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Offline CatholicCrusader

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Marco Rubio
« on: May 17, 2011, 01:35:22 PM »
Okay, since some folks are speculating about people they would like to see run but who are not actually running (yet) I will throw Marco Rubio into the mix.

What does Rubio have going for him:

  • Young/Fresh face
  • Not seen as an insider
  • Good Conservative Credentials (to the best of my knowledge)

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  • Hispanic

The Hispanic vote is a major factor in this election. There are more Hispanics than Blacks in America. Could you imagine a Republican candiate who could go on Univision or Telemundo or other Spanish language networks and give lengthy interviews? He'd have a dang monopoly there because Obama can't do that.

Yep, if I could draft someone who has not decided to run, I think I might pick Rubio.

Is there any black mark on his Conservative record that anyone knows about?
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 02:50:49 PM »
About the only "mark" I can see against Rubio would be his relative inexperience . . .

. . . but, then again, the US, in the last Presidential election, elected someone with zero experience, so it can happen again.
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2011, 02:52:49 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on May 17, 2011, 02:50:49 PM
About the only "mark" I can see against Rubio would be his relative inexperience . . .

. . . but, then again, the US, in the last Presidential election, elected someone with zero experience, so it can happen again.

I like a person who can ask a question and then answer their own question correctly. LOL
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2011, 03:02:43 PM »
Quote from: CatholicCrusader on May 17, 2011, 02:52:49 PM
I like a person wh can ask a question and then answer their own question correctly. LOL

CC, don't think for a second that the LSM wouldn't try to use that tack.
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2011, 03:07:02 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on May 17, 2011, 03:02:43 PM
CC, don't think for a second that the LSM wouldn't try to use that tack.

Oh, I know. They will stop at nothing. They might even try to make him some sort of racist.

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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2011, 02:54:06 PM »
I like Rubio a lot.  I do think the lack of experience is the only major black mark.  The senate race was so heated, vitriolic, and filled with drama that if there were any serious skeleton in his closet, it would have been found.  As far as I know, his conservative bona fides are solid. 
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2011, 02:56:10 PM »
Quote from: Karin on May 18, 2011, 02:54:06 PM
I like Rubio a lot.  I do think the lack of experience is the only major black mark.  The senate race was so heated, vitriolic, and filled with drama that if there were any serious skeleton in his closet, it would have been found.  As far as I know, his conservative bona fides are solid. 

Yeah, we know that a candidate can't be elected for president with only a little senate experience.  :-)
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2011, 03:13:51 PM »
Yeah, I know.   I went over to Gradegov.com to see what the comments were about him.  His constituents who gave him an F had a big beef about Libya.  That was about the only thing. 

I stopped by Alan West's page and gave him a big fat A+++ and a nice note.   :-)  I have a crush. 
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2011, 03:16:38 PM »
I shouldn't have watched that Family Guy episode. Every time I hear Marco Rubio's name I think of Stewie playing Marco Polo with Helen Keller.
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2011, 05:09:44 PM »
I like him, but I'd hate to see him give up that hard-won seat and let Creepy Charlie have a chance to jump into it.
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2011, 05:12:31 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on May 18, 2011, 05:09:44 PM
I like him, but I'd hate to see him give up that hard-won seat and let Creepy Charlie have a chance to jump into it.
Good point. Creepy Charlie is now a shuckster on local TV for one of the local ambulance chasers. The man has no class.
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2011, 05:13:15 PM »
Great guy.

Too soon.
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Re: Marco Rubio
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2011, 06:31:28 PM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on May 18, 2011, 05:13:15 PM
Great guy.

Too soon.

Agreed. He's a rarity, a politician with ethics.
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