found out. We need Rubio to run now not later. The independants can not ignore that display of logic and they are all we need for 60% in both houses and the presidency. Rubio for President.

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    • one years food ration like glenn says
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:26am

      @MONK yes , And I apologize for not giving credit to you at the end of my post… Seriously it slipped my mind, the more I read it my mind was getting boggled I just cant believe that those demoRats wouldn’t think anyone will look into the facts and just blurt all the 18 times crap out as if its ok for Reagan then its ok for obama,… You are a true patriot…

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    • chazman
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:42am

      John Kerry is the poster BOY for the need for TERM LIMITS!!

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    • sbish
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:02am

      Monk

      I just got a tingle up my leg for Rubio, which is too say, I am fully aroused and think I am in love. I don’t need any more convincing. It was a libertarian tingle I felt.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:08am

      Thank you for the info. Rubio rocks. And I would bet that he’s not using a teleprompter.

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    • robert
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:11am

      Why there are not more Republicans who speak this cogently, clearly and logically is beyond me. They seem to be educated but far too wimpish. Joe Walsh comes close when he blasted Eliot Spenser and Chris Matthews, but the old party faithful, backed by the fat party boss Karl Rove, are so inept as to be useless as speakers. They’re mostly like John McCain. They just can’t express themselves effectively. Marco Rubio can.

      And, the Democrats are no better. Here we saw Marco Rubio take apart John Kerry when he offerred a spiel that was logically flawed and really irrelevant.

      Marco Rubio reminds me of the Patrick Henrys of days of old who had the brilliance, fire and pizzazz to tell it like it is in a forthright, logical manner that was so logical it wasn’t possible to present a persuasive argument in rebuttal.

      Can you imagine one of today’s politicians presenting a persuasive argument as Patrick Henry did, besides Marco Rubio?

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    • freeus
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:21am

      Well said and thank you Sen. Rubio. May God bless and protect Sen. Rubio, the Congressional Freshman and the Tea Party members.

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    • Celtat
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:48am

      Wow. But for every one of Rubio there are several Dem Senate vagrants. This won’t really be fixed until Obama is out of office.
      … And Kerry was perfect to jump in with his cry for attention, punctuated the speech with a perfect example of what Rubio was talking about.. Thanks John and here’s the ice cream cone we promised.

      Link this video to everyone on your facebook, everyone has to understand what he’s said in simple terms.
      shutupNcolor.com

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:48am

      John Kerry we don’t really give a flying rats A** whether you like something or not.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:50am

      Senator Rubio………………Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

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    • Hobbs57
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 10:01am

      Talk about a direct contrast in the politics as usual in Washington and the NEW REPUBLIC being born. We have made a great impact thus far, with men like Marc Rubio being the fruits of our labor. More will come, more will stand up, and in perfect time, as is always the case when the spirit of truth is present, we will bring order back to this republic. This is not a matter of politics or power, but about a final stand of honor and integrity. This problem we face is far greater than just Washington, but reflective of the destructive way of life found through out our great nation and especially Europe. I have dedicated my life to studying people, as I work towards my psychology degree. Through my years of study, in particualar, my work with addiction and co-dependency, I know the nature of our disposition and just how impossible it is to stand on our laurels and consistently provide the unconditional tough love needed to save our fellow Americans. The sense of entitlement is so rampant and present in our society, parents are literally teaching their children a way of life will only lead to a certain spiritual death with the heavy chains of dependency binding them to the government. I only pray it our people don’t have to hit ROCK BOTTOM in order to have enough pain to change their direction. The magnitude of what we are against is identical to that of a heroin junky’s addiction. We don’t have the power alone to overcome them, but together with the powers of the spirit, WE CA

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    • uneedmorekoolaid
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 10:42am

      Nice to see someone acting like an AMERICAN not a politican. You save the whole house not just the laundry room when it is on fire!! Unless it is Al Gore‘s house and then you tell him we can’t drive a firetruck here top save your house because it produces too much co2! Sorry! hahaha

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 10:58am

      Can We exchange BO for Rubio ?? NOW !!!

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    • tess q
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 11:05am

      thanks for the site. i am already printing out info to pass around.

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    • ginsberg
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 11:27am

      republicans have no plan either. The problem is that republicans want corporate welfare while democrats want welfare and social security for the poor and middle class. We have all seen what happens when the rich get handouts, they loot what they can and demand more. We need trade reform and a return of living wages, not to mention real health care reform. The tea party sold out a long time ago to corporate special interests.

