Rubio's speech after Warren was silenced is pretty impressive.
Why oh why couldn't that guy have won the nomination.
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Because Little Marco choked under the pressure. Just like he choked when he did the post State of the Union address. He's just not made for prime time. Looks the part, but can't act the part.
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Rubio's speech is a joke, especially after the silencing of Warren. There was NOTHING Warren said that was an attack on Sessions. She was reading into the record comments from two very important people from the history of the United States who had a very strong opinion on the person being confirmed. This was a purely political move by the Republicans, one that Rubio is attempting to defend with this chicken#### speech. Where was the decorum when the last President was office?
What did Rubio think when Senator Mitch McConnell stated his job was to make President Obama a one term President? Or how about when David Purdue (R-GA) suggested they should pray for Obama and that his days be few?
In the other chamber what about Joe Wilson (R-SC) calling Obama a liar? How about when James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) joked about Michelle Obama's fat ass? How about when Doug Lamborn (R-CO) called President Obama a tar baby?
Yeah, that's what I like about Republicans, and conservatives in general. They cry long and hard when you hit them in the face with the same behaviors they've been displaying for years. They talk about liberals being special snowflakes, but they should look in the mirror. I've never seen a bigger bunch of double-standard embracing, quick-to-cry, whining, momma's boys in my life. Screw the rules and screw etiquette. These guys started the fight with several rabbit punches, continued to swing away while the referee held the other fighter back, and are now crying when the Dems hit back for the first time in a very long time. You know you have someone on the run when they start crying about decorum and abiding by the rules, when they themselves have been doing the same crap for years.
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Why oh why couldn't that guy have won the nomination.
Because that guy was too busy accusing Obama of intentionally destroying the country and making comments about Trump's penis size. But now that the Republicans have the houses and the Presidency all of the sudden he's admonishing Democrats for not being civil or bipartisan enough. Sure he makes a few light criticisms of Republicans to make it seem like he's talking about both parties, but his actions speak far louder than his words. He has no problem accusing a Democratic President of trying to destroy America, but when people criticize probably the most incapable executive and cabinet in the nation's history all of the sudden he waxes on about how civility has been lost in political discourse.
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But now that the Republicans have the houses and the Presidency all of the sudden he's admonishing Democrats for not being civil or bipartisan enough. Sure he makes a few light criticisms of Republicans to make it seem like he's talking about both parties, but his actions speak far louder than his words.
Okay, well, all I was talking about was his words, and he's right about an awful lot in eight minutes there.
Whenever he stops trying to be a politician and speaks off script he has his best moments. His demoralized speech to random cameras in Florida was probably the most candid moment of the GOP primary. That guy there - not campaigning politician Rubio who says crazy crap like "Obama wants to destroy America" - might have stood a chance at getting the GOP back on track from the disaster it's become. Of course, you don't stand a chance in the GOP nomination process unless you say crazy crap, so that guy would never have won the nomination in the first place.
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He has one decision go against him and the "legal system is broken".
We're all so screwed.
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Rubio's speech is a joke, especially after the silencing of Warren. There was NOTHING Warren said that was an attack on Sessions. She was reading into the record comments from two very important people from the history of the United States who had a very strong opinion on the person being confirmed. This was a purely political move by the Republicans, one that Rubio is attempting to defend with this chicken#### speech. Where was the decorum when the last President was office?
What did Rubio think when Senator Mitch McConnell stated his job was to make President Obama a one term President? Or how about when David Purdue (R-GA) suggested they should pray for Obama and that his days be few?
In the other chamber what about Joe Wilson (R-SC) calling Obama a liar? How about when James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) joked about Michelle Obama's fat ass? How about when Doug Lamborn (R-CO) called President Obama a tar baby?
Yeah, that's what I like about Republicans, and conservatives in general. They cry long and hard when you hit them in the face with the same behaviors they've been displaying for years. They talk about liberals being special snowflakes, but they should look in the mirror. I've never seen a bigger bunch of double-standard embracing, quick-to-cry, whining, momma's boys in my life. Screw the rules and screw etiquette. These guys started the fight with several rabbit punches, continued to swing away while the referee held the other fighter back, and are now crying when the Dems hit back for the first time in a very long time. You know you have someone on the run when they start crying about decorum and abiding by the rules, when they themselves have been doing the same crap for years.
