Posted on 08/25/2013 8:27:59 AM PDT by jimbo123
As recently as six months ago, Florida, a state with a poor record for producing presidential candidates, appeared to be striking gold at last.
Former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio were among the top three or four candidates, sometimes at the very top, in nearly every poll of Republicans on the 2016 presidential nomination. They had starring roles at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa one year ago this week, with Rubio introducing nominee Mitt Romney.
Today, things look different.
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Called a traitor and a RINO, or Republican in name only, over immigration reform by some of his earliest backers among the tea party movement, Rubio has been using the August recess to mend fences.
(Excerpt) Read more at tbo.com ...
” Of course, the immigrants do have a BIG ADVANTAGE in that they did not get exposed to American education, American drug culture,”
Mexican illegal
” immigrants ARE the drug culture.
They ARE the biggest distributors of narcotics in the USA.
” Before scapegoating the immigrants, maybe we should fix our education system, fix our I dont do that work culture, fix our drug and alcohol problems, “
Illegal immigrants don’t kill many Americans every day with their DUI’s ?
You get the August “Fraud of the Month “ award.
Upon reflection, could it be that the Bush legacy has actually superseded the Reagan legacy?
Did the VP and one-term President actually end up having more impact on the course of American history than did one of the Historically Great Presidents who preceded him?
I fear it is so...
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