Florida Senator Marco “Polo” Rubio, your next president in his own head, is a self-styled Deep Thinker and Very Serious Person™, and as such, he has Concerns with the deal “President” Obama is negotiating with Iran. (*Of course* Rubio, a vacuous cypher, was one of the 47 traitors Republican senators who sent that har-har-just-kidding letter <http://wonkette.com/579224/traitor-republicans-cant-obama-and-iran-take-a-joke> telling Iran that the fake president’s negotiations don’t really count, and *of course* he tried to raise money off of it <http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/rubio-turns-sabotage-letter-fundraising-opportunity?cid=sm_fb_maddow> .)
image: http://resources.contextly.com/thumbnails/wonkette/3122219/70x70.jpg <http://wonkette.com/579224/traitor-republicans-cant-obama-and-iran-take-a-joke> Traitor Republicans: Can't Obama And Iran Take A Joke? <http://wonkette.com/579224/traitor-republicans-cant-obama-and-iran-take-a-joke> Like, for instance — and he’s just thinking out loud here — is America letting ISIS win to make Iran happy, because Iran loves ISIS so much <http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/03/11/3632393/john-kerry-obliterates-marco-rubios-conspiracy-theory-iran/> ? 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Sponsored Intermission image: image: image: http://trk.vidible.tv/trk/impression.gif?pid=55fb14efe4b033e18005180d&bcid=543ebab7e4b034e6a26bba99&m.url=http%3A%2F%2Fwonkette.com%2F579280%2Fmarco-rubio-says-dumb-words-about-iran-is-dumb-and-stupid-huh&m.cb=1447262987 During a tense exchange with Kerry at a Senate Foreign Relations committee on Wednesday, Rubio confronted the former Massachusetts senator. “I believe that much of our strategy with regards to ISIS is being driven by a desire not to upset Iran so they don’t walk away from the negotiating table on the deal that you’re working on,” the potential GOP presidential candidate declared. “Tell me why I’m wrong.” Well, Senator, let’s start with the fact that ISIS is Iran’s mortal enemy and you are A Idiot. Kerry responded forcefully. “Because the facts completely contradict that,” he said. … “They would welcome our bombing of ISIS, actually, they want us to destroy ISIS, ISIS is a threat to them, it’s a threat to the region and I think you’re misreading it if you think there is a mutual interest with respect to Daesh [the Arabic name for ISIS] from every country in the region.” Even after John Kerry spoke Arabic at him — suspicious, no? — Rubio was not about to back down, because the wingnuts in Iowa would not appreciate him jettisoning a dumb conspiracy theory after just one pass. This is the state of American politics, and we need a drink. Kerry added that the nuclear talks have not impacted America’s strategy in Iraq and Syria. “There is no grand bargain being discussed here in the context of this negotiation. This is about a nuclear weapon potential, that’s it.” Rubio floated his theory again, this time suggesting that America’s coalition in its fight against ISIS also believes that the nuclear talks are undermining the goal of defeating terrorists. And Kerry once again gave Rubio ye olde bitchslap: “Senator, that actually is flat wrong also, flat wrong.” See, as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had already explained to the Junior Senator from Florida and his colleagues, Iran very much wants to bomb the fuck out of ISIS, because ISIS would like nothing more <http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/03/opinion/bazzi-iran-iraq/> than to run out Iraq’s Shiite government, which Iran wholeheartedly supports. Also, too, ISIS sees Shiites as apostates, and would probably kill them all if given the chance, because those guys are dicks. Today, the Iranian regime is moving to exert influence beyond its Iraqi proxies, and is comfortable taking overt military action. There is no one to restrain Tehran, and the rise of ISIS, which views Shiites as apostates, threatens the interests of all Iraqi Shiite factions and of the Iranian regime. In late November, Iranian warplanes launched several airstrikes against targets in eastern Iraq, pushing back ISIS militants who had neared a self-declared “buffer zone” that Iran established along the border. But sure, we’re not bombing ISIS (we are) because Iran wants ISIS to defeat them, or something. That’s some fucking foreign policy smarts right there. Read more at http://wonkette.com/579280/marco-rubio-says-dumb-words-about-iran-is-dumb-and-stupid-huh#wCUVjE5WrPI899iX.99 On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 11:19:16 AM UTC-6, plainolamerican wrote: > > *1) He is not the son of Cuban exiles. He thinks. Maybe?