Tag Archives: Marco Rubio
Civil Discourse, Moors and Christians
Friday, March 11, 2016
The News: Abandoning their personal attacks, the Republican candidates had their most intelligent and substantive debate of the season in Miami last night. Trump said, “So far, I cannot believe how civil it’s been up here.” The upcoming Florida primary is …
Republicans Break Into Open War
Friday, March 4, 2016
Open Warfare: Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney opened fire for the Republican establishment yesterday saying that as president Donald Trump would lead America into an abyss. “Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud,” Romney said to a cheering audience in Salt …
Christie Joins Trump, Zika Comes Home
Saturday, February 27, 2016
The Polling Booth: Et tu, Chris? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie crossed the mainstream Republican line yesterday and endorsed Donald Trump for president, saying the most important thing is to beat Hillary Clinton in November. Christie is the first politician …
Republican YadaYada, Angry Professor Fired
Friday, February 26, 2016
Debatable: Blah, blah, blah. The Republicans debated in Houston last night. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz tried to make Donald Trump bleed, at times resulting in the candidates shouting over each other in a cacophony of accusations and denials. Blah, …
Obama to Cuba, Haley Stamps Rubio
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Cuba Libre: President Obama plans to visit Cuba within weeks as relations warm between the two countries, the NY Times reports. He would be the first president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge 88 years ago — and definitely cooler. …
Court Fight Begins, All About Peyton
Monday, February 15, 2016
Advice and Dissent: With the brewing fight over replacing the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, Republicans are demanding that Barack Obama be a placeholder for the last year of his term. Marco Rubio yesterday on NBC said …
Super Sunday, Marco Rubio Mugged
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Omaha!: The annual festival of television commercials known as the Super Bowl will be broadcast on CBS today. It will be accompanied by a football game to be played between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos in Santa Clara, …
Taiwan Quake, New Hampshire Battle
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Quake: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck in Taiwan last night, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 11 people. A 17-story building collapsed in the southern city of Tainan. Water was cut off to 400,000 people and the high-speed rail …
Trump Clearly Leads, Trouble With Chess
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Politics: The day before the Iowa Caucuses, the respected Des Moines Register poll says that Donald Trump is the clear leader among Republicans in the state. The poll has Trump with 28 percent of likely Republican attendees, while 23 percent …
El Chapo Back, Mein Kampf Again
Saturday, January 9, 2016
South of the Border: The elusive Mexican drug dealer Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as “El Chapo,” has been re-captured six months after his elaborately executed escape from Mexico’s most secure prison. Guzmán was taken after a ferocious gun battle in …
