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Marco Rubio has some explainin' to do. Such a shame- caught in his own web.
« on: October 20, 2011, 08:29:35 PM »
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KaryninMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Thu Oct-20-11 09:14 PM
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Marco Rubio has some explainin' to do. Such a shame- caught in his own web.
   
Turns out his parents came over pre-Castro and then tried to move back to Cuba. Sorry Marco - jig's up. Thanks to Keith O for this piece tonight!

Marco Rubio’s compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show, By Manuel Roig-Franzia,

During his rise to political prominence, Sen. Marco Rubio frequently repeated a compelling version of his family’s history that had special resonance in South Florida. He was the “son of exiles,” he told audiences, Cuban Americans forced off their beloved island after “a thug,” Fidel Castro, took power.

But a review of documents — including naturalization papers and other official records — reveals that the Florida Republican’s account embellishes the facts. The documents show that Rubio’s parents came to the United States and were admitted for permanent residence more than 21 / 2 years before Castro’s forces overthrew the Cuban government and took power on New Year’s Day 1959.

The supposed flight of Rubio’s parents has been at the core of the young senator’s political identity, both before and after his stunning tea-party-propelled victory in last year’s Senate election. Rubio — now considered a prospective 2012 Republican vice presidential candidate and a possible future presidential contender — mentions his parents in the second sentence of the official biography on his Senate Web site. It says that Mario and Oriales Rubio “came to America following Fidel Castro’s takeover.” And the 40-year-old senator with the boyish smile and prom-king good looks has drawn on the power of that claim to entrance audiences captivated by the rhetorical skills of one of the more dynamic stump speakers in modern American politics.

The real story of his parents’ migration appears to be a more conventional immigrant narrative, a couple who came to the United States seeking a better life. In the year they arrived in Florida, the future Marxist dictator was in Mexico plotting a quixotic return to Cuba.

Rubio’s office confirmed Thursday that his parents arrived in the United States in 1956 but noted that “while they were prepared to live here permanently, they always held out the hope and the option of returning to Cuba if things improved.” They returned to Cuba several times after Castro came to power to “assess the situation with the hope of eventually moving back,” the office said in a statement.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marco-rubios-com...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2157022

Well that seals it, none of the DUmmies will ever vote for him now.  :-)

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2. He already spinning this by...
   
saying he made his claims based on his family's 'oral history'. So not only is he a liar, but he's blaming his parents for the lie!!

Yeah because God knows no parent has ever embellished their history to their kids.  :whatever:

If this is true and he lied I will be disappointed, I am hoping it was a case of his dad embellishing when he told the family history, and not that Marco made it up.

 
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Re: Marco Rubio has some explainin' to do. Such a shame- caught in his own web.
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2011, 08:32:12 PM »
Glad we got that settled.  Now there's a question some of us have about the current President and his mommy...
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Re: Marco Rubio has some explainin' to do. Such a shame- caught in his own web.
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2011, 11:10:22 PM »
Interesting.
Marco relates an oral family history told to him by a family member.
History that occurred over twelve years before his birth. (therefore he's a liar)?
Sounds a bit like picking nits.
Next, they'll demand he show us his birth certificate. :-)
I see family embellishment at the most. Nothing more.
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Re: Marco Rubio has some explainin' to do. Such a shame- caught in his own web.
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2011, 11:09:45 AM »
Actually, the WAPO is going to have to do some explaining and retractions.
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Re: Marco Rubio has some explainin' to do. Such a shame- caught in his own web.
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2011, 12:24:36 PM »
They'd still be exiles even under your version, DUmmie.

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