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AFTER A POLITICAL SEASON in which Republican candidates have used American Muslims as a urinal, Barack Obama visited a mosque in Baltimore Wednesday to tell these Americans "you fit right here."
AND BOY DID THAT TICK LOVABLE SCAMP MARCO RUBIO OFF. “I’m tired of being divided against each other for political reasons like this president’s done,” Rubio said.
RUBIO'S PALIN-ESQUE FOOLERY in response to Obama’s visit to a mosque is a reminder of how his campaign has become split between two impressions.
MOSTLY, BECAUSE IT WORKS IN THE PRIMARY, he’s become mini-Trump – practically sobbing when he talks about how bad Obama is and how much he just wants to punch a Muslim in the nards over it.
BUT BECAUSE HIS WHOLE CASE IS THAT HE'S THE ELECTABLE REPUBLICAN – despite being against same-sex marriage, climate science and abortion even in the case of rape – he’s also imitating another first-generation American who burst from the Senate to the presidency by virtue of his compelling oratory.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE? Barack Obama actually won the Iowa caucuses. That’s how good he is at uniting people.