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Marco Rubio speech at CPAC conference brings conservatives to their feet
Washington Post ^ | February 18, 2010 | Philip Rucker

Posted on 02/18/2010 9:17:50 AM PST by La Lydia

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Wish I could have been there.
1 posted on 02/18/2010 9:17:50 AM PST by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

Decent article, considering it’s the Washington Compost.


2 posted on 02/18/2010 9:19:55 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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More from his speech (not from this article):

“A few weeks ago I wasn’t sure I could make it here!” said Rubio, joking about the city’s crippling snowstorms. “Congress couldn’t even meet to work on business. The president couldn’t find anywhere to set up his teleprompter to announce new taxes!”

He accused Obama of “using” the economic crisis “not to fix America, but to change America.” The American people, he said, had “figured it out”: “From Tea Parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history."

3 posted on 02/18/2010 9:21:31 AM PST by La Lydia
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Rubio looks like the real deal. A muscular defense of of our birthright of life and liberty. We need people like Marco Rubio. The rest of the Vichy Republican crowd can go to hell.


4 posted on 02/18/2010 9:23:38 AM PST by Noumenon ("Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he has grown so great?" - Julius Caesar)
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To: La Lydia

AMEN!


5 posted on 02/18/2010 9:23:40 AM PST by Hildy
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He also said:

“Americans want leaders who will come to Washington, D.C., and stand up to the big government agenda, not be corrupted by it. After all, the United States Senate already has one Arlen Specter.”

6 posted on 02/18/2010 9:24:53 AM PST by La Lydia
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Rubio said. "I am privileged to be a citizen...

Natural born citizen...or naturalized? 100% organic without preservatives? Has anyone actually seen his birth certificate? Both his parents born in Castro's Cuba? Is he even eligible? Why won't Glenn Beck talk about this?

7 posted on 02/18/2010 9:42:54 AM PST by Tex-Con-Man
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I think I’m beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel??? -— is it??? -— YES!!! -— there it is!!! -— Miss Liberty’s torch shining bright AGAIN!!!


8 posted on 02/18/2010 9:48:31 AM PST by LTC.Ret (I know I am a racist, but . . . . I didn't spend 31 years in the Army to see my USA turn socialist!)
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“Has anyone actually seen his birth certificate? Both his parents born in Castro’s Cuba? Is he even eligible? “

You know that only the POTUS has the “natural” requirement, right?


9 posted on 02/18/2010 9:52:09 AM PST by wizard1961 (Teaper says: For 2010, let Sarah be Sarah)
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“Has anyone actually seen his birth certificate? Both his parents born in Castro’s Cuba? Is he even eligible? “

You know that only the POTUS has the “natural” requirement, right?

LOL

10 posted on 02/18/2010 9:57:49 AM PST by rae4palin (islam is of the devil)
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You wanna bet that if Marco Rubio becomes the kind of Senator a lot us conservatives hope he will be, that the birther-nutters will suddenly find all sorts of loopholes in the Constitution that would allow him to run for POTUS?
11 posted on 02/18/2010 10:08:09 AM PST by Tex-Con-Man
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pretty sure Rubio was born here, so not sure what the issue would be. I bet he has a birth certificate.


12 posted on 02/18/2010 10:14:52 AM PST by ilgipper
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To: Tex-Con-Man

pretty sure Rubio was born here, so not sure what the issue would be. I bet he has a birth certificate.


13 posted on 02/18/2010 10:14:53 AM PST by ilgipper
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Are you still upset because Medina jumped the shark with her answer to Beck?


14 posted on 02/18/2010 10:20:21 AM PST by Spaghetti Man (Nobama)
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He was born in Miami. The guy is no Obama. His parents fled Castro.


15 posted on 02/18/2010 10:23:52 AM PST by La Lydia
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I’m sure he would supply it unlike someone else we know.


16 posted on 02/18/2010 10:25:50 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS ... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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Are you still upset because Medina jumped the shark with her answer to Beck?

Huh?

17 posted on 02/18/2010 10:32:00 AM PST by Tex-Con-Man
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IIRC, Congress requires Representatives and Senators to be citizens, with a specified duration of naturalization. POTUS on the other hand requires Natural Born Citizen status, with both parents owing allegiance to no other nation than the USA.

But I didn’t double check...so maybe I’ve got some details mixed up.


18 posted on 02/18/2010 10:39:28 AM PST by FreeStateYank (I want my country and constitution back, now!)
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To: La Lydia
Go Marco Go!

Win Marco Win

Wish I could have been there too, but reading it still had me on my feet.

19 posted on 02/18/2010 12:01:50 PM PST by Enterprise (Hey Obama - "We won.")
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To: Tex-Con-Man

I cannot see the birther angle ever being anything but a fringe issue.


20 posted on 02/18/2010 12:41:00 PM PST by wizard1961 (Teaper says: For 2010, let Sarah be Sarah)
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