Rubio: US has God-given status. Independent UK calls him arrogant, simplistic.

[madfloridian]

As indeed he is. And the article is right. He is winning.

Arrogant, simplistic – and likely to win big in Florida

He has just recorded a debate with his rivals for Florida's open US Senate seat at the Fox station in Tampa and is now outside a squat brick building in nearby Bradenton. A local Republican
congressman is making the introductions when a bouffant-blond retiree thrusts a photo frame under his nose. Could he sign?

It is all in a day's work for Marco Rubio, a 39-year-old son of Cuban immigrants
who may just be the male equivalent of Sarah Palin. With help from the Tea Party and from his mentor, Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, he is the man to beat in this race. He is being talked of as future presidential material, too.

.."During a meteoric rise in Florida – he became speaker of the state legislature in 2005 when he was just 34 – he steered an increasingly conservative course. He is on the record supporting the teaching of creationism in schools and querying the evidence that humankind is responsible for global warming.

He is also in the front ranks of America's "exceptionalist" revival, which holds that the United States is a better country than any other on the globe. It is this God-given status, Mr Rubio tells the Bradenton supporters, that the President is putting at risk with healthcare reform and profligate federal spending. "This is not just a contest between a Democrat, a Republican and an opportunist," Mr Rubio declares, indulging in a well-rehearsed jab at the Governor. "This is also about our identity as a nation and as a people. We are citizens of the greatest nation in the history of mankind. That is not a theory. That is a fact."

[HockeyMom]

1. Does he know PRIDE is one of the 7 deadly SINS?

Good right wing, christian that he is. No, I guess they don't know about THAT sin. ROFL They say arrogance comes before a fall. In his case, hope so.

[hlthe2b]

2. Women, GLBT, A. Americans and Latinos could defeat this ass...

if only they would effectively unite and get their people to the polls

[msongs]

5. crist and meek are gonna hand the seat to rubio. oh well. at least there's the governor's race nt

[marmar]

3. Don't expect any US media outlet to do the same.......

nt

[RKP5637]

4. Americans in my lifetime have become a bunch of suckers for this type of BS. n/t

[lpbk2713]

6. KnR

There are many things I dislike about Rubio but the absolute worst is his association with Jeb Bush.
Rubio can't be very bright if he thinks any collaboration with the BushCo Crime Family is a positive.

[jwirr]

7. And I was in hopes that manifest destiny had died.