{"id":3152,"date":"2016-02-10T21:39:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T03:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2016-02-10T21:39:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T03:39:26","slug":"gop-strategy-it-may-be-terminal-ctd-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/02\/10\/gop-strategy-it-may-be-terminal-ctd-4\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Strategy: It may be terminal, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a little addition to this thread<\/a> covering the extreme statements leaping from the mouths of GOP candidates, as Steve Benen notes<\/a> about an increasingly desperate Marco Rubio<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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The Florida senator later added that he won\u2019t stop talking about how Obama is hurting the country.\u201cOne of the things I\u2019m criticized for is saying the truth, and I\u2019ll continue to say this: Barack Obama is undermining this country. He is hurting this country. He is doing serious damage to this country in a way that I believe is part of a plan to weaken America on the global stage. This is the truth,\u201d Rubio said on Fox.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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For any adult looking at reality, it obviously is not the truth, but let\u2019s not brush past the specifics of this pitch too quickly. Rubio believes he sees a secret plan, hatched by the president of the United States, \u201cto weaken America\u201d deliberately.<\/p>\n

In other words, Rubio\u2019s comeback plan involves telling voters that President Obama is somehow guilty of treason.<\/p>\n

Indeed, consider this exchange<\/a> yesterday between Alex Conant, Rubio\u2019s communications director, and CNN\u2019s Chris Cuomo.<\/p>\n

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CUOMO: So [Marco Rubio] really believes that President Obama is intentionally trying to destroy the country?<\/div>\n
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CONANT: Absolutely. And I – and I – all – all evidence points – all evidence confirms that. He –<\/div>\n
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CUOMO: That he\u2019s intentionally trying to destroy the country?<\/div>\n
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CONANT: Absolutely.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Rubio needs to stand out, because it’s clear, after the Saturday debate debacle<\/a> and its\u00a0consequences<\/a> in New Hampshire, that the prize is slipping through his fingers. \u00a0But this isn’t some picayune state house speakership, this is the Presidency and he’s learning there’s far more than talking points and style. \u00a0But he doesn’t want to commit, and nothing – nothing – is beyond the pale for him.<\/p>\n

But, unfortunately, someone else has already taken possession of the Anti-Christ meme<\/a>\u00a0(thanks to Right Wing Watch<\/strong><\/em>), so he had to settle for accusations of treason. \u00a0If, through some miracle, he still wins the nomination, those headlines will be taken out, dusted off, and paraded in front of the independent voters – along with the facts.<\/p>\n

It seems like a loser’s strategy to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just a little addition to this thread covering the extreme statements leaping from the mouths of GOP candidates, as Steve Benen notes about an increasingly desperate Marco Rubio: The Florida senator later added that he won\u2019t stop talking about how Obama is hurting the country.\u201cOne of the things I\u2019m criticized \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3153,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions\/3153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}