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From the same interview than gave us "I am not a scientist". and frankly a lot more damning, in MHO. So much for those who think Rubio will move the party toward the center.
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Rubios Best Friend (Other Than His Wife)
By Ed Kilgore
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A GQ interview with Sen. Marco Rubio is mainly getting attention because of his incoherent answer (Im not a scientist, man!) to the question: How old do you thing the Earth is? Brother Benen notes that Rubio is a member of the Senate Science Committee (not necessarily a big credential since the House counterpart committee includes such fine specimens as Todd Akin and Paul Broun). Sarah Posner tries to dissect Rubios word salad.
Others, I suspect, will focus on Rubios discussion of his favorite rap songs, which turn out to be:
Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. Killuminati by Tupac. Eminems Lose Yourself.But I found this exchange most interesting:
GQ: Whos your best friend?
Marco Rubio: My wife. We talk every day.
GQ: Besides your wife.
Marco Rubio: [South Carolina Senator and Tea Party favorite] Jim DeMint. Hes a great source of wisdom as a person whos had to make decisions that have made him unpopular in his own party. Jeb Bush is another guy I admire for his ability to analyze issues and call them for what they are.
Wow. Its bad enough that Rubio mentions his Florida political patron, Jeb Bush, as an afterthought. But anyone who thinks of Rubio as a potential GOP vehicle for modernizing the party should think again given his proud kinship to the antediluvian DeMint, the heaviest right-wing heavy of them all. You dont need to be a scientist, man to spot a brontosaurus when you see one.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)Republican anti-intellectualism at its finest.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Turbineguy
(37,375 posts)The kind of voters that when you get 32 of them in the same room, you've got a full set of teeth.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)Stop it.
AnnaLee
(1,041 posts)Does he kiss both sides of the coin or just the butt side?
I wonder what "friend" means in Rubio's circle. Does friend mean play golf together or does friend mean privatize Social Security together?