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[niyad]

1. hmm, didn't he also say that the senate is a total waste of time, that they do absolutely nothing?

now why would he want to continue in such a useless waste of time--oh, yeah, the money and the attention.

[malthaussen]

4. Oh, how cynical of you.

No, no, it is he dedication to public service and devotion to America that makes him realize his work there is undone.

I'm surprised, you'd think he could get a nice job as a lobbyist. Maybe they weren't offering enough.

-- Mal

[niyad]

6. cannot help the cynicism, mea culpa!! you are correct, one would think the various lobbying

groups would love him.

[leftieNanner]

14. I don't know, Mal

Rubio is so ineffectual that the lobbying groups paying big bucks wouldn't be interested in him. $174K is better than $0K. When you look at the government officials who have made the lobbying leap, they are usually people with connections. Who the hell would "take a meeting" with Marco?

[BootinUp]

2. K & R

[bucolic_frolic]

3. It's rare to see someone in public life

who operates under a cloud of self-confusion and inconsistent flip-flops
on his own positions

Really don't know how someone like him got to where he did with such a
meek uncertain mind

[malthaussen]

5. Not on his own merits, perhaps?

Mr Rubio would seem to be an example of someone put somewhere by others who thought he might be of use.

-- Mal

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. I read a lengthy background of him

Slate? rollingStone? The Atlantic?
type of reporting.

Rubio got where he did by getting favors from entrenched politicians, an ability to make his bulshit sound senere, and over weening ambition.
But here's the fun part:
He owed a lot of favors by the time he hit the Senate, and he showed no interest in paying them back.

The adage "Be nice to the people you meet on the way up, cause you might meet them again on the way down" is SO appropriate for Rubio.

Plus, he has a LOT of campaign debt, so needs a job ASAP.
But the Fla. politicos are not happy with him.

[yuiyoshida]

7. uhuh...

[kairos12]

8. He is beyond vile.

[summerschild]

9. My guess is he's getting back into position

hoping Trump falls out at the convention.

He's already told the world he hates working in the Senate.

He still wants the presidency.

[rladdi]

10. So Rubio really thought it was an easy job in the Senate, never show up for work,

collect a nice salary, benefits and pension. I just hope the Florida voters get what he is all about. And now he will continue his fight against gay groups, support the NRA and get funding from them. And of course vote NAY on any bill that mentions guns or purchase of guns.

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. my fellow Floridians twice elected Scott - Rubio could be a viable candidate again for the Senate

... never underestimate the ignorance of the American public - especially in FLORIDA

[keithbvadu2]

12. From the cartoon roundup

[herding cats]

13. Huh, I thought it was because the GOP was scared they'd lose his seat to the Denocrats

Republicans Urge Rubio to Reconsider Senate Run

http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/republicans-urge-rubio-reconsider-senate-run

Rubio faces pressure to run for re-election as GOP fears grow over his Senate seat

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/25/politics/marco-rubio-florida-senate-race/

Rubio is such a lair.

[63splitwindow]

15. And here I thought...

he had just come to the sobering realization that he would have to actually work for a living instead of living off the public largesse.

[3catwoman3]

16. Who wouldn't like a $174,000 a year job...

...where you worked halt-time or less, and didn't have to do a damn thing when you did have to be there?

I could do that job.

[Fritz Walter]

17. Follow the money

OK, the connotation from the advice that "Deep Throat" gave to the WaPo journalists investigating the Watergate break-in is not quite the same here and now, but the advice is still valid.

Who, exactly, is willing to fund the water boy's re-election? And that includes whatever PACs took a shine to him. I'm not so stupid to believe that whatever funds were left over from his FAILED presidential campaign were returned to the donors, nor did they go to line his pockets (on top of his salary and perks he's drawing from the federal government that he claims to despise so much).

He sees new dollars out there, and he's chasing them.

Eventually, he wants to build a war chest for a 2020 and the more he can amass now will come in very handy just a few years after Drumpf is handed his muskrat-covered head this November.

[Jamaal510]

18. Can you blame him?

I wouldn't quit my job, either, if I got paid 6 figures despite having bad attendance and being inept at my work.

[Skittles]

20. LOL

he pimps for a party that loves guns and hates gay folk

[hibbing]

21. Stay thirsty my friend n/t

[The Wizard]

22. A slick talking huckster with the ethics of a rabid hyena.

The perfect Republican

[calimary]

23. Oh Great! He wants to go back to the Senate job he never showed up for, in the first place!

Easy paycheck, I guess. Just bill it all to us taxpayers.