Posted on 06/15/2012 11:02:07 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
A GOP senator on the short list to be Mitt Romney's running mate is applauding President Obama's move to forgo deportations for some illegal immigrants.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said the more lenient policy is "welcome news" for those immigrants who will benefit, though he was quick to knock the administration for acting unilaterally.
“Today’s announcement will be welcome news for many of these kids desperate for an answer, but it is a short term answer to a long term problem," the Cuban-American Rubio said in a statement. "And by once again ignoring the Constitution and going around Congress, this short term policy will make it harder to find a balanced and responsible long term one.”
Rubio's comments are a stark contrast to those coming from other Republicans, who are blasting the new rules as a threat to U.S. jobs and possibly illegal.
Rubio's remarks also further complicate the position of GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who took a hard conservative stance against illegal immigrants amid the heat of the GOP primary but is now searching for ways to soften that stance in order to appeal to Hispanic voters, who will be vital in a number of swing states.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Count me in that group. I gave his staffers a piece of my mind this morning.
Hey you sexy guy....I hope that “short list” just got shorter! Rubio is toast now.
Send Rubio a message by removing Hatch from office at the end of the month!
No more compromise with liberals!!!
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said the more lenient
policy is "welcome news" for thoseimmigrants
Criminal Illegal Aliens who will benefit,If Mittens picks Rubio as VP, he is toast !!!
what is with these guys that love mexican illegals more than the citizens of the US
just goes to show you can’t trust minorities with power .. .het favor their own above the law....
Rubio has always been a pretty boy traitor. I have NEVER trusted him.
what is with these guys that love mexican illegals more than the citizens of the US
Just goes to show you can’t trust minorities with power .. .they favor their own above the law....
What a joke.
Rubio is playing right into Obamas’ “Rope a dope” strategy.
I am vindicated!
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2895650/posts
Allen West Blasts Obama Overriding Congress on Dream Act as ‘Rule by Edict’
Friday, June 15, 2012 12:47:16 PM · 23 of 34
MestaMachine to Dick Bachert
You are right, of course, BUT if, I repeat, IF the republicans are upset about this, it is ONLY because obama stole their playbook, (via Rubio,) to try and capture some of the latino vote. THAT little game is now dead in the water. The republicans will do nothing. If they do, or try to, it would be hypocritical in the extreme because they had intended to do exactly the same thing.
They were skunked.
Voice of practicality here, and flame if you want, because I’m leaving town:
This is going to happen.
GOP might as well agree like Rubio did and take some of the political credit from Obama. That’s why he’s doing this, politics. He doesn’t care about hispanics or any of us.
The bigger issue, which should be screamed by Republicans, is that Obama has no respect for separation of powers or the Constitution, that he’s a power-grabber. That might resonate.
And it’s legitimate. No telling what he’ll do between November and January 20 if he loses.
Well, isn’t that lovely. A sitting Senator cheering on the Dictator.
I guess the Senator is more concerned with “his people” rather than a illegal edict passed down on high from a usurping dictator.
Let’s just disband congress and SCOTUS altogether they are apparently not needed any longer.
Hey hot stuff...
Yeah, Rubio should officially be off the veep list now. Damn, I liked him before this, but I won’t support ANY candidate that’s soft on foreign invaders.
Agenda driven, regardless of laws...lack of respect for the constitution.
Since Rubio puts Cuban before American perhaps he would like to join Castro in his country of origin. He seems to have no problem with dictators.
Break immigration laws...get rewarded.
Jump ahead of those waiting and playing by the rules...get rewarded.
Anyone with half a brain KNOWS this is just a play by Obama to (abusing the executive order privilege AGAIN) to lock in Mexican votes (legal and illegal) for Novmember.
Rubio just made a fool of himself. He should have recognized what this was about, and just STFU. Obama does not give a damn about Mexican immigrants — only thier votes.
What a disgusting sham -— like everything else that Obama does to America.
That's because he's expecting Obama to set aside the Natural Born Citizen requirement for the Presidency next.
I just wonder if whites will ever wake up?
“Rubio just made a fool of himself. He should have recognized what this was about, and just STFU.”
No Rubio just REVEALED himself (for those too stupid not to have figured it out before) that he has no respect for the rule of law and will put “his people” above all else.
I’m not sure that any of you read the original quote. Rubio said it was “welcome news” to those kids; not to Americans, Republicans, or him.
