Marco Rubio’s speech at CPAC
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Here's a little taste until the whole thing gets out there on video:
http://tinyurl.com/yd7mzrd
Rubio and Cheney were big hits at CPAC today.
Outstanding speech!
All I can say after listening to this speech is that I understand more than ever why Marco Rubio is trouncing Charlie Crist in the polls.
Marco has and will have an even brighter political career if he faithfully follows the essence of his speeches.
I have a feeling that he will as he has not forgotten where he came from.
Does he rock or what? I have been sending him $ since last Spring--money well spent! 8 years from now we may have our first President of Cuban descent.
Good Speech though I think he's overplaying it on some of the foriegn policy points, but very good points on eliminating taxes on capitol gains, interest and death, as well as lowering corporate tax raetes.
I can dream can't I.
raddoc: I concur, and Val all but predicted it, here:
http://babalublog.com/2010/01/green-toad-to-me/
Marco did really well with Hannity.... he's rocking.
Ladies and Gentlemen, THAT is what a true Conservative sounds like.
Thanks Val, from Marco, that was "the good stuff".. an outstanding speech touching on so many things we haven't heard of this past year.
My understanding is the Bush tax reductions are set to end soon, I'm guessing that B. Hussien is planning on tax increases to support his continuing socialist agenda, so the tax decreases that Marco refers to, in order to kick start the economy with private dollars, seems like such a obvious response to the idiocy that's taken hold in Washington.
What a breath of fresh air. thanks.
exactly Marta, we can't get enough REAL conservatives, and we already have a Democrat party, look how that's worked out.
I'm a friend (uff!) of Marco's on facebook, his notes for this speech are on his page here...
http://www.facebook.com/notes/marco-rubio/marco-rubios-remarks-at-the-2010-conservative-political-action-conference-cpac/310691197850
I am proud that he played up the fact that he is the product of exiles. There is more than a bit of underlying racism in some of these gatherings. I was a coordinator for Phil Gramm and someone actually told me that he was not a real conservative. When he figured out I was from Miami the guy just turned away and said that I wouldn't really know conservatives because I wasn't even Anerican.
I just love that in a little more than a 25 minute speech he explained who is, framed in traditional conservative values what he believes in and stands for, why we're headed in the wrong direction, how to fix it, and perhaps most important, unapologetically expressed love and pride in our country. He's everything that Obama isn't, a genuine proud American who loves and understands why the US is the greatest nation on earth. He's the anti-Obama.
I'm going to say something here and I don't want anyone taking it out of context, or unintended to the way I mean it. The comparison has to be made.
When I watch and listen to Marco Rubio speak, I think I can (sorta kinda) understand the awe the Obamabots felt when they watch Obama speak.
Having said that let me put it in context:
1) yeah, Rubio cannot be denied attention when he speaks. He grabs you and you must listen ...
2) difference is he's speaking from his heart and gut and common sense head ... unlike Obama who speaks from his self-imposed intellectual mind, and his throat. When you hear people 'sing' you can tell which are singing from deep inside themselves, and those who are singing from their throat ... Susan Boyle = heart and soul, Britney Spears = throat.
3) Obama's words seek to draw you in and pull you along to follow him ... Rubio's seek to point you in the direction and kick you square in the ass to get you on the right path if need be.
4) Obama's faux 'minority upbringing' as a 'minority' has no substance behind it (the guy may as well have been 'white' for all the experiences he had in world travel and education, and rubbing elbows from youth to adult with well-known political leaders, communists, and his non inner city Detroit/Harlem/Chicago/Oakland experience.) Obama's family did NOT struggle. They lived quite well, and from all appearances his mother was free to 'love' whatever man she wanted and then move on in the next open relationship.
Marco Rubio's family was glued together by previous generations' experiences, and realizing the most valuable thing was the family in good and bad times ... commitment. Each generation, through continued hard work and 'commitment' made things just a little bit better and stronger for the next generation ... and rightly reminded them of that because THAT is where you are to get 'hope' from. You make your own 'hope' ... you do NOT wait around for someone else to come along and sell you hope without direction and responsibility. You believe in yourself.
