Will GOP go back to Bush with Rubio? Or back to liberty with Paul?
No issue better illustrates Rubio’s connection to the failed Republican Washington establishment than his embrace of President Bush’s last great policy failure: amnesty for the millions of illegal immigrants currently in the United States. He is currently working with McCain on another immigration bill right now.
In contrast to his free enterprise rhetoric, however, Rubio’s immigration plan is just a continuation of the crony capitalist policies that so compromised Bush’s big government compassionate conservatism. As The Washington Examiner‘s Tim Carney notes today, Rubio’s immigration plan includes a permanent guest worker program that allows farmers to inflate their workers wages by offering something no other employer can: a path to citizenship.
Rubio’s embrace of crony capitalist policies that enrich mega-agribusiness is not new. He has long been a protector of the sugar subsidies of the sugar cane farmers that help bankroll his campaigns.
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OUR home goes with Paul over rubio!
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letget on March 15, 2013 at 1:04 PM
Rand Paul = Liberty!™?
That’s only a little creepy.
thebrokenrattle on March 15, 2013 at 1:09 PM
I’m hesitantly going with Cruz for now, I just hope he doesn’t fail and become another useless insider.
Bishop on March 15, 2013 at 1:19 PM
I’m for whoever votes NO on amnesty.
Wigglesworth on March 15, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Out of all of the “possibles”, Rand Paul would not be my first choice, but, I would never even consider Rubio.
Pork-Chop on March 15, 2013 at 1:24 PM
I’m with Paul. But I gotta say, after seeing Cruz in action during the filibuster, I was mighty impressed. Ted Cruz is clearly serious about the US Constitution, and is armed with the training appropriate to its defense…
JohnGalt23 on March 15, 2013 at 1:26 PM
Liberty
Indeed – see the creepy Ayotte. Instead of supporting Rand Paul on the floor, as the only woman with TEA party guts…whe went to eat with the Charlatan in Chied, concurrently.
Schadenfreude on March 15, 2013 at 1:32 PM
We have some really good people who would be a great conservative president. We have to see who wants to run?
We will have the likes of rove seeing to it the good ole boy rino’s will be who we need and want?
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letget on March 15, 2013 at 1:34 PM
Please choose liberty.
MoreLiberty on March 15, 2013 at 1:43 PM
Paul/Jindal/Cruz are all excellent choices. Rubio has establishment written all over him.
Panther on March 15, 2013 at 1:59 PM
LOL. Can’t believe we’re already choosing sides.
changer1701 on March 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Rubio has been rather cartoonish lately and lacks gravitas. Cruz is a nice guy and all, but his resume screams Establishment.
I’m going to have to go with Paul if I were voting today. We need an outsider and someone who would really, really shake things up.
Punchenko on March 15, 2013 at 2:07 PM
Between Rubio and Paul, I’d go with Rubio.
Both are terrible on illegal immigration. Paul favors amnesty, Rubio’s writing the bill for it. Both are terrible on gay marriage. Paul wants to do away with marriage entirely, Rubio wants to enable the Democrats to redefine it a state at a time.
But when push-comes-to-shove, Paul’s the one who wants to legalize drugs and has a dovish foreign policy, neither of which should have any place in the GOP. Additionally, I think Rubio’s the one who’s more likely to actually do something about Roe v Wade. Paul’s only advantage over Rubio is that he’s talked about breaking up the big banks while Rubio has not.
All-in-all, I’d much sooner take Santorum, Cruz, or Jindal.
Stoic Patriot on March 15, 2013 at 2:10 PM
Paul’s foreign policy views, especially as concerns using the military, are far more Reagan like (and if you don’t believe that, see Reagan’s four foriegn policy principles), while Rubio’s is McCain like and would open the flood gates on American troops losing life and limb for Trillion Dollar Bridges to Nowhere.
VorDaj on March 15, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Just a bit of info …
(I posted this on another thread yesterday)
Rand Paul has only mentioned amnesty in passing, I’m not sure that he actually “favors amnesty”, but I think is pretty clear that he does not favor the sort of very dangerous ‘instant amnesty’ that Rubio is trying to ram through.
Pork-Chop on March 15, 2013 at 3:13 PM
If Rubio actively pushes for “instant amnesty” (good phrasing Pork Chop), and Rand only gives lip service to amnesty in general, I will have to go with Rand.
MelonCollie on March 15, 2013 at 6:11 PM