Posted on 10/12/2015 7:59:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I want to support Marco Rubio, but today I can’t. He may not have burned all his bridges to us conservatives, but he charred the hell out of them with his flirtation with the Gang of Eight and his disingenuous embrace of amnesty. Right now, a huge and decisive bloc of conservatives will not vote for him. So, can he ever win us back?
Maybe. That depends on him. Entirely on him.
Rubio has plenty going for him. For one thing, he can talk – Rubio can put a sentence together without sounding like he’s in a cage match with the English language. He’s handled the baiting by that oaf Trump with aplomb and good humor – you can tell he’s been effective because The Donald has gone off to bully other targets.
Rubio comes off as personally likeable, though a bit goody-goody, like he’ll cry if he gets an A- on his history quiz. Sure he’s young, but everyone looks young compared to the Democrats’ commie cryptkeeper contingent.
Substantively, especially on foreign policy, Rubio is really sharp. He sounds like a president. You know the Democrats fear him because their media minions tried to kneecap him early on – “Psst, did you hear? Rubio bought a boat!”
Oh, and his wife is hot.
Critically, in a time where branding is crucial, he’s not an orange-hued, bourbon-swilling Anglo who comes off like an unfun version of Rodney Dangerfield’s Al Cervik from Caddyshack. Next year, the Republican candidate is going up against some version of a painfully white, doddering socialist, and it would be nice to have a contrast to whatever member of the cadaver caucus the libs settle on.
Let’s face it – the Cuban thing is good. But that’s not because of the bizarre notion that his being of Cuban descent is going to win over everyone with a remotely Latin surname – having married into a Cuban family, I know that being Cuban may well hurt him with some sub-sets of Hispanicdom. No, the Cuban thing is good because it demonstrates that being a Republican doesn’t mean having to come off like the guy who owned the local Buick dealership back in 1965. And it is part of a powerful and compelling back story. Aspiring American-by-choice immigrates, works hard, and his son runs for president. God bless America.
Funny how immigration went from being an asset to his only real liability. But it’s a huge liability that is going to sink his candidacy if he doesn’t unscrew what he screwed up.
Bottom Line: Marco, you can’t cavort with Chuck Schumer, push an amnesty bill, and be the Republican nominee without making amends to us conservatives for your utter, total, and comprehensive failure. You can’t rely on the Jeb! strategy of being the last guy standing, thinking conservatives will have no choice but to back you. Oh, they have a choice all right, and many will choose to burn it all down.
I would be supporting you today except for the amnesty thing. There are a lot of Republicans like me. Here’s how you win us back.
First, quit the denial. You supported amnesty … stop what you are about to say. You are about to say, “But it wasn’t amnesty,” and saying that is going to set me off like Carlo denying he set up Sonny set off Michael Corleone. It insults our intelligence.
You have to answer for your dissembling about what the Gang of Eight wanted to do. Here’s a pro tip: When you go on Univision, remember that a lot of us speak Spanish and are onto the “Right in English, left in Español” game. You were not straight with us. You treated us like we were stupid, and the second you start trying to explain how we really didn’t understand and blah blah blah we will tune you right back out again.
Say this: “I wanted to try and find a compromise to solve the illegal immigration problem. I was too trusting of Chuck Schumer and the Democrats – a mistake I won’t make again – and I let myself become a salesman for what was essentially amnesty. I was wrong.”
Now that you have cleared the air about the past, you can move on to the future, because right now the old Immigration Trustmeter is in the red. Say this: “Here’s where I stand. Illegal immigration is wrong. Illegal aliens should go home. Period. I will never support allowing any illegal alien who didn’t honorably serve in our military to become a U.S. citizen unless he goes home and reapplies to immigrate the right way – by respecting our laws. The first thing we must do is secure the border with Mexico with a Gulf to Pacific wall. Not a virtual wall. A wall wall, with enough guards to end the flow of illegal aliens.”
Choose a conservative venue with trusted, hardcore conservative figures to take your confession. Not some squishy publication, and not to spineless RINOs. You’ll have them nailed down regardless when Jeb! finally realizes that the dream is over and bails. You need to convince us, the conservatives, the Tea Partiers, the battlecons, Team Pitchfork N’ Torches, the guys who drove Cantor and Boehner out of the house. That’s the only way you might possibly receive our absolution.
Might possibly, because there are some of us you will never win back. That’s on you. Your torrid romance with the Gang of Eight and your weasally behavior therein demonstrates how easy it is to squander trust by abusing it. But some of us will give you a second chance if you demonstrate that you have learned from your grave mistake.
Make amends, then keep your word. Oh, and the ticket should be, in no particular order, you and Carly.
Why do people think these guys can be rehabilitated?
Also, methinks the David Rivera connection will raise it’s ugly head again.
...“Democrats have opened our borders to all manner of horrific Third World violence, crime, and disease. The GOP has supported and endorsed this vile activity every single step of the way. Trump has tapped into the fury of the American people over the unrelenting anti-American NWO push of our paid employees in government. Trump could win this on this one issue alone. Americans are tired of being betrayed by their government on both sides of the aisle.”...
Be interested in your source for that figure. In any event, despite the fact that Obama's 2012 Dreamer amnesty is unconstitutional by my reading, the recipients (580,000 so far) are now legal under the law including being provided SSNs and work permits. So the military would have no choice but to accept them. They would be restricted in terms of security clearances.
The fact that we are kicking out tens of thousands of combat tested military as the military is downsizing makes it insane that we would recruit illegal aliens to take limited slots away from American citizens and legal immigrants is an obscenity.
How he can win conservatives back???? Quit being a weasel.... only he can’t quit.
How Marco Rubio Might Win Back Us Conservatives
He resigns and a real conservative takes his place.
Army speeding up recruitment of 'Dreamers''Since January, the Pentagon has enlisted 81 illegal immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children and qualify for President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, according to figures provided by the Army on Thursday.
Between January and April 8, only 43 had been enlisted, an Army spokesman said.
Since then, at least 38 more recruits have signed up. '
Thanks. Sickening. We are downsizing the military and yet recruiting illegal aliens to take scarce jobs the native born want.
Well, maybe if he takes my Family out on his Yacht.
Oh wait.
Rubio isnt my choice but if he is the nom I’ll gladly vote for him. I’ll draw the line at Bush tho....and the others waaaay down there.
“You would vote for Socialism? You would be voting against the United States Constitution and ALL America stands for.......... “
The bridge is out and the train is streaming for the cliff. Bernie and Hillary want to drive it off at 140 mph. Rubio will drive it off at 80 mph. Vote for either and the train is still going over the cliff. Best to pull the band aid off quickly and get it over with. Completely fatalistic, I admit, but at the point that Rubio is the nominee, it proves that the establishment controls all and my vote is a fiction.
It’s say it’s a tossup. I would never vote for Rubio or Jeb.
Rubio would have done himself a world of good if, at the beginning of the race, he had said “look, I was brand new into Congress when the Gang of 8 establishment members roped me into their plan. I was brand new and was tricked and betrayed. I will never make that mistake again.” This would have let him distance himself from amnesty and play the counter-establishment role a little bit. Unfortunately for him its way too late for that.
Nice try, Kurt. But it don’t work that way. He made his bed and WTP refuse to change and launder the sheets. The Rube is the Rube, has been the Rube and will continue to be the Rube until the day he dies and move on the the just rewards he has waiting. No second look here. No second chance either.
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