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Irish_Dem

(80,747 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:31 PM 14 hrs ago

I'd almost feel sorry for Rubio who is melting down on TV right now.

But he is a rat bastard and deserves it.

Poor guy needs a shower, drink, and spa day.

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I'd almost feel sorry for Rubio who is melting down on TV right now. (Original Post) Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago OP
No pity. senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago #1
He looks like he is having a break down. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #12
Absolutely none! Bev54 10 hrs ago #74
None whatsoever LR3 8 hrs ago #80
Another one? underpants 14 hrs ago #2
Yes. Tillis just blew up in the senate. Now Rubio is melting down. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #3
"Something is going on behind the scenes." sop 14 hrs ago #4
Two top GOPers freaking out on TV. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #11
IQ47 openly talking about using nukes to people around him would be my first guess (nt) AZJonnie 13 hrs ago #20
Yes. Willing to kill everyone to get what he wants. And to show off. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #24
He's freaking not long for this earth and knows it kacekwl 12 hrs ago #31
Yes some have suggested Trump will go scorched earth on everyone Irish_Dem 12 hrs ago #34
I'd say dropping a lit match into the Middle East tinderbox qualifies as pnwest 12 hrs ago #38
With Trump it can always get worse. Irish_Dem 12 hrs ago #45
Yeah, and we can't wait for the blood clot anymore. His decent into madness pnwest 11 hrs ago #53
BIGLY worse! BattleRow 11 hrs ago #69
Willing to kill everyone because he got a blowjob from a 13 year old girl. Iggo 12 hrs ago #46
He's been itching to launch nukes somewhere ever since he first slithered into the Oval in 2017. Pinback 11 hrs ago #64
What's going on behind the scenes is American civilians are in danger, pnwest 13 hrs ago #22
Already more Americans killed than in Benghazi Walleye 12 hrs ago #29
Maybe it's dawning on all the rats and sycophants that IQ47 is too far into frontotemporal dementia to lead the USA AZJonnie 14 hrs ago #8
I think Rubio keeps having to do clean up. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #13
Yes. Should have been front page news for a year now...his disorders are what should come to mind first when wiggs 11 hrs ago #54
TRUTH! AZJonnie 11 hrs ago #59
I think there's a lot going on behind the scenes peggysue2 13 hrs ago #18
Yes it looks like things are not going well behind the scenes. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #23
Vance? Zelensky? What did I miss? (n/t) thesquanderer 11 hrs ago #68
His choice creon 14 hrs ago #5
Yep. Hard to feel sorry for the SOB. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #14
pobodys nerfect creon 13 hrs ago #21
He's always tweaking JustAnotherGen 14 hrs ago #6
Yes he was talking non stop, didn't take a breath. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #16
I wouldn't be surprised. People are saying. llmart 12 hrs ago #37
He was flushed, red cheeks. Skin looked lumpy. Irish_Dem 12 hrs ago #40
Trump or Rubio? mwmisses4289 11 hrs ago #51
Rubio Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #55
He's one line away JustAnotherGen 12 hrs ago #49
I found a video canetoad 8 hrs ago #77
Screw Little Marco. He's as serious now as he was with his State of the Union, water guzzling rebuttal. Vinca 14 hrs ago #7
Meh. greatauntoftriplets 14 hrs ago #9
Perfectly Apt ProfessorGAC 12 hrs ago #44
If they didn't anticipate the blowback, they're stupid fools. greatauntoftriplets 12 hrs ago #47
No, but you forget that the Iraq War... regnaD kciN 11 hrs ago #57
Oh, I haven't forgotten how popular the Iraq war was at first. greatauntoftriplets 11 hrs ago #66
plus people thought the Iraq war was justifed by 9/11. Nothing like that this time. (n/t) thesquanderer 11 hrs ago #67
Exactly. Blue_Roses 1 hr ago #82
Agree. It's almost sad. But, as you say, he made a choice to hang with the unsavory allegorical oracle 14 hrs ago #10
Is he reaching for his water bottle? dem4decades 13 hrs ago #15
Make it carry it to term. mercuryblues 13 hrs ago #17
Water bottle moment malaise 13 hrs ago #19
Kind of reminds me of this. An oldie but still topical. Crunchy Frog 11 hrs ago #70
Bwaaaah hahahaha😂😂 malaise 11 hrs ago #71
I don't. Marco fired the pros who planned the yellowcanine 13 hrs ago #25
Popcorn, get yer popcorn! FSogol 13 hrs ago #26
He sounds like a guy who knows his career is falling apart BeyondGeography 13 hrs ago #27
He had a safe seat for life as senator but for some reason, thought this was gonna help his career. No pity Deuxcents 11 hrs ago #52
He took the job because he thought it was a johnnyfins 11 hrs ago #60
His arrrogance in thinking he could actually be the Secrretary of State precludes any sympathy from me. Ever. FadedMullet 12 hrs ago #28
He thought it was a stepping stone to the White House. Irish_Dem 12 hrs ago #42
He won't even get the GOP nomination. Ever. Wednesdays 8 hrs ago #76
TY... Could you please tell us Cha 12 hrs ago #30
He had to clean up a comment he made earlier. Walleye 12 hrs ago #33
TY Walleye! What a poisonous Cha 12 hrs ago #35
He is giving a press conference. Irish_Dem 12 hrs ago #43
Thank you for doing this thread... ananda 11 hrs ago #72
Some days I cannot watch any TV news. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #73
Mahalo!... I appreciative it! Rubio has earned it and more... Cha 8 hrs ago #78
Lying a mile a minute.Muy rapidamente Walleye 12 hrs ago #32
As Trump said, "he knew what he was getting into" ChicagoTeamster 12 hrs ago #36
No pity whatsoever Alliepoo 12 hrs ago #39
Agreed. AverageOldGuy 12 hrs ago #41
Reminder this is the guy who told the Parkland survivors to fuck off Takket 12 hrs ago #48
And then he needs to retire. Mblaze 12 hrs ago #50
No spa day. hamsterjill 11 hrs ago #56
Aiding and abetting a fascist megalomaniac is unworthy of pity Martin Eden 11 hrs ago #58
You're too kind. It's time to harden your heart... he's a rat bastard who deserves NONE of your sympathy. QueerDuck 11 hrs ago #61
Sarcasm is my middle name. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #62
🫂😂🤣🤣 QueerDuck 11 hrs ago #65
Yes he is a rat bastard. And he deserves way more than "backlash" LiberalLovinLug 11 hrs ago #63
Seppuku would be preferred. niyad 10 hrs ago #75
Never feel Rebl2 8 hrs ago #79
Make no mistake, I feel sorry for none of them. Irish_Dem 3 hrs ago #81

