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AuH20
06-22-2011, 10:57 AM
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http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/06/21/will-new-gop-isolationism-leave-new-star-marco-rubio-isolated/


Yet, in that respect, has the precocious Rubio finally made his first misstep on the national stage? After so shrewdly reading the Tea Party leaves from the moment he announced his Senate candidacy in 2009, has the conservative former Florida House Speaker missed what looks increasingly – especially after last week's presidential candidates debate – like the GOP's return to isolationism? It's too early to know if the internationalism that's held sway among Republicans for the past decade is on the outs. But Rubio, who insists the U.S. must be “the watchman on the wall of world freedom,” has certainly thrown his foreign policy lot in with Senate colleagues like John McCain and Lindsey Graham, whose interventionist voices don't seem to set the GOP agenda the way they used to. Their declining clout in turn could be a drag on Rubio, who is widely considered a 2012 vice-presidential prospect.

In reality, Rubio doesn't have much of a choice. As a conservative Cuban-American – and especially as a hard-liner on U.S. Cuba policy – he wouldn't have the luxury of softening his pro-active principles even if he wanted to. When he became a Senator, Rubio didn't just carry the fiscal fury of his Tea Party backers; he also inherited the mantle of a Cuban exile leadership that still believes in cold war-style regime change in Havana, even after strategies like a 49-year-old U.S. trade embargo have utterly failed to dislodge the communist Castro brothers.

oyarde
06-22-2011, 11:05 AM
Starting to look as though nearly all trend the wrong way . How many in the Senate besides Rand would tend to trend positive ?

freshjiva
06-22-2011, 11:25 AM
A trend implies moving towards something. Rubio hasn't budged. He's always been a pro-war neocon who successfully disguised himself as a Tea Party conservative.

Brian4Liberty
06-22-2011, 11:55 AM
In reality, Rubio doesn't have much of a choice. As a conservative Cuban-American – and especially as a hard-liner on U.S. Cuba policy – he wouldn't have the luxury of softening his pro-active principles even if he wanted to. When he became a Senator, Rubio didn't just carry the fiscal fury of his Tea Party backers; he also inherited the mantle of a Cuban exile leadership that still believes in cold war-style regime change in Havana, even after strategies like a 49-year-old U.S. trade embargo have utterly failed to dislodge the communist Castro brothers.

Cubans aren't the only constituents Rubio has in Florida.

http://www.amazon.com/Tropical-Diaspora-Jewish-Experience-Cuba/dp/1558765212/
http://www.thecajm.org/cajmhist.html

virgil47
06-22-2011, 12:49 PM
Rubio is not a natural born citizen and so is not eligible to be president. End of story.

COpatriot
06-22-2011, 12:59 PM
Another letdown as is almost always the case with the GOP.

HOLLYWOOD
06-22-2011, 03:08 PM
Manchurian Puppet of the Aspen Institute...

Marco Rubio is a phony as they get in politics.

He is not the TEA PARTY candidate from Florida...

surf
06-22-2011, 03:17 PM
Rubio is not a natural born citizen and so is not eligible to be president. End of story.
wiki:
Born May 28, 1971 (1971-05-28) (age 40)
Miami, Florida

Rothbardian Girl
06-22-2011, 03:19 PM
I can't believe anyone really trusts the "non-interventionist" spin from these GOP candidates. I mean, does no one remember Bush's infamous replies way back in 2000? Seems like the media is pushing yet another agenda they'd like to have the general populace believe. I don't know if anyone's fallen for it yet - I haven't heard people talking about politics lately...

AlexanderY
06-22-2011, 03:23 PM
Rubio is not a natural born citizen and so is not eligible to be president. End of story.

Unfortunately, though, He was born in the US, thus eligible to become President.

As a descendant of Cuban immigrants, I really hope this guy doesn't get anywhere near the executive branch.

He just embellished his "conservative" stances and used the Tea Party to catapult him into power.

Rubio is a disgrace.

virgil47
06-22-2011, 05:59 PM
Unfortunately, though, He was born in the US, thus eligible to become President.

As a descendant of Cuban immigrants, I really hope this guy doesn't get anywhere near the executive branch.

He just embellished his "conservative" stances and used the Tea Party to catapult him into power.

Rubio is a disgrace.

Unfortunately for him neither of his parents were U.S. citizens at the time of his birth therefore he is ineligible to become president. If he is eligible than so is every anchor baby in the U.S.

virgil47
06-22-2011, 06:00 PM
wiki:
Born May 28, 1971 (1971-05-28) (age 40)
Miami, Florida

Neither parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth. He is not eligible.