Tony Kornheiser: Rubio Falling for Prank as Eight-Year-old Disqualifies Him To Be President

Obama Pal Kornheiser: Rubio’s Story of Gullibility at 8 Years Old ‘Disqualifies’ Him (NewsBusters)

On Tuesday’s Washington D.C. ESPN 980’s “The Tony Kornheiser Show,” host and Obama golfing buddy Tony Kornheiser let fly with an inferno of silly in reaction to Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) announcement that he intends to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

He referenced a Father’s Day 2014 article Rubio wrote for The Daily Caller on why American families need strong fathers. In it, Rubio shared a touching story about how, when he was 8 years old, his father used to call him on the phone and pretend to be Hall of Fame Dolphins coach Don Shula, reminding him that if he didn’t wear the leg braces his doctor had told him to wear, the future Senator would not be able to come play ball for him when he was older.

According to Kornheiser, the fact that an 8 year old Marco Rubio couldn’t distinguish between his dad and legendary Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula automatically disqualifies him from being president.