Marco Rubio: I Still Believe In Comprehensive Immigration Reform, But "The Votes Aren't There"

Real Clear Politics ^ | May 17, 2015

[Lurkinanloomin]

To all of the freeepers who thought Rubio had learned something from his Gang activities and should be given another chance, he’s telling you right here that you are fools.

Rubio is bought and paid for by The Cheap Labor Express. None of them ever get unbought.

[Sans-Culotte]

That’s all I need to know about Mr. Rubio.

[txrefugee]

“I still am running for President, but the votes are not there.” Marco Rubio after the Iowa and South Carolina primaries.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Ping

[parksstp]

“Clearly leaders stand for the idea you need to do something but you also have to deal with the reality that in the political process people are going to vote based on what they’re hearing from their constituents and others,” Rubio told Wallace.”

Wow, imagine that. Who knew that in the House of REPRESENTATIVES, the people elected to Congress would feel inclined to vote based on the majority opinion of the constintuents that elected them in their respective districts. And here I thought I just voted for people that would tell me what to do and think and that they know better than me so my opinion doesn’t matter. /Sarc

It’s like those darn voters that elect people to Congress are the problem. If politicians could just be appointed and not have to worry about fallout from the public, we could get our comprehensive immigration reforf /double sarc

I thought Rubio was brighter than this. Ted Cruz will eat him alive (politely) in the debates.

[PoloSec]

I guess this is why some think a good ticket would be Walker/Rubio; they do sing the same tune.

Stop all the non-sense... Cruz 2016!

[FreeReign]

Rubio reminds me of Stephanopoulos. In this picture, which one is on the right and which one is on the left?

They look the same.

[Lazamataz]

Just, wow.

Either the landscape has changed so much that Jeb and Mario can say this stuff and have no probability of hurting their elections, or they are plumb-stupid.

[bonehead4freedom]

Translation:
“ The GOPe and the Chamber want to push the Cheap Labor Express down the track but the rubes won't get on board with the program.We need to step up the “education” in the media until the hicks finally buy into it. I'll hide my position for amnesty until it's safe and we can finally get this done.”

[newfreep]

They’re BOTH on the left.

[Iron Munro]

Just like “Hope and Change”, the term “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” is just another intentionally nebulous but politically convenient phrase that sounds nice but is used to mask the true intent of those who use it.

[Flintlock]

Screw you, Rube——————eeeeeo!!

[headstamp 2]

Bubye!

[conservativejoy]

Exactly! I get furious when I hear the same old lame refrain from politicians about our Broken Immigration System. The only thing broken is that it is not enforced. I want Cruz to put those excess IRS employees on processing deportations, until every illegal is Gone. Moreover, they should know that if we have to deport you, you will never be a citizen, Ever, so get the heck out Now!

[highball]

No, but it's borderline racist to suggest that whites becoming a monitory in the country means that America "is, basically, over."

Blacks, Asians and Hispanics don't tend to vote conservative in great numbers, but that's not because they are somehow incapable. It's because we have failed to make the case to them.

That case is made much, much harder when we say and do things to reinforce the Left's "GOP is Whites-Only" narrative. Like, for example, going on the world's most prominent conservative forum and saying "in a short thirty-five years, whites will comprise only 44 percent of the population. This country is, basically, over."

We must all be beacons of hope and optimism. We have the best ideas, now we just need to make sure we don't give our fellow Americans reasons not to listen to them.

[Organic Panic]

Well isn’t that special.

[erod]

Ladies and gentlemen according to the MSM this guy is a front runner for the GOP this primary season, lets prove them wrong.

[South40]

I'm just some working fool from San Diego yet I know that every nationalized ILLEGAL alien will vote democRAT.

Don't the pro-amnesty Republicans know it too?

[Conservative Gato]

Rubio is such a disappointment. You’d think someone whose family come from the misery and despair of statism, Cuba, would understand this illegal invasion that has been going on for years is nothing more to bring more and more power to the government and continued statism for the United States of America.

The guy is such a fool if he can’t figure out the misery and despair his family survived and escaped, he is willingly bringing it here.

CGato

[odawg]

“... but it’s borderline racist to suggest that whites becoming a monitory in the country means that America “is, basically, over.”

Congratulations, you have drunk the kool aid. Have you been to or seen anything of California lately? People are leaving that state in droves because it is increasingly non-white. I suppose Sharia is a plus in your estimation. Obviously, I mean the American most of us grew up in, the one that was the greatest, strongest nation in world history. Also, you are disagreeing with your president Obama, who vowed to TRANSFORM American. He is moving multitudes into the country because he knows how to TRANSFORM America. And, if a nation is the greatest nation in history, the only way to TRANSFORM it is to take it down.