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Topic: Rubio Slams Deal: ‘I
Just Couldn’t Vote for It’ |
Rubio Slams Deal: ‘I
Just Couldn’t Vote for It’
National Review Online, by Robert Costa
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 1/1/2013 9:39:23 AM
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| Senator Marco Rubio of Florida says the Senate’s fiscal-cliff compromise, which passed the upper chamber early Tuesday, was a political mistake. “I just couldn’t vote for it,” Rubio told reporters. “I ran, just two years ago, on the idea that I wanted to be part of solving the long-term problems this country faces. Time and again, we’re given choices here that don’t involve that.” “The real fiscal cliff is still there,” he said. “We’ll be back here again. In March, we’ll have a showdown like this all over again.”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Drive, 1/1/2013 9:49:35 AM (No. 9092914)
Rubio 2016
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Vivi, 1/1/2013 9:51:32 AM (No. 9092919)
Marco. Rubio.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
wilko, 1/1/2013 10:07:45 AM (No. 9092944)
Sticking to his guns. We couldn´t ask for a better Senator here in FL. Our battle cry should be "Let´s fix this damn thing once and for all and stop wasting our time and money kicking the can down the road!"
This is more a mountain we need to climb than a cliff to jump off..
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jackie, 1/1/2013 10:14:14 AM (No. 9092954)
approved by an 89-8 vote early Tuesday. Five Senate Republicans voted against the measure: Rand Paul (Ky.), Marco Rubio (Fla.), Mike Lee (Utah), Richard Shelby (Ala.), and Chuck Grassley (Iowa).
That leaves 3 Libs.... I believe one was Harkin IA...He had some trumped up excuse yesterday about middle class being 30 to 50 thousand. I think he knew that was a no go and really wanted to vote against the bill...too big of a coward to go against Obama..
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Johnny Angle, 1/1/2013 10:16:14 AM (No. 9092959)
I am beginning to really like this lad.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
MinnesotaWild(man), 1/1/2013 10:20:32 AM (No. 9092969)
Didn´t take this guy very long to learn how to pander.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
minuteman, 1/1/2013 10:20:48 AM (No. 9092970)
This bill sucks.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 1/1/2013 10:27:47 AM (No. 9092986)
Thank you Senator.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Passion, 1/1/2013 10:45:06 AM (No. 9093013)
uhhhhh 6, I´m not tracking with you at all on your comment. Rubio has shown the ability to pander, but this was a total break from that. Do you want to revise your statement?
You should.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
MinnesotaWild(man), 1/1/2013 10:54:23 AM (No. 9093034)
Thank you #9 I stand corrected. My bad.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
suziannr, 1/1/2013 11:12:41 AM (No. 9093071)
you can bet cornyn´s boy, pete olson, my rep will vote for it when given the chance. He´s there to "support leadership". lol just why we voted for him...what a tool
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DCGIRL, 1/1/2013 11:27:57 AM (No. 9093097)
You have my vote and contributions.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Polecat49, 1/1/2013 11:55:21 AM (No. 9093133)
Thank You Senator Rubio. It is nice to see that there are still Republican Senators that have backbone and do not turn traitor, just because democRATS want something.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
reilly, 1/1/2013 12:12:26 PM (No. 9093159)
Marco the Magnificent. Some future JFK would call it a "profile in courage".
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
hoosiergirl71, 1/1/2013 12:14:28 PM (No. 9093162)
Thank God for men of integrity, there are way too few in politics. As for this or any other bill, they are pipe dreams. We went over the cliff a long time ago thanks to Obama and the Dems. I am not sure there is a solution that will help, when you have 11 states with more people on welfare than workers paying taxes. And millions too many "working" for the government. And the Unions working so hard to squeeze every dime possible from businesses.
I will cling to my Bible and my gun while on my knees.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Drive, 1/1/2013 12:14:29 PM (No. 9093163)
rand also voted against it. Some ticket rand/rubio
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
hamrman, 1/1/2013 12:28:44 PM (No. 9093198)
Finally some folks with some intestinal fortitude, stand your ground against your tax & spend collegues and their TAX OBSESSED leader Obama!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/1/2013 12:35:14 PM (No. 9093212)
Any GOP voting for this bill should be voted out of office.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
strike3, 1/1/2013 12:58:38 PM (No. 9093269)
What a refreshingly honest statement from a politician. His career will either be very long or very short.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Philipsonh, 1/1/2013 1:39:10 PM (No. 9093326)
A man with a backbone, ethics, and brains, and
with minority parents. the Anti-Obama patriot.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Kansas Conservative, 1/1/2013 5:14:31 PM (No. 9093532)
Who cares if Rubio voted against this? It passed overwhelmingly in the Senate. This just shows how little influence Rubio has over his GOP colleagues.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/1/2013 5:21:17 PM (No. 9093539)
I am not happy about any Republican who voted for it, BUT even if every Republican would have voted present, it still would have passed.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
tocsin, 1/1/2013 5:42:28 PM (No. 9093573)
Really?! #23.
You wanna rethink that?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 1/1/2013 7:40:21 PM (No. 9093684)
My senator Kay Bailey Hutchison showed why she is being retired by Texans. I´ll be glad when Ted Cruz takes her place and gives Rubio some backup support.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
LanieLou, 1/2/2013 2:32:49 AM (No. 9094092)
Rubio needs to shadow Obama´s campaign trail & tell the non informed The Truth.
It´s the Budget, stupid!
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