Rubio will get nailed in general election debates; he lied about being the son of Cuban exiles

[napkinz]

[sheshe2]

1. What Woah!

Hand that man a bottle of water. He is going to need it trying to defend himself. Lol~ Another one will bite the dust.....and IMHO, it couldn't happen to a better guy.

Thanks napkinz~

[napkinz]

2. hey sheshe!

I don't think we need to fear Marco Rubio.

Hillary, Bernie, Martin can handle him.

[sheshe2]

4. Hahahahahahaha~

I love both your gifs!

[DCBob]

3. I hope this is true.

Its starting to sound like he is the alternative to Bush and the fat cat Rethug establishment are about yank the Jebster and go with the Rubester.

I am bit concerned about this guy. He is a slick smart fast talking salesman that might be appealing to many. However I think Hillary will make him look like a naive amateur in the debates.

[herding cats]

8. It was a big deal a few years ago.

In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaks after winning his Senate bid in Coral Gables, Fla. (Lynne Sladky/AP)
By Manuel Roig-Franzia October 20, 2011
During his rise to political prominence, Sen. Marco Rubio frequently repeated a compelling version of his family’s history that had special resonance in South Florida. He was the “son of exiles,” he told audiences, Cuban Americans forced off their beloved island after “a thug,” Fidel Castro, took power.

But a review of documents — including naturalization papers and other official records — reveals that the Florida Republican’s account embellishes the facts. The documents show that Rubio’s parents came to the United States and were admitted for permanent residence more than two-and-a-half years before Castro’s forces overthrew the Cuban government and took power on New Year’s Day 1959.

The supposed flight of Rubio’s parents has been at the core of the young senator’s political identity, both before and after his stunning tea-party-propelled victory in last year’s Senate election. Rubio — now considered a prospective 2012 Republican vice presidential candidate and a possible future presidential contender — mentions his parents in the second sentence of the official biography on his Senate Web site. It says that Mario and Oriales Rubio “came to America following Fidel Castro’s takeover.” And the 40-year-old senator with the boyish smile and prom-king good looks has drawn on the power of that claim to entrance audiences captivated by the rhetorical skills of one of the more dynamic stump speakers in modern American politics.

The real story of his parents’ migration appears to be a more conventional immigrant narrative, a couple who came to the United States seeking a better life. In the year they arrived in Florida, the future Marxist dictator was in Mexico plotting a quixotic return to Cuba.

Rubio’s office confirmed Thursday that his parents arrived in the United States in 1956 but noted that “while they were prepared to live here permanently, they always held out the hope and the option of returning to Cuba if things improved.” They returned to Cuba several times after Castro came to power to “assess the situation with the hope of eventually moving back,” the office said in a statement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marco-rubios-compelling-family-story-embellishes-facts-documents-show/2011/10/20/gIQAaVHD1L_story.html

[napkinz]

9. naive amateur ...

[AZ Progressive]

5. AHAHAHAHA, there is not one Republican that can resist the urge to lie.

[3catwoman3]

6. That would be...

...delicious!

[napkinz]

7. yummy

[KamaAina]

11. Stop that! You're making him thirsty!

[KamaAina]

10. Maybe one of the other clown car occupants will call him on it

if he starts to rise in the polls.

[napkinz]

13. yep, Jeb is now going to go after Rubio ...

Leaked campaign document outlines how Jeb thinks he can win – by attacking Marco as a man of 'no accomplishments who has 'never been in charge of anything larger than two dozen people'

-- Bush campaign released a 45-slide excerpt from a campaign Powerpoint after a strategy meeting in Houston
-- But the entire 112-slide presentation was promptly leaked to US News & World Report
-- It shows a plan to attack Marco Rubio as a man of 'no accomplishments who has 'never been in charge of anything larger than two dozen people'
-- 'Marco's "tomorrow versus yesterday" argument will be widely ridiculed by media while running against "first woman president",' the plan reads

Jeb Bush has a plan to win the Republican presidential nomination, and it revolves around hammering his former protege Marco Rubio with the kind of opposition research that Florida's junior senator is accustomed to seeing from Democrats.

A leaked 112-page Powerpoint file from a Bush campaign strategy meeting on Monday includes a list of strategies for undermining Rubio's credibility.

read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3296967/Leaked-campaign-document-outlines-Jeb-thinks-win-attacking-Marco.html

this story was also reported on MSNBC today

[lpbk2713]

12. And the GOP will say "No fair for using facts and stuff"

Which is not too unusual for them.