Rubio: George W. Bush ‘Did a Fantastic Job as President’

[Hissyspit]

Source: CNN / Raw Story

Rubio: George W. Bush ‘did a fantastic job as president’

By David Edwards
Sunday, April 22, 2012 13:16 EDT

Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Sunday refused to explain how a potential Romney administration would be different from George W. Bush’s administration, but insisted that the last Republican president “did a fantastic job” and his brother, former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL), would be a “fantastic vice president.”

“I haven’t gone through the comparison,” Rubio told CNN’s Candy Crowley. “I think that presidents serve in different times with different challenges. And so I think that George W. Bush, in my opinion, did a fantastic job as president over eight years, facing a set of circumstances during those eight years that are different from the circumstances that a President Romney would face.”

Last week, Jeb Bush told Newsmax that he would “consider” a vice presidential nomination, but suggested Rubio was “probably the best” choice.

“Well, that’s very nice of Jeb,” Rubio said on Sunday. “I hope he’ll say yes if future President Romney asks him,” adding that the former Florida governor would be a “fantastic vice president.”


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[teddy51]

1. These F***er's are delusional! I hope Jeb Bush does not get anywhere close to the WH and that

goes for Romney and Rubio as well.

[wilt the stilt]

2. Quayle wannabe

this guy is a real lightweight.

[Cosmocat]

15. Just another in a LONG line of propped up republican "STARS!"

We spent a couple months of the 2008 presidential campaign with the media legitimizing the republican's screaming about how Barrack Obama was a "celebrity!" as a means of trying to de-legitimize him.

Of course, that ended when Palin was picked and she was an an immediate STAR!>

But, there is a never ending string of republicans that the "liberal media" breathlessly labels stars - Ryan, Christie ...

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Edit: Change word "fantastic" to "fanatic"

Thank you.

[xtraxritical]

4. "Fantastic", the root of the word is fantasy.

Truth is immaterial to these fantasticators. DEMOCRATS DEAL WITH REALITY NOT FANTASY.

[Jamaal510]

5. I said it before, and I'll say it again...

Republicans live in a parallel universe from us. It's incredible that they believe that a man who thoroughly eliminated a surplus and boosted our unemployment rate was more competent than a man who helped us experience 25 consecutive months of job growth and bailed out our auto industry.

[connecticut yankee]

13. I wish DU

had a "Like" button as Facebook does.

[Skittles]

40. ????

um, no, we don't need that juvenile shit here!

[got root]

43. We do. It's called 'rec' here

[Skittles]

45. not quite the same

I can like something/agree with something without necessarily recommending it.

[sakabatou]

27. Rubio needs a wake up call

from a Zangoose.

[Jamaal510]

35. All of the * apologists need a wake up call

from Zangoose.

[Cleita]

6. The same outstanding job that "heckuva a job Brownie" did during

Hurricane Katrina? Positioning Jeb as VP to follow Mittens, should he be elected, is so wrong. Why won't this administration put Bush and Cheney in the docket for war crimes? Hopefully this would make the whole Bush family disappear from the political scene once and for all.

[RobertEarl]

7. Puke

I read this and just feel a need to puke.

But bring it on Rubushio. I look forward to campaigning against all of you.

[Nostradammit]

8. "Pick him!" "No, no, pick him!"

Sounds like neither of these two want to be chained to Romney.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Say it loud and say it proud.

Get Mitt to do so also.

[Faygo Kid]

10. No doubt Candy agrees.

A pox on all of them. As a history buff, I say W. was The Worst Ever. Andrew Johnson second.

[TBF]

11. lol - they are all trying to distance themselves from Romney

so they can run in 2016. Hilarious.

[SWTORFanatic]

12. It's funny how they say "Bush was a LIB" and they hate what Bush did but

deep down they love him.

[malaise]

14. He's already a proven patholigical LIAR

[Judi Lynn]

20. He was proven to have lied about his parents "fleeing Castro," when it was revealed they didn't,

since they came here BEFORE the Cuban revolution. Maybe they were psychic, and knew the revolution was coming!

That's just one of his whoppers.

[malaise]

36. Correct

[Bozita]

16. Time for Marco to pee in a bottle?

[thelordofhell]

17. Take it away Tom!!

[baldguy]

18. Start with economic disaster, follow with endless, meaningless wars

& with sum up the decimation of our civil rights though fear & intimidation

What happens when fully 20% of a nations population goes insane? This is what to the Republican Party in the United States fights tooth & nail for.

[wilt the stilt]

19. immediate disqualification

anyone who utters that is gone.

[LuckyLib]

23. No question. Blatant evidence of profound stupidity.

[Swede Atlanta]

21. The GOP SOP....lie, repeat, repeat, repeat.....

They hope if they continue to tell the same lie over and over again history will change itself. For a group that claims to be Christian I think that mentality is evidence of "heresy" at best.

