Posted on 02/27/2014 2:39:08 PM PST by grundle
In this excellent 14 minute speech, Marco Rubio explains that Venezuela is turning into a Cuban-style dictatorship.
He asks what good is Cuba’s high literacy rate if the government prevents the people from reading the things that they want to read.
He asks what good is Cuba’s medical care if doctors can make more money from driving a taxi than from working as a doctor.
He asks why, if Cuba is as great as its supporters in the U.S. say it is, do so many refugees, doctors, and baseball players flee Cuba for the United States, instead of it being the other way around.
He says the reason Venezuela has a shortage of toiler paper is because communism doesn’t work.
He talks about the arrests and censorship of protestors in Venezuela.
He argues for a U.S. embargo against Venezuela, which is the only thing he says that I don’t see agree with. I think an embargo would hurt the people of Venezuela, and would make it easier for their government to censor and oppress them. I also oppose the U.S. embargo against Cuba. I think the U.S. should offer citizenship to every anti-communist citizen of Venezuela and Cuba. I think we should send lots of large ships to Cuba every day and bring back every Cuban citizen who wishes to live in the U.S. After a few months, Castro wouldn’t have anyone to rule over, because everyone would have left the country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_wKhXurFyI
Did he really say Cuba or DC?
Marco Rubio explains that THE USA is turning into a Cuban-style dictatorship
Turning into? Where’s he been??
Too busy trying to get green cards for la rasa and ms-13, that’s where.
I’m happy Rubio is so worried about Venezuela.
What about the Marxists turning the USA into an islamo-communist dictatorship?
IRS.
Persecuting Dinesh D’Souza and Ben Carson.
bkmk
Lemme tell ya, that boy is quick!!!
No more than twelve years on, and he takes a notice.
Mario, take a few steps away from Washington and look at it thru the eyes of the US Constitution and you will see that the US is becoming a cuban style dictatorship as well.
You linguini spined members of Congress and the courts have given your authorities to the illegal immigrant and his predecessors in the oval office.
Mario, maybe Jesus was thinking of you when He said: Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. (YLT)
America, too, Marco. America, too.
Great observation Marco, now whatcha think should be done about it? Embargos? Hopefully the Venezuelan protestors take a note from the Ukrainians and do violence against their enemies. Anyone who thinks you can peacfully oppose communists in power is going to wind up imprisoned or dead. C’mon Venezuelans, start tossing those molotovs and paver stones.
Rubio, now please fight against illegals in the USA.
“Marco Rubio explains that Venezuela is turning into a Cuban-style dictatorship.”
Get him to splain why he’s letting it happen here.
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