Marco speaks of his 'minority' family NOT expecting anything extra or special simply because they are a minority ... but wanting and intending to climb into the 'melting pot' and merge with a productive American society ... not to be recognized for their ethnicity, but for their determination, commitment, work ethic, production, and citizenship. The Rubio family understands this extremely well ... more so than most Euro-ethnic Americans who have been here for generations and taken it for granted.
Obama and his family don't understand this at all. They, and he as he was brought up, believe America needed ripped out by the roots and something else planted in the soil where the once productive tree of liberty grew. Replaced by a hedge/shrub that had to be continually trimmed/pruned back to control and restrict its growth and shape.
I know a former Marine who accidentally met a young teen Obama while he (Marine) was stationed in Hawaii (he only just made the connection in the last 6 months that it had been Obama). He tells of meeting in the street a young light-'black' man with big teeth and ears who was always smiling. Talked to him and the kid said his father was Kenyan, and he'd lived in Kenya and Indonesia. Also talked about his mother and grandparents who lived on the island. Then said he intended to be POTUS one day. My friend asked him if he had ever lived on the mainland. The kid said 'no'. The Marine informed him he would NOT have a very good concept or idea about America and the American way of life just from living in Hawaii ... Hawaii was NOT America, and with all his traveling any context he had about the USA was formed by those living outside it's borders. The kid said he knew what America was and what it 'should be'. My friend laughed, shook his head and said, "yeah? Good luck," before walking away.
5) when Obama speaks the pull is 'Hey, I'm saved!' ... When Marco speaks it's, "You'd better swim or you'll/we'll sink ... oh, and don't grab hold of the government, they'll pull you down under the water every time'.
6) Marco Rubio inspires individuality ... Obama baits.
7) one final observance. When I hear Obama speak I get nothing. (When I hear Palin speak I hear her heart and soul, but her mind (not dumb) seems a bit timid.) When I hear Rubio speak I hear the clang of an anchor and everything rises up solid and steady with confidence and not a hint of apology. Get that? "Apology". Rubio bows to no one. He knows the direction he's going.
The key is for him to get into the Senate. How long before striving for anything higher I don't know. I would like to see him serve a Senate term and possibly run for a Fla. governor term ... then for POTUS. Senators do NOT know how to govern (although they believe they do).
I am not certain of Palin's ability to be POTUS (yes, she would be much better than Obama at it), but I do feel she should run for Congress to give her more confidence in DC. But I have no doubts she would be great in some like Rubio's or Paul Ryan's cabinet. She understands how business and the economy are supposed to run in this country.
Having bored yunz all with this, let me just say watch for the left/liberal media and idiots to start their slings and arrows at Rubio now. Yes, he's THAT much of a now obvious threat ... not just because he is an apparent republican leader ... but because he is a 'Latino' republican leader who threatens their chains around the 'Hispanic' voters in this country. Much the way Palin threatens the lib/left's feminist hold over women.
To hear Obama speak his 'followers' come away with, "I want that! Where do I get inline for mine?"
To hear Rubio speak one comes away with, "Damn! If he can do it, I can!"
Cato,
What foreign policy points did he go overboard on?
drillanwr,
So Rubio should become governor because Senators think they know how to govern, but they don't. But Palin should be a Senator so she will get more experience. But she already was a successful governor. I'm mixed up. And don't tell me she quit. She had good reason for that. She got more done for the good of her state in that short time than most governors do in eight years.
Honey -
While Palin has governed I do not believe she is confident enough to make forceful enough challenges with the US Congress (even republicans don't have confidence in her ... just the reality). Much of it's not her fault, being stuck between a rock and hard place. Note how she's being trashed for speaking out about the 'retarded' anger and the current Family Guy crap. I do not envy her position of managing her anger on the public stage right now.
Rubio does have the confidence, but he's also younger and would be slammed as not experienced as having 'governed' (only career democrat senators are qualified to come out of the posh Senate and go directly to the Oval Office). Believe me, the left PTB are right this second crafting a longterm game plan against this guy.
