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CTyankee

(68,202 posts)
Sun Jul 28, 2013, 08:49 AM Jul 2013

Really, Rubio...Krugman nails repuke strategy here!

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/that-is-cool-2/#postComment

Rubio is saying that if Obama insists on applying his health care law he will be responsible for shutting down the government!

Krugman skewers him with a quote from Lincoln...it seems he was blamed for starting the Civil War...plus ca change...
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Really, Rubio...Krugman nails repuke strategy here! (Original Post) CTyankee Jul 2013 OP
1st comment on article... handmade34 Jul 2013 #1
But that is exactly what repukes DO! CTyankee Jul 2013 #3
Rubio did good work on immigration, saw the pushback from Wingnut World BeyondGeography Jul 2013 #2
That was brilliant! ananda Jul 2013 #4
Krugman is brilliant. I love the guy so much...I check his blog every morning... CTyankee Jul 2013 #5
It's a wonder 'they" haven't knocked him off by now. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #7
K & R Scurrilous Jul 2013 #6

handmade34

(24,017 posts)
1. 1st comment on article...
Sun Jul 28, 2013, 08:58 AM
Jul 2013

"He (Rubio) might as well attack the uninsured sick for making Obamacare a necessity"

CTyankee

(68,202 posts)
3. But that is exactly what repukes DO!
Sun Jul 28, 2013, 09:16 AM
Jul 2013

They say that people are irresponsible for not getting health insurance and then get sick and want the government to help them out, on the dime of the "responsible" taxpayer. They say that it's people's bad health choices (smoking, drinking, taking drugs, overeating, eating the wrong foods) and it's their own fault they got sick.

BeyondGeography

(41,101 posts)
2. Rubio did good work on immigration, saw the pushback from Wingnut World
Sun Jul 28, 2013, 09:01 AM
Jul 2013

and now he's running around with a knife between his teeth again. The Republicans are a nightmare, especially for Republicans.

ananda

(35,145 posts)
4. That was brilliant!
Sun Jul 28, 2013, 09:51 AM
Jul 2013

A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, “Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!”

CTyankee

(68,202 posts)
5. Krugman is brilliant. I love the guy so much...I check his blog every morning...
Sun Jul 28, 2013, 09:56 AM
Jul 2013

coffee and Krugman...

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