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Rubio endorses Romney, saying he's 'earned' it
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Posted on 03/28/2012 8:43:56 PM PDT by TJA

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., endorsed Mitt Romney for president Wednesday night on Fox News' "Hannity," saying Romney offers "a very clear alternative" to President Obama's vision for the future of the country.

Rubio, a young, first-termer who has been discussed as a possible vice presidential candidate, criticized talk of a fight for the Republican nomination on the convention floor, a possibility that is keeping alive the campaigns of Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.

"I think that's a recipe for delivering four more years of Barack Obama," Rubio told Fox News' Sean Hannity.

Romney has "earned this nomination," Rubio said, though he again shot down questions about whether he would accept any offers of a spot on the ticket.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: florida; kenyanbornmuzzie; marcorubio; massachusetts; mittromney; newtgingrich; ricksantorum; rubio
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To: DestroyLiberalism
I continue to become increasingly frustrated and more resentful at this pathetic excuse for a Republican party and it just goes to show we still have a LONG way to go to get rid of the GOP establishment.

Yes, but the GOP establishment has just about purged the party of real conservatives, who are badly outnumbered. The country is just too liberal to consider conservatism: that's what Nixon thought as early as 1960.

81 posted on 03/29/2012 4:57:33 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Past is prologue: The American people have again let us down in this election cycle.)
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To: swpa_mom
Rick is surging right now and none of the polls will be honest about it until the votes are about to be cast.

The way the PA Yankee won in the South impressed me and he will put to the test whether a conservative running as a conservative has a chance against the GOP-e RINO money and power.

82 posted on 03/29/2012 5:02:22 AM PDT by Happy Rain ("Rick or Mitt take your pick.")
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To: hinckley buzzard
It may be an irrelevant question to some people but it isn't to me.

Romney strapped the family dog (in a travel carrier) to the roof of the family station wagon for a 12 hour trip from Boston to Canada. Even his children were screaming for him not to do it...and the dog had diarrhea all over the car.

As an animal lover, this is cruelty bordering on the psychopathic.

IMHO this incident is a good indicator of the depth of Romney's sensitivity to others (which is to say "little or none").

83 posted on 03/29/2012 5:10:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: swpa_mom

Toomey knows how liberal people in PA really are, and I know James Carville once said most of the state was like northern AL, but Toomey is hedging his bets for 2016. Three is a huge opposition to Santorum from most Republicans, it seems.


84 posted on 03/29/2012 5:21:27 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Past is prologue: The American people have again let us down in this election cycle.)
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To: Theodore R.

I think carville claimed that central PA was like Alabama......only because it’s so conservative.

We’ll see, all I know is Santorum is being trashed by so called conservative newspapers and I really do get sick and tired of conservatives claiming Rick isn’t ‘conservative enough’.


85 posted on 03/29/2012 5:31:39 AM PDT by swpa_mom
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To: Huskrrrr

One can imagine the chat the GOP establishment, led by McCain, McConnell and Jeb Bush, just had with young Rubio (in the tenor of Foghorn Leghorn):

“You gotta lotta talent boy. You’re young but you got spunk. With our help you can go places in this town. But you gotta learn to play ball. Be part of the team. See the big picture. Look at me while I’m talking to you boy. Sure Romney’s an empty suit, but he’s our empty suit. He won’t win in 2012. We know that. And when he goes down this fall you’ll be in a great position for 2016. You’ll be our boy, but we need you to take one for the team in 2012. You play ball with us in 2012 you’ll be our star in 2016. Now be a good boy and endorse Romney so we can be done with this meaningless Presidential primary and focus on the Senate elections. Glad to have you on our team boy.”


86 posted on 03/29/2012 5:31:39 AM PDT by littleharbour
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To: DestroyLiberalism

“No question, the GOP establishment has organized a rallying cry around every influential conservative member in Washington over the past couple of weeks by begging them to publicly endorse Romney”

I think you mean twisting their arms. The establishment only asks nicely when dealing with their fellow crooks.

But even with sellouts coming out of the woodwork, there are a few bright spots. Pat Toomey, for all his other mistakes, has made it clear that he’s not going to endorse Romney. Yes, he recites some of their talking points, but he’s strong enough to avoid giving them the ultimate satisfaction.


