Rubio on Obama: Most Divisive Figure in Modern American History

Peanut Gallery: Barbara was there… described Marco Rubio as “Lincolnesque.” Re: our divisive president – he certainly has changed how I look at race, unions, the poor and government. I’ll let you decide – for better or for worse?

Rubio on Obama: Most ‘Divisive Figure in Modern American History’
10:09 AM, MAY 20, 2012 • BY DANIEL HALPER

Florida senator Marco Rubio slammed President Barack Obama in a South Carolina speech delivered last night to a large gathering of Republicans.

“For all the policy disagreements that we may have with the president, it is hard to understate how much he inspired people across this country four years ago, with his promises to unite America and lift it up,” Rubio said about Obama, referring to his 2004 DNC speech and 2008 presidential run.

But, Rubio said, President Obama has changed: “The man who today occupies the White House and is running for president is a very different person. We have not seen such a divisive figure in modern American history as we have over the last three and a half years.” Continue reading “Rubio on Obama: Most Divisive Figure in Modern American History”