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    • RACHAL44
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 11:36am

      Who is John Kerry??????????

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    • angeto
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 11:59am

      Allen West and Marco Rubio in the whte house and I don’t care who is the president and who is the vice president.
      I am sure they both have a real U.S. birth certificate to begin with.

      Angeto

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    • Pujols
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:23pm

      Does anyone care what John Fricking Kerry thinks anymore?

      GO SPEND SOME OF ‘THE HEINZ MONEY’ YOU MARRIED INTO YOU JACKASS!

      He was not a War Hero. He was a Trader and should have went to Levenworth.

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    • Paydert33
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 3:14pm

      WOW!!! I got the chills listening to Senator Marco Rubio. I am very familiar with him down here in Florida. He’s a great person and showed his tremendous talent when he ran against Charlie Crist. Whomever is our nominee had better think it over very seriously about asking Rubio to run for VP. The debates against joe biden would be the best ever. The flake, biden, wouldn’t have a chance. That’s if o-loser doesn’t pull a fast one and name someone else as VP. Whatever….. Rubio will do well against anyone they put up against him. Then after VP, he could be our nominee for POTUS. It was good to see kerry shake in his boots. Rubio was making such fantastic points, that kerry couldn’t stand it. You know when someone is getting to you like Rubio was and kerry butted in like…..oh my gosh, this Rubio is good. I have to stop him now and interrupt him, cause this is going over to well for “We the People” out there.

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    • 10percenter
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 4:49pm

      Three cheers for marco rubio!!! The house is burning down….When do they get it!!! Kerry is just one of many that needs to be fired, next time around, along with Scott Brown, Olympia Snow, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Chuck Schumer, Durbin, Warner and Webb from VA …The list just goes on and on……..

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    • Ripleymom
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:16pm

      Rubio is a RINO because he will compromise. He is a neocon because he will not bring our troops home, he will continue to allow 94% of federal income tax revenue to fund unconstitutional wars, and he will not end the fed. He is no different than the other authoritarian big spenders who have invaded Washington who claim they know better than us. Ron Paul receives triple the amount of active military donations from soldiers than any other candidate for a reason. They know the truth. Wake-up and don’t listen to the main stream media.

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    • IanWright
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:53pm

      Agreed. I like him. Wish he’d run for POTUS.

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    • Viet Vet
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:11am

      @Paydert33

      Biden is the quintessential democrap. He lies at the drop of a hat. I have seen him in action numerous times, including in the VP debates with Ms Palin. When he gets backed in a corner he automatically lies. Makes something up on the spur, pulls bogus numbers out of thin air. He (and the democraps) know they can always count on their ‘press organ’, the media not blowing the whistle on them. It’s a luxury the democraps have that has served them well for many years.

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    • Viet Vet
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:15am

      @Ripleymom

      You’re living in the wrong country, get the hell out!!

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    • schmite123oh
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:14pm

      RU-BI-O!!!! Very good, he has my vote!

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    • Paydert33
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:28pm

      @ VIET VET First, thank you for your service to our country. You are right. The democraps actually lie about everything. I know, I watch a lot of C-SPAN. There you see it all. They can’t talk about their record on anything, cause their records are disasters. Total losers. Sure biden will do-his-thing and lie, but we need someone like Rubio who is quick on his fee, who I know would come back with much-gusto answers that would leave biden and his hair plugs in the dust.

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    • Juan Gault
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:34pm

      The ‘ONE’ you have been seeking, has arrived!! In a word,WOW!!

      Never has the two words,‘hope and change’, meant so much, to so many.

      2012, here we come, Senator Rubio rocks!

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:32pm

      One thing ive noticed from all of the comparisons to past Conservative presidents is that obama simply cannot stand on his own two feet. Its Bush, Reagan, Lincoln,- hasn’t he accomplished anything he can stand on that seperates him? I thought he was the smartest man to walk the earth.

      It is a comedy show but no one is laughing. Rubio rocks.

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  • deelann
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:22pm

    I watched this today on CSPAN. Just WOW. We need more RUBIO in the senate.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:15am

      DEE
      I am PROUD to say my car has a RUBIO bumper sticker
      This guy is GREAT
      He serves South Florida WELL

      DITTO for Allen West!!!!

      NO BO in 2012!!!!!

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    • Falsegods
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:34am

      GOP, Rubio is the one to back for 2012.

      Save our country !

