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meegbear

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Mon May 12, 2014, 01:07 PM May 2014

The Rude Pundit: GOP Senator Marco Rubio Is a Frighteningly Stupid Man ... [View all]

Who Thinks He's Ready to Be President

One-time Savior of the Republican Party, Senator Marco Rubio, he of the muy beneficial Cuban background (although, you know, Hispanics aren't idiots - believe it or not, they can tell a Mexican from a Puerto Rican from a Cuban), he of the parched lips, he of the allegedly once-reasonable side of the GOP, thinks he's all grown up and ready to be president of these here United States. Oh, sure, he was a bit coy during his Sunday interview, saying that his party of lunatics, whores, and lepers is just filled to the brim with potential candidates. But, yeah, he's ready.

And how can you tell he's ready? Because Marco Rubio talked about complex issues like a brain-damaged Twitchy commenter. "I think a president has to have a clear vision of where the country needs to go and clear ideas about how to get it there," he told ABC combover Jonathan Karl. And part of his clear vision is that you can go fuck yourself with your climate change.

When Karl asked him about it on Sunday, Rubio answered, "I don’t agree with the notion that some are putting out there, including scientists, that somehow, there are actions we can take today that would actually have an impact on what’s happening in our climate." Here's the fuckin' deal: unless you are a scientist and you have slam-dunk evidence in your hand, you don't get to disagree with the "notion" that nearly every climate scientist is wrong. It's like when a fan thinks he can tell the coaches of a pro football team what plays to run by screaming at them from the stands. You know, Senator, a law degree from the University of Miami entitles you to a lot of things. Ignorantly questioning climatologists with statements like "I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it" is not one of them. "These scientists" will kick your ass all over your soon-to-be drowned state.

But let's put aside the usual blah-blah-blah climate change denialism. We're pretty much fucked there, and we're not gonna do a goddamned thing about it until we're having Road Warrior-esque drinking water battles.

Instead, have a read of Rubio's erudite statements on how Democrats want to keep people working at Burger King: "I want people to look at the Republican Party as the party that shows them the way to a new American century versus a Democratic Party that shows us how this is the new normal and we just have to get used to it, that the cashier at Burger King will always be a cashier, and all he or she can hope for is an increase in the minimum wage...And what we say is: No, the cashier at Burger King might be a cashier today, but he or she will be a manager tomorrow, and maybe they're paying for school so she can be a doctor in 10 years."

In order to understand that mindbogglingly stupid paragraph, picture this: The skeleton of Ayn Rand has Marco Rubio sitting on her lap. She's got her bony hand up his ass, operating his mouth like the meat puppet he is. Got it?

What is the magical path by which that Burger King worker becomes a doctor, something that is totally within the realm of possibility? So let's use our brain TVs and imagine that Burger King worker. Let's call her "Claudette." Claudette maybe has her high school diploma, so let's say she's around 20. Chances are that, as a full-time worker at Burger King, she'll make somewhere around $7.40 an hour. Even after working a second job, she might make under $15,000 a year with no benefits. If you can imagine someone like that, she might inform you that, after three years at BK, "I still live at home with my mother and try to go to school on the side. I do dream of something more, but it's really hard to get jobs right now."

Oh, wait. We don't have to imagine Claudette because she's a totally fucking real Burger King employee.

How the fuck is she becoming a doctor, Senator Rubio? Only through the government helping through programs like student loans, health care, and, yes, a higher minimum wage so that she can actually save something and not just exist to serve your kids Whopper, Jrs. And Claudette's a best case scenario (other than middle class kids in high school, the GOP fantasy minimum wage workers). What if she had kids? A sick parent? No place to live? That's where government is supposed to step up and says, "Hey, you wanna be a doctor? Let us help you try to achieve that dream." Not "It's your fault you can't make more than $7.40 an hour after 3 years at Burger King."

Show us the way to the "new American century"? Motherfucker, it's 2014, not 2000. We're in the century, the real century. Deal with what's happening, to the climate, to the people, now, not in some fake future constructed in the cash-stuffed offices of think tanks and SuperPACs.

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2014/05/gop-senator-marco-rubio-is.html
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K&fuckingR.... daleanime May 2014 #1
Recced, because fuck that guy tkmorris May 2014 #2
Juanita Jean has some good comments about Rubio Gothmog May 2014 #3
She's good.. "Marco Rubio is hugging the rightwing wall and leaving scratch marks." Cha May 2014 #14
and he also appears to be exceptionally disingenuous. nt ladjf May 2014 #4
Mosquito Rubio VA_Jill May 2014 #5
About that climate thing ... aggiesal May 2014 #6
Saw him on WMUR Sun, AM Mopar151 May 2014 #7
On his way to becoming a Pox News The Wizard May 2014 #8
"These scientists" will kick your ass all over your soon-to-be drowned state malaise May 2014 #9
a million k&r's BlancheSplanchnik May 2014 #10
Big ol' K&R riqster May 2014 #11
You can't simply "disagree" Dollysmom May 2014 #12
It is the Republican argument BrotherIvan May 2014 #13
The only thing you need to know if you're a politician these days.... elzenmahn May 2014 #15
Paying her way through pre-med program as she works as a manager at Burger King??? What a sick joke. reformist2 May 2014 #16
Ya know not everyone is smart enough for Med school does that mean classykaren May 2014 #17
I love the way he writes OLDMDDEM May 2014 #18
So, when Fla is underwater, freebrew May 2014 #19
Dear Marco Thespian2 May 2014 #20
well stated and welcome! frylock May 2014 #22
Brilliant take down Iwillnevergiveup May 2014 #21
Motherfucker, it's 2014, not 2000. frylock May 2014 #23
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