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And are subsequently flabbergasted when confronted by anyone who speaks from a position based upon Reality.

You just took down Obama, Reid, Kerry, and the whole Democratic party, all with tact and intelligence. That was an excellent articulation of the truth.

There were several points in which I was tempted to let out an “amen.”

Keep preachin’ it.

A blank sheet of paper to represent the Democratic plan.

He must scare the Dems to death.

Like” Are you sure we want to register all these Hispanics?”

The only bad thing about it is, for all of the comon sense he made,
all the Dems will ignore it.
Comon sense is not in thier playbook.

Excellent point. How do you compromise with a party that never saw a spending or tax increase they didn’t like? When you’re up against a party that is wedded to the idea that every dollar government spends is necessary and can NEVER be cut where is the compromise?

1) When Senator Kerry tried to argue the financial emergency that we find ourselves in, why didn’t Senator Rubio retort that we wouldn’t be at this stage if not for the ridiculous spending caused by the likes of Senator Kerry and the party he belongs to? (Not to give any kind of a pass to the R’s who were also a part of the problem). Seriously, it is as simple as that.
2) Can you imagine if this speech was shown across the airwaves of the MSM? Many people at Redstate have been asking for some good speakers to get out there and make the case. Senator Rubio did just that. This speech would go a long way in making conservatism look like the place to be and liberalism the party to run away from.

in saying that B.O.’s vote was “purely symbolic.” It sums up the Donkey party’s point of view that all that is important is to win the next election and consolidate its power. Rubio’s analogy of negotiating what part of a burning house to save was brilliant.

With all the news lately highlighting some pretty incompetent Floridians, at least we got this senate race right! Senator Rubio is the first politician I felt strongly enough about to actually donate to, and am very proud he is representing our State so well. I’m hoping he decides to eventually run for president, as he is one of the very few out there that can so eloquently articulate the conservative view and make the liberals look like the lying hypocrites that they are. If we could just get Senator Nelson out of the way this next election!

Quote: “Sen. Rubio Beat a Dead Horse in the Senate Today. His Name Is John Kerry.”

Aaron… your title line made me laugh out loud… reminded me of that ol’ joke back durin’ the ’04 election….

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John Kerry walks into a bar. Bartenter says to him… “Why the long face?”

hehehe

Ned Reck

ouch.

Dude Rubio is going to be president. Not in 2012, he’s not even running, but this guy is going to be stinking president. I get so frustrated that so many Republicans can’t make coherent arguments when they have the facts on their side. They get pulled into dubious arguments about things that don’t matter.

Such as, has anyone heard a reason WHY we SHOULDN’T have a BBA? I am not in the camp that it’s realistic, but what exactly is any Democrat’s official position on WHY they wouldn’t vote for it? It’s absolutely indefensible. Everyone on this message board wants to talk about pressure. Pressure does NOT come from Boehner arm wrestling Harry Reid in some back room somewhere. Pressure comes from winning the freaking argument in the public arena. The people are the ones that put on the pressure.

So anyway Rubio is so good at articulating his points, he sounds so absolutely reasonable, he doesn’t just hem and haw with crutch cliche phrases like ‘kicking the can’ down the road or speak in broad platitudes like Obama who patronizes us like we’re 4 year olds. He is absolutely brilliant that Rubio. I hope he sticks around.

Good grief….. Kerry is a lumbering, rambling, self-caricature.

Rubio is a gem.

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The problem with the Democrats is not that they don’t have a plan — it’s that they refuse to acknowledge that there is even a problem. That’s the real reason that we can’t negotiate properly with them.

Awesome speech by Senator Rubio, though. A perfect summation of where we are and what the problem is.

Kerry really tried to be relevant. Unfortunately, he picked a superstar.

SEN Rubio is phenomenal. I think he’s going to do great things. He nailed it.

Great work

Sen Coburn today was recorded by c-span, I am not a big Coburn fan, but this was Coburn with the same dead horse, taking a second beating.I heartly recommend its viewing by everyone…

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SenRe/start/14756/stop/16376

The funniest thing here is that Kerry still believes that empty symbolic gestures are a responsible thing to do.

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•Debt ceiling increase of up to $2.8 trillion
•Spending cuts of roughly $1 trillion
•Vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment
•Special committee to recommend cuts of $1.8 trillion (or whatever it takes to add up to the total of the debt ceiling increase)
•Committee must make recommendations before Thanksgiving recess
•If Congress does not approve those cuts by late December, automatic across-the-board cuts go into effect, including cuts to Defense and Medicare

We’ll see…..
(interesting this was reported at the same time Reid postponed the vote)

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/07/white-house-republicans-strike-tenative-deal-to-raise-debt-ceiling-.html

catch everyone just wanting to get home for Christmas, so they’re more likely to get enough people to go along with the committee to get it over with.

Washington elites claim that big bargains are a good thing and compromise is a virtue.

But that is not always the case, is it? For example:

If one side says death by a thousand cuts Apache style and the other side say draw and quarter here and now, and instead the hang him and it turns out that he was an innocent man, would 48% of the voters say that was a good thing because it was a compromise.?

If Harry Reid drafts the Boehner bill–as his people did, until conservatives forced hm to put some teeth in it and Reid comes up with a bill which purports to be his own which is full of smoke mirrors false savings and tax increases would anyone in their right mind t say that a compromise which falls well short of the goal needed to protect our bond rating call that a good thing?

Anyone besides big media?

mopped the floor with Kerry and Durbin today in the senate.
No stumbling, no spin, just the facts.
Now if this could just be broadcast on every news media on Sunday morning, it might be worthwhile in so far as changing a few liberal minds.

Thankfully Kerry’s loaded with botox, or his face would have been melted.

One MINOR quibble, I wish Rubio would have exposed Kerry’s lie about a possible default for what it is.

Rubio is the most inspiring politician I can think of. Man, Perry/Rubio would rock!

Rubio has been invisible on the debt ceiling. We need to look to Rand Paul and Mike Lee for leadership.

I hadn’t heard him since he was elected and was impressed. He was very articulate and set out a strong case for the position taken by DeMint, Lee, Paul and the others in their little group