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:51am

      @GeorgieJo
      I don’t have a Rubio bumper sticker on my car. My car rarely leaves my driveway. I‘ve been unemployed since Sept 2008 and I’m surviving off my savings. I did give $100 to Rubio’s campaign and will gladly do it again.Even if it’s the last $100 that I have.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 1:40am

      wow !!!!!!!!!!!!! what was that ????????
      A real future leader .
      Please Mr Rubio do not ever change .

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    • asybot
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 1:54am

      hi guys just looking in from the outside, (canuck) this gentleman (Rubio) is for real! With guys like him and other realists that are coming forward in your system there is hope. Your country as much as is hated is still the greatest (well ok after Canada). The people that are fighting against your nation are jealous and envious of the success you have built for the past 60 or so years. Do not get me wrong it is not only the terrorists that are physicly attacking your country it is also being done at a behind the scene ecopnomic fashion right now you are vulnerable but I hope you are waking up!

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 11:57am

      The old story about those with no experience in politics is a myth. Marco Rubio is just who I’m looking for to run this Country before he becomes corrupt like many of the others. He’s smart, articulate, and whipped that idiot ( Mr. Heinz) Kerry’s arse good. Heinz-Kerry told so many lies about what he did in Vietnam, the wound (self inflicted) all the metals he won (ha), threw them over the fence (ha, fakes), and his flip-flop on everything (testing the water to see which way to go) kinda like putting your finger in the air to see which way the wind is blowing. Good lord-fire this man before he does more harm to our Country. GO MARCO RUBIO! We need your common sense approach.

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    • ginsberg
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 3:23pm

      Lol yeah florida is really prospering under rubio…high unemployment, failed schools, and supplying half the country with opiates…kudos…

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    • intothelight
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 4:15pm

      Agree. Rubio will always have our vote. Well, Hello Mr. President!

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    • mils
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:21pm

      Now the behind the scenes bs will start…
      Rubio will have to be destroyed..he makes sense, people listen to him..he appears to love this country and the people…politicians cannot have this sort in their mist….

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    • NativeCracker
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:25am

      Making Floridians proud

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    • SheriS
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:33pm

      Why is it a Freshman Senator is one of the few idiot Repubs to stand up and speak his mind with such passion and truth? This is a very courageous man and deserves a big pat on the back for standing on principles and values—something sorely missing in DC! When you have a nitwit like Reid running the Senate—nothing gets done except what he wants! This is so wrong and Reid has become a totally waste of good air!

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  • Look4DBigPicture
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:22pm

    Thank you Marco Rubio! It’s refreshing to hear such a mature voice in Washington from such a great communicator. You make Obama look like the goofy class clown trying to impress his high school buddies.

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    • concealled9mms
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:32pm

      big difference huh we have rubio talking like the adult in the room and we have obamma who cant sleep as he tweeting a bunch of kids says alot

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    • mr.goodvibe
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:36pm

      Its funny how the most mature voice is the youngest in the chamber! Common sense trancends age.

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    • sawhorse1950
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:15am

      Yeah, I agree and I think we witnessed the making of a future president..He has common sense and he’s smart..of course the left will say BHO is the only genius to ever occupy the WH..Obama ain’t no genius..

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    • crackerone
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 2:40am

      Where be my tele-prompter! I would like to respond.

      B.O.

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:20pm

    Glad to say that he represents my home state. Florida got it right when we elected Rubio over the Tanned One, Charlie Crist.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 3:26pm

      And thank goodness and Praise the Lord for good common sense to vote in Marco. Next project, please Florida, please fire that hateful woman with the fuzzy red hair. Wouldn’t that make a perfect couple to have Alan Grayson and Wasserman-Schultz get married? Two PEAS in a pod.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:36pm

      Actually, I think Wasserman-Schultz and Dee Snider from Twisted Sister were separated at birth. Oh, and Grayson is probably preparing for a trip to San Francisco for this year’s Folsom Street Fair. ;)

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  • Doobin
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:20pm

    Pan Obama. Rubio! Rubio! Rubio!

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  • Contrarian51
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:19pm

    Old John Kerry couldn’t resist throwing out the “hold hostage” line, but of course, it’s not “extremist rhetoric” when the left uses it, is it?

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  • AynRandLives
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:18pm

    Right on…Right on…

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:16pm

    Wow! My gosh, for a minute there I thought I was watching something from Mr Smith goes to Washington. That is a powerfull speech from a good man.

