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Frank Gaffney: Does Rubio Want To Be President or Just The Next John McCain?
breitbart ^ | 6/7/13 | f gaffney

Posted on 06/07/2013 6:38:18 PM PDT by bestintxas

In his June 4 column in The Washington Times, Frank J. Gaffney Jr. asked if Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is serious about running for president in 2016--or if he'd rather just be an accepted fixture in the Washington establishment.

In other words, Rubio's vote on the immigration overhaul is going to tell us whether he plans on being president or if he's happy just being the next Senator John McCain.

Here's how Gaffney put it:

If Mr. Rubio is content with merely paying lip service to the safety and security of the American people, he will continue to enable the adoption of this 1,077-page monstrosity....If, on the other hand, Mr. Rubio actually does take seriously his responsibility as a federal lawmaker to provide for the common defense, and if he seriously aspires to the presidency, there is simply no way he can enable this bill's enactment in anything remotely like its present form.

Gaffney fears that Rubio "wants it both ways" at present, but that's simply not going to work. He backs this up by showing that "bill's present structure makes a mockery of claims that border security comes first."

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegals; immigration; laraza; obama; openborders; randsconcerntrolls; rubio
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To: Conspiracy Guy
Agreed.

He's a more charming version of Mel Martinez.

21 posted on 06/07/2013 7:24:01 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: sand88

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3028720/posts


22 posted on 06/07/2013 7:24:45 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Cicero

And worse, he lied repeatedly about what was in that bill.

We won’t forget.


23 posted on 06/07/2013 7:25:02 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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To: sand88

The reference means he wants to be McCain


24 posted on 06/07/2013 7:25:19 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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To: stilloftyhenight
And he's still lying-present tense.

The hilarious thing about these ads bankrolled by Zuckerface is that if you listen to the first fifteen seconds they amount to a better argument against this POS bill than anything opponents could muster.

25 posted on 06/07/2013 7:28:30 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: OSHA

Having a real vision and being able to articulate it is what makes a winner.


26 posted on 06/07/2013 7:39:38 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: OddLane

I don’t remember Mel. But I believe you. Have a good evening.


27 posted on 06/07/2013 7:40:10 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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To: bestintxas

I am glad to see anything by Frank Gaffney, I think he is a real hero.


28 posted on 06/07/2013 7:40:57 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: marron

Rubio is just a pretty boy with pretty words.


29 posted on 06/07/2013 7:42:38 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
Good night, CG.
30 posted on 06/07/2013 7:42:49 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: lodi90; sand88
Exactly.

Without naturalization-and eventually, enfranchisement-we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

The only reason the Democratic Party supports amnesty is because it ensures a steady supply of new voters, turning the rest of the country into California.

31 posted on 06/07/2013 7:44:36 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: OddLane

I have had it with all these billionaires who think they own America.


32 posted on 06/07/2013 7:45:31 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: bmwcyle
Rubio will be the next nothing.

Reminds me of an old Casey Stengall story.

In the early years of the Mets, a reporter asked Casey about two young pitchers. One was Tom Seaver.

Reporter: So Skipper, in twenty years, where will those two be?"

The Old Perfessor: "Those two? Well that one (pointing to Seaver) will be in the Hall of Fame. The other one? He'll be 45."

33 posted on 06/07/2013 7:51:16 PM PDT by llevrok (Joe Biden is the Fredo Corleone of the Obama crime family.)
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To: cradle of freedom
This is a country, not a hotel.

-John Derbyshire

34 posted on 06/07/2013 7:54:11 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: llevrok

AMEN


35 posted on 06/07/2013 7:54:11 PM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: OddLane

And certainly not a Motel 6! LOL


36 posted on 06/07/2013 7:58:52 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: cradle of freedom
Something the open borders crowd thinks is an improvement for some inexplicable reason.
37 posted on 06/07/2013 8:06:13 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: OddLane

And he’s still lying-present tense.


And the kenyan was doing exactly the same today about obamacare. Telling flat out fairy tales. The similarities between how they operate are striking. Rubio is a dangerous man.


38 posted on 06/07/2013 8:08:09 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: bestintxas
The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber Marco Rubio

Rubio has gone from nobody to potential superstar to the next John "RINO" McCain in less than one year.


39 posted on 06/07/2013 8:10:38 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Obama-Ville - Land of The Freebies, Home of the Enslaved)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Proof?


40 posted on 06/07/2013 8:18:37 PM PDT by Mozilla
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