LR3

(161 posts)
80. None whatsoever
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:46 PM
8 hrs ago

His soul left his body a while back now, this sweaty, pitiful shell of a creature is all that is left

Irish_Dem

(80,747 posts)
3. Yes. Tillis just blew up in the senate. Now Rubio is melting down.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:34 PM
14 hrs ago

Something is going on behind the scenes.

AZJonnie

(3,504 posts)
20. IQ47 openly talking about using nukes to people around him would be my first guess (nt)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:28 PM
13 hrs ago

kacekwl

(9,069 posts)
31. He's freaking not long for this earth and knows it
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:59 PM
12 hrs ago

so he's taking everyone with him. Republicans too so GOP Congress so get ready or end it NOW.

Irish_Dem

(80,747 posts)
34. Yes some have suggested Trump will go scorched earth on everyone
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:07 PM
12 hrs ago

when he gets cornered and runs out of options.

pnwest

(3,457 posts)
38. I'd say dropping a lit match into the Middle East tinderbox qualifies as
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:16 PM
12 hrs ago

having already gone scorched earth.

pnwest

(3,457 posts)
53. Yeah, and we can't wait for the blood clot anymore. His decent into madness
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:01 PM
11 hrs ago

is clearly complete, and he needs to be removed before he escalates even further. He's gone too far (again). 25th Amendment is the fastest way, he must be removed, and somehow we gotta send Stephen Miller with him.

Jesus, my rage is boiling over.

Iggo

(49,855 posts)
46. Willing to kill everyone because he got a blowjob from a 13 year old girl.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:40 PM
12 hrs ago

And that’s why we don’t elect felons, and we should NEVER elect billionaires.

Pinback

(13,575 posts)
64. He's been itching to launch nukes somewhere ever since he first slithered into the Oval in 2017.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:16 PM
11 hrs ago

Women want his precious bodily fluids.

pnwest

(3,457 posts)
22. What's going on behind the scenes is American civilians are in danger,
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:38 PM
13 hrs ago

shit has gone off the rails with a quickness and people are stranded. When this is all over it's going to make Benghazi look like a middle school field trip and heads will roll.

AZJonnie

(3,504 posts)
8. Maybe it's dawning on all the rats and sycophants that IQ47 is too far into frontotemporal dementia to lead the USA
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:51 PM
14 hrs ago

I mean he was never even qualified for the job in the first place, but right now, the stakes are so high, for so many people (including Trump's billionaire supporters) that its finally dawning even on the suckups in Trump's orbit that he's not remotely up to the task of being Commander In Chief during a major conflict that has the potential to become NUCLEAR, due to his incapacitation (and narcissistic personality disorder, which is being exacerbated by his FTD).

Irish_Dem

(80,747 posts)
13. I think Rubio keeps having to do clean up.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:01 PM
13 hrs ago

And Trump keeps screwing up.