He's so smart, but more importantly very wise beyond his young years. I'd like to see him get stronger and stronger in order to be undeniable.
I really believe Palin's strongest qualities are her business and domestic energy brains and experience. I could EASILY see her working for more than one republican administration in those capacities. Yes, she understands national security and the national defense aspects, but I'd like to see our side use people more in their strongest abilities.
Obama had no real business running for POTUS less than 2 years into his Senate seat. I don't want to see Rubio being compared to him ... by either party. There's a hell of a lot more 'inside Marco's suit' than Obama ever could hope to have. To seek Fla. governorship after most, if not all, his Senate term would give him a very good chance to have hands-on being the top boss, so to speak.
No, Plain didn't 'quit' in the sense the left likes to chuckle. She made a VERY important and politically brilliant move in stepping down. Her like-minded Lt. Governor who took over will now be able to get 2 yrs experience as Alaska Gov., run on his record, and also, as she saw it, distance himself far enough from her to stand on his own and be able to fluff off the obvious 'connecting' his opponents will undoubtedly try to use against him.
I love Sarah Plain. She's genuine. I really think she understands the American people (as does Rubio) but there is just so much that's been done to her in nearly two years. I know it's not her fault and not fair to take into consideration, but the American voter has shown to be very fickle.
Maybe I'm not making sense trying to convey my gut feeling on this, but I just think Rubio is such a great future candidate that I am hoping the next several years afford him very important knowledge and learning that nobody will be able to chip away at him.
He's a growing formidable force, I can see ... Palin, while a curious threat to the left, often times can seem shaky.
I'm just saying.
BTW, I believe she's wasted in working on TV. The RNC should have hired her to some position in order to use her great conservative appeal with the public to re-connect with American people who are registered as republicans, and possibly pull in some Reagan dems and indies. After a couple few years in that position, and possibly taking over the head at some point, then she could bypass running for Congress. Strengthening the party and putting it back on track WILL have been her proof-in-pudding work in a DC level.
However, let me conclude on this ... It's only been one year and look at the deepening shit this country is in. ANYTHING can happen that would make a 'reserved' approach to 2012 foolish. Sometimes you just gotta go for what might work the fastest to obtain the POTUS seat. But as I see it, the older GOP eagles just seem to have run out of gas. For all Palin's "baggage" that's been dumped on her, Romney is just a couple jokes and a few slanted MSM stories away from joining her in the baggage avalanche. We'll really need to start looking at our younger/newer faces for our future.
Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio are two. Eric Cantoer is another good one. Liz Cheney is friggin' Daddy Dick in drag and I absolutely adore her. (I'd also like to see her used in the next GOP administration in a huge capacity). Lots to consider, and so little time. We're all anxious.
Eric Cantor ... sorry for the typo
The reason the GOP is against Palin is that she is the opposition to them. The RNC is not yet ready to assume the conservative mantle. They haven't figured out yet what is going on in this country. They are in flux and still believe they can go back to accommodating with the other side as limousine liberals. They still think they can snatch the game back from the tea partiers. We of the right must work hard to see that this does not happen. We are the ones with the surfeit of riches, so many good people to choose from; and we are the ones with the big mo.
I don't care who is our next candidate. I just don't want to see a repeat of McCain or Dole. We must get a conservative next time.
I like any Club for Growth person. True they are only in congress, but most of them have business experience, too. Don't forget Toomey. He is extremely smart and can explain difficult concepts to anyone in ways all can understand. He truly has it all. If he had beat Specter last time, he'd have made perfect presidential timber. If Jeb had beat Childs, he, too would have been good. IF, if, if...
All I'm saying is, I am into ideas, not people. I love Palin because her ideas are mine. And she is adorable and plain speaking and moves people. I would trust her and her cabinet and staff over Obama's any day. I would trust her instincts even over George Bush's in most cases.
I just want all of this haggling over her, in conservative circles, to stop. Let the msm do their darndest to try to destroy her. We should be still about her as if she is not really that important. Let the only ones beating on her be the left and see what happens to her chances. She will either rise to the challenge or not. If she falls, we have many other great people to turn to, and, forgive me, I don't mean Romney. I like him a lot, but let him be in the cabinet not at the top.
