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Rubio Rips Obama: ‘Our Problem Is Not That He’s a Bad Person, Our Problem Is That He‘s a Bad President’

Rubio Rips Obama: Our Problem Is Not That Hes a Bad Person, Our Problem Is That Hes a Bad President

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio blasted President Barack Obama on the last night of the Republican National Convention Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. (Getty Images)

TAMPA, Fla. — Sen. Marco Rubio delivered a stinging indictment of Barack Obama Thursday night, declaring that he’s not a bad person, just a bad president.

Addressing the Republican Nation Convention on its final night just before Mitt Romney accepted the party’s nomination for president, Rubio said the past few years under Obama have driven America backward, not forward, and that “hope and change” have become “divide and conquer.”

“Our problem is not that he’s a bad person, our problem is that he’s a bad president,” Rubio said. “His new slogan for his campaign is ‘forward.’ Forward? A government that spends $1 trillion more than it takes in? An $800 billion stimulus that created more debt than jobs? A government intervention into health care paid for with higher taxes and cuts to Medicare. Scores of new rules and regulations.”

“These ideas don‘t move us ’forward,’” Rubio said. “These ideas move us backwards.”

Speaking at length about American exceptionalism, Rubio — whose parents immigrated from Cuba — declared that Romney understands what makes America special.

“Mitt Romney is running for president because he knows that if we are willing to do for our children what our parents did for us, life in America can be better than it has ever been,” Rubio said. “Mitt Romney believes that if we succeed in changing the direction of our country, our children and grandchildren will be the most prosperous generation ever, and their achievements will astonish the world.”

Weaving in stories of his own family background, including a father who worked 16 hours a day as a bartender and a mother who worked as a maid, a cashier and a stock clerk, Rubio said he grew up knowing there was no limit on how far he could go in life because he was an American.

“We’re special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, they come true here,” Rubio said. “That’s not just my story. That’s your story. That’s our story.”

He framed the November election as a choice not between two political parties, but “a choice about what kind of country we want America to be.”

“To make sure America is still a place where tomorrow is always better than yesterday, that is what our politics should be about, and that is what we are deciding in this election,” he said.

Rubio said Americans need to make sure that future historians can write that despite living in an uncertain time, the nation “did not allow fear to cause us to abandon what made us special.”

“We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time. We chose a special man to lead us in a special time,” he said. “We chose Mitt Romney to lead our nation, and because we did, the American miracle lived on for another generation to inherit.”

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  • cdn1979
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:08am

    i think rubio had the best speech of the convention. no questions asked. he rocked it. the fire he lights is what is needed for the next two months. they need to find a way to put him out front.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:10am

      He‘s a bad president because he’s a bad person with un or even anti american beliefs

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    • johndoesoetoro
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:26am

      He’s a bad president because of the legacy he leaves behind.

      Just imagine being able to go back and keep a detailed, chronological list of all of the failures of this administration and the Left.

      What would such a list look like now?

      Google —>   Legacy of the American Trojan Horse

      http://american-trojan-horse.blogspot.com/2011/03/list-of-factual-googleable-statements.html

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    • escape_from_socialism
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:58am

      Just like Rubio set, Obama and his gang want to install failed systems, the people are fleeing from. Just like I did. I hate socialism and tyranny with every cell of my body.

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    • Gold Coin & Economic News
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:17am

      I‘d probably have to agree that Obama is a pretty bad person because that’s like saying Bill Ayers or Frank Marshall Davis aren’t bad people, they were Obama’s mentors and they are pretty bad people. Regardless, dummies like this dude will still vote for the guy:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTRqjpK6ScQ

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    • Kalish
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:05pm

      I have to disagree, obuma is a bad person, he lies, he supports partial birth abortion, he supports class envy, he supports the occupy people, Bill Ayers, I could go on, but you get the point …….

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    • cloudsofwar
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:46pm

      i for one am tired of our side saying Obama is a good person. he is not look at what he is trying to do to this country. spread the wealth around not just here but around the world driving us over the fiscal cliff. fast and furious that led to murder of many. diving american against american, OWS, black panthers. a good man???

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  • kcares
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:01am

    I crinched when he said Obumma isn’t a bad man. He is a evil man that only cares about himself. When you can’t care about the millions of fellow countrymen and women that are out of work, that gives guns to Mexican drug lords and kills not only Mexicans, but an American citizen, when he signs executive order over Congress, on and on. He is a evil man, and I hate that Reps. are too afraid to speak the truth about the Libs that are destroying this country.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:11am

      Rubio fails to grasp the reason Obama is a bad president. The reason Obama is a bad president is because he’s a bad person with un or in some cases anti-American ideologies

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    • Stormcharger
      Posted on September 1, 2012 at 4:24am

      Rubio didn’t exactly say that he thought Obama was a decent person. This is what he said: “Our Problem Is Not That He’s a Bad Person, Our Problem Is That He’s a Bad President.” Notice how he said that? Emphasize the words “Our Problem,” then see what I mean. LOL. Marco Rubio is a man of subtle nuances. I’ve been paying attention for a while.

