Rookie Florida Senator Marco Rubio continues to work tirelessly to get the United States to annex Mexico, though an exhaustive (and exhausting) search of his 2010 election campaign reveals no promises to do, nor even a mention that he might consider doing such an outlandish thing. Au the contraire, the pre-election Rubio said all the right things about line-cutters and lawbreakers. That’s one of the reasons he’s a senator today.

There are only two sure consequences of the current 800-page immigration hairball before Congress. The first is that a minimum of 11 million citizens of other countries, more Mexicans than anyone else, will become permanent, undeportable residents of the U.S., and can immediately begin working to get all their relations here. Second, the bill, if we are foolish enough to pass it, would create a powerful incentive for millions more south of the --border to come here once word gets around that if you can sneak into El Norte now, you’re here to stay.
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We’ve all seen Marco on television. He’s a very intelligent, articulate guy with much wider knowledge and analytical powers than 90+ percent of politicians. He’s a sound conservative on so many other issues. But on this one he’s badly wrong, and clearly not dumb enough to believe the things he’s saying. The melancholy but unavoidable conclusion is that Rubio is being dishonest on this issue. The puzzler is why.

http://spectator.org/archives/2013/05/24...-macro-nonsense

I hope his career goes down the toilet! He probably had this in mine when he was spouting all the conservative values he could think of to get elected.

Speaking of way, Rubio has certainly lost his in this matter. And has almost certainly lost all prospects of ever claiming possession of the key to the Oval Office washroom.

Poor Marco.

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But I suggest he was being given the benefit of the doubt.

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The puzzler is why...is right

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Yes, and it does not necessarily follow that Rubio is being dishonest.

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True. But I suggest he was being given the benefit of the doubt.

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There's no "benefit of tthe doubt" in this article.

The author flatly states his conclusion that Rubio must be dishonest.

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That was my point. Either he is stupid, a corrupt politician or dishonest on this issue

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The Left wants us to conclude that Rubio must be corrupt and dishonest.

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But I suggest he was being given the benefit of the doubt.

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Why was he given the benefit of the doubt?

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The puzzler is why...is right

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Yes, and it does not necessarily follow that Rubio is being dishonest.

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True. But I suggest he was being given the benefit of the doubt.

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There's no "benefit of tthe doubt" in this article.

The author flatly states his conclusion that Rubio must be dishonest.

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That was my point. Either he is stupid, a corrupt politician or dishonest on this issue

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The Left wants us to conclude that Rubio must be corrupt and dishonest.

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Splitting hairs does not help forward the truth. If he was dishonest on this issue, then he is dishonest.

What is his motive in crafting this legislation?

He has been branded as a conservative, Tea Party rebel. What is in his record that substantially supports this? What doesn't support this?

In the end different people will come to different conclusions. That's to be expected.

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Rookie Florida Senator Marco Rubio continues to work tirelessly to get the United States to annex Mexico, though an exhaustive (and exhausting) search of his 2010 election campaign reveals no promises to do, nor even a mention that he might consider doing such an outlandish thing. Au the contraire, the pre-election Rubio said all the right things about line-cutters and lawbreakers. That’s one of the reasons he’s a senator today.

There are only two sure consequences of the current 800-page immigration hairball before Congress. The first is that a minimum of 11 million citizens of other countries, more Mexicans than anyone else, will become permanent, undeportable residents of the U.S., and can immediately begin working to get all their relations here. Second, the bill, if we are foolish enough to pass it, would create a powerful incentive for millions more south of the --border to come here once word gets around that if you can sneak into El Norte now, you’re here to stay.
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We’ve all seen Marco on television. He’s a very intelligent, articulate guy with much wider knowledge and analytical powers than 90+ percent of politicians. He’s a sound conservative on so many other issues. But on this one he’s badly wrong, and clearly not dumb enough to believe the things he’s saying. The melancholy but unavoidable conclusion is that Rubio is being dishonest on this issue. The puzzler is why.

http://spectator.org/archives/2013/05/24...-macro-nonsense

I hope his career goes down the toilet! He probably had this in mine when he was spouting all the conservative values he could think of to get elected.

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