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    • StonyBurk
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 1:21pm

      I agree Jenny -And I agree with the Honorable Marco Rubio –who doesn’t find things normal in Washington DC. In my estimation Mr.Rubio out debated Quick John hands down. But then I opinion of that other JFK from MA. has n’t changed since I saw him telling LIES about War Crimes he witnessed and even committed when he was a young Navy Swift boat skipper in the Republic Of. And he was telling those LIES on national TV a Naval Officer but the Navy will not revisit his record – guess a Traitor in the Navy can go on to be a Traitor in the Senate no matter what his record shows.

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    • JimConstitution
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:52am

      Yes, it’s to bad that Rubio is not qualified to run. A president and VP must be a Natural Born Citizen. If it’s true that his mom and dad were not US citizens at his birth he is not a NBC and does not qualify.

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  • endgamer
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:16pm

    In a word WOW!!

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  • Dominican
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:16pm

    Bravo Marco!!!!
    Now lets start privatizating Social Security;I’ll like to have control of my retirement,NOT politicians playing games with my hard earn money.

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:15pm

    I so enjoy listening to him speak. I wish more poeple in Government had the Ba&&^ to stand up and say it just like he did.his closing line is PRICELESS

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  • pooniah
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:15pm

    love it love it!! Preach it Mark Rubio! I have not heard such a clear succint description of this whole negotiation as presented by Mr. Rubio.

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  • 98harley
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:15pm

    He could win the Presidency because of this speech!!!

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    • vtxphantom
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:41pm

      Give him time for the run for presidency. I could see him as the new majority leader in 2012. He is what is needed. For the lower house I would like to see Ryan.

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    • GaltLine
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:04am

      Since the House doesn’t have a Marco Rubio, and they need a no nonsense, articulate Speaker in the House. How about Mark Levin?

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    • BlueStrat
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 3:40am

      @ GALTINE

      I‘d LOVE to see The Great One rip ’em a NEW ONE in the House, but I don’t think Levin would want to take the pay cut…OR the smaller audience! :)

      Just sayin’

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:11pm

    kerry…does he get up in the morning and say to himself “how much of a pompous ass I can make of myself today”?…or does it just come by instinct?
    Loved the way he and his a-hole lib cohorts were so willing to compromise with alibabacare..and the CR.
    They should all just go straight to hell.
    Except for Rubio. What a refreshing change from the likes of kerry, reid, frank, schumer, pelousy, and obama!

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  • airhead0
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:09pm

    I love listening to Marco, he has a huge future in our government and I hope to one day vote for him.

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    • repup
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:18pm

      Im just hopin we get rid of our current “scorched earth” president while we still have something to salvage

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  • wildjoker5
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:06pm

    The democrats what the GOP, mainly the TEA party, to compromise. Why should we compromise with people that have shown that their economic policies have failed? Should we compromise and take a 100% failing policy and make it into a 50% failing policy? That is still FAILING.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:38pm

      re : Why should we compromise with people that have shown that their economic policies have failed? Should we compromise and take a 100% failing policy and make it into a 50% failing policy? That is still FAILING
      ***
      But in Washington $peak that’s a 100% improvement. We need more common Americans there, who understand that when someone compromises, it’s not necessarily a good thing, because they’ve just turned their back on what they stand for, for the sake of getting “Something”

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  • cruzinbill
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:05pm

    Marco is the man.If he ran for president he would have my vote.

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  • Contrarian51
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:04pm

    This is the guy who knows how to articulate the message. I think Dick Morris has it right. If the Republicans can’t figure out that this guy needs to be on the ticket in 2012, they deserve to lose.

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:11pm

      “takes on the debt hypocracy and John Kerry”,,,hahahaha

      It‘s all just a big pile of steamin’ sh*t,,,,and Rubio just go some of it on his shoes.

      Close the gov’t down….then we can control the spending. Then when the politicians (BOTH sides) begin again to act in the interests of the nation and it’s people,,,,then work together to acheive the desired common goal.

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:12pm

      so true.

      tell that to the evangelical christian nutbags.

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:28pm

      Marco has already said ‘no’ to running for president in 2012 and is committed to serving his constituents in Florida. He’s likely to be on the short list of possible Vice President running mates for the Republican candidate for 2012. Whether he stays in the Congress or serves as VP for the next 8 years, he will no doubt one day be the President of the USA. He gives me hope for the future of our country.

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  • Sara72
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:04pm

    Marco is AWESOME… met him in Florida at a GUN SHOW!!!