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    • Blitzking
      Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:37am

      And he loves to let people murder innocent born and soon to be born babies.. said he wouldn‘t made murdering his own grandchild because he wouldn’t want his daughter “punished” for her mistake.. this guy is EVIL pure and simple

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  • toomuchgovt
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 7:52am

    Only in America can Mr. Rubio be as successful. So glad his family moved here, we are blessed to have him.

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  • mersey
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 6:11am

    In 2008, Barack Obama gave America Greek columns and the progressives wept. Over the past four years Barack Obama has given America a Greek economy, and the rest of the country weeps. On November 6th America will give Barack Obama an American boot. It’s your turn to cry Mr. President!

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    • Apple Bite
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 6:44am

      Correction: A steel toed boot.

      You were being lenient….

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  • sheik
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 5:36am

    “Our problem is not that he’s a bad person, our problem is that he’s a bad president”– wrong.

    Rubio is wrong on both counts. Obama is a Marxist Muslim and that makes him a very bad and hateful person. Yes, he makes a very bad president; but the problem is the people who voted for him. WTF is wrong with those Americans who bought into the hopen’change phantasmagoria?

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    • auntypam
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:02am

      A lot of those voters don’t have a horse in the race. Remember that approximately 49% of Americans pay no taxes. That said, they have no problems voting for the handouts that the rest of us will be taxed to provide them. When they themselves don’t feel the pain of rising taxes, you can’t expect them to do anything less. They aren’t going to bite the hand that feeds them.

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    • Stormcharger
      Posted on September 1, 2012 at 4:26am

      Rubio didn’t exactly say that he thought Obama was a decent person. This is what he said: “Our Problem Is Not That He’s a Bad Person, Our Problem Is That He’s a Bad President.“ Emphasize the words ”Our Problem” and then you will see the subtley. I’ve been listening to Marco Rubio for a while now, and I’ve noticed that he is very careful with his words.

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  • yazoo
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:29am

    I will be sending Obama his “Pink Slip”. Please join me in inundating the (sorry,I mean our) White House with simple pieces of pink paper telling him that he and his gang will soon be getting Walking Papers.
    Nothing mean, vulger,etc.

    Be sure to identify yourself. After all, you are his boss.

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  • KevINtampa
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:47am

    Anyone catch the gaffe at the end of his speech?

    Let future generations know that “we chose more government instead of more freedom”.

    Freud would be proud.

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    • Thus_Spoke_Zarathustra
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:01am

      Yeah. I thought that was what I heard and just listened to the speech again to confirm. A good speech, but I would definitely have to disagree with him on that. Less government and more freedom sounds better.

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:10am

      I didnt hear it that way. I knew what he was saying. RUBIO is FABULOUS!!! I would love to see
      ROMNEY with 2 terms and then RYAN with RUBIO as VEEP… two terms and then RUBIO ….
      The bench is SO deep with great people. They are the Miracle. We have at least 16 years now of people who will not be weak enough for you Progressive Liberal Communist Creeps: BTW…since Hillary was from Chicago and Communist, Obama probably held that over her head …. He was sent there (to the COMMIE cell) …that’s the next thing coming out.

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    • SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:20am

      Actually, under BO/BS we did choose “more government instead of more freedom”

      Oh, and Marco, BO/BS is a bad person. There is ample proof of that.

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    • smerg
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 11:29am

      I didn’t see it as a gaffe. I see it as a sub-conscience truth being withheld and it spilled out. More government is what this nation did choose. Think about it. For the sake of safety we’ve instituted more personal intrusion policies than ever before. We’ve given up basic law principles because of the war against terrorism. It wasn’t a gaffe, it was a slip of the truth. This article quotes his speech wrong without any indication of doing so. Shame on the blaze…again.

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  • Tankertony
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:54am

    You can’t imagine how the godless left, owners of the democrat party, are shivering in their jackboots tonight. They don’t want this fight. The fight about American ideas and American ideals.

    For the leftist it is all about race, class, gender. …. … . .. . behold the modern democrat party.

    Behold how archie, jvc, and that enci chick totally lose it over the coming weeks.

    Behold.

    Tea!

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    • Libertarian
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:12am

      The best speech by far. Kudos Rubio.

      On another note, do my fellow Republicans feel the new rules are good/bad for our electoral college system in the Republican Party? The kind of rules that were implemented are only generally found in quasi-oligarchy’s systems of government. I feel that they were wrong and negative to bringing the different views together.