* Up until last > year, Marco Rubio described his parents as exiles from Fidel Castro's > communist regime in Cuba: "In 1971, Marco was born in Miami to Cuban-born > parents who came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover," his Senate > biography stated > <http://web.archive.org/web/20110208005828/http://rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/about?p=biography>. > > But it turns out his parents actually arrived in the US in 1956 > <http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/documents-give-shape-to-marco-rubios-family-history-but-raise-new-questions/1198570>, > > before the revolution, and even made multiple trips back to the communist > island. Rubio insisted he hadn't known his family's actual history, but polls > showed > <http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/poll-florida-voters-say-rubio-exaggerated-family-story-flat-tax> > most > of his constituents thought he'd "embellished" his account. > > Things get even messier: According to a Rubio biography due out in June > by*Washington > Post* reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia, Rubio's grandfather Pedro Victor > Garcia was an illegal immigrant to the United States. Disillusioned by his > financial prospects, Garcia reportedly left the United States *for* Cuba > two weeks after Fidel Castro took power in 1959. He flew back to the States > two years later without a visa...and was booked by a US immigration > official, who stated: "[Y]ou do not appear to me to be clearly and beyond a > doubt entitled to enter the United States." Garcia was ordered deported, > but instead he hung out illegally in Miami, resurfacing in 1967 to petition > for permanent residency. Even though Garcia had been in the US since 1962, > "The form he filled out then states that he had been a Cuban refugee since > February 1965," according to Roig-Franzia. > > *2) His immigration policies are...complicated.* Rubio's own vacillating > positions on immigration parallel his grandfather's back-and-forth homeland > tryouts. He was one of the first Republicans nationwide to criticize > Arizona's SB1070, saying > <http://politicalcorrection.org/blog/201005060001> it would "unreasonably > single out people who are here legally." A week later, after some cosmetic > changes were made to the law, Rubio said he would have voted for it. > "Arizona's going to do what’s in the best interest of the people of > Arizona," he said > <http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2012/feb/09/presente/most-hispanics-support-dream-act-marco-rubio-does-/>. > > "They have a right to do that, and I respect that." > > He also has spoken out > <http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2012/feb/09/presente/most-hispanics-support-dream-act-marco-rubio-does-/> > against > "blanket legalization" of undocumented immigrants and opposed President > Obama's DREAM Act: "People in the United States who are here without > documents should not benefit from programs like in-state tuition." But > earlier this month—after joining Mitt on the campaign trail, and after being > attacked in a political ad > <http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2012/feb/09/presente/most-hispanics-support-dream-act-marco-rubio-does-/> > that > stated 91 percent of Hispanics favor the DREAM Act—Rubiovowed to write > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marco-rubios-dream-act-alternative-a-challenge-for-obama-on-illegal-immigration/2012/04/25/gIQA5yqxhT_story.html> > on > his own version of the legislation. (My colleague, Adam Serwer, has a > rundown here on the Rubio DREAM Act's weaknesses > <http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/04/does-rubios-republican-dream-act-really-paint-obama-corner>...and > > why it's basically a canard.) > > *3) He's Mormon. And Catholic. And Protestant. And…*Like most > Cuban-American Floridians, Rubio identifies himself as Catholic. But on > moving with his family to Las Vegas in 1979, he converted to Mormonism. > According > <http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/04/new-marco-rubio-book-to-detail-his-familys-immigrant-past.html> > to > Roig-Franzia: > > Marco attended LDS youth groups and often walked to chapel with his family > because his mother could not drive. The cousins idolized the > Osmonds…"Marco, his sister, Veronica, and