August 21, 2010

Marco Rubio: American Exceptionalism

by the Left Coast Rebel

Recent polling has showed that the Florida senate run between 'independent' progressive Charlie Crist and Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio to be a dead heat.

What do you do?

Nary a teleprompter in sight, Marco Rubio delivered a stirring speech at a campaign stop on Friday centered on American exceptionalism:



I got shafted here in California as my candidate -- Chuck DeVore -- went down in flames in the primary process.

But residents of the sunshine state have a choice.

Marco Rubio would certainly get my vote, would he yours?

Move along Charlie Crist - there is butt-floss in your future and it can all be yours:

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Hat tip Moonbattery, via Florida Independent, go to MarcoRubio.com here, cross posted to LCR.
Posted by Left Coast Rebel on 8/21/2010



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John Carey · 762 weeks ago

And remind me once again why the race is so close in Florida. This guy absolutely nailed it and spoke what is in my heart. I wish I could vote for him!
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Andrew33 103p · 762 weeks ago

Rubio as well as much of the Republican heirarchy got caught using Republican Party credit cards for personal use. The most accurate Republican internal polling shows Rubio pulling ahead. The polling won't be accurate until after the primary on Aug 25th. Crist just revealed he will caucus with Dems if elected. As independents realize this, they will move to Rubio as Crist will be a rubber stamp for BHO. Crist has been smart enough to be a hands off governor in public which makes him palatable to independents who don't realize how close Crist is to BHO.
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Andrew33 103p · 762 weeks ago

As for the floss issue, Crist looks the other way. He was always a "log cabin" republican who got married in hopes of being McCain's running mate in 2008. BHO has spent quite a bit of time with Crist. I wouldn't read too much into that though, unless you want to.
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silverfiddle 46p · 762 weeks ago

Rubio grew up listening to his elders talk about losing their freedoms and having to flee America. His impromptu speech shows he still understands why this country is special.
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Andrew33 103p · 762 weeks ago

Our Cuban community generally believes far more strongly in the traditional "nuclear" family than many Americans do. Rubio exudes that strong family belief in his message. Our Cuban community is generally far more "Pro-Libery" and anti-communist than most Americans. I'm not sure but maybe it has something to do with hearing stories about how the communists stole your parents' property and killed your family members at the dinner table. That would certainly irk me.
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Andrew33 103p · 762 weeks ago

Rubio is a great politician. He has been caught up in the "Republican credit card issue" that brought down much of Florida's non-elected Republican leadership (all allies of Charlie Crist). It's funny that had Crist not left the Republican Party, he'd be knee deep in an ethics probe right about now. While Rubio is a political insider, and has had minor ethics questions, he's the best chance we have to beat Crist who I have been warning people about since he day I started blogging. Honestly, I'd vote for Meeks or Greene (the Dems) before id vote for Crist. I'm not as enamored with Rubio as much of the Tea Party is, but his fiscal strategy for his campaign has been brilliant. Rubio knows that Crist has both Obama funding and funding collected from wealthy Republican donors. Once the primaries are over, Crist plans to unleash a barrage of attack ads on Crist so ugly they make Michelle O look like miss America. So, Rubio has been using all the free ad time he can get, speaking at every political rally and tea party possible and getting face time on any media outlet that will allow him to while keeping his campaign funds saved for the rainy day that we all know will arrive shortly. If we can get people on capitol hill who will manage our tax funds similarly, we just might be okay as a Nation going forward.
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Andrew33 103p · 762 weeks ago

LCR and the rest of you Rubio supporters will be happy to know that I am about to go vote for Rubio in the primary election right after I'm done writing this. Not it will make much difference as it is only the Primary and Rubio has no opposition with any name recognition.

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