Marco Rubio Master Thread

[wetwillie]

Ted Cruz is a sociopath, I have no idea why anyone would even consider voting for him.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

Do you think Rubio's stance on climate change is pandering to his base or he really believes it? If he believes it, what do you think he's basing his view on?

I think he really believes it. And I'm speculating, but he probably bases his views on many of the things mentioned in the Models thread. Like recorded non-adjusted temps over the past nearly 20 years despite increasing CO2 emissions. Or that man is contributing a tiny amount to what is already a trace gas in the atmosphere. Or that temps have been historically much higher than at any point in the last hundred years, long before the industrial revolution. You know, basic common sense stuff like that. But keep looking for all that warming hiding deep in the oceans...

And here I thought you were a member of the church of man made global warming. You might be a moderate after all!

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Ted Cruz is a sociopath, I have no idea why anyone would even consider voting for him.

I'd be curious to know why you think Cruz is a sociopath. But start a new thread for him.

[steve dave]

If I could just take any candidate and make them president, I would choose Cruz. He is the smartest and most principled conservative on the stage.

he hasn't won over the base ksudub 

I don't follow Ted Cruz or know much about him

[Rage Against the McKee]

I'd rather have Trump than Cruz. Also, Rubio is softening his stance on global warming. He's not the nonbeliever K-S-U wants him to be. He just doesn't think we should do anything about it.

[renocat]

Fellow MG haters it is time to quit  chewing on each other's dung portals and focus on beating the socialistic scum trying to remake America.  Stupid people who wait to find just the perfect person to marry wind up with a life long right hand romance only.  So Mark the Knife ain't perfect, but he can carve up MG like a pig going down the line at a packing plant.  Bill the Thrill is not political stupid like most of these gum flapping pundits.  He fears Rubio.

[Dugout DickStone]

I think Rubio's painful awkwardness is fading.  Which is good.

[star seed 7]

I'd rather have Trump than Cruz. Also, Rubio is softening his stance on global warming. He's not the nonbeliever K-S-U wants him to be. He just doesn't think we should do anything about it.

That's good. I don't care if a president doesn't want to do anything about global warming, because that's kinda my selfish position too, but calling it a hoax like ksuw is straight kooksville

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

I'd rather have Trump than Cruz. Also, Rubio is softening his stance on global warming. He's not the nonbeliever K-S-U wants him to be. He just doesn't think we should do anything about it.

That's good. I don't care if a president doesn't want to do anything about global warming, because that's kinda my selfish position too, but calling it a hoax like ksuw is straight kooksville

A "hoax" depends upon the mindset of the perpetrator. Do I think some people - mainly politicians - are drumming up fear about catastrophic manmade global warming for money and/or political power? Absolutely.

At the same time, I have never said that the effect of manmade carbon emissions, and human activity in general, upon our climate is not a legitimate area of scientific inquiry. I am simply skeptical of the extent to which manmade CO2 emissions are warming the planet or otherwise altering our climate. That effect could range from "none" to "a lot," but it seems so far that effect is somewhere around "really, really minimal" at most. As is the subject of the Models thread, the hypotheses predicting a greater impact on global tempertures have not born out.

Based on Rubio's quotes, I think we're in full agreement on the issue.

[star seed 7]

You think it's a hoax because you think 97 percent of scientists are lying.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I'd rather have Trump than Cruz. Also, Rubio is softening his stance on global warming. He's not the nonbeliever K-S-U wants him to be. He just doesn't think we should do anything about it.

That's good. I don't care if a president doesn't want to do anything about global warming, because that's kinda my selfish position too, but calling it a hoax like ksuw is straight kooksville

A "hoax" depends upon the mindset of the perpetrator. Do I think some people - mainly politicians - are drumming up fear about catastrophic manmade global warming for money and/or political power? Absolutely.

At the same time, I have never said that the effect of manmade carbon emissions, and human activity in general, upon our climate is not a legitimate area of scientific inquiry. I am simply skeptical of the extent to which manmade CO2 emissions are warming the planet or otherwise altering our climate. That effect could range from "none" to "a lot," but it seems so far that effect is somewhere around "really, really minimal" at most. As is the subject of the Models thread, the hypotheses predicting a greater impact on global tempertures have not born out.

Based on Rubio's quotes, I think we're in full agreement on the issue.

Do you think the temperature outside right now would be the same if there were significantly less CO2 in the atmosphere?

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

I'd rather have Trump than Cruz. Also, Rubio is softening his stance on global warming. He's not the nonbeliever K-S-U wants him to be. He just doesn't think we should do anything about it.

That's good. I don't care if a president doesn't want to do anything about global warming, because that's kinda my selfish position too, but calling it a hoax like ksuw is straight kooksville

A "hoax" depends upon the mindset of the perpetrator. Do I think some people - mainly politicians - are drumming up fear about catastrophic manmade global warming for money and/or political power? Absolutely.

