Posted on 05/29/2013 5:56:50 AM PDT by IbJensen
When Lyndon Johnson lost the support of Walter Cronkite for his prosecution of the war in Viet Nam, he was sufficiently impressed that he pulled out of the 1968 presidential election. Recognizing the gravity of this defeat, Johnson said, If Ive lost Cronkite, Ive lost Middle America.
While the squishy Republicans at the Weekly Standard are in no way as influential as Uncle Walter was in 1968, the advice from William Kristol of the Weekly Standard to Marco Rubio to get out of this effort to fix immigration is nonetheless quite telling.
During a recent interview about the Senates efforts to provide amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, Kristol spoke directly to the Gang of Ochos Senator Marco Rubio a Cuban American from South Florida saying , He should walk away from it. He should say, I made a good faith effort, but you know what, this is not a piece of legislation [I should support after all].
Labeling the Gang of Ochos Schumer/Menendez Amnesty and Democrat Party Registration legislation a big government bill, Kristol warned Rubio that what he was helping to create is in fact just another bill that will not do what it was intended to do.
In a surprising moment of clarity, Kristol a RINO in good standing himself implored Rubio to reconsider his quixotic effort to grant amnesty to those who are here illegally saying, Think of the trust you have to have in bureaucracy to make all this work. Therell be certifications and border security, therell be tests of whether people paid back taxes. If you like Obamacare, you should like this immigration bill. And I honestly think conservatives should oppose it on those grounds alone.
The money quote in this interview came toward its conclusion when Kristol added, Im a liberal, as you know, on immigration reform. I was more liberal than you were, I think, in 06, 07. Ive got to say, I couldnt vote for this bill. I just dont think its good conservative governance, and I dont think theres any need to compromise with Chuck Schumer and Barack Obama at this point. Theres no crisis.
Mister Rubio you have lost Walter Kristol. The next move is up to you.
Source:
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=74E27172-F42F-4154-8352-D89D8B984C4B
Was listening to Beck and the other guy have lots of fun at Christie’s expense a few minutes ago.
I didn’t think it was possible to lose Kristol.
So let me wrap my brain around this one ...
The only way to save the country is to advance a candidate, who is lobbying for an immigration policy which will insure a permanent Democrat majority at the national level, thereby guaranteeing the destruction of our country.
And further more when confronted with this fact, Rubio cannot and will not defend nor explain his position.
So those of us who no longer support Rubio due to his advocacy of citizenship for illegal immigrants are absurd ?
This is not some silly little issue. This bill will destroy the country, and can never be reversed.
Rand Paul is JUST as much an amnesty lover as Rubio. He just masks it slightly better.
Purity is not the reason conservatives don’t like rino’s. They do not speak to what I believe in in any political way. If I wanted socialism and big government, I would be a republican rino. In other words rino’s are closet democrats who are afraid to come out of the closet..
huh? You have to be kidding.
Rubio knows exactly what he is doing with this evil immigration bill. His intentions are pure evil.
The evil rubio knows clearly that this evil immigration bill will destroy this Republic as founded. This evil immigration bill is truly checkmate for our Republic.
Rubio only deserves the contempt of all Conservatives.
Rubio is a fraud posing as a Conservative.
He will NEVER get my vote for any office.
I agree with you. What I meant by “purity” was expecting a conservative candidate to be as strong on every issue as we are.
It would be nice, but that may not be possible and I’m more than willing to take 3/4 of a pie instead of no pie at all.
Right now we have no pie at all.
Once again, then who do we support? Give me some names.
We can’t defeat somebody (Hillary) with nobody.
That’s good Chris Crispie deserves it!!!
If the Republican's can't do that, they won't beat Hillary no matter who they run against her.
From your lips to God’s ears.
I fully expect the Gangsters to ram this through anyway.
This is such evil bullshit, conjured up for us by an individual who some of us (including ME) believed was a true Conservative, that it will weigh upon us like the Obozocare menace.
NO AMNESTY!
DEPORTATION!
I'd settle for the Republican leadership's ears !
Like the purity that gave us Mittens? LOL
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