I am not a cult of personality person. I like who I like until I don't anymore. So far I adore Palin. But if not her, so be it.
Can I please ask for and get a moratorium on talking about he on our side? I would really like that.
Incidentally, I think she's darling on Fox. I've only seen her a couple of times, but she does a good job.
Honey -
Ideas/solutions are the key in the 2010 as well as the 2012 elections. The fact that Obama was elected by saying absolutely nothing is astonishing. While McCain was the weaker link, his people helped fuel the anti-Palin crap by holding her back from being who she is, prob. because they didn't realize the size and scope of the fish they had hooked as VP and were afraid she'd swallow the McCain boat.
Ditto on your Palin 'likes'. And I'm not saying she's not good on FOX. But most people are tired and weary of talking-heads on all news networks. Just that she's a bit wasted there for what she has to offer. The RNC is asking requests of the Titanic orchestra instead of grabbing something substantial to stop the leak that's sinking them. She should have been scooped up by them to work at strengthening the base and winning back moderates. "Conservative" no longer means 'evangelicals' ... It's the awakened American people who are seeing our Constitution and free market capitalist economy being firebombed by those in power right now. The republican party MUST show the American voter of all stripes they are the ones serious about doing things in this country the right way. That they are listening to the Tea Party movement, etc. In not giving Palin a place at the table (especially after stepping down from her governorship) they have missed a grand opportunity to draw on her popularity, and energy. Michael Steele is frustrating at times. Someone such as Palin shows a real strength in convictions. She's like the undrilled oil and gas in Alaska. They are stupidly refusing to tap her energy and produce something serious and strong with it. Pisses me off too that some on our side trash and diminish her. But the left saw the republicans weren't coming to her defense, even back during the 2008 campaign to even now, and have just taken complete and horrific advantage of that fact. It REALLY makes the repub party look very weak. To some degree I think the repub. party is possibly getting back at her for taking the republicans in Alaska to task a few years ago. What I don't want to see, and she agreed a couple days ago, is some weak third party deciding to pop up as some cure-all over all of this and the Tea Party movement. The Tea Party/9-12ers and such should remain 'citizen groups' and not become political parties. Candidates need their approval, not the other way around. Something politicians have been void of for generations now.
Yeah, House congressmen are, most times, more in tune with the working class and small business class. Unless it's Pelosi or any number of career Representatives (Pelosi being independently wealthy to boot). But they all get 'jaded' once they move to DC and start drinking the water there. Marco hit on it, I think. We need to go back to the time when the Congress only met certain times a year, and had to return home to their districts to live and work real jobs. What does it say that a weather event closing down our government is a good thing? Means they are on a daily basis doing things and garnering power they shouldn't have over us.
Toomey's good too, yeah. There are a number very promising ... but not the long established republicans who have not stepped up in years to be strong and fiscally conservative. This is why the races in 2010 are important. Congressional seats and state governorships are key to starting the groundswell to make our candidate (whomever it is) in 2012 stronger. It's also key to stopping the bleeding for the next two years by taking away some/most of Obama's power (and the dems in congress) to the point of them threatening vocally to act unConstitutional to get done what they want to do. Then more and more people will stand up and get serious.
It's a mess, and there's lots of digging to do to get us out of it. Yep, we must work together and stop the left from trying to divide us. and they had better step up and start defending this woman.
What I really want to see/hear in a GOP candidate in 2012 is one that will unabashedly and unequivocally state, "As POTUS I'm not going to do anything for the American people but get the hell out of their way ... and make sure Congress does the same."
Imagine that.
drillanwr,
I agree with everything you said here. And I would stress that Steele has been a huge disappointment. He's perfect for the RNC. He is bland, non doctrinaire and accommodating and apologizes for himself all the time. Palin would be such an improvement over him for this job.
Re you last point:
Monty Python once had a sketch where the silly party candidate was running against the very silly party candidate. And the very silly party candidate had one campaign promise: If elected I will go to Bermuda.
I would be glad to pay his fare.
HEH!!!
