# I don’t like Marco Rubio (and most of Trump’s other Cabineteers) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 12, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913 "2026-11-12T16:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/21 "2026-11-12T22:32:49Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > \*my favorite photo of Rubio is the one where he’s uncomfortably sporting the badly-fitting Florsheim shoes that Donald reportedly bought for his Cabinet members, and which they were afraid not to wear, The Shoes photos will be hard for Little Marco to overcome—not to mention the damage done by the Little Marco moniker. The right likes its candidates to seem at least marginally Dominant and Strong, and those traits are not called to mind by clown shoes. Pundit Mona Charen has a good takedown of Rubio, published today: > [@](#): > > You hear the hopeful sighs among certain Republicans looking to move past Donald Trump and seeing JD Vance mired in quicksand. _Maybe Rubio could be the future? He has MAGA credibility but without the cutthroat affect of JD or DeSantis. He was confirmed 99–0 in the Senate. He’s Hispanic. He’s clearly not full MAGA._ > …Let’s consider the ways in which he has permanently stained his character. … > **[Never Rubio](https://www.thebulwark.com/p/never-rubio)** > > He has disqualified himself from national service. (For what it’s worth, I’d support a thread-title change to something less violent-sounding.) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/22 "2026-11-12T22:38:09Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > the Ds are adept at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. So original. > [@Gordon\_G](#): > > Kalshi prediction market I’m not familiar with their paradigm. Does someone set those odds, or are they just the current betting line from all bettors, or something else? Personally, I do not rate the intelligence or perspicacity of Kalshi bettors enough to pay attention to. They are gamblers, are they not? That makes most of them losers. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/23 "2026-11-12T22:43:02Z")
Haven’t those poor people suffered _enough_? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/24 "2026-11-12T23:42:15Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The Shoes photos will be hard for Little Marco to overcome—not to mention the damage done by the Little Marco moniker. He should ask this guy about the power of images, even ones that look innocuous when taken. [![](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-bostonglobe.s3.amazonaws.com/public/T2VVI5A5VUI6JACWQGLYDV5I6U.jpg) ](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-bostonglobe.s3.amazonaws.com/public/T2VVI5A5VUI6JACWQGLYDV5I6U.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/25 "2026-11-13T00:11:37Z")
Agreed. He may get on the ticket, but I doubt if he’ll be elected. Of course, we’ve said that before about other candidates. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/26 "2026-11-14T20:36:41Z")
I’ll wonder for the rest of my life: why didn’t he just wear extra pairs of socks?!? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/27 "2026-11-14T20:39:47Z")
Why doesn’t Marco Rubio just wear an extra pair of socks so that the oversized shoes fit better? I wonder why doesn’t he just buy the same type of shoe in the correct size. That’s what I would have done. I think the [Florsheim shoes](https://www.florsheim.com/shop/style/13384-005.html) that Donald Trump was buying for people cost something like $150 a pair, which isn’t even all that expensive. And Googling, all Florsheim shoes are made overseas, “in Cambodia, China, India, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.” Ironic that Trump doesn’t support a domestic producer. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/28 "2026-11-14T21:07:18Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > He should ask this guy about the power of images, even ones that look innocuous when taken. Definitely. Dukakis wouldn’t have posed for that picture if he’d known it would be interpreted in a way _opposite_ to what he’d hoped. The ‘_Resolute Manliness_’ he’d hoped to convey was seen instead as ‘_little guy incongruously sticking out of giant tank, looking like a poseur_.’ The right DOES insist on Resolute Manliness. And, again, Clown Shoes does **not** cut it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/29 "2026-11-14T21:23:00Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I wonder why doesn’t he just buy the same type of shoe in the correct size. Because he’s a Cheap-Ass Stupid-Shit Little Cowardly Weasel. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/30 "2026-11-14T21:53:00Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Ironic that Trump doesn’t support a domestic producer. Same with all the shabby MAGA merch garbage. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/31 "2026-11-14T22:56:44Z")
I don’t think there’s enough meat there to be worth firing up the grill for. Maybe cut the ears off and fry them up for Mike Tyson. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/32 "2026-11-14T23:54:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Ironic that Trump doesn’t support a domestic producer. You misspelled predictable. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/33 "2026-11-15T02:42:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Because he’s a Cheap-Ass Stupid-Shit Little Cowardly Weasel. ChASSLCW? Need to work on that! ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/34 "2026-11-15T06:58:07Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > How did those prediction markets do in terms of projecting the results of the election this month? > > [Supposedly they did well](https://www.wgcu.org/elections/2026-11-10/prediction-markets-gambled-on-political-bets-for-the-general-election-and-found-it-payed-off), with a few glaring exceptions (both Polymarket and Kalshi had Darline Graham winning the S. Carolina Senate race, Greg Abbott taking the Texas Governor’s contest, and the Republican winning the Senate seat from Mississippi). ??? Prediction markets develop **probabilities** , not yes/no decisions. If you take an ensemble of 70/30 predictions, the prediction market performs well when 30% of those underdogs succeed. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/35 "2026-11-15T07:17:05Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Ironic that Trump doesn’t support a domestic producer. > > Same with all the shabby MAGA merch garbage. There, there, don’t cry. The overpriced gold-painted Trump watch advertised as “Made in USA” ended up made in China, but it was “Made with American values.” And just like the 1918 Inverted Jenny postage stamp, which is priced as high as $2 Million, the lucky watch buyers with ‘TRUMP’ misspelled on their watches may see the value of their keepsakes soar up to Tens of dollars. The $TRUMP meme “coins” had a market cap of $72 billion at its peak. Abe Lincoln never did that. Mother Teresa never did that. Tulipomania never did that. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/36 "2026-11-15T16:55:42Z")
[Moderating] Thread title changed at OP’s request. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/37 "2026-11-15T17:05:46Z")
So after the biggest “we fucking hate this administration” election in 50 years you’re dooming about the GOP winning the next presidential election? Go touch some grass. Also, both Kalshi and Polymarket have Ossoff as the favorite and Vance over Rubio among republicans. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/38 "2026-11-15T17:37:02Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > The overpriced gold-painted Trump watch advertised as “Made in USA” ended up made in China, but it was “Made with American values.” As was the overpriced, gold-painted trump phone. I guess ‘Made with American values’ means ‘manufactured in a country with cheap child labor in order to maximize profit margins’. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/39 "2026-11-15T17:46:32Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think the [Florsheim shoes](https://www.florsheim.com/shop/style/13384-005.html) that Donald Trump was buying for people cost something like $150 a pair, which isn’t even all that expensive. > > And Googling, all Florsheim shoes are made overseas, “in Cambodia, China, India, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.” Ironic that Trump doesn’t support a domestic producer. But a proper pair of Wisconsin-made Allen Edmonds oxfords are $400 list, $250 on sale. Plus he’s likely disconnected enough to think Florsheim’s still a class American brand. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913/40 "2026-11-15T17:52:49Z")
> [@solost](#): > > in order to maximize profit margins’. There’s nothing more American than that! 🫡 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-marco-rubio-and-most-of-trump-s-other-cabineteers/1034913.md?page=3)