[BillyBoy]

>> Those of us in Florida who were paying attention knew Rubio was a stalking horse for universal amnesty long before he was elected to the US Senate. <<

The really pathetic part is not that Rubio got away with it, but that his predecessor Mel Martinez used the SAME "I'm 100% against amnesty" talking point in 2004 and was likewise portrayed as the "true conservative" GOP primary candidate by numerous FL freepers, regardless of his previous record in office.

You think after the fallout in 2006, they would have wised up in 2010 and not fallen for it AGAIN. Nope. They STILL accepted whatever campaign promises their Senate candidates take at face value, and didn't bother to vet their Senate candidates six years later, either.

In 2010, though, the only opponents left running against Rubio turned out to be non-viable jokes ("Dr. Escoffery III", etc.) All the more reason it was important to vet this guy at the START of the campaign, BEFORE the tea party anointed him as the "True conservative" choice to take on Charlie Crist.

Shades of that idiot Mourdock falling for the same trick that destroyed Todd Akin, after the fallout had happened and he SHOULD have known better when the media asks GOP candidates about rape.

At this rate, Jeb Bush will find a third "true conservative" Cuban-American candidate who is "absolutely against amnesty" in 2016, and FL freepers will beating down the door to back the guy the moment he announces, swearing up and down that he is absolutely NOTHING like his predecessor.

[Impy]

WAS there anything in his record that suggested he would support amnesty? Could just be a flip flop.

[AuH2ORepublican]

“At this rate, Jeb Bush will find a third “true conservative” Cuban-American candidate who is “absolutely against amnesty” in 2016, and FL freepers will beating down the door to back the guy the moment he announces, swearing up and down that he is absolutely NOTHING like his predecessor.”

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But you won't be fooled, because you know that all Cuban-American Republicans are secretly pro-amnesty. Oh, no, I'm Cuban-American, and I'm a Republican, so I must be pro-amnesty, too without even knowing it: when will this manifest itself, BillyBoy?

I will reserve judgment on Marco Rubio’s stance on amnesty for illegal aliens when his bill comes out. If it includes amnesty, I'll be sorely disappointed, just as I'm disappointed with other erstwhile conservative stalwarts who have joined the amnesty and same-sex-marriage trains because they think it's smart politics to do so (most of whom, BTW, are not Cuban-American). Apparently the 2012 election results have turned a bunch of conservatives into wussies.

[yongin]

Rubio was the Speaker of the FL House, when Jeb was Governor. When Jeb voiced support for in state tuition for illegals, FL House Speaker Rubio followed suit. I’m not surprised at all with the GOPe making Rubio the face of immigration reform.