[...] liked Marco Rubio at the RedState gathering last year; now I like him even more. And that was before Val started his [...]
Honey -
And so it begins ... I told ya it would be coming, especially after they saw how very well-received Rubio was at CPAC.
"From Rubio and other young GOP stars, Obama-style inspiration"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/19/AR2010021903043.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
When Obama is shown to be a very weak and miserable failure for his 'lack of experience' you will hear the MSM comparing Rubio's similarities to Obama's ... and MAYBE even going so far as to use Obama's 'lack of experience' as an excuse for the Obama failure, and "Why would we ever want to or dare to repeat it?"
By this time they will view Obama as a dead duck in a DNC primary (probably against Hillary) and this time they will throw in behind her and bank on her 'experience' as First Lady and Senator, and Sec. of State. I'd even bet they're working on their own game plan right now.
Should Marco Rubio win the Senate seat he MUST be firm and resolute in all his votes therein ... AND seek to have his name on bills ... some things Obama disgustingly lacked. He also need to have a very strong presentation when on the Senate floor, for good sound bites.
IF there is a chance Rubio would make a 2012 run after less than 2 yrs in the Senate (you factor in the time he will have to campaign as detracting from his senate time) he MUST be very visible and look strongly productive. Obama was none of those.
Ribio must be able to show he's not one of the same-old-same-old GOPers running in a primary, but also show striking differences between himself and Obama ... way more so that any 'similarities' the liberal/leftist/democrat-loving MSM will try to play off of in order to try to turn primary voters off to him.
Let's not think ahead yet. First let's get him in that seat and keep his feet to the fire.
Like Palin, Rubio is adorable, says what we like to hear and says it well. This is the stuff the left cannot abide. They will try to crucify him, too. It won't be as easy as it is with Palin. He still has "gravitas" so far.
In this article, so snide, the most preposterous thing, and such a stretch, is "Exceptionalism, code to liberals for wallpapering classrooms with the 10 Commandments." What on earth does that mean? Except to say that this gal doesn't know what exceptionalism means. Of course she doesn't. She's a liberal.
Yeah, as I said, Rubio needs to be strong, vocal, focused, so far from a RINO he couldn't draw a picture of one, and centered around the American people, not just who he represents in Fla.
Why? Because I have tried to write people in Congress, such as Nancy Pelosi, Babs Boxer, and others, and have been 'put-off' because I'm "not in their constituency". Bullshit.
If Rubio answers outside communications he will be seen as not elitist and sitting fat and comfortable in his seat ... a guy for the American people.
As to Kathleen Parker, I could be wrong, but I believe until the 2nd Bush term she had been considered a 'conservative' ... then she drank some Kool Aid someplace in DC.
Perhaps I misread what she said. Perhaps she meant that that is what liberals read when they hear exceptionalism. Maybe she is criticizing liberals and I was unfair to Miss Parker.
Honey, don't sweat it ... I'm confident you're more right than wrong in your first read/impression ... and it's not just that one sentence. She's been getting scorched by Limbaugh for atleast the last 4 years in her slide into liberal voodoo.
Had to jump in on this one. Honey is completely correct! The RNC/GOP/DC/elites are completely against the Palin, Rubio and the conservative base. Witness the uninvitation to the RNC convention for Palin and the tons of money that will be used against Rubio soon...from the RNC/RSCC.
Rubio has yet to be hit hard but it will happen soon enough. The "cant we all just get along cocktail party crowd" lead by the DC elites will pull out the long knifes. It will get ugly..bet on it.
rrrod & Honey -
Absolutely, and I hope he's 'foreseen' it coming and is ready for it. The snakes in that swamp are ugly and horrible ... which is why that swamp need drained and cleaned out very soon.
As to Palin I'm thinking they're just about out of steam on that one. All their efforts have seemed to only make her look the better [person]. Their agenda has been laid bare. It's like Andrew Brietbart's comments to a reporter at CPAC over the weekend regarding Maddow and her MSNBC ... They're standing naked in front of the American people and there is no hope of ever 'getting dressed' again to hide their agenda/intentions.
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