At the same time, I have never said that the effect of manmade carbon emissions, and human activity in general, upon our climate is not a legitimate area of scientific inquiry. I am simply skeptical of the extent to which manmade CO2 emissions are warming the planet or otherwise altering our climate. That effect could range from "none" to "a lot," but it seems so far that effect is somewhere around "really, really minimal" at most. As is the subject of the Models thread, the hypotheses predicting a greater impact on global tempertures have not born out.

Based on Rubio's quotes, I think we're in full agreement on the issue.

Do you think the temperature outside right now would be the same if there were significantly less CO2 in the atmosphere?

Manmade C02 or all CO2? And please take you answer to the Models thread.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I'd rather have Trump than Cruz. Also, Rubio is softening his stance on global warming. He's not the nonbeliever K-S-U wants him to be. He just doesn't think we should do anything about it.

That's good. I don't care if a president doesn't want to do anything about global warming, because that's kinda my selfish position too, but calling it a hoax like ksuw is straight kooksville

A "hoax" depends upon the mindset of the perpetrator. Do I think some people - mainly politicians - are drumming up fear about catastrophic manmade global warming for money and/or political power? Absolutely.

At the same time, I have never said that the effect of manmade carbon emissions, and human activity in general, upon our climate is not a legitimate area of scientific inquiry. I am simply skeptical of the extent to which manmade CO2 emissions are warming the planet or otherwise altering our climate. That effect could range from "none" to "a lot," but it seems so far that effect is somewhere around "really, really minimal" at most. As is the subject of the Models thread, the hypotheses predicting a greater impact on global tempertures have not born out.

Based on Rubio's quotes, I think we're in full agreement on the issue.

Do you think the temperature outside right now would be the same if there were significantly less CO2 in the atmosphere?

Manmade C02 or all CO2? And please take you answer to the Models thread.

Either. It's all CO2.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

I'd rather have Trump than Cruz. Also, Rubio is softening his stance on global warming. He's not the nonbeliever K-S-U wants him to be. He just doesn't think we should do anything about it.

That's good. I don't care if a president doesn't want to do anything about global warming, because that's kinda my selfish position too, but calling it a hoax like ksuw is straight kooksville

A "hoax" depends upon the mindset of the perpetrator. Do I think some people - mainly politicians - are drumming up fear about catastrophic manmade global warming for money and/or political power? Absolutely.

At the same time, I have never said that the effect of manmade carbon emissions, and human activity in general, upon our climate is not a legitimate area of scientific inquiry. I am simply skeptical of the extent to which manmade CO2 emissions are warming the planet or otherwise altering our climate. That effect could range from "none" to "a lot," but it seems so far that effect is somewhere around "really, really minimal" at most. As is the subject of the Models thread, the hypotheses predicting a greater impact on global tempertures have not born out.

Based on Rubio's quotes, I think we're in full agreement on the issue.

Do you think the temperature outside right now would be the same if there were significantly less CO2 in the atmosphere?

Manmade C02 or all CO2? And please take you answer to the Models thread.

Either. It's all CO2.

Then your question is irrelevant, and the fact that you don't understand this shows how little you've considered the issue. Ok, enough of this crap. Let's get back to praising/dissing Rubio. If you want to keep bickering about global warming, there's a thread for that.

[Kat Kid]

The best candidates and those that would actually be good at the job in the GOP are the same and are as follows:

1. Kasich
2. Rubio
3. Bush

Cruz is a demagogue who sounds like he is running for student body president or something.

[puniraptor]

i like kasich more than i expected, and he is general E material but no chance he gets a nomination

[wetwillie]

The best candidates and those that would actually be good at the job in the GOP are the same and are as follows:

1. Kasich
2. Rubio
3. Bush

Cruz is a demagogue who sounds like he is running for student body president or something.

I used sociopath but demagogue is a much better description

[Yard Dog]

The best candidates and those that would actually be good at the job in the GOP are the same and are as follows:

1. Kasich
2. Rubio
3. Bush

Cruz is a demagogue who sounds like he is running for student body president or something.

I used sociopath but demagogue is a much better description

Other demagogues include, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Jeb Bush.

[star seed 7]

The best candidates and those that would actually be good at the job in the GOP are the same and are as follows:

1. Kasich
2. Rubio
3. Bush

Cruz is a demagogue who sounds like he is running for student body president or something.

Yes!

[Dugout DickStone]

Isn't Kaisch a flat earther?

[star seed 7]

I highly doubt it. Best flat earth candidates are carson, huckabee, and cruz.   In that order

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/258835-rubios-polling-numbers-skyrocket-in-nh

[Cire]

Rubio would be about like W. again.

[wetwillie]

Rubio would be about like W. again.

How so

[Cire]

Walking talking cliche.