Marco Rubio at CPAC: Denying Gays the Right to Marry 'Does Not Make Me a Bigot' - VIDEO

Florida Senator Marco Rubio spoke at CPAC Thursday afternoon, Think Progress reports:

I respect people who disagree with me on certain things, but that means they have to respect me too. Just because I believe states should have the right to define marriage in a traditional way does not make me a bigot. Just because we believe that life, all human life, all life, all human life is worth of protection in every stage of its development doesn’t make you a chauvinist. In fact, the people who are actually close minded in American politics are people who love to preach about the certainty of science in regard to our climate, but ignore the absolute fact that life begins at conception.

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Jon Stewart Gets Exasperated Over the State of Our Union: VIDEO

"Water for Elephants" is the tagling The Daily Show came up with for their mockery of the Republican response to the State of the Union, and Jon Stewart is very proud of it.

Stewart did not save his exasperation for just the Republicans however, nailing Obama for promises on infrastructure and transparency, accusing him of laying out an America that loks like an “Applebee’s-laden dystopic hellscape.”

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Rachel Maddow Rips Marco Rubio's Republican 'SOTU' Response: VIDEO

Poor pathetic Marco Rubio. Rachel Maddow last night shredded his response to the State of the Union address, which was basically torn from Romney's election stump speech.

Maddow nails it:

"The Republcan's official response to Barack Obama's state of the Union was essentially a new version of the stump speech of the guy who just lost the presidential election to Barack Obama.

And the house that is the emotional centerpiece of the piece turns out is a house for sale.

And the criticism of the President's speech was not actually based on the President's speech at all.

And they had him vote no on the violence Against Women Act, with 20 other Republican guys right before he gave this speech.

And they ran a second Republican response as well after they ran this one.

And it had the same eyeball problem..."

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A Super-Cut of Marco Rubio's Dry Mouth Lip Smacking: VIDEO

I can't stop watching this super-cut of all the dry noises. Get some water. You may need it.

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Marco Rubio Jokes About His Dry Mouth Disaster: VIDEOS

Marco Rubio made the rounds this morning to talk about his response to the State of the Union address, but mainly the water.

Explained Rubio to George Stephanopoulos on GMA:

"I needed water, what am I going to do? God has a funny way of reminding us we’re human."

Said Rubio to Steve Doocy on Fox & Friends:

"My mouth got dry, and I had to get some water. You know, when you give a speech on a podium and the water is right there,  but when you don’t, you start looking around thinking, 'Where am I going to get the water?' I figured I was better off just taking that water and taking the hit for it then being unable to pronounce my words. It’d been a long day at work, we’d already done an 18-minute recording in Spanish — and you know, my mouth got dry, what can I say? But I was happy overall with what we were able to deliver."

And Morning Joe called it a "cheap shot" but then said Rubio had "performance issues".

Said Mika Brzezinski:

"I think there were performance issues. These things happen when you don’t really know what you’re saying or believe what you’re saying or feel what you’re saying."

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Senator Marco Rubio is Very, Very Thirsty: VIDEO

Marco Rubio delivered the Republican response to the State of the Union address this evening, with a very, very, very dry mouth.

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