Piranhas

As you who read this blog already know, I like Marco Rubio.  I think he is a decent, intelligent, hard-working Senator from Florida.  I would have loved to have seen Mitt Romney pick him as his running mate.  But the Democrats fear this man like the Black Plague … for they believe that he (being Cuban and speaking fluent Spanish) may begin to fracture their heretofore solid Hispanic voting bloc. This would be a disaster for the Blue-Staters and they know it.  So what to do?  Answer: marshall all your syncophants in the media and pull out all stops to destroy this man.  Use every trick in the left-wing media book, flattery followed by derision, mockery, relentless erudite criticism, snide asides, pained facial expressions, semantic twistings, and sophomoric slams.  This kind of feeding frenzy reminds me of piranhas attacking an innocent animal who might wander into the Amazon river.

And God help this man if he gives these craven media bullies any opening to attack … as Senator Rubio did after the President’s recent State of the Union message … when he stopped his rebuttal remarks to take a swig of water.  This naive gesture has become Rubio’s toe-dipping into the Amazon river and the gang of pathetic media piranhas are in full attack mode.  Maureen Dowd in the New York Times spun her flesh-noshing thusly: 

The ubiquitous 41-year-old [Rubio] — who’s on the cover of Time as “The Republican Savior” — looked as if he needed some saving himself Tuesday night as he delivered the party’s response to the State of the Union address in English (and Spanish). He seemed parched, shaky and sweaty, rubbing his face and at one point lunging off-camera to grab a bottle of water.

A little snarky, no?  But then … this is Maureen Dowd’s misandric style.  Read her whole column here: NY Times Op Ed

But this was just the opening media salvo.  MSNBC and CNN have gone well over the top to ridicule Rubio … including one of a most sickening rants by Al Sharpton I think I have ever seen on a “legimitate” new broadcast.  “Reverend” Al did his best to imitate Jon Stewart’s antics from the Daily Show, but, at best, he came off as a buffoon … see: Daily Caller Posting  Why this man is allowed on national television is beyond my ability to rationalize. (If any of you have not already seen this water-sipping gesture on Rubio’s part, it is at the end of the Daily Caller link.)

Will Senator Rubio recover?  Of course ... with time, particularly if he does not play into these piscine’s fins.  He needs to rise above such bullying and maintain his dignity.  This won’t be easy given his youth and inexperience.  But he should quickly realize that many media people are out to humble and humiliate him and, therefore, treat them accordingly.