Conservative political consultant and opinion writer Steve Schmidt skewers the cynical and devious Sen. Marco "Little Marco" Rubio (Sedition - FL) on the Chinese balloon incident:
"Marco Rubio believes the balloon was a deliberate provocation aimed at showing the world that America is a decaying superpower that will never meet its treaty obligations and defend Taiwan, Japan, Korea or the Philippines. The proof of this is the helplessness of America as the balloon floated overhead. Rubio’s position seems to be rooted in pretending the balloon wasn’t actually shot down — which of course it was. [snip]
Maybe the 'decline' Rubio is talking about is evidenced by Rubio talking. Maybe the 'decline' that the Chinese were watching was America’s political and media ‘decline.' Maybe they wanted to see the stupidity play out second by second like an MRI scanning a body injected with contrast dye. Maybe they wanted to settle a debate between two factions of American observers and predictors who disagreed on how we would respond. One thing is for sure: whatever side bet on stupid, won big. [snip]
Once again, a serious matter has been taken and twisted into kernels of imbecility by an American politician who routinely lies, dissembles and accuses his opponents of being enemies, while treating adversaries with delusion and disregard. Marco Rubio must astound the Chinese government, which can’t imagine that he would be a person who leads a committee on which the most sensitive secrets of the nation are required to be disclosed. No doubt, they won’t be the first to be amazed by the reality that, in America, anything is possible." (our emphasis)
Little Marco will never be a leader of his party nor President, yet he still behaves as though his "opinions" are taken as anything other than political hackery.
(photo: Take a seat, Marco. Elizabeth Franz / Concord Monitor)
