Marco Rubio: I’m not going to be the vice president
posted at 6:16 pm on April 14, 2012 by Tina Korbe
In an interview with CNN today, Marco Rubio said in no uncertain terms that he’s not going to be the vice president.
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, widely speculated to be a top pick for the Republican presidential running mate, once again firmly denied he would join the GOP ticket.
“I’m not going to be the vice president,” Rubio said Friday in an interview with CNN en Español’s Ismael Cala. “I’m not.”
We have two options. We can assume that Rubio meant to imply he wouldn’t join the 2012 GOP ticket under any circumstances — OR — we can parse his words. He didn’t say he wouldn’t join the 2012 GOP ticket, after all. He said he’s not going to be the vice president. Maybe that means he’s still open to run with Mitt Romney — but he doesn’t think they would win.
Please, for sanity’s sake, let’s go with the first one. Rubio’s a rational guy. He wouldn’t voluntarily join what he thinks will be a losing ticket. So, Rubio must be saying he won’t join the GOP ticket. That, though, might stem from the fact that he thinks Mitt Romney won’t win. As the conventional speculation goes, perhaps he has his eyes on 2016.
He said something else in the CNN interview, though, that was even more interesting than his repeated assertion that he won’t be vice president. He suggested that he thinks the idea that a politician can “deliver” the Hispanic vote is an overrated one.
“I’ll tell you, the Hispanic vote has to be earned,” he said. “You can’t just put somebody on there and say, ‘This is gonna deliver it.’ You’ve got to earn it, and primarily I think you earn it through economic policies.”
This is some of the most refreshing political wisdom I’ve read in some time. Voters aren’t necessarily looking for themselves in a presidential or vice presidential candidate; they’re looking for someone who can lead all Americans.
Republicans and Democrats alike fall into the trap of thinking that voters are reducible to a single characteristic — their gender, their race, their income. How long will it take pols to adopt the personalistic norm — to begin to see people not as a means to an end (i.e. a means to their own election) and instead as people, to whom the proper response is love in its fullest sense of wanting what is right and best?
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The 3rd world will not take this insult lying down!
rightmind on May 15, 2013 at 2:35 PM
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John the Libertarian on May 15, 2013 at 2:37 PM
We are only supposed to pay attention to polls when they are in favor of prog programs, like Gay Marriage and the 99.999% of people that want background checks.
slickwillie2001 on May 15, 2013 at 2:42 PM
such a shame that Rubio had to tie himself to the amnesty shame. there are so many other issues he could have tackled and lead on.
he communicates well and could really be a leader in the conservative movement. why not be the voice for americans who are unemployed or suffering because of this economy. instead he wants to be the voice of a few who broke the law…
not to get off-topic, but why is it that we have all these first termers eyeing the presidency. hasn’t Obama proven that experience is needed??
jetch on May 15, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Corrected!
Sorry… pet peeve.
Dexter_Alarius on May 15, 2013 at 2:53 PM
Rubio needs to STFU. If he gets his way on immigration, presidents like Obama will become the norm, as the U.S. will actually become a Third World country.
Travis Bickle on May 15, 2013 at 2:56 PM
Absolutely.
ITguy on May 15, 2013 at 2:57 PM
For the socialists/Obama that is where they wanted to go. Mission accompished.
TerryW on May 15, 2013 at 2:57 PM
He’s a blowhard. All rhetoric. He reminds me more of McCain than Christie, though. McCain: a tough “conservative” in foreign affairs allows him to slime his way through and be liberal in every other area. Rubio: strong populist rhetoric about America the Wonderful lets him slime his way through amnesty. Clever demagogue.
Burke on May 15, 2013 at 3:04 PM
Rubio just trying to deflect attention away from his final destruction of America plan.
oldroy on May 15, 2013 at 3:09 PM
just wait till amnesty boy gets his immigration passed, then we will be third world
burserker on May 15, 2013 at 3:11 PM
Well, I see that Rubio has found himself another bandwagon on which to jump. He’s such a joke; I wish he’d refrain from commenting on anything.
MustLoveBlogs on May 15, 2013 at 3:11 PM
And they that with accursed zeal
Our Service would amend,
Shall own the odds and come to heel
Ere worse befall their end
For though no naked word be wrote
Yet plainly shall they see
What pinneth Orders to their coat,
And, Hey then up go we!
Rudyard Kipling
The Song of the Old Guard
No Truce With Kings on May 15, 2013 at 3:12 PM
Rubio is the kind of filthy, corrupt, lying TRAITOR who needs to be removed from office – HE is no different from obama.
