Its time to end this two faced conversation about “race?”
The question actually resolves to whether the latest wave of immigrants plans on becoming integrated into the existing population and generating the same or similar levels of productivity or if they plan on being perpetual free riders.
If the former, then I would agree that Marco Rubio is emblematic of exactly the kind of ethnic person we should support (I would no matter his ethnicity, he seems to be an upright man independent of the local source of his bloodline). If the latter, then we may as well fragment now and minimize the pain.
Pandering, especially to ethnic groups, is exactly what is dividing and destroying this country.
c’mon folks! get real. the VP slot is nothing more than a sop thrown to keep the conservatives on the reservation. think of this position as ‘our biden’. it’s useless.
it’s high time to break away. the GOP establishment has lost its way and doesn’t want to find it. time to move on...
If appealing to minorities means special hand-outs, affirmative action and political correctness then I am afraid that we need to find another way to ‘solve the immigration problem’.
Rubio is ineligible for the presidency, as is Obama.
The U.S. adds one international migrant (net) every 36 seconds. Immigrants account for one in 8 U.S. residents, the highest level in more than 90 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest it has been in our history. And by 2050, one in 5 residents of the U.S. will be foreign-born.
Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in a net immigration of 1.25 million. Since 1970, the U.S. population has increased from 203 million to 310 million, i.e., over 100 million. In the next 40 years, the population will increase by an additional 130 million to 440 million. Three-quarters of the increase in our population since 1970 and the projected increase will be the result of immigration. The U.S., the world’s third most populous nation, has the highest annual rate of population growth of any developed country in the world, i.e., 0.963% (2011 estimate,) principally due to immigration.
87 percent of the 1.2 million legal immigrants entering annually are minorities as defined by the U.S. Government and almost all of the illegal aliens are minorities. By 2019 half of the children 18 and under in the U.S. will be classified as minorities and by 2039, half of the residents of this country will be minorities. Generally, immigrants and minorities vote predominantly for the Democrat Party. Hence, Democrats view immigration as a never-ending source of voters that will make them the permanent majority party.
Since the 1965 Immigration Act, our pro-population growth immigration policies have fueled major demographic changes in a very short period of time. In 1970, non-Hispanic whites comprised 89 percent of the population; today they are 66 percent; and by 2039, they will be 50 percent. The Democrats, under the banner of multiculturalism and diversity, have forged a political coalition that depends on individuals coalescing around racial and ethnic identities rather than the issues. The continuing and increasing flow of minority immigrants, mostly poor and uneducated, provides a natural constituency for the Democrats, which see them as their principal source of political power.
Exactly what does Rubio have to offer? That he originally sounded like a Conservative, but seems to have changed his mind after the Right fawned all over him without vetting him? He has as much “experience” as Obama had when he was put in the WH.
How the heck do we keep winning elections? We’ve won most everything possible over the past 28 months.
We win them by selling our principles and pulling people to our views. The latino population is not the black population. It is diverse and can be won over.
Rubio as VP is not the only way to accomplish this. In fact, attaching Rubio to a candidate like Romney may ultimately do more harm than good. Rubio can stand on his own w/o coat tales. A Rubio keynote address at the convention would be a launching pad possibly even beyond VP. That’s how Clinton and Obama got their start into presidential politics...as well as Mario Cuomo before that.
Skin tone is not a conservative value. I think you need to talk to the Demonic Party about that.
***The Republican Party faces a threat to its existence. It’s not an ideological threat, but a demographic and mathematical one.***
I disagree. The Republican party’s woes are rooted in ideology coupled with a severe lack of cajones.
This race BS really needs to stop. Fact is people all around the world want to come here because of TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES, namely, freedom, liberty, rule of law, a market economy, rights that come from God and not man or woman.
But since the GOP doesn’t have the guts to stand up for these principles, their days are numbered.
Birthers in 3-—2-—
Every single choice for VP is a senator that will reduce the nubmer of republicans in control or if repalced will be by a “moderate” like Kasich. Leave the good senators alone and work on someone thatcan create other values - like Christie who is be best attack spokeman for balanced budget and fighting unions in government.
America needs Marco Rubio - or somebody like him. And it has nothing at all to do with his ethnic background.
Conservatism wins, every time it is offered. The problem is, in many venues we have not been offered a conservative alternative for quite some time now. When the real thing is offered, either it ends up being co-opted or corrupted before it has had a chance to prove itself, or it goes on to success, surpassing all expectations and shifting the paradigm. Then, for at least a brief while, the general public gets to enjoy a true renaissance and genuine prosperity, until the internal contradictions that arise from being fully satisfied again brew boredom, discontent, and some nagging desire for “change”.
Rubio brings the following to the ticket:
Swing State = Florida
True Conservative Values
Hispanic vote
Youth, intelligence, and an ability to articulate a plan.
An Illegal Immigration plan slightly more sophisticated than “ship ‘em all back”.
“GOP needs Marco Rubio to ward off extinction”
GOP + Marco Rubio = extinction.
What did P.T. Barnum say?
Battered Spouse Syndrome is a terrible thing. Advocating it politically is not good either.
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell will be the VP pick.
Memorize the spelling NOW. So I won't have to keep correcting all of you as I had to with Michele Bachmann.
Rubio is a (partial) first term Senator, inexperienced, ineligible, minority.
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