While I appreciate your list of examples, not one of those was said on the senate floor. Only one of those people are or were even in the US senate, and he made those remarks, not on the senate floor, but in an interview. Perhaps that decorum was there during the last president's term after all? Rubio clearly made a distinction between what's happening outside the senate, and inside the senate. So while your remarks might be valid if he was speaking primarily about the discourse outside the senate, he's not. Your rant is irrelevant to what he said and attacks a straw man as far as you are responding to what he said. You do a good job of making his point for him though regarding people ability to discuss politics in a reasonable manner outside the senate. It's as if you never listened to what he said..
Okay, well, all I was talking about was his words, and he's right about an awful lot in eight minutes there.
Trump is back to calling Elizabeth the Warren "Pocahontas"
How long will we have to wait for Rubio to admonish Trump for inflammatory rhetoric? Our do rules of civility only apply to the Senate, or only to Democrats?
Maybe Rubio actually believes what he said. But until he puts his money where his mouth is and applies the same standard to Republicans, he's an unpatriotic coward. I think it is equally likely that his speech was just a way to position himself as above the fray and he's just another lying, opportunistic Republican.
Words don't matter if action is never taken to back then up. I would love for Rubio (and McCain) to prove me wrong.
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After White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday refused to discount the possibility that President Donald Trump might name Sarah Palin as the next ambassador to Canada, Twitter exploded with negative comments north of the border.
But first to complain were politicians. New Democrat Party member of Parliament Nathan Cullen told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation it would be difficult to take the former Alaska governor and onetime vice-presidential candidate seriously because she wouldn’t know the truth “if it jumped up and knocked her on the head.” He also compared her to “another Donald Trump.”
Another NDP member of Parliament, Charlie Angus, characterized such a choice as insulting, saying it shows “how little” Trump and Steve Bannon “think of Canada.”
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Republican Congressman tries to drop "Death Panels", gets destroyed by his constituents. Still a long way to go between now and the midterms, but considering Trump is highly likely to be even less popular as time goes on, the Dems should have a golden opportunity to take both chambers back.
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Republican Congressman tries to drop "Death Panels", gets destroyed by his constituents. Still a long way to go between now and the midterms, but considering Trump is highly likely to be even less popular as time goes on, the Dems should have a golden opportunity to take both chambers back.
Trump is back to calling Elizabeth the Warren "Pocahontas"
At the same meeting it was reported he said that they bussed thousands of people into N.H. to vote, otherwise he would have won there too.
On Thursday, during a meeting with 10 senators that was billed as a listening session about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, the president went off on a familiar tangent, suggesting again that he was a victim of widespread voter fraud, despite the fact that he won the presidential election.
As soon as the door closed and the reporters allowed to observe for a few minutes had been ushered out, Trump began to talk about the election, participants said, triggered by the presence of former New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who lost her reelection bid in November and is now working for Trump as a Capitol Hill liaison, or “Sherpa,” on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch.
The president claimed that he and Ayotte both would have been victorious in the Granite State if not for the “thousands” of people who were “brought in on buses” from neighboring Massachusetts to “illegally” vote in New Hampshire.
According to one participant who described the meeting, “an uncomfortable silence” momentarily overtook the room.
Claiming something is fake is an easy way to ignore things the White House is demonstrating, others are picking it up.
Chaffetz said the crowd that filled the auditorium at Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights and spilled over into a protest outside included people brought in from other states to disrupt the meeting.
"Absolutely. I know there were," he said, suggesting it was "more of a paid attempt to bully and intimidate" than a reflection of the feelings of his 3rd District constituents.
Asked who would foot the bill to fill the audience with outside agitators, Chaffetz said, "do some reporting" and described how one participant made it a point to say he was not being paid by a national Democratic organization.
But Rep. Marie Poulson, D-Cottonwood Heights, said she believed most of the estimated 1,000 attendees inside the high school auditorium — and at least that many who protested outside — were Chaffetz's constituents.
IF people from other states came in to protest, they shouldn't do that. More people may look effective but representatives aren't going to listen to crowds, but to the people that they need to get to vote for them.
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While I appreciate your list of examples, not one of those was said on the senate floor. Only one of those people are or were even in the US senate, and he made those remarks, not on the senate floor, but in an interview. Perhaps that decorum was there during the last president's term after all? Rubio clearly made a distinction between what's happening outside the senate, and inside the senate. So while your remarks might be valid if he was speaking primarily about the discourse outside the senate, he's not. Your rant is irrelevant to what he said and attacks a straw man as far as you are responding to what he said. You do a good job of making his point for him though regarding people ability to discuss politics in a reasonable manner outside the senate. It's as if you never listened to what he said..
Wait, what? Civility only extends to the Senate chamber? Such a bunch of special snowflakes! I guess when you're there for the State of the Union, and someone from your party disparages the President in the middle of his speech, that's okay. Whatever you say friend!
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