During last night’s debate, Governors Chris Christie, Jeb Bush and John Kasich, all struggling to stay alive in New Hampshire, decided to take aim at Sen. Marco Rubio, who came out of Iowa in third place.
Hypocrite-in-chief Christie took the lead in the attack, poking fun of Rubio’s memorized 25-second campaign sound bites. Interrupting Rubio with the line, “there it is,” every time Rubio repeated something. Christie looked foolish.
How many times have we heard Christie say he’s the only candidate who has been tested? And how about his record in sentencing terrorists as a federal prosecutor? Scripted? Sure.
As for Bush and Kasich; surely everyone knows by now what they did for the economies of their states, and their stance on national security. We’ve heard Bush talk about his love of his brother, his mother and dad. And we have repeatedly heard the stories Kasich tells about his father, who was a mailman.
Although Donald Trump didn’t attack Rubio, how often have we heard him repeat, “I love the people of … he’s a good friend of mine … he’s amazing … I’m going to make America great again.”
If ever there was a time I wish I was in the position of producing a campaign commercial it would be now, and it would be for Rubio. I would string together a series of clips of Christie’s frequently repeated and scripted boasts using Christie’s own line “there it is.”
Rubio, like every candidate, has in his quiver a favorite line or two or more they pull out an opportune time. Yes, there are some familiar Rubio scripted lines, however, he has proven to be an able extemporaneous debater.
It will be interesting to see if Christie accomplished what he set out to do. I hope not. To me, Christie is Trump Lite; no reference to their weight
