Is Rubio the new Sarah Palin? #quittersRus
by digby
You remember him saying this last week:
"This should actually be the rule in the entire government, where if you're not doing your job, you should be fired." ---
Naturally, the DNC and Jeb Bush pounced on this because he just isn't bothering to show up for work anymore.
He's had a bunch of excuses:
Excuse #1: It’s normal for presidential candidates to miss votes. (Des Moines Register)
Excuse #2: He gets briefed on hearings by his staff. (Washington Post, Politico)
Excuse #3: He would never miss a vote where he would have been the deciding one. (USA Today, Reno Gazette-Journal, Roll Call)
Excuse #4: He’s leaving the Senate. (Republican Primary Debate in Simi Valley, CA)
Excuse #5: Votes he has missed are “show votes.” (Breitbart, Huffington Post)
Excuse #6: He wants his votes to be meaningful. (CNN’s State of the Union)
Excuse #7: He is frustrated. (Washington Post)
Excuse #8: He feels as if he is standing around and doing nothing. (Washington Post)
Now he says he hates being in the Senate. and doesn't see any reasons why he should go to work if he's not running for re-election. Also too, he's not a quitter.
I have always thought that Rubio looked like the best bet on paper for the GOP. The whole young vs old, Latino up and comer thing should sell itself. But really, he sucks at politics as much as Jeb does.
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