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In reply to the discussion: Doesn't anybody else think that the water-drinking wasn't funny and all the fuss about it is stupid? [View all]HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)48. You Rock!
The two wrongs argument is such a sad and tired canard. Thank you!
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Doesn't anybody else think that the water-drinking wasn't funny and all the fuss about it is stupid? [View all]
HomerRamone
Feb 2013
OP
It was made for SNL and it was funny as hell. Sorry, we all knew Rube was in over his head from
monmouth3
Feb 2013
#1
He should be grateful that people are focused on the water and not his lousy speech.
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#3
It stood out so much because what he was saying wasn't standing out at all. eom
ChisolmTrailDem
Feb 2013
#5
My only valid thought is that it's difficult to take bumper-stickers seriously
LanternWaste
Feb 2013
#53
"If you are going to drink, you have to look good doing it." Absolutely, ma'am. I
ChisolmTrailDem
Feb 2013
#62
Haha, classic indeed! Thankfully it was just awkward enough to make him famous for it, lol. eom
ChisolmTrailDem
Feb 2013
#66
Boehner also took a few sips as Obama was talking, and Boehner wasn't even speaking.
FarCenter
Feb 2013
#23
It's not about funny. It's about Rubio being a not-ready-for-prime-time politician.
Zen Democrat
Feb 2013
#39
It's the water-drinking in a 15-minute speech, when the President went almost four times that
Arkana
Feb 2013
#40
I think it was oddly funny, and I also think there hasn't really been much of a fuss...
LanternWaste
Feb 2013
#43
If it wasn't for the occasional humor, real or imagined, politics would be even more disgusting.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#55
Krugman would agree: Marco Rubio Has Learned Nothing (government's role in the housing crisis)
pampango
Feb 2013
#56
Rubio and Ryan just might have diabetes. We have no idea. But that is a symptom I think
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#61
agree totally. infantile. on a level with 'the dean scream' and all similar attentions to
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#68