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Rough night, couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Eric Schwerin <eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com>
wrote:

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> http://www.bustle.com/articles/140160-marco-rubios-awkward-joe-biden-gop-debate-joke-falls-flat
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> Marco Rubio's Awkward Joe Biden GOP Debate Joke Falls Flat
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> The eighth GOP debate was a fiery affair that saw two candidates face off
> almost immediately. Moderator David Muir asked Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
> about his accomplishments, leading into the question with a quote from
> fellow candidate Chris Christie questioning Rubio's experience. The New
> Jersey governor was making the case that his added experience overseeing a
> state made him more qualified than Rubio. Rubio responded by listing his
> accomplishments while serving the state of Florida, including passing the
> Girls Count Act and protecting his constituents from eminent domain. Oh,
> and Marco Rubio made a terrible Joe Biden joke in the process
> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/06/transcript-of-the-feb-6-gop-debate-annotated/>
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> Joking that the vice president has been around "thousands of years," Rubio
> used the jab as a way to explain why experience doesn't always equate to
> mastery. "If the presidency becomes electing the people who have been in
> Congress the longest, we should rally around Joe Biden," Rubio said dryly.
> "He's been around a thousand years and passed hundreds of bills..."
> Needless to say, the joke didn't really go over that well, appearing to
> make more of a case for Biden's candidacy than that of Rubio.
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> Biden, looking good for 1,000+ #GOPDebate
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPDebate?src=hash>
> — Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) 8:31 PM - 6 Feb 2016
> <https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/696144200472010752>
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> Joe Biden: passed 100s of bills
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> Marco Rubio: ??? of bills#GOPDebate
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPDebate?src=hash>
> — Juan Escalante (@JuanSaaa) 8:33 PM - 6 Feb 2016
> <https://twitter.com/JuanSaaa/status/696144610251243520>
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> Rubio just said any GOP candidate would be a better President than Joe
> Biden. He couldn't be more wrong. #GOPDebate
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPDebate?src=hash>
> pic.twitter.com/Q4QPCNqvRu <https://t.co/Q4QPCNqvRu>
> — Florida Democrats (@FlaDems) 8:34 PM - 6 Feb 2016
> <https://twitter.com/FlaDems/status/696145054922985472>
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> Rubio says Joe Biden has been around for 1,000 years.
> Our fact-check finds that's *literally* false. #GOPDebate
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOPDebate?src=hash>
> pic.twitter.com/6FRh06r4yF <https://t.co/6FRh06r4yF>
> — AJ+ (@ajplus) 8:34 PM - 6 Feb 2016
> <https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/696144861984980994>
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> Outside of experience, Christie's consistent criticism of Rubio is an
> alleged scripted to response to the issues. Christie's political persona is
> built on bluntness and his campaign slogan is "telling it like it is," thus
> it's unsurprising that the presidential hopeful take aim at a potentially
> more polished candidate. The New Jersey governor recently released a
> playlist of sorts of Rubio's "scripted" responses
> <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/05/chris-christie-releases-scripted-playlist-of-marco-rubio-answer/>.
> It's a rather ridiculous move but then again, former candidate Mike
> Huckabee did drop a faux Adele track leading up to the Iowa Caucus.
>
> Rubio's way of standing out and going off script was apparently trying to
> evoke all the bad qualities of Biden. The move instead appeared to both
> baffle and backfire. While there are plenty of ways to play off a lack of
> experience being something beneficial in the Republican race, it does
> little good to focus on fellow politicians in high positions whose voting
> records and work span volumes compared to the likes of newcomers. What
> followed was a highly heated exchange between Rubio and Christie
> <http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/feb/06/republican-debate-new-hampshire-primary-2016-election>.
> That battle appears to show no signs of slowing down. Perhaps Rubio
> should've called on Biden before the debate. In his thousand or more years
> of wisdom, surely he could help the candidate as he fumbles his way through
> another debate.
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>
> Eric D. Schwerin
> eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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