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FULGENCIO: Has Rubio alienated the Tea Party with immigration reform?
Washington Times ^ | Aug 13, 2013 | by Jose L. Fulgencio

Posted on 08/22/2013 11:53:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

OKLAHOMA CITY, August 13, 2013 ― The election of Senator Marco Rubio to the U.S. Senate in 2010 was a moment of celebration for the newly formed Tea Party movement as Rubio became known as the “Tea Party darling.”

Rubio’s stump speech about his family’s escape from Fidel Castro’s Cuba never failed to bring people to their feet. The speech reminded his listeners that America is the greatest country on earth and a beacon to the world’s oppressed.

Upon being sworn in, Rubio fought hard against Obamacare and worked to get the U.S. back on the path of economic success. He took his campaign rhetoric to the Senate floor and to news talk shows.

The federal government was wrecking the economy, and Congress had lost touch with the common people. Rubio sang the Tea Party’s tune, becoming the Tea Party poster child. When Mitt Romney became the GOP candidate, Tea Partyers wanted Rubio to be the vice-presidential nominee in 2012.

Rubio’s stance on immigration reform has now put him out of tune with the Tea Party. His participation in the gang of eight has taken him out of grace. Rather than humbly admit error and return to the fold, he went on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show to urge Americans to support the Senate’s immigration reform bill.

A friend of Rubio’s from his Tea Party honeymoon stage, political pundit Ann Coulter, has attacked him for his views on immigration reform. She isn’t alone, but he may not care. His role in immigration reform may signify the start of his 2016 presidential campaign, and he may have decided that the Tea Party won’t get him to the White House.

The conventional wisdom is that in order to win the 2016 Presidential election, Republicans must reach out to Hispanic voters...

(Excerpt) Read more at communities.washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 113th; aliens; amnesty; elections; florida; gope; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigration; marcorubio; randsconcerntrolls; rino; rubio; teaparty; teapartyrebellion; traitor
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1 posted on 08/22/2013 11:53:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
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Maybe these fools should try promoting bills that benefit a different group such as, I dunno, US citizens??


2 posted on 08/22/2013 11:54:47 AM PDT by GeronL
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” The conventional wisdom is that in order to win the 2016 Presidential election, Republicans must reach out to Hispanic voters...”

Conventional wisdom got us 8 years of Obama


3 posted on 08/22/2013 11:55:03 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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in a word - YES


4 posted on 08/22/2013 11:55:47 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (I'll surrender my guns alright - bullets first)
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To: onyx; trisham; TheOldLady; DJ MacWoW; RedMDer; musicman; Lady Jag; Alamo-Girl; bd476; The Cajun; ...
"His [Rubio's] role in immigration reform may signify the start of his 2016 presidential campaign, and he may have decided that the Tea Party won’t get him to the White House."

And he can bet his sweet bippy on that.

FUMR!! TRAITOR!!

5 posted on 08/22/2013 11:55:53 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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Has Rubio alientated the Tea Party?

Is Obama a Muslim?

Does a bear take bodacious Obamas in the woods?

Could Travon have been Obama’s son?


6 posted on 08/22/2013 11:56:16 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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He sure as Hell has alienated me!


America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

7 posted on 08/22/2013 11:56:52 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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8 posted on 08/22/2013 11:57:00 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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Rubio. No, the name's not familiar.

By the way, the headline writer can't use the word "alienated", it's racist.

9 posted on 08/22/2013 11:58:12 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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He’s dead, Jim.


10 posted on 08/22/2013 12:02:24 PM PDT by Bronzewound (Lost Hope & Loose Change)
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Bingo Bump!!

Stick a fork in him...he’s done!


11 posted on 08/22/2013 12:02:57 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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yup


12 posted on 08/22/2013 12:06:40 PM PDT by mort56
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Do they think that Hispanics are emailing and calling their congress critters advocating that illiterate illegal aliens be given amnesty?


13 posted on 08/22/2013 12:06:42 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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YES


14 posted on 08/22/2013 12:07:05 PM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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Yep, he used the TP for his own advantage. Now he wants to be ‘the one’ who gets immigration for the GOP. Climbing the mountain of success in America with only him on his mind. POS! Let him blow his cuban cigar smoke up his latino a**.


15 posted on 08/22/2013 12:08:22 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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Yep.


16 posted on 08/22/2013 12:15:31 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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he may have decided that the Tea Party won’t get him to the White House.

Let's see him try it without us.

17 posted on 08/22/2013 12:15:46 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Army dad. And damned proud.)
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18 posted on 08/22/2013 12:18:57 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set)
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Dead to me.


19 posted on 08/22/2013 12:19:19 PM PDT by grobdriver
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Si.


20 posted on 08/22/2013 12:20:00 PM PDT by forgotten man
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