Posted on 06/17/2012 3:18:19 PM PDT by Steelfish
June 17, 2012 Rubio: GOP Has Work To Do To Win Over Hispanics
Marco Rubio says, "I'm not going to be the vice-president."
He can deny it all he wants, but there's no denying that a lot of people think the Senator could be Mitt Romney's running-mate.
When asked by O'Donnell if, at age 41 and in his second year in the Senate, he thinks he is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency, Rubio replied, "Well, look, I have a job now, and I certainly feel like I'm qualified to be in the United States Senate. Like anything you do in life, you learn. So certainly I feel that I'm better prepared to be in the Senate today than I was a year ago."
Maybe he's seen as too young for this election cycle. But in Marco Rubio, many conservatives, not to mention Tea Party supporters, have a new hero - one who is personable, seemingly unflappable, and could wind up helping to broaden the Republican base with Hispanic voters.
"You've been called the Tea Party Senator; first of all, do you like that name?" asked O'Donnell.
"I have no problem being associated with the Tea Party," Rubio said. "But I can only tell you what I stand for. And I think the things that I stand for, and I think the things the Republican Party should and does stand for, are very mainstream positions."
Those positions are strongly conservative, right down the line. Abortion rights? "I'm pro-life," he says. "I believe life begins at conception."
President Obama's Affordable Care Act? "I think it should be repealed and replaced."
Entitlement reform? "I think it's essential. I want to save Medicare. My mom's on Medicare."
Understanding Rubio requires a visit to West Miami, the heavily-Cuban immigrant community where.....
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“European-Americans aren’t the largest growing ethnic group in America. Hispanics are. By 2050, half the country will be Hispanic and whoever wants to win elections will need a sizable percentage of their votes. “
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So we set them aside as yet another, special, hyphenated group that we need to cater to, and strive to “win over”, just because they are growing faster than any other groups?
NO one should have their allegedly “special” needs catered to, but by your numbers logic, the fact that whites are STILL the largest demographic group, means that in purely crass, cynically political terms, Rubio should be worried about THIEIR needs.
The problem is (and Rubio knows this and is actually a big part of the problem), whites don’t set themselves up as a demographic that needs to be bribed with special treatment.
Rubio’s racist double standard is the type of destructive thinking that is destroying this country.
The source of these supposed quotes is SEE BS which will misquote and flat out lie about what any GOPer has said .
I have no idea if any of these quotes are true or not.
Rubio and the entire GOP need to hire a very tough and ugly PR firm NOW .
They need to be organized and stop these misquotes and off message comments.
The Obama state media outlets sets them up because they have zero PR strategy.
And they do not get real ugly when there words are twisted.
That is the thing that infuritates me the most with statements like Rubio’s. They see themselves as so special and deserving of being treated differently than everyone else. The laws that I live by are too harsh for Hispanics, they must be excepted from those laws, or at least that is what he seems to mean.
Am I missing something here?
Nice spin. It will not work on FR.
Rubio has spoken on this issue many, many times.
He’s an apologist for Hispanics everywhere in the U.S. He is not alone, as other Hispanics, such as Governor Martinez of New Mexico, has stated things which are definitely not conservative when it comes to the Hispanic demographic.
They see everyone as equal except that Hispanic people are little bit more equal and should be treated different and better.
Senator Rubio, before you worry about reaching out to Hispanics, the GOP better reach out to the Tea Party. With Romney, the GOP has one last chance. If they don't come through, you'll see the Tea Party replace the GOP. Take your RINO's and go, set my people free.
I am so over Rubio. This guy is not going to restore the constitutional republic.
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