GWB was the worst president at least in my lifetime. He took a surplus and left us with an economy in tatters, a bulging deficit (as opposed to his sock-stuffed flight suit in his "Mission Accomplished" theatrical stunt), responsible for 9-11, responsible for botching the Afghan war and not getting OBL will starting a totally indefensible war against Iraq, letting New Orleans drown, decimating the U.S. Constitution, alienating nations worldwide and being a general clown on stage.

Yeah, Marco, you may be cute but you are either lying through your teeth or you need to have your head examined.

[bluesbassman]

22. Gee whiz Rubio, it must be awfully hard to breathe with your nose positioned like that.

Note to Rmoney campaign: Please, Please, PLEASE make this a bumper sticker.

[mother earth]

24. Revisionist history, at its best under republican delusion, if they repeat it long enough

that's all the peasants will remember.

[Vinca]

25. The families of nearly 5,000 dead service members might disagree.

It is not a "fantastic job" to wage an unnecessary war of choice. George W. Bush is the worst president of all time.

[Iliyah]

26. WHOAH

can I say TWILIGHT ZONE wherein there is an alternate universe in wacko land. No matter who the gop establishment choose for Mittens VP, they are going to to wacked. You have Daniels stating that Mittens do not need women and latino voters, so am guess ing that they truly believe in their sick ass minds that the voter suppression laws will work as well as Citizens United un-American ruling that the 5 surpreme court justices voted on.

Seems like every 40 years or so you have the "oligarchy" trying to destroy America.

[Turbineguy]

28. I want Rubio to explain to me

how Hitler won WWII.

[lutefisk]

29. Actually, "fantastic" works.

"bizarre; grotesque...not being based on reality; foolish"

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fantastic

[cstanleytech]

30. He is right, Bush did do a fantastic job people.

He was fantastic at leading the charge to destroy our nations economy as well he was fantastic at getting us bogged down in two wars one of which was based on lies.
So ya Bush jr was a fantastic president.

[spartan61]

31. What in hell is rubio smoking????

[benld74]

32. If Rubio's nose goes any deeper up their backside,,,,

[center rising]

33. Hey Marco, Bellevue is calling!!!

[sulphurdunn]

34. Rubio:

a lying, sociopathic opportunist and arrogant. ass kissing bootlicker who would make a perfect GOP VP candidate.

[BlueJazz]

41. Amen. Rubio was on several talk shows (here in Florida) before the elections. I swear, the SOB...

...just made up anything, said anything and praised all the repugs for "wanting to get this country back on track."

What a piece of human garbage.

[tabasco]

37. Dayum!

I'd like to see his idea of a shitty president!

[MrSlayer]

38. It's all a matter of perspective.

Bush was a great President for his base, the haves and have mores. For the rest of us it is an ongoing nightmare.

[olddad56]

42. took the words right out of my fingers. It all depends on your perspective...

if you are an oil man, a war racketeer, or just a plain old millionaire, or just plain stupid. George and his mob did a fantastic job. Just pulling off the coup that put him in power had to be very impressive to many.

the only think that they can do now to top in is have Jeb become Mitt's running mate and then have something happen to Mitt that would result in another Bush who was never elected. If I can imagine it, they can do it.

It would require another rigged election, but that didn't present much of a problem in 2000 or 2004.

[DeSwiss]

39. ....

''So idiots can't have opinions now?''

[Zoeisright]

44. I think his definition of "fantastic" is actually:

a complete, fucked-up, smoking, charred ruin.

Because that's what Boy Bush and Evil Dick did to this country and the world.

[alp227]

46. Thankfully he doesn't want to be running mate.

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/125125965

[RZM]

47. He's trying to stay viable for next time, when he'll probably run himself

No reason for him to strap himself onto a chair on the Titanic. If the issue is profile, he can get it on his own next time, not as second fiddle for a campaign that will be savaged in the press and go down to a 3-5 point defeat.

[Surya Gayatri]

48. Oh, please, Marky Sparky, keep on bringing up GWB's name at every turn...

The Dem party thanks you, Pres. Obama thanks you, all reasonable Americans thank you, for putting his detested name front and center in this election!

[Mosaic]

49. I thought he might be the least worst

Of the cult, but now he's lost all credibility with me. Bush will go to hell, this guy Rubio is really dumb or a total sell out.

[GeorgeGist]

50. Bring 'em on.

[Javaman]

51. rubio was just elevated from water carrier to water dispenser. nt

[hamsterjill]

52. No, Mr. Rubio, he did not!

And he screwed up Texas royally before he screwed up the nation!

[LynneSin]

53. Good - let Bush help Romney campaign

Bush won't show his face during this election and no one will want to campaign with him.