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Frank Gaffney: Does Rubio Want To Be President or Just The Next John McCain?
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| 6/7/13
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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: bestintxas
Rubio wants to be loved by the left. It’s a common disease, usually terminal.
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posted on
06/07/2013 8:19:34 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: marron
“Rubio is past tense. For me, its Rand or Ted.”
Rand Paul is too much like Rubio when it comes to immigration.
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posted on
06/07/2013 8:29:43 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Deport illegal aliens? Hell yes!)
To: bestintxas
Rubio is Juan McCain’s used kleenex.
43
posted on
06/07/2013 8:44:17 PM PDT
by
Mortrey
(Impeach President Soros)
To: bestintxas
He is making the same mistake Juan McVain made.
44
posted on
06/07/2013 10:29:14 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: bestintxas
One would think he would disavow those ridiculous ads. I have to say, I love seeing (hearing) Soros and Bloomberg wasting their money.
45
posted on
06/08/2013 1:21:26 AM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: tennmountainman
It sure didn’t take long for him to turn into a RINO.
46
posted on
06/08/2013 3:34:42 AM PDT
by
AdaGray
To: AdaGray
It sure didnt take long for him to turn into a RINO.Maybe all this time he's been one. It's hard to hide that forever.
47
posted on
06/08/2013 4:14:29 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: Mozilla
The question was “Does Rubio Want To Be President or Just The Next John McCain?”
In humor I answered Marco called Ted Cruz a Wacko Bird.
No proof is needed. : )
48
posted on
06/08/2013 5:22:32 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
To: Pelham
Rand Paul is too much like Rubio when it comes to immigration.
AND his loony pop.. :p
49
posted on
06/08/2013 5:26:15 AM PDT
by
Bikkuri
(Molon Labe)
To: bestintxas
Politically speaking Marco has slit his wrists and is bleeding out. His chances of becoming the 2016 GOP nominee are zero at this point. He will have to fight to get another senate term.
50
posted on
06/08/2013 8:11:54 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: tennmountainman
Rubio wants to be Chris Christie.
White Boy Marco Rubio has dreams (delusions) of leading the Mexican/Hispanic masses who have crashed through our border. Same as the mocha messiah leads the black masses, Marco wants to lead the mestizo masses in America. Mestizo are Spanish+Indian mixed bloods who are the largest population in Mexico with many in Central America too and now the USA hosts millions of them si Señor!
Everyone south of our border obsesses about caste and race and how much Indian blood and Euro blood you have/ just watch some Spanish TV soaps
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posted on
06/08/2013 8:29:23 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers... [Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform]
- ...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said. [Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance]
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One day after announcing on his radio show that he is "truly considering" running in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat now held by New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Rivera amped up his message today in a television interview and a column on the Fox News Latino website... a moderate Republican who is fiscally conservative but also supports gay marriage and Roe v. Wade... [Geraldo Rivera declares himself a 'moderate Republican' as he eyes U.S. Senate run]
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posted on
06/08/2013 9:09:16 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: dennisw; All
” White Boy Marco Rubio has dreams (delusions) of leading the Mexican/Hispanic masses who have crashed through our border. Same as the mocha messiah leads the black masses, Marco wants to lead the mestizo masses in America.”
Nailed it!.
To: stephenjohnbanker
Like most politics in the age of Obama this is tribal politics and Marco Rubio is a tribal politician
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posted on
06/10/2013 12:28:54 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
To: dennisw
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