This pro-illegal attitude is exactly why Rubio is not suitable as a VP pick.
I’m not sure that any of you read the original quote. Rubio said it was “welcome news” to those kids; not to Americans, Republicans, or him.
I doubt our forefathers envisioned a concerted effort by the political class, unencumbered by ideological differences, to transform the nation into the United States of Taco Stand.
Rubio cannot come back from that comment in my eyes.
Done
Here’s Rubio’s statement:
http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=c5c8bdbf-b1bd-45be-8ca0-08003d751733
Senator Rubio Comments On Today’s DHS Announcement
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement by the Department of Homeland Security regarding its immigration enforcement policies:
“There is broad support for the idea that we should figure out a way to help kids who are undocumented through no fault of their own, but there is also broad consensus that it should be done in a way that does not encourage illegal immigration in the future. This is a difficult balance to strike, one that this new policy, imposed by executive order, will make harder to achieve in the long run.
“Today’s announcement will be welcome news for many of these kids desperate for an answer, but it is a short term answer to a long term problem. And by once again ignoring the Constitution and going around Congress, this short term policy will make it harder to find a balanced and responsible long term one.”
Oh, we are awake alright. Our eyes have been stitched wide open, but our hands are tied behind our backs by BOTH parties.
We ought to know by now the logic behind having an actual, unquestionable US citizen as president, in case it wasn’t clear as a bell before this current mess.
“Today’s announcement will be welcome news for many of these kids desperate for an answer, but it is a short term answer to a long term problem,” the Cuban-American Rubio said in a statement. “And by once again ignoring the Constitution and going around Congress, this short term policy will make it harder to find a balanced and responsible long term one.”
Political-speak. He wants amnesty (for those 30 year old kids) as a long term solution.
Yup.....Rubio’s done. The Romney pople better stay FAR away from this clown.
“ ‘Today’s announcement will be welcome news for many of these kids desperate for an answer, but it is a short term answer to a long term problem,” the Cuban-American Rubio said in a statement. “And by once again ignoring the Constitution and going around Congress, this short term policy will make it harder to find a balanced and responsible long term one.’
Political-speak. He wants amnesty (for those 30 year old kids) as a long term solution.”
Not what he said, at all. Only what you wished he said.
Shortly after he was elected, Rubio was speaking about amnesty and said something that caused me to realize he is a conservative fraud.
Rubio has revealed himself to be a disgusting panderer. Rubio values third-world, illegal, anti-capitalist, anti-American invaders more than he does citizens or our Constitution.
Do we assume that this includes other than Mexican nationality? Does this apply to All coming across the border from Mexico? Will they ask for ID papers of any kind?
Rubio down the tubio.
Lets just say “No” to Rubio for VP.
In fact, much as I hate Obama, if I have to vote for Romney AND Rubio, its a deal breaker. I leave the space blank. Because the difference between Obama/Biden and Romney/Rubio becomes “whatever.”
Finally. Someone who understands what Rubio actually said.
Read the actual statement!
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
It reads to me that Rubio acknowledges that Obama’s violating the Constitution and operating outside his authority but Rubio’s willing to let it slide.
Very well said. Or in words that Marco Rubio would understand:
Well, they have to dismantle the American worker, don’tcha know. Between illegal immigration and offshoring, they’ve done a pretty good job.
I hate saying NWO because it sounds so tinfoil, but the globalist agenda seems to be quite pervasive.
“When we are successful, and we will be, we have a real chance at this New World Order”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CWBTL33MpA
Globalism. Americans, you’ve been sold out.
You really think he is going to come right out and say AMNESTY for the 30 year old children?
You and he are fooling no one.
Wow. Pretty much confirms all those growing doubts I had about Rubio over these past two years, going back to when he first winced over Brewer and the AZ bill. Another blasted enemy RINO who wants to join hands with the Dems to destroy what little is left of the country. Damn them all to hell!
Al see post #31 Rubio still wants amnesty. He will put the illeagal children before US children.
born May 28, 1971 in Miami, FL (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Mario Rubio born in Cuba, naturalized Nov. 5, 1975.
Oria Garcia born in Cuba, naturalized Nov. 5, 1975.
Parents were NOT US Citizens at the time of his birth (Does NOT meet the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Marco Rubio is NOT a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.
Marco's status is the same as that of Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Hussein Obama, who is NOT a Natural Born Citizen.
Not seen Al post here in a while, BTW. FReegards
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