Now Americans are dying.
And American civilians are stuck in a war zone and may die.

This is what we know about.
There is more, much more going on behind the scenes.

wiggs

(8,761 posts)
54. Yes. Should have been front page news for a year now...his disorders are what should come to mind first when
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:03 PM
11 hrs ago

analyzing his 'style' or his decisions or his behavior. Instead, MSM likes to give him the benefit of the doubt and pretend there is even a little wisdom, knowledge, careful consideration, empathy, or forward-looking thought behind his daily outrages.

peggysue2

(12,485 posts)
18. I think there's a lot going on behind the scenes
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:21 PM
13 hrs ago

As in this war is not going well or is not going as Grandpa's delusions forecast. The blame game has already begun; Vance is the latest scapegoat candidate. Guess blaming Zelensky didn't get off the ground. Trump is screeching about munitions, how we have enough to last forever despite reports that our supplies are dangerously low, so low that we won't be able to resupply our Arab allies over time. And then, there's the fact that support for this war is at 27% across the country. My husband read that at the end of Vietnam, American support was sitting at 29%.

Astonishing. But then again, not so much. The American public is sick and tired of these pointless wars of choice and ambition.

Oh, and btw: Epstein is NOT going away.



creon

(2,063 posts)
5. His choice
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:38 PM
14 hrs ago

He made the decision of his own free will.
Let him bear the full weight of it.

JustAnotherGen

(37,934 posts)
49. He's one line away
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:47 PM
12 hrs ago

From running around at Thanksgiving with a free turkey and asking if anyone wants to buy it.

canetoad

(20,612 posts)
77. I found a video
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:27 PM
8 hrs ago

Couple of days ago. Mainly about tsf and Adderal but a section show Rubio obviously high during a speech.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221059919

Edit: the bit about Rubio starts at around 5 mins.

Vinca

(53,738 posts)
7. Screw Little Marco. He's as serious now as he was with his State of the Union, water guzzling rebuttal.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:50 PM
14 hrs ago

greatauntoftriplets

(178,846 posts)
47. If they didn't anticipate the blowback, they're stupid fools.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:40 PM
12 hrs ago

It's not like Rubio was in kindergarten during the days of Dubya's Iraq mess.

regnaD kciN

(27,587 posts)
57. No, but you forget that the Iraq War...
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:08 PM
11 hrs ago

…like every other war, is immensely popular for the first month or so. People rally around their country’s leader, and it’s early enough that the government can control the narrative.

In the case of Iraq, things only started to go south after “Mission Accomplished” was followed by incontrovertible evidence that the mission was anything but accomplished. But there was quite a period where our involvement was seen as a great success, with lots of footage of Iraqis dancing in the streets and tearing down statues of their former leader.

I’m sure TSF and his minions were hoping for a similar phenomenon. If it had materialized, it might have lasted long enough not only to push Epstein to the back burner for good, but even to stave off disaster in the midterms.

Frankly, I’m as surprised as anyone to see immediate public opinion be strongly against this war. I thought it would take at least until late spring.

greatauntoftriplets

(178,846 posts)
66. Oh, I haven't forgotten how popular the Iraq war was at first.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:30 PM
11 hrs ago

After just four days, though, tsf's war has spread throughout the Middle East with places like the Dubai airport taking retaliatory hits from Iran. And that's just one example. Once again, Israel is bombing Lebanon. I'm waiting for them to bomb the rubble in Gaza now. And now tsf wants the Kurds to go into Iran to further destabilize it.

tsf will never acknowledge that he has only 27 percent approval. Even that's too high. He's made international political assassination the thing to do.

Thanks to his actions, tsf has made the planet more vulnerable. I fear for the world's future.

allegorical oracle

(6,387 posts)
10. Agree. It's almost sad. But, as you say, he made a choice to hang with the unsavory
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:54 PM
14 hrs ago

option. Personally, I've never cared for him. And once he did a one-eighty and opted to go with Nasty, he was dead to me.

mercuryblues

(16,337 posts)
17. Make it carry it to term.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:07 PM
13 hrs ago

Or until the fetus dies, killing its hosts.

Rubio, Musk, Miller, Johnson, and so on.

yellowcanine

(36,760 posts)
25. I don't. Marco fired the pros who planned the
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:45 PM
13 hrs ago

evacuations of U.S. citizens from war zones. Let him stew in his shithole.

BeyondGeography

(41,002 posts)
27. He sounds like a guy who knows his career is falling apart
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:48 PM
13 hrs ago

Marco Rubio on why strikes had to happen: "This weekend presented a unique opportunity"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-03T20:31:54.918Z

Deuxcents

(26,433 posts)
52. He had a safe seat for life as senator but for some reason, thought this was gonna help his career. No pity
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:00 PM
11 hrs ago

He’s way over his head, unqualified for this position and people are suffering and dying and this latest attack has just begun. I hope we can recover in spite of our current leadership

johnnyfins

(3,699 posts)
60. He took the job because he thought it was a
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:13 PM
11 hrs ago

step toward becoming POTUS. That's it.

