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Hiram Stephen Williams ¡ UCLA
Imagine Marco Rubio standing in front of the red and white stripes of our American flag. Easy to do, since his usual backdrop. Now imagine those stripes on a red and white shirt and matching cap instead of the flag with Rubio wearing them. Once you see him this way, you will know him forever. And wonder where he might be now.
Marco Rubio says the things particular audiences want to hear, but is never willing to fight for any given policy. His expressed beliefs change, his default positions never do; under pressure, his brain stalls, he makes up a new song, or he goes missing.
POLITICAL CHAMELEON
Shading opinions,
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In a crowd, we always need to ask, âWhereâs Rubio? â A red and white striped shirt and cap would help. Waldo lives!
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Rubio should trying winning an actual state first, then maybe he can âprepâ for his eventual swing at a grand slam during the super bowl.
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So, will he be all preppy by summer?
I for one look forward to gavel to gavel coverage if for only to see how Megynâs makeup handles the smoke filled rooms.
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Cart meet horse.
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So they get to the convention, Trump has 45% of the delegates, Rubio 35% and the also rans 20%. If a brokered convention went to Rubio, what are Trumpâs alternatives? If he felt he was not being treated fairly, when is the latest he could start a 3rd party run?
How sad is it that heâs lowering his sights away from the outright win to a gritty convention battle at precisely the moment it becomes questionable whether heâll even have delegates?
Ahh, but I do love these last waning days before Super Tuesday when itâs still possible to fondly dream the impossible dream of a brutal, blood-soaked open convention that leaves the Republican Party establishment splintered into embittered factions and a majority of its voters utterly alienated from their nominee.
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I think this means that Robiot Rubioâs campaign insider polls show him losing the Florida primary by a huge margins to both Trump and Cruz.
Since his dismal performance in Nevada, Robiot has been making the case that he should be nominee even if he does not win a single state.
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My, youâre a delicate little princess, arenât you, Marco? Whatâs wrong, didnât your parents get you that Easy Bake Oven you wanted last year for Christmas?
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He might be kept off the ballot in certain states (barring a court decision in his favor) due to âsore loserâ laws (that say you canât run in the general if you tried for a party nomination and lost), but as a general rule of thumb, if he had sufficient cash and was willing to deploy it to collect signatures en masse in the various states, he could make it onto the ballot in November.
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Even if Trump didnât run as a third party, can you imagine the psychos who are dedicated to him letting that go without incident?
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Oh, and letâs not forget that in the scenario you suggest, Cruzâ support for Rubio would come with a price. Either the loathesome weasel himself in the VP slot, or a âChristian conservativeâ platform so constraining that Rubio would be in a straitjacket regarding policy that would prevent him from winning.
Another scenario I prefer is that none of the primary candidates get the nod, but instead, in a grand bargain they turn to Paul Ryan who is best situated to unite all factions of the party and who is already, at this moment, developing a somewhat reasonable-sounding set of policies for the party to run on in November.
When I say I prefer this scenario, I mean itâs the one I would hope for if I were in the GOP and wanted to retain some hope of winning. But honestly I think itâs over already and Trump will pretty much cruise to the nomination.
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First of all, I donât think Marco could win a brokered convention if it was run by his convicted felon brother-in-law.
Secondly, heâd probably finish third behind Trump and âotherâ, and still claim victory.
Again, it cuts again to how immature and childish he is. If he canât win his own state; if he canât take Trumpâs measure on the campaign trail -state after state after state- then what the hell right does he have to their nomination? Frankly, this is embarrassing for him.
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Rubio has 16 delegates out of 2340 available. He sure is a guy who thinks ahead.
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Not. a. chance. Rumpâs followers are in this for the long haul and whether that means busting some heads or sitting out the election, then theyâll do whatever it takes. Or whatever their leader wantsâŚ
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Sorry, maybe I missed something. Is this 35% figure based on speculation by one of these shitheels? Because we may as well start gaming out the strategy of Zombie Reagan leading the angry villagers to victory with a promise to give Scalia a post-lifetime term on the SC, since thatâs about as likely as Rubio getting 35% the way things are looking right now.
Edit: Well, maybe Iâm off base. I thought some of the Super Tuesday states were winner take all, but it looks like theyâre all proportional.
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As far as I know, all fifty states have the write in option. So the only question is, is the J in Donald J. Trump legally necessary?
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There are many states (Ohio, for example) that say that Trump canât run as an independent because of the âsore loserâ clause. Heâs already declared himself as a Republican, and he canât change his mind. Itâs unclear whether that would stand up in general; but if he actually has the most delegates and then loses the convention itâs going to be very hard to call him a sore loser.
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Yeah, I dare you fools to take the nomination away from trump when he winsâŚgo ahead, I dare you!
Hey, Marco-bot, try winning a state why donât you.
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