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Marco Rubio: Mitt Romney is no Charlie Crist
Tampa Bay Times ^ | 1-24-12 | Marc Caputo

Posted on 01/24/2012 4:14:48 PM PST by Anti-Hillary

Newt Gingrich's decision today to bash Mitt Romney for hiring former Charlie Crist loyalists and employees doesn't seem to be sitting well with Sen. Marco Rubio, who drove Crist out of the Republican Party before beating him at the polls in 2010.

Said Rubio: "Mitt Romney is no Charlie Crist. Romney is a conservative. and he was one of the first national Republican leaders to endorse me. He came to Florida, campaigned hard for me, and made a real difference in my race."


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KEYWORDS: rinorubio; rubio; rubio4romney; traitorrubio
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To: Godebert

Well I guess that puts the subject to bed. They didn’t become citizens before he was born so, he’s not NBC, and therefore, not qualified for president.


101 posted on 01/24/2012 6:34:50 PM PST by Waryone (Mitt Romney, the father of gay marriage and socialized medicine in the US, is a lying socialist)
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To: stormhill
Nothing gets done without these annoying micro alliances that we never hear about. I've been avoiding saying this, but at some point we need to grow up a little.

Amen, and it's not just true of politics. Its true at every level of business or industry. It's called relationships and it drives every aspect of the grown up world. Maybe that's the problem, I said the grown up world....

102 posted on 01/24/2012 6:35:38 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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To: Anti-Hillary
Mitt Romney is no Charlie Crist.
- mostly TRUE - Charlie Crist is even worse.

Romney is a conservative
- FALSE - Mitt Romney is not a conservative, but he did work in the private sector.
103 posted on 01/24/2012 6:38:01 PM PST by Maurice Tift (You can't stop the signal, Mal. You can never stop the signal.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
Context context context

Slap me with a wet fish.
We're trying to dethrone a Marxist psychopath and all we can do is argue about who's the most conservative?

People! Let's get some perspective here.

104 posted on 01/24/2012 6:41:17 PM PST by stormhill
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To: GR_Jr.

We’ll see, if he’s going to endorse anyone now would be the time to do so. He may instead try to play both sides, like a politician would.


105 posted on 01/24/2012 6:44:27 PM PST by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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To: jwalsh07
“Not that I support Romney because I don’t but could you explain why a liberal backed a conservative over a liberal who was the overwhelming favorite at the time?”

Pardon me for butting in, but I will happily answer your question, as a long time Florida resident and voter.

Charlie Crist was NEVER a Republican favorite, much less an “overwhelming favorite” at any time, in any mind but his own, and other former Democrats who cowardly abandoned their party to socialists and communists.
RINOs have been dropping like dead flies for a reason.

106 posted on 01/24/2012 7:08:37 PM PST by sarasmom
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To: dforest
-->>There is nothing classy about a conservative pumping up a RINO establishment candidate.

Maybe it was just being respectful. I don't know.
In the political world, things are strange.

107 posted on 01/24/2012 7:09:13 PM PST by Christie at the beach
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To: Waryone
"Well I guess that puts the subject to bed. They didn’t become citizens before he was born so, he’s not NBC, and therefore, not qualified for president."

Are you talking about Santorum? If so, what is your source?

108 posted on 01/24/2012 7:11:33 PM PST by Godebert (NO PERSON EXCEPT A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN!)
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To: PAConservative1

I thought he was something of a protege of Jeb Bush?

I’ve always reserved any judgment on him pending that working its way out or not.


109 posted on 01/24/2012 7:13:05 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Anti-Hillary

I’m not turning on Rubio for this.


110 posted on 01/24/2012 7:16:06 PM PST by DNA.2012
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To: Anti-Hillary

Where was Gingrich during the 2010 elections? Apart from consulting.

At least Rove and others put their PAC’s to use and campaigned for conservative candidates?


111 posted on 01/24/2012 7:16:06 PM PST by GregH
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To: ducttape45

“Marco Rubio is wrong. Anyone else beside me glad he’s not in this race after making a statement like that?”

Yes.


112 posted on 01/24/2012 7:17:12 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Anti-Hillary

The problem is not that Romney is Charlie Christ, it is that he used to be Charlie Christ and only convieniently became Ronald Reagan the day after he left elected office and started running for president. Now, we have no idea what he would be when elected, other than the man who invented Obamacare.


113 posted on 01/24/2012 7:19:05 PM PST by NavVet ("You Lie!")
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

:-)


114 posted on 01/24/2012 7:19:19 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: G Larry

“Defending yourself or attacking Mitt are wastes of time!”

I think Bush 2 took that position as well.

That ‘high road’ led to Obama.

Genghis Khan knew how to deal with enemies. Bush 2 did not.


115 posted on 01/24/2012 7:21:53 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Anti-Hillary

Not a surprise. When Rubio refused to support Arizona 1070 I knew he was no conservative.


116 posted on 01/24/2012 7:22:33 PM PST by Pelham (Vultures for Romney. We pluck your carcass)
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To: SoConPubbie

Accurate and concise post, sir.


117 posted on 01/24/2012 7:25:51 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: nurse-rn

Bingo, we always have to be watching what they do.


118 posted on 01/24/2012 7:27:14 PM PST by ducttape45
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To: womanvet

“I never understood the fascination with Rubio “

He benefits from the current Republican love affair with latinos. A lot of conservatives who drink GOP koolaid were quick to jump on the Rubio bandwagon.


119 posted on 01/24/2012 7:27:37 PM PST by Pelham (Vultures for Romney. We pluck your carcass)
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To: Psalm 144

Thank you.


120 posted on 01/24/2012 7:27:43 PM PST by ducttape45
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