Sorry, little boy. You will NEVER be POTUS. No matter how much you think you deserve it.

FadedMullet

(852 posts)
28. His arrrogance in thinking he could actually be the Secrretary of State precludes any sympathy from me. Ever.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:58 PM
12 hrs ago

Irish_Dem

(80,747 posts)
42. He thought it was a stepping stone to the White House.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:34 PM
12 hrs ago

He was so excited and optimistic.

Now he is being destroyed.

Wednesdays

(22,315 posts)
76. He won't even get the GOP nomination. Ever.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:19 PM
8 hrs ago

They'll nominate a straight, male WASP as they have every election since 1856.
Especially now, with the Christian nationalists and xenophobes dominating the party.

Cha

(318,301 posts)
30. TY... Could you please tell us
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:58 PM
12 hrs ago

why Rubio is "melting down".. for those who don't have TV and were gone all morning?

Walleye

(44,412 posts)
33. He had to clean up a comment he made earlier.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:03 PM
12 hrs ago

He said that we went at that particular time because Israel was about to go, then Trump contradicted it, so he has to do a tap dance

Irish_Dem

(80,747 posts)
43. He is giving a press conference.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:37 PM
12 hrs ago

Obviously agitated, having trouble giving answers.
Loud, scattered, upset, not making a lot of sense.
Obviously lying out his ass.

I just watched GOP Sen Tillis have a screaming fit at Noem in a senate hearing.
Then Rubio looking awful and under siege at a press conference.

Popcorn time.

ananda

(34,787 posts)
72. Thank you for doing this thread...
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:47 PM
11 hrs ago

because I don't watch msm.

That admin is not designed to handle any
sort of negative stress.

This is power madness on steroids
suddenly realizing they cannot handle it.

Irish_Dem

(80,747 posts)
73. Some days I cannot watch any TV news.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:55 PM
11 hrs ago

But today was a good day to watch it.

GOP Sen Tillis went on public rampage in a senate hearing against Kristi Noem.
It was a thing of beauty.

Then soon after Rubio melts down in a press conference.

I agree, behind the scenes is bad and none of them can cope.
They are babies.

Cha

(318,301 posts)
78. Mahalo!... I appreciative it! Rubio has earned it and more...
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:28 PM
8 hrs ago

And, may there be Plenty More the Fascist Traitors have to Atone for Soon.

AverageOldGuy

(3,681 posts)
41. Agreed.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:34 PM
12 hrs ago

When he knuckled under after Trump mocked him as "Little Marco!" I figured he had no spine, no moral convictions, and there was no limit to how low he would sink.

Judgement at Nuremberg is coming.

hamsterjill

(17,430 posts)
56. No spa day.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:08 PM
11 hrs ago

No quarter. Don't ever feel sorry for them.

Never forget what these assholes have done and what they are capable of. IF WE EVER live through this and get past Trump, et al and all of the crap they have caused us to suffer - we must never forget who did what so that this shit is never repeated.

Thom Tillis' takedown of Kristi Noem was great today. But he's still a Trump enabler. He voted for her.

MTG's interview with Kelly was great today. But she's still a Republican who caused a lot of grief and her motivation is to enhance herself.

Take what we can from them. But never forget.

Martin Eden

(15,524 posts)
58. Aiding and abetting a fascist megalomaniac is unworthy of pity
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:10 PM
11 hrs ago

If he didn't realize the consequences, he is too stupid for the office he holds.

Caveat to the above:
Some of the minions WANT the consequences that are unfolding, and think they will NEVER be held accountable.

We must endeavor to disabuse them of that notion.

QueerDuck

(1,458 posts)
61. You're too kind. It's time to harden your heart... he's a rat bastard who deserves NONE of your sympathy.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:13 PM
11 hrs ago

LiberalLovinLug

(14,645 posts)
63. Yes he is a rat bastard. And he deserves way more than "backlash"
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:15 PM
11 hrs ago

He needs his back to literally be lashed. And then thrown in prison.

I have to suspect everyone working close to Trump must have some connection to Epstein island. He may have been pale because Trump threatened to have his stooge Pam release that info if he doesn't stay in his lane. I have no doubt its why Graham has been particularly debasing in the last decade.

Irish_Dem

(80,747 posts)
81. Make no mistake, I feel sorry for none of them.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:11 AM
3 hrs ago

I write with humor, sarcasm, and hyperbole which people may see as weakness.
But the intent is vicious aim at a group of pure evil psychopaths.

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