Marco Rubio Is the New Barack Obama

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Monday, November 16, 2009 at 8:55 am

Blogger Jordan Carmon catches Marco Rubio’s upstart Senate campaign putting together an ad against Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) — his opponent in the 2010 GOP primary — that looks and sounds exactly like a hard-hitting ad then-presidential candidate Barack Obama ran against Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in 2008.

After the jump, check out the ads.

First, Rubio:

Now, Obama:

Notice that the equivalent of the picture with Bush is a picture of Crist with Obama.

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All Hail Rubio! Defender of Purity! Bringer of Light! All Hail Rubio!


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