Posted on 08/26/2013 7:44:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Likable, authentic, and working to expand the Republican Party? Of course Rubio has been overtaken in the polls by Cruz, whose convictions match up perfectly with the GOP base.
This summer, in an act of literary masochism, I read not one but two books about Marco Rubio. I came away from his memoir, An American Son, and Manuel Roig-Franzia’s excellent biography, The Rise of Marco Rubio, with the queasy feeling many Republicans must have had when they began reading Obama books in 2007 or 2008: this isn’t the guy you want to see on the other side of the line.
It’s not that Rubio is as smart and perceptive as Obama. Not even close. But he’s likable and authentic. I expected American Son to be a linear narrative about a child of immigrants who through talent and dedication validates his parents’ sacrifice and realizes the American Dream. But it’s an edgier, more self-critical tale of a somewhat immature and egocentric child of immigrants who torments his parents and alienates the woman he loves until football, Catholicism, and politics give him the direction he needs. It’s also the story of a young man who’s far more interested in politics than ideology. Reading Roig-Franzia, and Rubio himself, you get the impression that Marco Rubio has only one longstanding ideological conviction: hatred of Fidel Castro. What he fell in love with on the streets of Miami’s raucous Cuban ghetto was the political game. The best analogy might be John F. Kennedy, who also learned the art of politics in a parochial ethnic community but through personal skill and generational change was able to transcend it.
As Roig-Franzia makes clear, Rubio’s early views on immigration were shaped more by immigrant and ethnic kinship than any right-wing slogan about securing borders and enforcing the law......
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LOL.
The libs fear of Cruz is palpable
Thats why I am all in for the man.
Rubio cant lick Cruz’s boots.
>> Rubio’s early views on immigration were shaped more by immigrant and ethnic kinship
Cue Captain Obvious...
Stuff and Nonsense!
Senator Cruz combines Ronald Reagan's worldview, Billy Graham's honesty, and Winston Churchill's courage of conviction.
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>> Rubio cant lick Cruz’s boots.
I’m feeling generous; I’d allow Rubio to lick the *bottoms* only.
Rubio cant lick Cruz’s boots.
Maybe if he borrows a ladder somewhere and has some of his illegal alien pals hold it steady for him.
FUMR!! We will not forget your betrayal!!
Campaigns sort out the Rubio’s and the Cruz’s, Peter, we don’t need yourinstructions.
There’s nothing wrong with Gov. Sarah Palin’s worldview and President Nixon is looking better and better as time goes on. LOL
Cruz has all the right enemies, but he needs to rethink his support of the Muslim Brotherhood.
“Rubio is not the droid you are looking for...You do not need to see that democrats ID at this poll...Move along...Move along...”
Another hit piece, now Cruz is Nixon.
And, he's right.
Nonetheless, I easily compare Senator Cruz with Reagan, (Billy) Graham, and Churchill.
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We must be reminded that Marco Rubio was never a natural born Citizen eligible for Article 2 Section 1 to be president. He was born before both his parents became naturalized U.S. Citizens when he was four.
That goes for Ted Cruz as well. He is not eligible for being born in a foreign sovereignty to a foreign national father. Ted was born with split allegiances making him a dual citizen and not a natural born Citizen.
Cruz/Palin or Palin/Cruz. Either way works for me. If she doesn’t want to run, we’ll find someone.
Marco Rubio, the Real Threat in 2016.......................OK, if he’s up against Hillary, it will be like having Lazio against her all over again. DON’T LET THE MSM CHOOSE YOUR CANDIDATES!!! If its Hillary, body slam her with someone like Palin, who is not afraid to fight back.
I’ve been telling people that here and elsewhere for years.
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