I'm not reading the whole diatribe, but Rubio isn't "the establishment" by any stretch. He grew up poor and made something of himself. Immigration isn't an easy answer, anyone that thinks we are going to round up all 11 million illegals and throw them out is insane. Marco is trying to come up with a solution, like Reagan. If you read what he said, recently here, no ties, you'll be sent packing. But he also said they'll just come right back, and they do so fixing the broken system is a critical first step.
he made himself into a politician for sale.
he has a disturbing financial past
The authentically disturbing thing about Rubio's checkered financial past is that it isn't that far in the past and there is no sign that the youthful mistakes that one could attribute them to has waned.
For those who do not know, I encourage you to do your own research. I'm going from memory:
He was making something like $300,000 a year as an attorney and bought a $180,000 brand new yatch. Supposedly the people "in the know" about such things say that you "never" buy a new yatch as your first purchase...you buy a used one that you know is sea worthy. Okay...not sure why that matters but spending over 1/2 a year's salary on a toy when you still have school debt and the sort is nobody's definition of responsible.
Usually, one could attribute this to the "mistakes of youth". A little later he used either a Party or Government P card to pay for personal expenses and cashed in his retirement early paying a hefty penalty.
Again...youthful errors?
Well, during the GOP clown car's salad days when they were filibustering responsible legislation because Obama was in favor of favorable legislation and little else; Marco said this during the filibuster...
SENATOR MARCO RUBIO (R-FLORIDA):
That takes me back to another modern day poet by the name of Jay-Z in one of the songs he wrote: "It's funny what seven days can change. It was all good just a week ago."
Well, I don't know if it was all good a week ago, but I can tell you that things have really changed, because if the President was George W. Bush, and this was a question being asked of him, and his response was the silence we've gotten, we'd have a very different scenario here tonight except that I actually believe the Senator from Kentucky would be on the floor making the exact same argument he's making.
Jay-Z, Wiz Khalifa Quoted By Marco Rubio During Senate Filibuster
by
MTV News Staff 3/7/2013
By Maurice Bobb
One doesn’t normally hear hip-hop quotables on Capitol Hill, but Florida Senator Marco Rubio, a self-described
West Coast hip-hop fan, stepped to the podium Wednesday night (Mar 6) and dropped salient references to “modern day poets” Wiz Khalifa and Jay-Z.
It was
during a filibuster in the Senate chamber by Kentucky Republican Rand Paul to block a vote on President Barack Obama’s CIA Chief pick, John O. Brennan, that Rubio took his fellow senators to the cypher, first using a line from the
ONIFC MC’s “Work Hard Play Hard.”
“Let me begin by quoting a modern day poet, his name is Wiz Khalifa. He has a song called ’Work Hard Play Hard’,” Rubio said, drawing laughter from the chamber. “You look at the time, I think it’s a time when many of our colleagues expected to be home, back in the home state playing hard, but I’m happy we’re here still working hard on this issue.”
Keep in mind, he could have said anything, quoting anyone, and he chose these two folks:
Here is Whiz's mugshot and a picture of him smoking a joint:
And for the record, here is Brooklyn Nets owner Jay Z's picture; courtesy of the local constabulary:
His choice of whom to channel and quote and whom he thinks deserves mention in the Halls of Congress is his business. Our business is to decide whom is best to lead the nation...
He was making these decisions 36 months ago...I doubt Mario's maturity or judgment have become more seasoned in the intermission.
