Posted on 12/23/2015 7:49:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Marco Rubio may be the most gifted natural politician to come out of the GOP since Ronald Reagan. But the GOP base seems in no mood to rally around a principled conservative who happens also to be an optimist. That may change, but it hasn't yet. The problem is, Rubio is competing in a primary with two demagogues willing to say pretty much anything to win; several other candidates long on experience but with little personal appeal; and one neurosurgeon who should stick to medicine.
Donald Trump tapped into a deep well of anger in the Republican grassroots, driven by fear and insecurity. Trump tossed red meat to the angriest among them, raising the specter of Mexicans crossing the border to steal jobs and rape women, of Chinese cheating us on trade, of Muslims all wishing we were dead and many willing to kill us if allowed in.
Now Ted Cruz is trying to dip into that same well, with twice the intellect but half the charm of Donald Trump. Cruz would like the nativist wing of the party to feel he's no different from Trump on immigration -- and that he's always been there with them.
Cruz no doubt hopes his listeners won't check out statements he made in 2013, when he offered amendments to Sen. Rubio's bill that would have granted legal status to most illegal immigrants. He told NPR in June 2013, "11 million who are here illegally would be granted legal status once the border was secured -- not before -- but after the border was secured, they would be granted legal status. And indeed, they would be eligible for permanent legal residency."(continued)
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I am now officially adding Linda Chavez to my “Dumb as a box of hair” list.
Linda has long be pro-amnesty. I seem to remember that she was caught in a scandal having to do with an illegal immigrant years ago.
Sure thing, Ms Chavez!
NOTHING to do with RUBIO being Latino, right?
Fine with me, provided the party replacing the neo-Whigs is better than the GOPe, which wouldn’t be hard.
Only NOW!?
I disagree ..... While a somewhat , fairly decent U.S. Senator , Rubio has got that politician’s avarice thing going . He wants the career , the fame , the name , and will say and/or do anything to achieve his personal goals . Once in power I do believe he would give away the store to his ethnic base ; Latinos
We do not need a more Latinoized USA than it is already . We need immigrants that are both Legal and Loyal , if they are neither , they need to go . ASAP . I do not see that as a Rubio priority whatsoever .
Reagan inspired millions. Rubio inspires nobody. I don’t get the “gifted” part at all — seems like just another weaselly used car salesman type to me.
If Rubio is the future of the GOP it’s going to be as the head of a minority party in American politics. The Democrats will remain as is. Conservatives will form their own party and become the Democrats main opposition, and what’s left of the GOP will become as insignificant as the Libertarians and other third parties.
Ditto.
Whatcha smokin’ Linda? Or does the love of pandering to illegals just come naturally?
Given her political history, I would say it’s natural.
“Rubio Is the Future of the GOP.”
ZZZzzzzzzzz.....
She thinks he’s “a principled conservative”?
In what alternate universe?
So was Yeb. Sometimes these things, well, they just don’t seem to work out.
Rubio Is the Future of the GOP
Let’s hope not.
Trash not worthy of repetition on FR.
Marco will never get the stench off his shoes for stepping into the gang of 8.
Marco has been video taped telling Hispanic audiences one thing in Spanish and telling his English speaking audiences something else. That impacts his credibility.
Believe he will secure the border? Doubtful.
Believe he will build the fence? LOL, yeah right.
Believe he will add substantially more border guards? Doubtful.
I am now officially adding Linda Chavez to my “Dumb as a box of hair” list.
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Nah, she’s not dumb. She’s just (either officially or unofficially) a spokesperson for La Raza and for the Cheap Labor Express Chamber of Commerce. It’s all about the benjamins (and the racial politics).
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