Don't drink the bong agua.
Posted on 05/25/2013 11:48:04 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Rubio Can't Defend His Own Immigration Bill By Stanley Kurtz May 25, 2013 1:47 PM Comments 4
Senator Marco Rubio appeared on a special edition of the Hannity show last night on behalf of the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill, otherwise known as Schumer-Rubio. His case for the bill was unpersuasive and, at times, incoherent. You can see substantial portions of the show in three online videos.
An example of the fundamental problem comes at around 9:30–9:50 into the first video, where Rubio responds to the claim that the border security provisions of the bill are too weak and too dependent on the actions of unwilling enforcers to be trusted. Here’s my transcription of Rubio’s reply:
“The problem is that people do not trust this administration and the federal government in general to do the law. So it’s pretty straightforward and I tell this to people all the time. If we can figure out a way to write a bill that ensures that the border will be secured, I believe immigration reform will happen. If we cannot do that or fail to do that, I do not believe immigration reform can or should happen. And so really, this issue at the end of the day is about getting that part of it right.”
This was the first of several times in the broadcast that Rubio distanced himself from his own bill, refusing to defend its security provisions and at least appearing to claim instead that, as it stands at the moment, the bill is unsatisfactory and undeserving of support. Yet Rubio has been defending the bill far and wide, even appearing in an ad on its behalf–an ad that touts the bill’s security provisions.
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Or he needed to get his side something. Another likely empty promise of enforcement was never going to be enough. [This is likely why the Dims looked for a newbie on the GOP side.]
So he should have demanded something like the end to anchor babies. That is denying citizenship to someone born in the country who parents are short time residents.
Rubio is now Schumers butt boy no more no less....
Bet you dollars to donuts McCain hooked Rubio up, elder statesman and all, and Rubio bought it hook line and sinker.
McCain is probably standing in the shadows laughing. “Well, I sure came through that one without a scratch.”
Of course McCain is for it, but I think he has toned it down a bit since the last fiasco.
Rubio has now lost all support. He is now in the RINO club.
Don't drink the bong agua.
As a shyster will always sound when trying to sell the rubes a pig in a sack.
Rubio is a liar and he's treating us all as fools.
I wonder how much La Raza is paying Gangstas Ocho to get this America destroyer passed. These eight piggies are a disgrace to this country.
I make the statement above because of one immigration law that is a sacred cow to Rubio and all Cubans.
Obviously, I'm talking about the now outdated law where Cuban refugees are covered by the one foot in and you automatically become an American citizen law,even though it has been nearly 50 years since Castro took over Cuba.
Sen. Rubio won't talk about the antiquated law. He is too scared that his political career will be ruined if dares to try to repeal such a one-sided law.
On the other hand, he sees nothing wrong with trying to shove 10 to 30 million illegal immigrants down the throats of American citizens.
I say this to Rubio: If you want to be taken seriously when it comes to immigration reform, then first repeal that antiquated, unique only to Cubans law. You coward.
The Dems are ready for June , The Month of The Immigration Bill. My mute button is cleaned and ready to go .
Rubio is Post Toasties
It did not take long for the DC crowd to corrupt Rubio. He is no Tea Party
Conservative.
Whoops~
Washington, DC –Tea Party Express Chairman Amy Kremer announced today the results of the nationwide survey of Tea Party Express supporters that showed Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio the favorite vice-presidential candidate.
http://www.teapartyexpress.org/4852/senator-marco-rubio-tea-party-choice-for-vice-president
You’re blaming others for Rubio’s actions?
As a practical matter those parts of his bill I am familiar with,due to his explaining, is largely unenforceable as a practical matter. He assumes people who have already succesfully ingnored our laws are suddenly going to obey them-and pay a $2,000 fine, taxes and appear at governmental agencies to register? He is either nuts or in Bad Faith, I fear the latter.
Some “conservative” commie lib group is playing ads (over and over and over) here in Arizona on talk radio that has Rubio talking about how Americans caused this immigration mess and we need to fix it. He says we owe it to the illegal foreign nationals and need to reach out to them and “bring them out of the shadows” (because it’s our fault, not theirs). The ditz at the end muffles her voice so you can’t figure out who the sponsor of the ad is. Does anyone know which ad I’m talking about and who the people paying for the ad are? Is it a La Raza group posing as Americans?
Rubio compromised himself, he went from a shining politician sparkling with luster of promise to now coated in rust of distrust. He pulled it out, cut it off and stepped all over it. Schmucky, McAmnisty, Grahmnisty and beady eyes Reid, all DC insider establishment, used Rubio like a prophylactic and now he’s about as useful a used one. They win, as usual. Let’s hope Paul, Cruz and Lee don’t drink the same establishment kool-aid because it is very likely they too are on the DC establishment’s radar to be politically destroyed.
Everything in America moves at an accelerated pace in the new century.
Not so long ago it took one or two full terms in the US Senate for a young shooting star to reach its apogee and fall to earth.
It was expected that a certain period of time would transpire for young newcomer to go from bright-eyed innocent, full of promise and hope, to squinty-eyed veteran spouting evasive doubletalk and half-truths.
Marco Rubio has made that journey in slightly less than five months.
That is progress even a blind man can measure.
“The huge increases in migrants over the last decade were partly due to a politically motivated attempt by ministers to radically change the country and “rub the Right’s nose in diversity”, according to Andrew Neather, a former adviser to Tony Blair, Jack Straw and David Blunkett.
He said Labour’s relaxation of controls was a deliberate plan to “open up the UK to mass migration” but that ministers were nervous and reluctant to discuss such a move publicly for fear it would alienate its “core working class vote”.
As a result, the public argument for immigration concentrated instead on the economic benefits and need for more migrants.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/6418456/Labour-wanted-mass-immigration-to-make-UK-more-multicultural-says-former-adviser.html
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