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According to CNN, Rubio says the war launched in Feb. is over! He also said that the goal is now to reopen the strait. So the goal is to get back to where we were prewar, after billions spent and lives lost. And you know that Rs will treat that like a bigger victory than winning World War Two if it happens. Also, according to Mr. Rubio, the war didn't cause gas prices to rise.
So there ya go. So much for Rubio being the smart or sane one, even by R standards.
dem4decades
(14,291 posts)senseandsensibility
(25,419 posts)but I guess I just assumed they wouldn't. However, CNN is covering his "presser" or whatever it was with a lot of skepticism, which I appreciate.
maxsolomon
(39,058 posts)tough or soft?
dem4decades
(14,291 posts)There were more jokes between the press and Rubio than real questions.
senseandsensibility
(25,419 posts)Was this the handpicked WH press corps or the self selected 'dept of war' press corps?
dem4decades
(14,291 posts)Lovie777
(23,500 posts)he also said Epstein is over...............................................
and more bullshit.
senseandsensibility
(25,419 posts)I missed that part.
Whip-poor-will
(437 posts)Everybody in this white house wishes both were true but ......
Wish in one hand .....
Midnight Writer
(25,663 posts)I'm pretty sure from her reaction that she didn't hear the good news.
senseandsensibility
(25,419 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,097 posts)Right on TV.
Rubio looks worse and worse every time I see him.
senseandsensibility
(25,419 posts)but I'm starting to doubt that.
Irish_Dem
(82,097 posts)flashman13
(2,539 posts)I have never thought he was anything other than a stupid man in an empty suit. It is impossible to take anyone seriously that has such low self respect that he would wear cheap shoes, three sizes too big, because he is afraid to offend the Orange Overlord.
It is embarrassing that he represents our country to the rest of the world. You know they know what a vapid person he is and have no respect for him. They also know that they can't believe a word he says. Why would they?
Irish_Dem
(82,097 posts)Now the fact he has no soul, brain, or moral compass is painfully on display.
And the other fact that he will trip around on shoes way too big for him
means he has ZERO self respect as well.
Pinback
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in a cabinet meeting to make El Cheatos dozing look somehow normal.

Skittles
(172,545 posts)and I agree, he looks like he is very much aware of that.........GOOD
Irish_Dem
(82,097 posts)Yes it is eating at him.
GOOD.
mercuryblues
(16,507 posts)The Mega-loco face. I hear if his wife feeds one too, Trump will only charge them triple the going rate.
Rubio will think he got a good deal.
Even after he looks in the mirror and finds out his lips are permanently attached to Trump's rump.
MissouriDem47
(441 posts)Declare a win, regardless of facts, quit and go home.
Skittles
(172,545 posts)AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE
Solly Mack
(97,188 posts)Maybe it was wishful thinking. Baseless hope.
Skittles
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I am thoroughly NOT IMPRESSED too
Solly Mack
(97,188 posts)calimary
(90,583 posts)Solly Mack
(97,188 posts)calimary
(90,583 posts)Im almost positive he thinks this job is his set-up for the White House. Dear God forbid!!!
Solly Mack
(97,188 posts)Won't happen but not doing so would be a huge mistake.
Attilatheblond
(9,161 posts)Ever since I read report of the incredible amount of money he claimed as a deduction for his 'home office' on a tax return decades ago, wrote him off as 'a responsible GOP pol'.
No ethics get between him and what he wants.
Solly Mack
(97,188 posts)TBF
(37,073 posts)PuraVidaDreamin
(4,676 posts)What ever he did was really bad.
Katcat
(594 posts)In the files. What better way for someone to control him than by having blackmail material.
calimary
(90,583 posts)Theyre not your fathers GOP. With these Republicans, you have to respect that they regard rules and election guidelines as little more than toilet paper, most of which theyve already used in the bathroom.
Attilatheblond
(9,161 posts)Taxes comes to my mind, thinking back to an article I read about him years ago.
Mr. Evil
(3,470 posts)Krasnov will shit all over everything he said by this time tomorrow.
senseandsensibility
(25,419 posts)swong19104
(652 posts)view the situation in the same way. Theyre going to extract their pound of flesh.
Aviation Pro
(15,726 posts)These fucking people.
paleotn
(22,580 posts)These fucking people.
paleotn
(22,580 posts)And an Iranian victory.
Blue Owl
(59,507 posts)Joinfortmill
(21,518 posts)Kid Berwyn
(24,921 posts)...about killing the Ayatollah, the political and military leadership, and 160 school kids.
Other than that, heck yeah! Good times.
Now all he needs to do to beat out the other NAZI, the Couchhumper is get that price of oil down to what it was in the good ol' days, when working people could afford a car.