their cousin, Michelle, liked to > perform Osmond songs at family get-togethers. [Rubio] was so entranced by > the Osmonds that he joined [a]…trip to Provo, Utah, to tour the pop group's > recording studio. > > Rubio claims he returned to the Catholic church as a teen, on his family's > return to Miami. But since his Senate run, he's also been a regular > parishioner > <http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/02/the-many-flavors-of-marco-rubios-religious-tastes-catholic-baptist-mormon-.html> > at > a non-denominational Baptist-affiliated megachurch—and he's been happy to > let both churches embrace him > <http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/exclusive-marco-rubios-mormon-roots> > and > his "faith journey. > <http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/23/v-fullstory/2657517/sen-rubios-mormon-past-comes-to.html> > " > > In recent months, though, he's denied > <http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/marco-rubio-talks-about-his-mormon-youth> > that > Mormonism was ever an influence in his life: "When you're eight years old > you do what your parents tell you to do." In a separate interview, his > cousin Michelle Denis told *Buzzfeed* > <http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/exclusive-marco-rubios-mormon-roots>, > "He could convince his mom to do anything," adding, "He was totally into > [Mormonism]." > > *4) He's a climate denier. Or an environmentalist. Or...*As speaker of > the Florida Legislature, Rubio shepherded > <http://www.insideclimatenews.org/news/20101101/get-elected-floridas-rubio-leaving-climate-action-past-behind> > a > landmark bill to limit greenhouse gas emissions, voiced caution about > drilling off the Sunshine State's coast, and argued that climate change was > real. "Global warming, dependence on foreign sources of fuel, and > capitalism have come together to create opportunities for us that were > unimaginable just a few short years ago," he told > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei6QcE50Sq0> his House colleagues in > 2007. Of drilling, he said > <http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/2008/06/rubio-explore-o.html> > it > should only be done if it could be proven environmentally safe, and it > wasn't a silver bullet: "Even if we started drilling tomorrow morning, it > could take close to 10 years before we start seeing the benefits." > > But as soon as he jumped into the US Senate race, his love for Mother > Earth faded. He stumped for a Palinesque pro-oil campaign called "Drill > Here, Drill Now. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-74bhKZL_XA>" He > ridiculed cap-and-trade emissions plans as "European-style" or > "California-style" social engineering. And he attacked his Senate opponent, > the moderate Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist, as "a believer in > man-made global warming." "I don't think there's the scientific evidence to > justify it," he told the *Tampa Tribune* > <http://www2.tbo.com/news/metro/2010/feb/13/na-rubio-questions-climate-change-ar-83470/> > . > > *5) He charged a $134 haircut—or back wax?—to the GOP. Along with $109,000 > of swag.* For a fiscal conservative, Rubio's pretty liberal with money. > When he was state House speaker, the Republican Party of Florida issued > Rubio and a few other party insiders corporate American Express > cards...which they proceeded to burn up like a fresh can of Sterno...to the > tune of $7.3 million. Rubio's charges included a $134 bill from > Churchill's, a tony Miami hair salon "barbershop with $20 haircuts > <https://twitter.com/#!/Choire/status/195904288256557056>"; some critics have > suggested <http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20000177-503544.html> Rubio > used his card to pay for some special depilatory treatments. > > Rubio insists he repaid American Express for personal expenses amounting > to $16,000, but that leaves $94,000 > <http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/03/tea-party-hero-110k-gop-tab-rubio-crist-florida> > that > the party picked up—including repairs to his family minivan, thousands for > a personal car rental, a Disney World vacation, tons of air travel, and > repeat trips to a convenience store around the corner from the Rubio > homestead. *Politifact* tried > <http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2010/mar/11/marco-rubio/rubio-gop-credit-card-my-money/> > to > parse out what the party paid for—a full listing of the charges is here > <http://news.jacksonville.com/db/gopexpenses/index.php?action=details&cid=18>—but > > the GOP's paperwork was in disarray. It doesn't help that the state party > chairman at the time is currently in jail > <http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/12/rubio-rivera-mom-money-gop-dog-track> > for > skimming off the top from GOP accounts. > > *6) He's got friends in low places.