Posted on 02/26/2016 10:27:43 AM PST by schaef21
Who knew that amnesty was so conservative? 98% for Rubio seems suspect when his major accomplishment was the Gang of 8 thing.
THIS is not “conservative” ... no Rubio. Period.
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Rubio Record (immigration)
http://www.eagleforum.org/immigration/rubio-record.html
Excerpt from link “CONCLUSION”:
There is no single major distinguishing policy difference between Marco Rubio, John McCain or Lindsey Graham. They have the same trade policy, immigration policy and foreign policy. But on immigration most especially — the issue in which all four have invested the most — there is no daylight separating them.
The difference, then, is one of persona, not policy. And in the arena of immigration, this translates into a vital difference. The biggest change from McCain-Kennedy, which could not get out of the Senate, and the Gang of Eight — which was nursed along by conservative pundits despite being to the left of Kennedy’s bill — was the presence of Rubio. Rubio created the conditions necessary to produce a considerably more open borders bill: conservatives who were invested in the Rubio Brand provided no early pushback but accepted Kennedy’s old talking points, and Rubio gave red state Democrats the political space necessary to support it. This is how it got 68 votes in the Senate.
The stakes of course are raised considerably if Rubio is President or Vice President. Rubio would have a much, much better chance than Obama of getting an open borders bill through Congress — while Boehner could refuse to bring up Obama’s mass immigration/amnesty bill for vote in 2014, Ryan would never refuse Rubio’s bill. Rubio’s presence, as it did with the Gang of Eight, would create the cover for both certain Republicans and all Democrats to get behind a far more open borders plan. Given that nearly every House Democrat sponsored the Gang of Eight House version (including Pelosi and Gutierrez), Ryan would not need to gather that many additional votes (House GOP leaders might have refused Obama’s 2014 request for a vote but they would not refuse President Rubio’s).
All of which adds up to: there is likely no person in the United States of America in a better position to enact mass immigration legislation than a President Rubio — no one who could deliver more votes in both parties for open borders immigration. Senator Rubio is not Main Street’s Obama, he is Wall Street’s Obama: President Obama was a hardcore leftist running as centrist; Senator Rubio is a Wall Street globalist running as a tea party conservative.
Unlike other legislation, the effects of bad immigration policy cannot be repealed. They are forever. The Republican party would never nominate a pro-Obamacare candidate, and it must be an even stronger maxim that it should not nominate any candidate who is committed to a policy of mass immigration. Rubio wrote the Obamacare of immigration policies: a bill that would have eviscerated the middle class, plunged millions into poverty, legalized the most dangerous aliens on the planet, overwhelmed our schools and safety nets, and done irreversible violence to the idea of America as a nation-state. Rubio is the candidate of open borders, Obamatrade and mass immigration, making one last attempt to pull off one big con.
The mood of the country is well beyond any rational approach. The people are sick and tired of being lied to, and continuously disappointed by our elected representatives in Washington. They have let us down time after time while simultaneously pumping up their rhetoric and their voting records. Those measures have become as phony as they are.
Trump is certainly no conservative, but he is not from Washington, and he has captured the sentiment of the country. That is not going to changed between now and Election Day. This is not the year for politicians, and we are going to have to take advantage of that no matter what. I believe that Cruz would be a better President than Trump, and certainly either of them would be far better than Clinton. But, I don’t think that Cruz can win either the nomination or the general election. Clinton and be defeated by either Republicans, and probably by Rubio as well, but we would be foolish to ignore what people want. That is what the GOPe is currently doing and they are making a big mistake.
Trump will be in over his head, but we have certainly seen worse recently, and we can take advantage of the opportunity to clean house (and the Senate) with people who want to go to Washington to become wealthy. The behavior of career politicians will not change until a large number of them are sent packing. It must be done.
Ha ha, that is too too funny.
How about Rubio’s 31% rating on immigration from Numbers USA?
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/tools/grades/list/0/CONGRESS/US/R/Grade/Active#tabset-2
The ACU ratings are geared to what the GOPe considers appropriate. You need to take a look at the specific legislation that goes into the rating.
Who knew that amnesty was so conservative? 98% for Rubio seems suspect when his major accomplishment was the Gang of 8 thing.
It was virtually his only *accomplishment*.
Cruz is a kind of repulsive personality. He couldn’t win any national campaign.
He is even more repulsive on the attack.
Wow, that's one way to win people over to your side. Congrats on repelling prospective supporters.
How does Marco "Senor Amnesty" the Rube rate 98% conservative?????
Close enough for me!! He cares deeply about America and Americans and will learn and grow because he is so motivated.
Does supporting government-run healthcare and Planned Parenthood help or hurt your rating? What about hiring illegal Polish immigrants? They probably don’t have a category for that.
So ACU now accepts amnesty for illegal immigrants as part of their scoring. Interesting....
Amnesty is only worth 2%?
Its simple....as a REAGAN Republican and who was a part of Denninger’s ORIGINAL Tea Party....
I’m supporting TRUMP as the last GREAT HOPE for AMERICA.
So few out there see things as they are and this is why America is dying.
What a completely clueless post.
There was a poster on the debate thread who said that was a sign of an abusive personality.
The way the wife and kids recoil at his touch-there may be a reason.
I’ve known a few people like that. They’re very toxic and damaging to everyone around them.
The ACU is an open borders, pro-muslim organization.
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