      We can pass shots back and forth about hating Ron Paul and hating Mitt Romney, but these red herrings need to be set aside.

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  • christos
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:12am

    .When Mr. Rubio said bo is building regulations these are the reasons other people come to this Country to get away from Dictators.

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  • polswack
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:09am

    True believer, good man, great speech.

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  • football lady
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:06am

    Not only is Obama a bad president, he is the most arrogant and the worst president in history. Jimmy Carter has actually moved up a notch. Geez, I voted for Jimmy Carter — my bad.

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  • christos
    Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:03am

    The finger on the mouth ob always does this but with his left hand Hmm.

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  • Hausmaus
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:59pm

    Has anybody given any thought to what this world would look like if America was removed from it in an instant? I know very well what this world would look like without America, a tourtous living hell. I thank God with all my soul for allowing me to live in this wonderfull country. I escaped Communism in 1961, and I will never for all eternity forget what this great nation did for me, and my parents. America has given more of its own to the rest of the world, and in spite of the viral criticism this great nation endures, and will keep going on for ever. Vote Romney/Ryan 2012.

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  • DOra Glasberg
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:51pm

    There have been no cuts to medicare recipients.
    Only to fees for doctors and hospitals.
    Zero cuts to Medicare recipients.
    Zero.
    And they know it.
    100 % of all media outlets have called Ryan’s speech – ONE BIG LIE

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    • ExTex
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:55pm

      ONE BIG LIE….Yeah, that pretty much sums you up.

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    • football lady
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:04am

      That’s ridiculous!

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:04am

      “100 % of all media outlets have called Ryan’s speech – ONE BIG LIE”

      You get your info from “all media outlets”? Why don’t you think for yourself and do your own research? Just another intellectually lazy leftist!

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    • iblvingd
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:05am

      Well what do you think the cuts to doctors and hospital do to the people on medicare?

      The seniors I know are struggling medical problems and have medical bills in the thousands that they cannot afford. And one of the doctors comment “Obamacare is not working!”

      This is what is happening now today!

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    • hogwired
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:06am

      Sorry Dora…not quite true. The problem with Obama’s medicare is that a good percentage of Doctors are no longer taking it, because they can’t work for free. When 60-70% of Doctors stop taking medicare, you will see why these cuts and Obamacare is such a big failure. My own mother, who has fought arthritis for years cannot find a doctor to treat her condition now, because her doctor of many years retired. Not because he was 65…but because he could no longer afford to support his practice because a good percentage of his patients were medicare patients. He couldn’t work and support his office staff only earning 10% on the dollar. Obamacare is a disaster that they are now projecting will cost 3 times what they first “estimated”….and it hasn’t even taken full effect yet…. Probably by the time it does, the cost will be 5-6 times more…..or more. Government can’t do anything right….and you really want government to control your health care. Just look all over the world for examples where government healthcare is failing…..why do we want to emulate failure??

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    • cloudmcrain
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:34am

      Dora… Learn a little about how the system works before you believe all the left talking points. Reducing the pay to the doctors IS cutting medicare. If you worked for 8 hours a day, and you had the option of being paid 20 per hour or 10 per hour, which would you choose? Doctors are being put in the same situation, which will result in lower care options and a low quality of service of care. This is really basic Econ 101 stuff… Get a clue

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    • pudssweetie
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:14am

      Hey Gassbag, do you live your life to be this ignorant or were you just born that way? My soon to be 86 year old Mother is on Medicare, just like all people who are 65 years old and older. Each and every year she gets a notice, usually in January, that she has to pay more for her Medicare. The amount is directly taken out of her Social Security check each and every month. While she is paying more for her Medicare, Medicare is paying less for Doctor and Hospital services. My Mom is lucky though as she also pays each and every month to keep her private insurance that my deceased Dad had through his Private Union. If she did not have this, my Mom would never be able to afford her Medication or be able to pay for her Medical bills, which many elderly people face. So by you saying that there have been Zero cuts is nothing but a big lie and show just how ignorant you are.

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    • RiseLiberty
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:11am

      And just what do you think the media is going to say, Dora? They sold their souls a long time ago. They’re just one big super PAC for obummer now. Don’t be dumb. Seek the light.

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    • Stormcharger
      Posted on September 1, 2012 at 4:30am

      It means the same thing. How are you going to find a doctor who is going to take even less than what Medicare is willing to pay? Don’t you realize that this is only going to compound the problem for people to find good medical care?

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  • ExTex
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:41pm

    Anybody catch Rubio’s gaffe right towards the end of his speech when he said something like “…More government and less liberty!” as he was listing the attributes America is all about?

