Posted on 08/22/2013 11:53:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
OKLAHOMA CITY, August 13, 2013 ― The election of Senator Marco Rubio to the U.S. Senate in 2010 was a moment of celebration for the newly formed Tea Party movement as Rubio became known as the “Tea Party darling.”
Rubio’s stump speech about his family’s escape from Fidel Castro’s Cuba never failed to bring people to their feet. The speech reminded his listeners that America is the greatest country on earth and a beacon to the world’s oppressed.
Upon being sworn in, Rubio fought hard against Obamacare and worked to get the U.S. back on the path of economic success. He took his campaign rhetoric to the Senate floor and to news talk shows.
The federal government was wrecking the economy, and Congress had lost touch with the common people. Rubio sang the Tea Party’s tune, becoming the Tea Party poster child. When Mitt Romney became the GOP candidate, Tea Partyers wanted Rubio to be the vice-presidential nominee in 2012.
Rubio’s stance on immigration reform has now put him out of tune with the Tea Party. His participation in the gang of eight has taken him out of grace. Rather than humbly admit error and return to the fold, he went on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show to urge Americans to support the Senate’s immigration reform bill.
A friend of Rubio’s from his Tea Party honeymoon stage, political pundit Ann Coulter, has attacked him for his views on immigration reform. She isn’t alone, but he may not care. His role in immigration reform may signify the start of his 2016 presidential campaign, and he may have decided that the Tea Party won’t get him to the White House.
The conventional wisdom is that in order to win the 2016 Presidential election, Republicans must reach out to Hispanic voters...
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Zing!
Was Churchill an inveterate liar? I don’t seem to recall him losing the trust of his country by consistently lying and stabbing his people in the back. What Churchill did saved England and the world. What Rubio did could mean the end of this nation as we know it. To top it all off he lied repeatedly in order to sell his country and its people short. In no way shape or form did Churchill even come close to the Rubio’s perfidy.
Churchill may have gone against the popular will of his country. But he had the safety and security of his nation in mind when he “made mistakes.” Those kind of mistakes can easily be forgiven. But Rubio knew what he was doing when he lied to get elected. His actions were completely self serving and no mistake. He could not care less about this sovereign country.
Rubio believed that whatever he did would be forgotten by election time in 2016 and like sheep, conservatives could be herded into the polling booth to re-elect him. At the very least, he and the GOPe hoped they could use him to sell out conservatives and push amnesty across the goal line. From there they imagined that some of the newly fabricated citizens would find a way to help keep Marco in office.
That is what the filthy RINOs hoped. But conservatives are not like democrats. We don’t knuckle under and do things just because someone labeled conservative orders us to do so. Rubio is a sell out and a lying traitor. There is no coming back from that.
Your comparing Rubio to Churchill is similar to Romney comparing himself to Reagan. You make Churchill look bad in the comparison to make Rubio look better. It didn’t work when GOPe RINO Romney tried it, nor does it work when you do it.
Get out of Allen West’s Senate seat, Rubio !
I do not compare Rubio to Churchill except to make the point that the twists and turns of history and politics can revitalize stalled political careers. Otherwise, like you, I am deeply critical of Rubio on the immigration issue.
Rubio is one and done, as a Republican.
He will probably attempt to follow the footsteps of the man he “defeated” in his first election, Mr. R(ino)/I/D Charlie Crist.
The “GOPe Party” is done.
The people are rising and are not happy.
I voted for him because I trusted that he had real conservative values.
His selling U.S. Citizens’ votes and tax support to foreign criminals for their votes (therefore supporting a larger kleptocracy) has made me a staunch and permanent enemy.
Also, I'm tired of the ‘political analysis’.
Being political, it's based on lies and is usually practiced by those who are trying to make their lies effective, so none of it can be trusted.
I'll make up my own mind and pray there are enough of us to keep the U.S.A. from the brink, turn it around and reestablish Constitutional governments. My gut tells me rubio won't be part of that group.
Buuump!
He’s alienated this Tea Partier.
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