* Throughout his political career, > Rubio's been called a corrupt wheeler-and-dealer by everyone from the > Florida Democrats to Mitt Romney's press secretary (see No. 8 below). > Perhaps it's the company he keeps. He's been something of a mentor to > Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) > <http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/12/rubio-rivera-mom-money-gop-dog-track> > since > they came up together in the state Legislature—they went in together on a > house in Tallahassee, which went into foreclosure when they failed to pay > the mortgage. Rivera—who once forced an opponent's campaign truck off the > side of an interstate highway with his car—is now under state and federal > investigations <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74965.html> for > a spate of financial corruption allegations, mostly focusing on nepotistic > lobbying. > > That's something Rubio would know about from his days running Floridians > for Conservative Leadership, a political committee that at one time or > another > <http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/marco-rubios-lavish-rise-to-the-top/1079473>employed > > Rubio's mother-in-law and three other members of Rubio's wife's family. His > wife was the treasurer; between them, they failed to report $34,000 > <http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/marco-rubios-lavish-rise-to-the-top/1079473> > of > contributions in an 18-month period. > > He's also enjoyed a cozy relationship > <http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/rubiobovo-consulting-web> > with > state Rep. Esteban Bovo, who's a lobbyist by day, and Bovo's wife, also a > lobbyist, who ended up on a couple of air trips with Rubio that were > charged to that GOP credit card. Another young health care lobbyist, Amber > Stoner, also shows up > <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/26/1058793/-Marco-Rubio-s-financial-problems-updated-> > as > a recipient of 10 paid flights with Rubio on his Republican Amex. > > It goes deeper, but trying to untangle Rubio's lobbyist and dark-money > connections is like trying to flowchart Whitewater and Iran-Contra while > eating spaghetti with chopsticks outside, at night, in the middle of a > hurricane. > > *7) He had 100 bright ideas to fix Florida, which mostly fixed his > friends' finances.* In making his 2006 bid to be the No. 1 Republican in > Florida's statehouse, Rubio touted a book he'd written, *100 Innovative > Ideas for Florida's Future* > <http://www.amazon.com/100-Innovative-Ideas-Floridas-Future/dp/1596985119>, > as a blueprint for legislative action. Rubio later claimed that 57 of his > ideas were made into law by the Florida Legislature; *Politifact* found > only 24 > <http://%20http//www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2010/feb/26/marco-rubio/rubio-claims-57-his-100-ideas-were-made-law-florid/>. > > Some, likewhistleblower protection for prostitutes who snitch on their > pimps > <http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/crist-finds-rubio-idea-weird>, > > never saw the light of day in the Legislature. > > Rubio also started a nonprofit foundation and website, 100ideas.org, to > solicit more ideas, though it's unclear what the organization accomplished, > beyond padding the pockets of a few political allies. Much of 100ideas.org's > roughly $100,000 a year of funding went to the political consulting firm > that set up and ran > <http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2009/260/712/2009-260712245-0694bf54-Z.pdf> > the > nonprofit: Frontline Strategies, a boutique outfit run > <http://www.flstrategies.com/about.cfm> by the Bush-Cheney 2004 > campaign's Florida director. 