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Rubio's exposure is just now beinnigng, Steve. That's not to say I expect Hispanics to swoon once he does get higher name recognition, but I began watching him intently as he rose from the FLA Senate to beat a po[censurado]r Charlie Crist in the GOP primary. He's a really good speaker.Rubio's problem will be the same problem all GOP candidates have on a national level--a Democratic press that goes after him to destroy him before he can gain sustainable steam. If he makes it to the top through the primaries on top, just watch what the press will do to him against a Dem candidate. (Were he Democrat, the press would present him as Hispanic, you know that. Because he's Republican, they'll make it clear that we must now separate Hispanic of Spanish/Euro origin from Hispanic of Central/South American origin. They'll be all over the place on what's "Hispanic" but not in an intellectually honest, HBD way.) In fact, I suppose we might prepare ourselves for the Conquistador stories with attempts to say that Marco is really one of the bullies, right? This argument, however, will run smack dab up against the story of his dad's having been a bartender who worked overtime, worked weddings, and banquets any chance he got in order to give his kids a chance to do better down the road.If I'm the head of the GOP, I do all I can in the next few years to go after the networks through the anchors and talk show hosts who bend and edit every story to suit the needs of the Democratic Party. I mean, I *seriously* go after the Brian Williams' of the group, the people who sought to crucify George Zimmerman, all the people in charge who don't even bother to investigate stories before reporting on them.For 4 years, I pound the press and I do it with some Hollywood people whom the people like, such as the Kelsey Grammers who are out there. I plant my people on their morning shows purportedly to talk of other things, then I embarr[censurado]the Charlie Rose's, the Matt Lauers, etc. with innuendo about their "reporting."I set up someone for a George Bush I/Dan Rather moment.I do all this in the hope that by the time the next Presidential election rolls around, the viewers of those networks will have begun questioning anything those on-camera folks say or with the hope that "those people" have learned they can no longer get away with their constant schmoozing and propagandizing on air. Even now, I'd be picking my victim, my symbol of all that is biased and bigoted in network news, all that represents bad journalism, and I'd be planning the stealth attacks to come.The GOP has forgotten what it means to be cutthroat in politics. |
