A Moment of Clairvoyance
It was one of those rare moments when a candidate’s lips moved and, in the next breath, clairvoyance dawned.
The moderator at the New Hampshire debate looked across the stage at Marco Rubio and told him that Chris Christie had said he “wasn’t ready to be President.”
Rubio gave Christie the back of his hand, brushing him off in two sentences, then changing directions said: “And let’s dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing. Barack Obama is undertaking a systematic effort to change this country, to make America more like the rest of the world.”
Christie, growling like an irritated bear, poked Rubio about missing votes in the Senate, saying, “That’s not leadership, that’s truancy.” And Rubio gave Christie the back of his hand, again, saying New Jersey’s credit rating had been downgraded nine times under Christie, then added, “Let’s dispel this fiction that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He know exactly what he’s doing. He is trying to change this country. He wants America to become more like the rest of the world.”
And that’s when clairvoyance started.
Clutching the podium with one arm, Christie turned and leaned toward Rubio.“That’s what Washington, D.C. does. The drive-by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and then the memorized 25-second speech that is exactly what his advisers gave him.”
Rubio snapped back: “Chris, your state got hit by a massive snowstorm two weeks ago. You didn’t even want to go back. They had to shame you into going back…here’s the bottom line” – then Rubio did it a third time. It was eerie. His tone didn’t change. His inflection didn’t change. He repeated the same speech. And by then clairvoyance was in full throttle.
When Rubio’s lips started moving he was a bright young man and when they stopped he was a robot.
A Moment of Clairvoyance
It was one of those rare moments when a candidate’s lips moved and, in the next breath, clairvoyance dawned.
The moderator at the New Hampshire debate looked across the stage at Marco Rubio and told him that Chris Christie had said he “wasn’t ready to be President.”
Rubio gave Christie the back of his hand, brushing him off in two sentences, then changing directions said: “And let’s dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing. Barack Obama is undertaking a systematic effort to change this country, to make America more like the rest of the world.”
Christie, growling like an irritated bear, poked Rubio about missing votes in the Senate, saying, “That’s not leadership, that’s truancy.” And Rubio gave Christie the back of his hand, again, saying New Jersey’s credit rating had been downgraded nine times under Christie, then added, “Let’s dispel this fiction that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He know exactly what he’s doing. He is trying to change this country. He wants America to become more like the rest of the world.”
And that’s when clairvoyance started.
Clutching the podium with one arm, Christie turned and leaned toward Rubio.“That’s what Washington, D.C. does. The drive-by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and then the memorized 25-second speech that is exactly what his advisers gave him.”
Rubio snapped back: “Chris, your state got hit by a massive snowstorm two weeks ago. You didn’t even want to go back. They had to shame you into going back…here’s the bottom line” – then Rubio did it a third time. It was eerie. His tone didn’t change. His inflection didn’t change. He repeated the same speech. And by then clairvoyance was in full throttle.
When Rubio’s lips started moving he was a bright young man and when they stopped he was a robot.