"No he didn't just bend down and take a swig..."

[ProSense]

Charles M. Blow✔ @CharlesMBlow

HA! No he didn't. No he didn't just bend down and take a swig from the kiddy Poland Springs bottle. #Imdone

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1181493/49370106#c11

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. Even Michael thought that was bad

[Iris]

2. oh, yes, he DID!!!!!!

[Motown_Johnny]

3. I see a commercial in his future.

[malaise]

9. Future

Just wait for SNL although Jon Stewart could hit him tonight

[arcane1]

10. Considering these greedy oportunistic repubs, I wouldn't be surprised if this WAS a commercial!

Cash in, Mr. Rubio!

[badhair77]

13. Product placement, lol.

Maybe we should do more of it to raise revenues.

[Fawke Em]

41. Yup

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Way to go, Ru-bi-o

[TwilightGardener]

5. Geez, I almost feel bad for him.

Almost.

[FSogol]

6. Maybe no one will notice.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

7. VIDEO: @ TPM

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rubio-takes-sip-of-water-midway-through-sotu

[Blaukraut]

8. Poland Springs is going to sue him for making their product look unsexy

They'll lose millions of customers from that one swig right there.

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Just posted this on Twitter.. under #Awkward

[Agschmid]

14. YAY! Thanks for the gif! n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

20. I wish I had made it...no, just passing it around.

Posted it on twitter under #awkward! I hope everyone follows suit.. on Twitter and Facebook!

[Luminous Animal]

15. What the ever loving hell is wrong with someone taking a drink of water?

[AsahinaKimi]

21. Nothing.. Just don't do it on Live Television...

It makes you look #awkward and Unprofessional.

[Luminous Animal]

12. I am confused. Are people slamming a person for taking a drink of water?

Is that the level of our political discourse?

[msanthrope]

16. Seriously? This is the moral high ground you wanna take? nt

[Luminous Animal]

17. Yes.

[msanthrope]

22. There's always one! nt

[Luminous Animal]

29. And there are always other kind DUers who take the time to help me put the clip

in context. And I really really (really) appreciate that kindness - not a lot of that happening on DU these days. I've already expressed my appreciation to one and now I'm off to thank another.

[ProSense]

18. .

[ljm2002]

19. You'd have to have seen it...

...it was weird. Actually I also blame whoever put together the setup for his appearance. Obviously they put water there in case he needed it. Did no one think that they should put it within easy reach, so he did not need to go off camera to retrieve it?

Really, I don't begrudge him a drink of water. But he had already been wiping his mouth and his forehead, he had this weird clicking thing going on as he spoke, and he was looking desperate. The way he lunged for the water was hilarious.

His whole speech was embarrassingly bad.

[msanthrope]

24. It was an SNL skit....holy crap...I just rewatched it....the hair touching, the mike grab...nt

[Luminous Animal]

26. Thank you for fleshing it out. The clip I saw of him getting the water just didn't seem

enough to slam the guy.

[joshcryer]

31. He squat tilts off screen while looking at the camera...

...then takes a dainty sip. It is a fucking SNL skit. It's one of the most awkward things I've ever seen a high level politician do. (Bush massaging German President / PM comes to mind.)

[Luminous Animal]

33. You made me laugh out loud. Bush massaging Merkel and the look on her face!

Anyway, tomorrow when I am at work and have a decent connection, I'll check it out. I hope it is as awkward and laughable as you and others describe it and contributes to Rubio's demise as being the "Great Brown Hope" of the GOP.

[Tx4obama]

32. And that smile at the end was really strange. n/t

[stopwastingmymoney]

34. I noticed that too

It reminded me of a Sheldon Cooper smile by coercion

[LiberalFighter]

40. So funny and scary

[stopwastingmymoney]

43. Lol!

Exactly

[Cha]

36. I begrudge Rubio's lying that made him so thirsty.

[badhair77]

25. I believe the issue is the panic in which he took that drink of water.

This was an opportunity using a prepared speech. As a presidential candidate he would need to be able to think on his feet and speak with authority. That did not happen tonight. I was actually surprised at how nervous he seemed.

[Luminous Animal]

30. Thanks! I will have to watch it in it's entirety tomorrow when I have access to a

better connection.

[LeftInTX]

35. It was just awkward and cheesy

The water was too far away from him and he's trying not to look silly while he's sneaks in a gulp because he's probably been dying of thirst for about 10 minutes. And he's trying for his gulp not to be distracting, but that makes it more distracting etc.

It reminded my of those cheesy stand up routines...

[trumad]

37. You ask is this the level of our political discourse

You kick these Mother fucking tea bagging douchebags in the balls every fucking chance you get.

This is one of those chances.

This is fucking war... political discourse? Fucking please!

[Warren Stupidity]

39. Fuck yeah there are.

[Coyotl]

44. Yes.

And no, that is not political discourse. It is a time-honored tradition in American politics, RIDICULE!

Ridicule is one of the very best political devices EVER.
It is difficult to pull the lever for someone you laugh AT.

But hey, if you want to make contact with the GOP and negotiate a ridicule truce, I'm right behind you (don't look back).

[Mira]

46. It was Vodka. That's why he was acting so weird about it.

I should know - I filled the bottle for him myself.

[riqster]

47. Like the judge in Up In Smoke

[KathieG]

23. lol...product placement? Does Poland Spring donate to the GOP?

[msanthrope]

27. Not anymore. nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

28. From Twitter - Hahahahaha!

Michael Codispoti ‏@MikeCodispoti

perhaps Obama used an invisible dehydration drone? I have no proof. it's very suspicious that #rubio would not be adaquately hydrated

[Glitterati]

38. It's not just the "drink"

which was damned awful. It's the grotesque way he tried to make sure he was always facing the camera. Someone obviously coached him about being on camera, yet forgot to tell him how to gracefully take a drink of water if he needed it.

His comments were awful. Just awful.

It was a long, painful attack on Obama while repeating Republican talking points - the Mitt Romney campaign, SOTU style.

While Obama spoke to Congress and the American people, Rubio spoke only to the teabaggers he so desperately needs.

His entire speech was mean. It was boorish. It was ugly. It was the Tea Party writ large. While maintaining your face on the camera at all times, even while choking oneself on a drink of water, and wiping off flop sweat on a horribly dark set.

[JoePhilly]

42. Wait ... he'd drinking water from EUROPE????

SOCIALIST!!!!!

[HappyMe]

45. My husband and I

almost fell off of the sofa we were laughing so hard. He was sweating like mad too. The whole thing was hilarious and like a SNL skit. He didn't really say a damn thing.