Oh, Marco. You done put your foot in it this time. You told the truth.
In his new book, he calls for "common decency" when dealing with the undocumented and then goes on to commit the unforgivable sin of being honest:
"Many people who come here illegally are doing exactly what we would do if we lived in a country where we couldn't feed our families," Rubio writes in his book, which went on sale Tuesday. "If my kids went to sleep hungry every night and my country didn't give me an opportunity to feed them, there isn't a law, no matter how restrictive, that would prevent me from coming here."
Say good-bye to the Vice Presidency.
Why, you say? Politically this would be good for attracting more Latino voters, you say. Isn't that good for Republicans?
Follow me over the Itzl for why Rubio just lost his shot
While such honesty MAY attract more Hispanic voters--only MAY--it will definitely turn OFF base voters and the bulk of the Republicans in general.
Don't believe me? Let's wander over to Freeperville and dig through the sludge.
Marco, you’re getting seriously close to a STFU moment.
2 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 7:56:50 AM by ak267
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To: raulgomez05
Keep your piehole shut Rubio..
3 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 7:57:08 AM by goseminoles
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To: raulgomez05
That makes TWO GOP’s this week I will never vote for for anything....Senator Marco Rubio who is not as conservative as he lets on.
And Angela Corey-the State Prosecutor from Jacksonville who brought the charges up against George Zimmerman for defending himself.
Freegards
LEX
4 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 7:57:56 AM by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: raulgomez05
Another RINO with no respect for the rule of law. Adios, Marco!
6 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 7:58:43 AM by Freestate316
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To: goseminoles
Keep your piehole shut Rubio
Okay so the truth comes out. I want Rubio to keep talking. Better that we know the REAL Rubio now. I like him less and less the more this so called Conservative talks.
12 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:02:15 AM by tsowellfan (Should Obama recuse himself from making any decisions on immigration?)
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To: pgkdan
Then you’d be a criminal and a drain on our resources also.
17 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:06:22 AM by goseminoles
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To: ak267
Marco is thinking like a illegal alien, not an American.
Damned right he would cross over, but if he thought like an American he would see what this crossover is costing.
Billions spent to teach these people Billions for their medical care, Billions lost in taxes they don’t pay at jobs they take away from Americans.
If I were an illegal I would cross over too, but as an American , I look at the damage they are doing.Gangs , dope,drunken driving, rapes,rioting and protesting , protesting when they shouldn’t even be here.
Marco has passed the STFU moment.
32 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:25:59 AM by Venturer
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And of course the birthers come out:
To: raulgomez05
Marco Rubio
born May 28, 1971 in Miami, FL (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Mario Rubio born in Cuba, naturalized Nov. 5, 1975.
Oria Garcia born in Cuba, naturalized Nov. 5, 1975.
Parents were NOT US Citizens at the time of his birth (Does NOT meet the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Marco Rubio is NOT a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.
Marco's status is the same as that of Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Hussein Obama, who is NOT a Natural Born Citizen.
11 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:02:15 AM by ASA Vet (Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
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To: raulgomez05
Dick Morris’ recent column urges Romnesty to pick Rubio.
My response:
While Morris makes an interesting purely POLITICAL point, he conveniently OVERLOOKS the CONSTITUTIONAL question about Rubio’s eligibility.
Though Rubio has waffled on a few issues lately, I respect his general conservatism, which almost certainly flows from his parents having fled the nightmare of Castro’s Marxist island prison.
But therein lies the problem: Rubio’s PARENTS do not meet the necessary requirement of “natural born” for which Obama is today being challenged in a Florida court. In fact, Larry Klayman, attorney for the DEMOCRAT plaintiff in that case, made a glancing reference to the ineligibility of both Rubio and Bobby Jindal in his presentation to Judge Lewis on 6/18.
Look folks, either we HAVE a Constitution or we DO NOT. If Rubio, the son of parents who fled one form of ONE MAN TYRANNY, offers for or is tapped for VP, will he not be furthering the accelerating destruction of the very document the Founders left us to prevent our becoming a nation of men as opposed to a nation of LAWS, the Constitution being the primary exemplar?
And if the Hispanics here – legally and otherwise – help Obama to a second term on the basis that the rule of law and the Constitution are not important, they have only to look to Cuba to see where THAT will lead. They will have helped turn “here” into “there” and will no longer have a “here” to which to flee the tyranny.
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re in the process of CHOOSING SIDES in America.
Which side are YOU on??
15 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:06:09 AM by Dick Bachert (NOVEMBER 6th: THE END OF AN ERROR! Let us pray it's not the start of another!*)
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To: DoughtyOne
Welcome to the NEW America where EVERYBODY is an American citizen until proven OTHERWISE.
If you don’t need to show papers to live in the WH then why should THEY need papers to live in San Diego?
29 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:21:18 AM by tsowellfan (Should Obama recuse himself from making any decisions on immigration?)
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And of course, my personal favorite:
To: Venturer
I wish Dick Chaney would run now that he’s got a new heart.
38 posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:34:12 AM by tsowellfan (Should Obama recuse himself from making any decisions on immigration?)
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I could post these comments all day. Just for the entertainment value. But you get the point. Yeah, there were a couple of "Of course, America is great, who wouldn't want to live here" comments, but on the whole, they are turning on him like they turned on Lindsey Graham.
Stay tuned, folks, this is about to get interesting. Cue the walkback in 3...2...1...
8:18 AM PT: I just had a funny idea! What if we called in to Rush and said "What do you think about this story? You're the head of the party, so we need to know what we are supposed to think about this" or something like that. Let's get Rush to lambaste Rubio and make him apologize.