Pork-Chop on May 15, 2013 at 3:14 PM
A poll just came out that shows that 72% of Hispanic voters are perfectly fine with the IRS targeting Tea Party and other Conservative groups.
Rubio had better hurry up and pass an immigration bill if he wants to get the Hispanics to hate us a little bit less. The GOP’s electoral future hinges on it!
ardenenoch on May 15, 2013 at 3:18 PM
And you, Marco, want to work with him on Amnesty???? You sir are a fool should stop this amnesty push
sadsushi on May 15, 2013 at 3:32 PM
Absolutely!
And where the heck do you see us spiraling towards, with $16 Trillion in debt and the Chinese, Russkies and even Venezuela outmaneuvering us?
BlaxPac on May 15, 2013 at 3:50 PM
Shut your mouth you despicable little worm. Have you no shame? With your amnesty you want to turn America into the third world.
VorDaj on May 15, 2013 at 3:51 PM
Rubio should know, he is helping to fashion the US third-world.
Panther on May 15, 2013 at 3:56 PM
Rubio should know, he is helping to fashion the US third-world.
Panther on May 15, 2013 at 3:56 PM
Rubio wants to speed up the process of turning the U.S. into a corrupt Third World nation, which is why he’s been pimping the “gang of 8″ amnesty bill that would lay out the welcome mat for tens of millions (or even hundreds of millions, with chain migration) of low-skill, low-education, non-English-speaking, Socialist/big government-voting foreigners.
AZCoyote on May 15, 2013 at 3:58 PM
Yeah Rubio, it’s almost like the scandals you see in Mexico. Almost.
devil dog on May 15, 2013 at 4:01 PM
Nonsense….according to Heritage, who just put out a report that even conservatives think is crap….Rubio actually has a 96% conservative rating…compared to 76% for Sessions…and 84% for King. But to some people, conservative means maintaining the status quo. Not fixing things. Not listening to the people…Nope, apparently is better to hang with the zero population wackos than it is to give respect to a man like Marco Rubio. BTW, considering the fact that hardliners have not accomplished anything other than to alienate and entire demographic maybe you guys are the ones who making sure that presidents like Obama are the norm.
Terrye on May 15, 2013 at 4:24 PM
yeah….let’s just keep things the way they are..that is working out so well.
Terrye on May 15, 2013 at 4:25 PM
3 out of 10 illegals are from Mexico…almost 40% are people who have overstayed their visas and never crossed that southern border at all. If you guys have your way, that will not change. There will not be any additional funding for the border. There will not be any background checks or any e-verify..nada..you will just go on running of hispanic voters, handing them over to Democrats and then complain about the inevitable outcome of your own rhetoric.
Terrye on May 15, 2013 at 4:28 PM
That #itch Rubio is becoming monstrous intolerable. When are Levin, Limbaugh and Hannity going to man up for America and call him out and denounce him. Those three need to choose between America and their darling little boy Rubio. They keep telling us how against amnesty they are but they all just love them it’s main pusher, faceman and spokesmouth. What the hell is wrong with them? It’s like someone saying how much they hate communism but they think Stalin is such a great guy. They all need an enema.
VorDaj on May 15, 2013 at 4:31 PM
Rumor is that since Trayvon is no longer available Barack and Michelle are thinking about adopting Marco as their new son.
VorDaj on May 15, 2013 at 4:34 PM
To idiots like you, conservative means passing amnesty for Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer and Barack Obama.
Now lie to us some more about what conservatism means to some of us, closet democrat.
xblade on May 15, 2013 at 4:36 PM
Yeah, when the status quo sucks, the obvious solution is to make things worse.
xblade on May 15, 2013 at 4:40 PM
Hey Marco!! Reciprocity from the rest of the world for those of us who want to work, open businesses and live wherever we would like. Short of full reciprocity….STFU.
oldroy on May 15, 2013 at 5:19 PM
We the people have to accept the problem before we find a solution.
We are under the total control of an Two Party Evil Money Cult with its power base in Washington D.C..
The IRS head who lied to Congress on this crap was a Bush appointee.
Republican.
The IRS hea who will lie to Cogress and U.S. that every thing is fixed will be a Democrat.
Until we get that, accept that, deal with that, the same thing that has been going on for he last 60 years will just get worse.
The Tax and Spend both of them together.
They are to con operation.
We are the marks.
Fight.
APACHEWHOKNOWS on May 15, 2013 at 7:23 PM
Uganda comes to mind and Cuba, too.
Kissmygrits on May 15, 2013 at 7:35 PM
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