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“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.”

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.

"True conservative" Martinez was a high profile GOP establishment candidate and had all kinds of red flags in his background, such as his record of giving illegals loans when he was HUD secretary, and being a long time loyal liberal Democrat who switched to the GOP once they took over Florida politics (and NOT because he had a falling out over liberal policies). His fan club ignored it and looked the other way, going into hysteria whenever a large number of conservatives questioned the campaign image of him as a heroic principled conservative star.

Rubio was a difference case, to this day I'm not sure how good or how bad he was in his past offices. It was hard to research since he was a local and state official with a thin paper trail. That was the biggest problem, he was difficult to research and his fanboys had zero interest in doing so. The mindset with many tea party people (not just Floridians) is to IMMEDIATELY sign up to endorse whatever candidate shows up on the scene out of nowhere and screams the loudest that he or she is our savior. This has come back to bite us in the butt numerous times. The one legit criticism of Rubio was that he did absolutely nothing with the six bills to crack down on illegal immigration when was Florida GOP Speaker, but Rubio had a fair answer to that, in that none of the other GOP leaders in the FL House or Senate took action on them either.

>> But you won't be fooled, because you know that all Cuban-American Republicans are secretly pro-amnesty. <<

I don't think anyone would make a ludicrous claim that every single Cuban-American Republican is secretly pro-amnesty. (Ted Cruz, for example, is Cuban-American and there's never been any question his record is solid, and he's been one of the few "tea party" candidates who actually DID live up to the hype)

However, I DO think it's safe to say that all of the "rising conservative stars" from Florida who are being pushed hard in the primary by the pro-amnesty Bush brothers (George W. & Jeb) are not the "Anti-amnesty" candidates they claim to be. Martinez, Rubio, and if Jebby finds a third "anti-amnesty" rising star from Florida in 2016, I'd bet money they guy isn't one. Makes as much sense as believing Obama has recruited an "anti-Obamacare" candidate from Illinois simple because the candidate says he's "100% against Obamacare". Tsk tsk, AuH2ORepublican. Freepers SHOULD know better.