Posted on 02/09/2011 4:42:57 PM PST by Mozilla
Al Cardenas is one of Miami's top political insiders. He's a former two-term chair of the state GOP, and a former member of the nation-wide Executive Committee of the Republican Party. The guy even gave Marco Rubio his first break in politics. The Cuban-American has just been named the president of the influential American Conservative Union, and while he's about as Republican as they come, some insiders are gasping that he may not be conservative enough.
Cardenas, now a prominent Miami lawyer and lobbyist who previously served as the group's treasurer, will be the ACU's first new president in more than a quarter century as former head David Keene is leaving to become president of the National Rifle Association.
While he didn't face any opposition, an anonymous ACU board member told World Net Daily that he feared Cardenas wasn't conservative enough and didn't show much dedication to social conservative policy. The organization is also in something of a state of financial turmoil.
"From what I understand Cardenas is the insider's choice, and he looks to be unopposed," the the board member dished. "I want to see reform. It's frustrating to see a fig leaf rather than somebody who's going to implement the reforms needed at ACU. Selecting Cardenas is like papering over the problems ACU has, some of which are fundamental."
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No. This is a little group of open-borders RINOs, NRA members who support Democrats and muslim lovers like Grover Norquist. They are FAUX conservatives.
Right. It is Rino and establishment supported.
Friends of the Bushes, Mel Martinez, Connie Mack the IV, Crist, McCain, Graham-nesty, Grover Abdul Norquist and Rubio (who was against the AZ law before he was for it).
A Miami Lawyer??? Does Not sound Good! Why don’t we have a say here?
Exactly!
Another interesting tidbit about Cardenas is that his law firm is defending a foreclosure king, named David J. Stern.
Republicans just don’t need more ties to the subprime mess and foreclosures.
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