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Marco Rubio's "water bottle-gate" moment
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Posted on 02/13/2013 9:44:17 AM PST by chessplayer

In the official GOP rebuttal to President Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., made a passionate case for the limited role of government in American society. But the gist of his message was lost on the Twittersphere about 11 minutes in, when the visibly overheated senator broke away for a quick sip of water.

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KEYWORDS: 113th; bhosotu; gopresponse; rubio
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Thats all we're going to hear about,,,"water bottle-gate." He dared to take a sip of water.
1 posted on 02/13/2013 9:44:20 AM PST by chessplayer
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Country coming apart at the seams and this is waht the media will fixate on.


2 posted on 02/13/2013 9:49:38 AM PST by chessplayer
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Beyond stupid.


3 posted on 02/13/2013 9:49:50 AM PST by SMCC1
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It is precisely because “The One” NEVER stops reading his teleprompter for such nonsense. He learned NOT to swallow a long time ago!


4 posted on 02/13/2013 9:53:31 AM PST by Gaffer
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How dare he sips the Kings water.


5 posted on 02/13/2013 9:54:10 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (I own a weapon to protect my family from those wanting to take that weapon away.)
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The whole episode is about as relevant as CBS.


6 posted on 02/13/2013 9:54:25 AM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: chessplayer
best. tweet. ever.


7 posted on 02/13/2013 9:55:08 AM PST by Amagi (Obama is never so animated as when he is assaulting the Constitution.)
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Rubio is not ready for prime time. In addition, he is also a RINO who loves to tell people what they want to hear. As FL House Speaker, Rubio systematically blocked every attempt to enforcement immigration laws, including E-Verify, and tried to pass in-state tuition for illegals. I don’t trust Rubio, and never will, despite how many regurgitated Reagan and Mark Levin sentiments come off his silvery tongue.


8 posted on 02/13/2013 9:55:09 AM PST by montag813
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How thirsty were you sir, and when did you know it?

The top question for media coverage of the Rubio dihydrogen-monoxide scandal hearings about to begin..............

9 posted on 02/13/2013 9:56:07 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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Unfortunately, CBS as a propaganda tool is relevant.


10 posted on 02/13/2013 9:56:50 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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The liberal left has no idea ho retarded this makes them look!

Is that ALL you can find fault with? He got thirsty? REALLY???


11 posted on 02/13/2013 9:57:14 AM PST by Ditter
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You are so right-the only thing “visibly overheated” is the driveby media coverage...


12 posted on 02/13/2013 9:58:39 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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THE PROGRESSIVE LIBERALS ARE MASTERS AT DISTRACTION, AND THE DUMB PART FOR THE CONSERVATIVES IS THEY ALLOW THEIR SELF TO BE PULLED IN TO THE DISTRACTION.

Put it in true context. Rubio was right on and all the left knows is slash and burn anyway they can.

Sorry for the Caps..

13 posted on 02/13/2013 9:59:18 AM PST by geologist (" If you love me, keep my commandments" John 14:15)
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While the editors at 60 minutes cut out nose picking, yeast infection scratching cooters, uneven breasts, nipple peekers, coughs, sneezes, eyeball rolling, and farts...........Rubio’s water sip is just crossing the line on live TV.


14 posted on 02/13/2013 9:59:44 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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The positive side of this is that this is all they've got (and they are admitting it).

Otherwise, they would ignore the water and attack him on substance (or at least something that would leave a mark).

15 posted on 02/13/2013 10:03:00 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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The positive side of this is that this is all they've got (and they are admitting it).

It may be all they've got, but it's enough to sway the low-information voter, who has proven to be decisive in recent elections. Recall that "Big Bird" proved to be a winning issue last November.

16 posted on 02/13/2013 10:08:23 AM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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The media do as they are told to do by the democrips. The twittersphere is designed to herd the stupid masses. To prevent them from awakening to focus upon the fraud and devastation little barry bastard boy and the democrips are instituting to end the Republic, operatives post such trash on twittersphere to distract the buttass stupid obama worshippers.


17 posted on 02/13/2013 10:10:02 AM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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.....and yet, Joe “The Gaffe Machine” Biden always gets a pass from the media.


18 posted on 02/13/2013 10:11:45 AM PST by GreenHornet
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Because the media will use ANYTHING to take away from what Rubio actually SAID..you take away the message by pointing out that he drank water(WOW big deal the man was THIRSTY) then the media makes everything he said into a joke..that is what this is all about, the media(who is just another arm of OBama) diverting attention from what Rubio said because they dont want it resonating with people


19 posted on 02/13/2013 10:20:18 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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For all the incredibly vapid young twits who are led by their noses by the media, you will be paying for the debt being piled up by Obama and the Democrats. That’s when conservatives will have the last laugh.


20 posted on 02/13/2013 10:20:18 AM PST by txrefugee
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