87 posted on 03/29/2012 5:31:50 AM PDT by Cato in PA (1/26/12: Bloody Thursday)
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To: llandres
Yes, it’ll take time to reform (or replace) the GOP and rebuild the republic, not to mention undo the damage BHO has wrought, but if we don’t do ALL we can to replace him and do it successfully - then our time just ran out.

Our time ran out in 2010...

Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Sarah Palin

The Republican Party can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.

88 posted on 03/29/2012 5:33:29 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Theodore R.
Toomey knows how liberal people in PA really are,

Whut?


89 posted on 03/29/2012 5:37:22 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: ScottinVA
-"I`m amazed at how many prominent people will connect themselves to a candidate because of perceived “electability,”

The reality is that it's always been that way. You see, the "prominent" people consider themselves to be members of a 'club' (i.e. Party), and as such, at some point they begin to weigh the significance of the situation in terms of what it means to their 'club', ergo... why they decide to join in one direction, regardless of the 'individual'.

90 posted on 03/29/2012 5:39:05 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA (Pick Your Poison)
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To: wolfman23601
He is becoming a part of the establishment with this move (it is part of the process) but he is not a RINO at this point.

Flashback:

Trent Lott on Tea Party candidates: ‘As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them’

91 posted on 03/29/2012 5:40:32 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: TJA

I hope Romney picks Rubio for VP.


92 posted on 03/29/2012 5:43:04 AM PDT by angcat (PLEASE GOD SAVE OUR COUNTRY!)
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To: swpa_mom
Living near his hometown, I will tell you that I don’t have a good feeling about Rick being able to carry PA in our primary.

Santorum was in Gettysburg last week and an enormous crowd turned out for him.

93 posted on 03/29/2012 5:44:50 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Timber Rattler

I hope those crowds continue. We have a closed primary, so there’s less chance of hanky panky, and if the middle of the state turns out (failing to do so in 2008), Rick has a shot.


94 posted on 03/29/2012 5:48:30 AM PDT by swpa_mom
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To: livius
“Rubio was brought up as a Mormon, although I believe he now goes to some kind of non-denominational church, so this probably factored into it too.”

I hate to inject facts into an otherwise irrelevant debate, but ... here goes:

Rubio’s parents are Catholic. The family attended a Mormon church in Las Vegas for three years when they lived there in the 1980s. Rubio was confirmed and married in the Catholic Church. Rubio regularly attends both Catholic Mass and services in a nondenominational church affiliated with the Southern Baptist convention.

95 posted on 03/29/2012 5:48:43 AM PDT by riverdawg
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To: TJA

More party over principles stuff


96 posted on 03/29/2012 5:51:39 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: littleharbour

You nailed it!


97 posted on 03/29/2012 5:52:15 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: littleharbour

Yep, that’s probably what happened. Another bright, young conservative starts down the road leading to “compromise for the good of the party.”


98 posted on 03/29/2012 6:02:02 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Huskrrrr

At some point they all have their price. Even Sarah Palin. The only one I’ve seen so far who seems incorruptible is Allen West, and the GOP is going out of its way to screw him out of his congressional district. Honesty, integrity and independence are a death sentence in Washington. The big parties are all about subservience, compromise and situational ethics.


99 posted on 03/29/2012 6:13:18 AM PDT by littleharbour
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To: JSDude1

“I don’t want him as V.P. and never bought into the whole conservative fauning over him.”

I’ve NEVER understood the Free Republic fawning over Rubio.....His endorsement of Romney is NO SURPRISE.....This is just ONE example.....Spending taxpayer money right after an election to redecorate his office is another.....(Can’t serve the people in an old fashioned office now, can we?)....The list goes on and on......(Would Palin do that?, don’t think so).......More on corrupt Rubio at the link........Real conservatives in Florida know his record.....He is as RINO as they come......

http://pushingrope.blogspot.com/2010/07/meek-rubio-make-crew-list-for-most.html


100 posted on 03/29/2012 6:26:19 AM PDT by 3722535r
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