    No matter, he was very good. I’m stoked! In the words of Paul Ryan, “Let’s get this thing done!”

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    • cloudsplitter
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:45pm

      I did catch that gaff. Also, to whom much is given, much is expected… hmmmm…?

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    • crusaderx9
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:49pm

      shake it off, the show must go on -

      PLAY ON!!!

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    • cloudsplitter
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:49pm

      I did catch that. I like Rubio, I think he’s a rising star…., but that combined with the statement… to whom much is given, much is expected kind of caught me by surprise.

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    • football lady
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:51pm

      Rubio rocks!

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    • ExTex
      Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:53pm

      Ok, it’s already on youtube. Paraphrasing; He was talking about when they write the history of the early 21st century that it should be that We The People “Chose more government instead of more freedom”. DOH!!! And he was doing so good.

      Anyway, you can look it up. It’s at the 17:08 mark on the video.

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    • GlennaBeckski
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 7:21am

      CLOUDSPLITTER … “To whom much is given .. much is required” Luke 12:48 . Expected.. Required same difference ..

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  • Chrison
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:40pm

    Rubio was inspiring! This guy is smart, articulate, and one heck of a speaker. It’s men and women like Rubio who are the best hope for a bright future for America.

    Tonight’s speeches were all magnificent. Romney’s speech was uplifting and full of hope and promise for the future. Clint Eastwood cracked me up with is comment about Biden being “a smile with a body behind it.”

    Let’s hope this positive feeling and unity continues throughout the campaign.

    R&R in 2012!

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    • Stormcharger
      Posted on September 1, 2012 at 4:32am

      Yes, and did you notice that Rubio didn’t exactly say that he thought Obama was a decent person. This is what he said: “Our Problem Is Not That He’s a Bad Person, Our Problem Is That He’s a Bad President.“ Emphasize the words ”Our Problem” and then you will see the subtley. I’ve been listening to Marco Rubio for a while now, and I’ve noticed that he is very careful with his words.

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  • Watermain
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:39pm

    Great speech, can’t wait for Rubio/??? in 2028.

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  • SolitudeBliss
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:35pm

    Ryan / Rubio 2020

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  • EBL
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:33pm

    Here is another film maker’s comment you might have missed!

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    • Stormcharger
      Posted on September 1, 2012 at 4:50am

      Thanks for posting. I had to listen to that several times … it sounds sooooo sweet. Even a fool can get something right eventually. LOL

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  • barber2
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:29pm

    What a refreshing night of Pro – American speech and optimistic political thought. Next week ? Lord, protect us from the influences of the Devil. Amen.

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  • soybomb315_II
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:21pm

    Obama is definitely a bad person. 99% of the people in Washington are bad people

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    • pudssweetie
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:17am

      And I can‘t say much about you Soy as you wouldn’t know the difference between good and bad. Before you claim that 99% of our Congress are bad, maybe you should look at your own self in the mirror before making such accusations.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 7:13am

      good one. i look in the mirror all the time.

      so you think we have good men in charge of our country?

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  • sillyfreshness
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:14pm

    Go see that movie Obama 2016. It lays it all out about how Obama is trying to destroy America to make it Amerika. He is doing it to fulfill some crazy “dreams of my Marxist father” goal. He is trying to fulfill his alcoholic dad’s dream to take down England and American colonialism. Obama has this idealistic, romantic view of his dad given to him by his mom about what a great freedom fighter Sr. was. So Obama is taking up his dad’s cause to destroy imperialistic England and the US. He wants to make the US a 3rd world banana republic to put us on a level playing field with the rest of the world. This is a scary Manchurian president who is hellbent on destroying the US to fulfill his alcoholic dad’s dreams. It’s a very good movie.

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  • freedom_gurl35
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:13pm

    Rubio was on fire in his speech. Well executed and totally spot-on.

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  • crusaderx9
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:12pm

    Rubio is the future BUT we need to win this election to preserve America for a future. ROMNEY/RYAN 2012!

    God Bless Marco Rubio!

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    • Wool-Free Vision
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:03am

      Amen!

      I have had a hetero-man-crush on Rubio since the first time I heard him speak. Marco Rubio speaks Conservatism fluently. He has a way of completely and concisely exposing the liberal lie with the simplest truths in very few words. And he does it straight from the hip, no teleprompter or preparation required. I’m a big fan, and I hope and pray that our Republic survives long enough to see him in the Oval Office.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on August 30, 2012 at 11:11pm

    But he isn’t a bad Dictator and Appologist in Chief.

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    • CatB
      Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:05am

      LOL .. maybe Rubio hasn’t had time to see the movie 2016. Anyway … Marco is my Senator … so I will forgive him for leaving out the dictator and apologist part ;-)

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