100ideas.org's president > <http://web.archive.org/web/20090205050833/http://www.100ideas.org/board-members>, > > William Holly, is a Miami real estate developer who got his start working > for the Codina Bush group, a firm co-owned by Jeb Bush > <http://www.sptimes.com/State/92098/Make_The_Money_and_Ru.html>. Holly's > and Bush's business interests benefited greatly from Rubio's anti-tax > "ideas" in the statehouse. (After Rubio left for Washington, it seems > Holly's fortunes soured; he declared bankruptcy just last month > <http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2012/03/01/broker-william-holly-files-chap-7.html?page=all>, > > after creditors won more than $40 million in foreclosure judgments against > him.) > > *8) Mitt's spokeswoman has called Rubio "a wheeling and dealing Miami > lobbyist and politician, always trying to scam the system for his personal > benefit."* Before stumping for Romney, national press secretary Andrea > Saul was the communications director for Crist, Rubio's Senate opponent, > and she assailed Rubio > <http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/romney-spokeswoman-in-2010-marco-rubio-is-a-wheeling-and-dealing-lobbyist-politician-w-questionable-ethics/> > as > "another typical politician." Her biggest knock against the Florida House > speaker: "With each passing day, voters are beginning to see the real > Speaker Rubio, a tax raising Miami lobbyist-politician who has used public > office for personal gain and political donations as a personal slush fund." > Asked by ABC's Jonathan Karl about her comments, Saul declined to respond. > > *9) He called Barack Obama a socialist before it was cool.* Back in early > September of 2008—before the presidential election, and before the economy > fell off a cliff—Rubio said > <http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/rubio-obama-socialism> > "Marx > would be pleased" by Obama's fiscal proposals. "I love what Barack Obama's > candidacy says about America. I just fear what his candidacy would do to > America," he said. "To leave our children with a centrally planned > socialist economy is not a better plan." > > *10) He endorsed Huck in 2008. And Huck endorsed him in 2010. And 2012.* > Seeking > to raise his profile, Rubio (and buddy David Rivera) threw their support > behind populist conservative Mike Huckabee's unsuccessful bid for the > GOP presidential nomination. Huckabee returned the favor, endorsing Rubio for > Senate > <http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/27/huckabee-to-endorse-rubio-for-florida-senate-seat/>—and, > > more recently, for vice president > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/marco-rubio-should-be-romneys-vp-choice-huckabee-says/2012/04/15/gIQASM1KJT_blog.html>. > > What's the source of the synergy? Huckabee was a real genuine guy, Rubio said > in '08 > <http://floridaforhuckabee.blogspot.com/2007/12/speaker-marco-rubio-endorses-huckabee.html>, > > and "people are looking for genuineness and sincerity in politics." > > On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 11:13:49 AM UTC-6, Bill wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Senator Rubio from Florida is looking better and better to me. Not only >> is he easy on the eyes, but his answers to complex questions are direct and >> to the point and in language any American can understand. He is gathering >> stature in my estamation. He is conservative but a common sense >> conservative and not doctrinaire like the Senator from Kentucky. Now, Rand >> Paul is valuable because he has a different point of view and will come at >> a problem from a different persespective.....that's what we need in >> Washington.....honest debate on the issues not the knee jerk liberal >> standard responses of politically correct BS that we hear from the >> Dumbocrats. Trump has set the agenda for the GOP and the so called vetting >> that the press did on Carson in this past week turned out to be a bunch of >> hooey and disproved by some other press folks but did any of them say they >> were sorry for smearing the good Doctor. Not on your life......shows what >> Dumbocratic hacks they really are cleveryly labeled "independent >> press".......but they ain't !! Where are the Edward R Murrors' and >> Cronkites' of this world ......not in journalism any longer......just >> pretty faces, handsome heads, but empty heads who are parrots spouting the >> politically correct lines of their producers.....Back to the >> debate......Carly is looking like a good VP choice for one of the >> establishment Seantors. Quick witted.....she can take on and say to Hilary >> things that a man can not say because the Dumbo's would attack him for >> being anti woman. The Dumbo's always go after the messenger when they have >> no response to the message..... >> >> -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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