From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/17/2026 5:53 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:26:17 -0800, dart200   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/16/26 8:20 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:04:02 -0800, dart200   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2/16/26 7:43 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>> On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:48:59 -0800, dart200   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> i've been listening to the speech and my god he's so boring   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> i know he's not a boomer, but he's definitely spouting boomer grade   
   drivel   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> How quickly they forget.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> i guess one could say he's playing his craft well:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> most of the room is boomers ...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> but i think he actually believes some of it too   
   >>>   
   >>> It is hard to know what he really believes.   
   >>   
   >> i think he believe he can be president one day ???   
   >   
   > No doubt he thinks that.  Other pretenders have shown that it takes   
   > more than being filthy to become the grand old liar in chief.  A   
   > couple of govs, family members.  But is true that there is and will   
   > remain a place for a lovable enough gangster as president in the   
   > hearts and minds of half of us.   
   >   
   What half is that?   
    >   
   > Gangsters have always been folk heroes sorta in the us.   
   >   
   Pancho Villa comes to mind, Senor.   
    >   
   >>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> i'm not surprised u like it julian   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 2/14/26 3:18 AM, Julian wrote:   
   >>>>>>> ...and we should take heed. It was a love letter to Europe on   
   >>>>>>> Valentine's Day   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> The Secretary of State gave the most important speech on Western   
   >>>>>>> civilisation in a generation. He got a standing ovation. He meant every   
   >>>>>>> word. And Europe needs to hear it. We should want our interdependence,   
   >>>>>>> we should want our alliance, we should defend our civilization.   
   Together.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Marco Rubio walked into the Munich Security Conference this morning and   
   >>>>>>> did something nobody in that room expected. He made them proud to be   
   >>>>>>> Western again.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> The same conference that last year sat in stunned silence as JD Vance   
   >>>>>>> tore strips off European leaders — attacking their immigration   
   policies,   
   >>>>>>> their speech laws, their basic seriousness as allies — rose to its   
   feet   
   >>>>>>> for the Secretary of State. Not because he was soft. Because he was   
   >>>>>>> better. The substance was harder than Vance, but the architecture was   
   >>>>>>> masterful. Where Vance gave Europe a grievance to hide behind, Rubio   
   >>>>>>> took it away.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> And in doing so, he reimagined what the West could be...   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> https://mattkilcoyne.substack.com/p/rubio-reimagined-the-west-at-munich   
      
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