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    • concealled9mms
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:33pm

      i get my guns from eric holder

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    • EP46
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:31am

      @concealled9mms
      I get my guns from Holder too, he runs them through Mexico first and lets them be used a few times to kill Americans, then sends them on.

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  • IAMNOTKNOWING
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:03pm

    Question!

    The 14th Ammendment this nonsense about to play out about the President “invoking” it.

    It says that Congress is to pay all debt.

    The Executive Branch IS NOT the branch that cuts the checks.

    Even IF president obama “orders” the debt limit raised, citing the 14th Ammendment, …
    … the House doesn’t have to carry out that order.

    Right or wrong?

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:10pm

      Right.

      If Øbama pulls that, he’s done.

      period.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:26pm

      It would shock me if he used it, he’s MUCH more likely to cave in the Boehner-plan direction. But if he did (refer to the Supreme Court case of ‘35,) just add it to his resume`: SAVED THE GLOBAL ECONOMY FROM TANKING as recommended by Wall Street, most economists, and a strong majority of the American people. It would tick off the teapublicons, and there’d be a call for his impeachment, (*yawn* same ol’-same-ol *yawn*)
      http://democratsforprogress.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=7891

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:04pm

      @tifosa,

      “But if he did (refer to the Supreme Court case of ‘35,) just add it to his resume`: SAVED THE GLOBAL ECONOMY FROM TANKING as recommended by Wall Street, most economists, and a strong majority of the American people.”

      First, there is no global economy. Each country is responsible for its own economy. Any attempt to subjugate us under foreign laws (including patent laws) is a violation of my rights as a citizen and is tyranny and a violation of our nation’s sovereignty.

      Second, Government-induced (or otherwise non-market-based) easy credit causes false booms (such as the Housing Boom), which must necessarily crash because real market values eventually reveal a mismatch between resources and demand.

      Would you be willing to watch this?

      Smashing Myths and Restoring Sound Money | Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAzExlEsIKk

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  • shorthanded12
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:02pm

    I seen the replay on cspan this evening, lets just say Mr Rubio made John Kerry LOOK stupid like the Demorats are.

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    • shorthanded12
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:15pm

      Than if anyone seen the exchange between Rand Paul and that thug thing Tricky Dick Durbin its no wonder the DemoRATS are running for cover and blaming everybody else but themselves. Government discusses me anymore. Them bastards sit up there and draw a cushy check and perks and play with our money like its theres.
      1. Term Limints
      2. Balance Budget admendment
      Pass those two and sign into law than i might put a little trust factor back into Government. “might” being the key word

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    • kenboo1
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:56pm

      I have to respectfully disagree with you…. Its not just the Democrats that are stupid. There was a time when the Democrats had Card Blanc (they could do anything) but not anymore… Prior to 2008, the Republicans held power and spent like crazy too… It’s time we sent a message very loud and extremely clear in 2012, NO MORE TAXES!!! CUT, CUT and CUT some more. We have been working to this point since Roosevelt. In doing so we have created a dependent class of Americans that is the envy of the world. There are middle class (economically speaking) people in other countries that wish they had it as good as the dependent class of people here in America… What does that say about our standard of poor??? What does that say about our country???

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    • shorthanded12
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:56am

      @ KENB001, I absolutely agree with you progressive demorats and republican rinos are to blame. I just made a comment to the fact that Rubio schooled Kerry and Rand Paul and Tom Coburn Schooled Kerry again on Budget gimmicks. My opinion Kerry is worthless and a waste of taxpayers money along with John McCAIN. They need to leave and get no dam perks at all. Lifer Politicians have eroded the Constitution made a class of social welfare recipiants and now the honest hard working tax paying citizens are SUFFERING at the hands of a few. Now we have a Socialist residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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    • EP46
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:33am

      DON”T FORGET JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT TO SERVE (even as dog catcher) SWIFT BOAT TRAITOR KERRY IS A DISGRACE TO AMERICA AND OUR MILITARY

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:00pm

    Cheers to Rubio!

    Well said.

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    • crackerone
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 2:43am

      Can’t imagine…..oh yes I can, Charlie the Tuna, giving the same speech.

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    • crackerone
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 3:52am

      Oh no I can’t………… Can not imagine that POS Charlie Christ in the US senate. Sad part is he makes John NcCain look good!

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  • 98harley
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:00pm

    Amen

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  • samnjoeysgrama
    Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:59pm

    I love Rubio! We need 60 of him in the Senate, too!

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