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Rubio is Cuban, he won't score the Latino vote. Maybe the Cuban vote in Florida but not with Mexicans who make up the bulk of the Latino vote.
Very much this. The special immigration deference given to Cubans has created a lot of annimasity between them and Dominicans, mestizo-Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, and... well, every other group from Latin America. Cuban /= Latino.
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Originally Posted by wehotex
Rubio's not a rich white guy? Could have fooled me.
That American approach to ethnicity is so strange. Had Rubia's parents immigrated from Spain (regardless of his skin tone) he would just be another white guy. But for some reason they come from Cuba and he's "hispanic, or Latino." I realize there are ethnic differences, but for how many generations are those that pronounced? Is his lifestyle that different from other upper-income south Floridians?
Well technically he's a rich hispanic guy. There are tons of white hispanic people though. You don't have to be brown to be hispanic, last I checked.
LOL. I doubt that he could identify with the predominantly mestizo Latino person. We don't trust arrogant Cubans. Give us a candidate like Gov Susana Martinez (who is not ashamed of being Mex-American unlike the Nev Governor Sandoval) and we would listen.
LOL. I doubt that he could identify with the predominantly mestizo Latino person. We don't trust arrogant Cubans. Give us a candidate like Gov Susana Martinez (who is not ashamed of being Mex-American unlike the Nev Governor Sandoval) and we would listen.
I guess it depends on the division between the two. I'm not hispanic personally so I won't pretend to understand that dynamic. I have an uncle (not by blood) that is Uruguayan. He's whiter than I am...blonde hair, blue eyes. His ancestry is Italian as are most other Uruguayans...I could see him not particularly identifying with Central or Latin American people. He's a bit of a snob to be honest.
My personal, subjective perspective.. Rubio seems like a decent, moral guy. He's taken relatively conservative positions on some high-profile social issues.
But that said, I hope Republicans ultimately choose a candidate who has credibility as a strong border security hawk. Republicans shouldn't run a guy like Rubio who has conspired previously with Democrats on immigration 'reform' (translation- border subversion). I was reading that Rubio is now conceding (in a speech @ CPAC) that his support of bi-partisan immigration 'reform' was a mistake.. but I think that previous support is a profound disqualifier. Republicans should offer contrast to Democrats' de facto open borders policy.
Imo, if both parties become completely conjoined on open borders (& I understand they're already close to that..), every other contemporary political issue will become irrelevant.. bcuz thru demographics & lawlessness we will become a 3rd World Latin country facing solely 3rd world problems.
He sounds like an idiot who is being pushed forward to importance by the GOP. Zero charisma, Zero public speaking skills, Zero executive appearance. Nothing.
My god......you just described Barack Obama as well! He was an idiot pushed forward to importance by the Democrats and the fawning media. Zero charisma, zero public speaking skills without his trusty Teleprompter, and zero executive accomplishments.
Just an unaccomplished moron from IL, raised for a while by his whackjob "grandparents" after being abandoned by his single mother who had been inseminated by a married guy from Kenya.
Aren't U.S. politics wonderful? Our pathetic two-party system is about as reputable as reality TV. One one side, we have another Bush and a bunch of random morons. On the other side, we have another Clinton and a bunch of random morons (and because it's a Clinton, likely a bunch of dead bodies as well.)
My god......you just described Barack Obama as well! He was an idiot pushed forward to importance by the Democrats and the fawning media. Zero charisma, zero public speaking skills without his trusty Teleprompter, and zero executive accomplishments.
Just an unaccomplished moron from IL, raised for a while by his whackjob "grandparents" after being abandoned by his single mother who had been inseminated by a married guy from Kenya.
Aren't U.S. politics wonderful? Our pathetic two-party system is about as reputable as reality TV. One one side, we have another Bush and a bunch of random morons. On the other side, we have another Clinton and a bunch of random morons (and because it's a Clinton, likely a bunch of dead bodies as well.)
Yeah, but the difference is that Obama could win. And he did...twice. Convincingly.
My personal, subjective perspective.. Rubio seems like a decent, moral guy. He's taken relatively conservative positions on some high-profile social issues.
But that said, I hope Republicans ultimately choose a candidate who has credibility as a strong border security hawk. Republicans shouldn't run a guy like Rubio who has conspired previously with Democrats on immigration 'reform' (translation- border subversion). I was reading that Rubio is now conceding (in a speech @ CPAC) that his support of bi-partisan immigration 'reform' was a mistake.. but I think that previous support is a profound disqualifier. Republicans should offer contrast to Democrats' de facto open borders policy.
Imo, if both parties become completely conjoined on open borders (& I understand they're already close to that..), every other contemporary political issue will become irrelevant.. bcuz thru demographics & lawlessness we will become a 3rd World Latin country facing solely 3rd world problems.
I say no on Rubio for prez.
I agree with you for the most part. I wouldn't trust Rubio as you pointed out above as he is a flip flopper on illegal immigration. So are many other GOPers. I'd like to see a candidate run that has always opposed illegal immigration and amnesty, won't pander to Hispanics for votes on this issue and will put the American taxpayer/worker first. If this massive illegal immigration is allowed to continue we will become the country that you described. No thanks!
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Rubio offers no hope
