We want to stop talking about it but Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) won’t let us. Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today in Israel. The two posed for a photo, harkening back to Rubio’s water-bottle lunge from his response to the President’s State of the Union speech. It was tweeted out and picked… Read more »
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Rubio’s non-convincing temper tantrum over immigration
The Savior The Obama administration “leaked” their immigration reform proposal over the weekend and Republican Savior Marco Rubio immediately declared it DOA , even though the two plans differ little. Both plans immediately grant protected legal status to undocumented immigrants, both require lengthy waits until citizenship could be granted, both grant more visas, both require… Read more »
Blind Spot? Howard Kurtz Rips Coverage of Rubio’s ‘Watergate’ Without Mentioning CNN’s Stunt
CNN media critic Howard Kurtz ripped the press infatuation with Sen. Marco Rubio's water sip as "profoundly depressing," but on Sunday's Reliable Sources he wouldn't call out his own network's attempt to use the incident to drive headlines. Last Wednesday, CNN's The Situation Room took the trivial and blew it up. CNN showed a… Read more »
Marco Rubio’s gulping gold
CNN might think Sen. Marco Rubio’s water break during his State of the Union rebuttal was a “career ender,” but one could argue that the on-air faux pas is actually helping Rubio. How? The Rubio water bottle. According to Buzzfeed, the savvy marketing ploy has pulled in more than $ 100,000 for Rubio’s Reclaim America PAC: A… Read more »