Krauthammer: If Rubio Refuses to Be Romney's Veep 'He’ll Find a Horse’s Head in His Bed'
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Friday used a famous "Godfather" movie reference to dramatize what will happen if Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) were to turn down Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's possible request to be his running mate.
Appearing on PBS's Inside Washington, Krauthammer said, "If he says he doesn’t want the office, he’ll find a horse’s head in his bed. The next day he will accept” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
When host Gordon Peterson brought up some new polls concerning who Romney should pick as his running mate, he mentioned how “Rubio keeps saying, ‘No thanks.’”
When Krauthammer got his turn to respond, he said, “If Rubio passes the vetting process, assuming he does, I think he’s the obvious choice. And if he says he doesn’t want the office, he’ll find a horse’s head in his bed. The next day he will accept.”
As his fellow panelists laughed, Krauthammer continued, “Romney’s not going to take no for an answer. We have ways we Republicans.”
Yeah, that'll do it.
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Rubio
Submitted by Jersey Girl on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 1:30pm.
Kraut needs to get out of the beltway every now and then or stop smoking wackky tobackky.
Ummm..... Does Marco Rubio
Submitted by eaglescout1998 on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 2:11pm.
Ummm..... Does Marco Rubio even meet the standard of "natural born citizen"? He is, after all, an anchor baby.
At this point, after the Boy
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 2:13pm.
At this point, after the Boy Baraka debacle (hell, his own lawyer recently admitted that his latest birth certificate is fake!!!), it shouldn't even matter........................but - Rubio is a REPUBLICAN!!!!!
Can you provide
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 9:40pm.
one or two links on that? I hadn't heard about Du Bumblers lawyer.
I read it on a link here at
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 5:24am.
I read it on a link here at NewsBusters..............a day or two ago...........posted by the legendary Dave. It had a couple of photos and some transcribed text - looked pretty authentic to me. I can't remember which thread it was, but it was very recent.
If Rubio doesn't meet the
Submitted by ampul man on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 5:18am.
If Rubio doesn't meet the standard, neither does Obama, putting aside the issues of his birthplace and (so-called) birth certificate.
CNN, the Clinton News Network---Bill decides; Hill reports
Rubio born in Miami
Submitted by raz0r on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 9:04am.
He isn't an anchor baby. His parents emigrated to US in the 1950s. He was born in Miami in 1971.
Rubio WILL be labeled a
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 2:11pm.
Rubio WILL be labeled a 'white hispanic' by the press, in an effort to downplay his 'multi-culteralism'...........if he becomes the VP candidate.
Charles...What the he!! ??
Submitted by ex buff e-dub on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 2:47pm.
Charles...What the he!! ??
Not to be a wet blanket....
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 3:08pm.
But there are polls which show Rubio might not help Romney, even in Florida.
And let's face it, Romney's VP pick is going to be poll-tested to death.
You're More A Cement Overshoe
Submitted by stratman on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 5:15pm.
PPP poll also says Allen West would expand Obama's lead to a ten point spread - a worse effect than Rubio on the ticket.
The hunt is now afoot. Polls can change.
He'll probably pick some Rino
Submitted by ampul man on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 5:20am.
He'll probably pick some Rino stiff.
CNN, the Clinton News Network---Bill decides; Hill reports
So, have we gotten to the
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 5:31pm.
So, have we gotten to the point where you can't tell a joke anymore, even one as innocuous as that one?
Natural Born Citizen
Submitted by zeestephen on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 5:42pm.
Why do we not have a definitive legal explanation for what "natural born Citizen" means in the Constitution?
Clearly it means something.
Senators and Representatives are only required to be "Citizens."
The president is required to be a "natural born Citizen."
The Constitution is not known for superfluous language.
Why is there such indifference to this issue?
Good Presidential Debate Question For Obama
Submitted by zeestephen on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 5:50pm.
Mr. President, you are widely acknowledged as a Constitutional scholar.
What is the difference between a "Citizen" and a "natural born Citizen?"
Can you image
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 9:42pm.
the dancing that that question would elicit?
"Natural born citizen"
Submitted by celator on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 9:35am.
"Natural born citizen" depends on which presidential candidate or office holder needs his/her ox gored, it would seem.
If you read the history of the legal opinions and interpretations of the meaning of "natural born citizen", your head will spin right off your neck. They'll be taking you away in a straight jacket. I think where I come out after reading through some of these papers is that both your parents have to be US citizens are the time of your birth, wherever they are living at the time.
But who knows if that's right or would prevail in court? Both Chester Arthur and Obama have a parent who was not a US citizen at the time of the candidate's run for president. So there you go.
OK Chuck
Submitted by KornKing on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 9:59pm.
Rubio not on the short list OR the long list
Here ya go
Portman-DeMint-Thune-Jindal-Perry-Johanns
Rubio who?
Submitted by UpChuck.Liberals on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 10:46pm.
I'm not thrilled about Mittens, I'm even less thrilled about Marco Rubio. WE already have one wet behind the ears kid in the White House, we don't need another. Rubio may turn out to be good, but to force him into this race is flat out stupid. But then the Republican Elite aren't know for their intelligence. They keep leaning more and more to the Left.
I can see the headlines screaming across the conservative
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 1:04am.
blogosphere if this were a lib columnist rather than Krauthammer:
Obama Scribe Accuses Romney Of Ties To Mafia
"May Order Mob Hit On Rubio"
The repugnant administration sycophant, Joe "Lefty" Schmoe, sank to the bottom of the punditry cesspool last night
with an execrable allegation linking Mitt Romney to organized crime....
Developing...
Jer
They shoot horses, don''t they?
Submitted by CobraMan on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 2:06pm.
Ok, Jer, how would the liberals repond if Krauthammer would have said this about Biden and Obama? I think we all know who's head would be in that bed!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
John Kerry's?
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 8:16pm.
Jer
The Momon Mafia?
Submitted by CobraMan on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 2:11pm.
"If he says he doesn’t want the office, he’ll find a horse’s head in his bed. The next day he will accept."
And so enters the Mormon Mafia into American politics.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.